The Ornament

Fanfiction
Title:	The Ornament
Author(s):	Jeroen Richards
Date(s):	1999
Length:
Genre(s):	slash, Bodie/Doyle
Fandom(s):	The Professionals
Relationship(s):	Bodie/Doyle
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The Ornament by Professionals story by Jeroen Richards.

It was published in Priority A-3 #1.

Reactions and Reviews

This story of only 7 pages is told in very short segments of mostly dialog. Doyle is cruelly tortured and sexually abused after his cover is blown. Now in hospital, he refuses to talk about it and has a death wish. With a psychiatrist's help he eventually talks to Bodie and decides he wants to live for him. This story is very painful to read because Doyle is so damaged and Bodie is almost powerless to help him. But I love this Bodie, who is doing all he can to be a steady rock for Doyle to cling to. The story ends abruptly just when Doyle makes a breakthrough and starts talking to Bodie about what happened to him, which leaves me rather unsatisfied.