Stir-Happy

Fanfiction
Title:	Stir-Happy
Author(s):	O. Yardley
Date(s):	1980s?
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	The Professionals
Relationship(s):	Bodie/Doyle
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Stir-Happy is an 8-page Professionals story by O. Yardley.

Fan Comments

Before I read this story its title made me think it would be set in and around a jail, but to my surprise it turned out to be a lovely, warm Christmas story.

It is sectioned into two months: November and the preparation of the Christmas pudding; December - Christmas for two, and a proposal from Doyle that includes a ring.

Call me soppy, but I enjoyed this story very much.

This starts in November, when Doyle is making a Christmas pudding and tells Bodie of the tradition of making a wish as you stir it. His wish is for Bodie's girl to spend Christmas with her family, leaving Bodie free, as he has been having fantasies about Bodie. The letter's wish remains unknown throughout, although it can be guessed at. Doyle's wish is granted and he invites Bodie over, warning him of a surprise in the pudding. Bodie finds an inscribed signet ring, a match for the one Doyle has in his slice of pudding, and they realise their feelings are mutual.

I quite liked the twist in the way the rings were inscribed. And there are no long deliberations or explanations of why they feel as they do. In five sentences they settle things between them. It is not terse or unrealistic: the emotions are clear, and more effective in their brevity.

A nice story.