Two Birds, No Stone
| The Professionals Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Two Birds, No Stone |
| Author(s): | Mary S. Hereld and M. Suzanna Westphalen (Sandy Herrold and Rosa Westphalen) |
| Date(s): | 1997 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| External Links: | online here |
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Two Birds, No Stone is a slash Professionals story by Mary S. Hereld and M. Suzanna Westphalen.
It was published in Guilty Pleasures.
Summary
"Bodie wants Doyle to be his partner on and off the job. Except when he doesn't. Doyle wants Bodie to keep his mind on the job and off Doyle's body. Except when he doesn't. Two women, who know what they want without exception, give Bodie and Doyle a challenge they don't expect. Twenty-two thousand words of love, lust, misunderstanding and sex."
Reactions and Reviews
1997
STORY: The relationship between Bodie and Doyle has been touchy since Bodie made a pass at Doyle and was turned down, though he's trying to mend matters. They go and pick up two girls, who take Doyle (but not Bodie) home and play with him (and each other) sexually, leaving him much to think about. When he finally gets around to seducing Bodie, Bodie is anxious that he'll freak out, or turn on him. But all turns out well.... with an affirmation of the partnership.
I couldn't find anything here I didn't like. Great dialogue, with Bodie and Doyle very much in character to my eyes, with a problem that seemed plausible and a solution that made sense. Again, I liked the way the girls were characterized and the way the threesome with Doyle was portrayed. It was like imagining Modesty Blaise in stereo.
That was the icing on the cake: the girls turn out to be MI6 agents.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed "Two Birds, No Stone" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" because I didn't think I liked slash stories with extraneous women in them - perhaps I'm mellowing, or not as fussy as I thought, but I really think the charm of these stories is that the het sex was so well written - and in each case it was part of the slash story, not an imposition on it.
Even more important, the women didn't sound like Mary Sues, they were interesting and strong characters who seemed suitable parallels to Bodie and Doyle themselves -- no mean feat, I should think. [1]