Music in the Dark
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| Bodie/Doyle Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Music in the Dark |
| Author(s): | Rhiannon |
| Date(s): | 1992 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash, Bodie/Doyle |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
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"Music in the Dark" is a Professionals story by Rhiannon. It is a slash story with the pairing of Bodie/Doyle.
It was originally published in the zine Unprofessional Conduct 1 from Gryphon Press in 1992.
Reactions and Reviews
30 pp. An A/U story in which Bodie becomes a horticulturist. Honest. Doyle is stranded at a house/cafe during a blizzard, his host is a blue-eyed man with a mysterious past. Starts out well, then runs rapidly into Neat-And-Tidy Syndrome: everything works out fine, and the reader knows from early on that everything will work out fine, i.e., no conflict, no tension. Just a recital of happy events. A pleasant story--too pleasant. Even the sex takes place in the asterisks. Grade: C+ [1]
The last story [in the zine], Music in the Dark by Rhiannon is AU. Doyle is in CI5 and get caught out on the moors in a snowstorm. He is reluctantly given bed and breakfast by a man called O'Brien, but gets to know, like and finally sleep with the man over the few days until he is 'rescued' and returns to London. Doyle doesn't forget O'Brien and, curious, delves a little into his history eventually discovering that he is actually called William Bodie. Things get complicated from there. This is a slow, gentle story with a high feel good factor.[2]
An unusual story by the Queen of the AU: one of the Lads is actually in CI5! Doyle, attempting to wend his way back to London after a job, gets stranded at a remote inn in Derbyshire run by a Heathcliffian landlord called James O'Brien. A broken car, crocked-up ankle, and blizzard combine to keep Doyle and his mysterious host alone together for a week during which friendship grows between them and becomes a brief sexual affair. When Doyle returns to CI5, however, his copper's nose leads him to stir up dust that, when it settles, reveals O'Brien in custody as a murder suspect actually named William Bodie. This story isn't my favourite of Rhiannon's, but even a less fave of hers is still excellent enough to make this zine worth owning for this story alone--if it weren't already a must-have for Sebastian's story.[3]
References
- ^ In 1993, this review was posted to the Virgule-L mailing list. It is reposted here anonymously with permission.
- ^ from Ali at The Hatstand, Archived version
- ^ from Nell Howell at The Hatstand, Archived version