Guardian Angels
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| Bodie/Doyle Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Guardian Angels |
| Author(s): | Baravan |
| Date(s): | 1993 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| External Links: | Guardian Angels |
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Guardian Angels is a Professionals story by Baravan.
It features George Cowley and two original characters named David Bentley and Mark Layton, who are predecessors/foreshadowing Bodie/Doyle.
It was published in Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink #2 and is online.
Reactions and Reviews
Kate Ross wants to talk to Cowley about something. When she finally manages to get his attention, it appears he already knows the topic. This leads to a flashback about Cowley's experiences during World War II as a young soldier, captured by the Nazis, escaping with two British flyers going under the names of David Bentley and Mark Layton. As they travel together, Cowley learns that Bentley and Layton are lovers. His initial disgust gives way to sympathy and understanding as he comes to recognise their courage and the depth of their mutual love. So when pinned down to expressing a position on homosexuality to Kate Ross, he firmly speaks in favour of tolerance. I love Cowley, and of all this stories in this zine, this was the story that portrayed Cowley as I see him. The courage under pressure, the implied religious faith, the good heart and the sense of humour, the regrets for his own failures and flaws, the friendship with Ross, the horror of cruelty and injustice - all characteristics I see in Cowley, and love in him. Not a Bodie and Doyle story, except in tangential implication, but one of the best Cowley stories I have read. I was puzzled, though, by one scene. Young Cowley stumbles upon Layton and Bentley making love one night. He watches. The scene is described in some considerable detail. I liked this, of course. But it appears that young Cowley didn't like it. So why did he watch with such meticulous regard to detail? That doesn't imply disgust or disinterest. Was it just that Baravan wanted to include the sex scene? I'm happy with that, but I didn't feel Cowley's point of view was effectively woven into it." [1]