Stop and Start

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Claim: The Professionals ~ Bodie/Doyle
Title: Stop and Start
Author: P.R. Zed
Prompt: 27: Beginnings
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Written from Bodie's POW, it's about the waiting and the action, and there is more than one kind of action... Though quite short, the author paints a startlingly real picture, one you can almost see in an episode... On the show, we've all seen how Doyle reacts when there's a possibility of his partner getting hurt, and in the story it's put into words, and you can almost see it... Also, no matter how good a setting is, it would be nothing without great writing, and this is absolutely amazing!

"I thought you were dead, you stupid git." And this time it wasn't harshness in Doyle's voice, it was a bloody crack, right down the middle.

"What the hell, Doyle? It's never bothered you before," Bodie said, but even as the words left his lips, he had a flash of memory: pain and blood and sirens and hospital and Doyle leaning over him, his face gone wet with tears.

"It always bothers me," Doyle said, as if he could read his partner's thoughts. "You get hurt and I feel like I've been gutted. Every time." Doyle finally looked up. His eyes caught the glow from the streetlight, glittering an unearthly silvery grey. "Every fucking time."

Link to the Story: Stop and Start