Discovered out of Context challenge: Whatever You Want.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

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I thought as I’m hosting this party that it was way past time I actually wrote something for it… sorry!

This is only my second Pros story that’s longer than a drabble and the first one was PWP. That said, non-constructive criticism cheerfully tolerated – points for creativity, but please do not mention my mother.


Suggested by the quotation: Presumably I'm the condemned man and obviously you're the hearty breakfast. Diamonds are Forever



Whatever you Want




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Title: Whatever You Want
Author: Draycevixen
Slash or Gen: Slash.
Archive at ProsLib/Circuit: Yes please.
Word Count: 2961 words
Disclaimer: The lovely lads are not mine. *sob*
Notes: For the Discovered Out of Context challenge at discoveredinalj.




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Comments

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

Way to go pokey stick woman! Bodie off-balance... Doyle wants... you'd think he'd have tumbled to it faster than that, wouldn't you!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I'll admit to being more than a little fascinated by how often complications in relationships come down to the assumptions people make. For instance, I have a dear friend who carried a torch for a man for 10 miserable years all the time assuming he was too handsome/too intelligent/too blah blah blah to be interested in her, so she never "signalled" that she might be available/interested because why flirt with him when it was a lost cause? A year ago they were at a mutual friend's wedding and he got very drunk and told her he'd been in love with her for years but assumed he wasn't good enough for her. He's a stock trader from a crappy background and she works with charity groups and has an 'awfully nice" family. Sorry... I'm rambling.

Thank you for reading! :D

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

Same thing happened to me once, the one that got away... Fascinating thing what we make up our minds about...

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

They're just both such "blokey" blokes, I could easily see them assuming the other one wouldn't be interested sexually, despite being so close. There's such a history of platonic love between men, their physical relationships being with women, but their emotional relationships being with men.

Oh, and I meant to mention, as I hate unfinished tales, my friend and her beau have been married for about 8 months now and have a bun in the oven.

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. Baking. How lovely!

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Wind Mill Woman strikes again - yessssssss! Interesting technique what with all those paragraphs - I like it. And I absolutely adore Doyle when he gets into full determination mode. Poor Bodie - he must have felt as if a locomotive just hit him *EG* You're lucky to get them back together at the end, otherwise I might have been forced to use that pokey stick of yours for some very nasty maiming *VEG*

And you even managed to get Bodie out of his clothes. Quite unceremoniously but still - stark naked Bodie o.O I'm ever so proud of you *WG*

Don Quixote follows me everywhere...

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

what with all those paragraphs. I took a writing workshop years ago that has always stuck with me. It was all about form reflecting content. When we recall something, we don't sit there and recite it to ourselves like War and Peace, we recall specific things that people said and specific actions, hence multiple paragraphs. Of course, it always looks like even more with me, because I tend to write a lot of dialogue anyway.

stark naked Bodie *brain wanders off* I *still* want to write something where Doyle peels those clothes off him.

*is proud that you're proud* Thank you! ♥

Re: Don Quixote follows me everywhere...

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure Doyle will be very willing to peel and Bodie will hardly try to fend him off, right? So don't tell me the lads won't cooperate *G* And why the heck do I have to think about Chiquita bananas now???

Re: Don Quixote follows me everywhere...

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Well, a banana isn't necessarily a bad image. *whistles*

Re: Don Quixote follows me everywhere...

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Didn't say it was - just a bit... on the soft side *VEG*

Re: Don Quixote follows me everywhere...

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Well you need to get one at just the right degree of... ripeness. *nods sagely*

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Oh, sneaky, sneaky Ray. You've got to love him, haven't you? :D

I like how they each go into defensive mode and won't let the other one speak. It's so them. And Bodie - pretending he had a woman in his flat to save face - what a lovely image that was of him, bare-chested and mussed-up hair. Mmmmm.

Oh, and I saw you sneaking in Tom White there :D

Lovely, Drayce. Thank you ♥

Oh, and typos? Blond should have an 'e' on the end when it's female, according to my 'O' level French. Threw me a bit there ;) Also, near the end “Let’s shakes hands on it and—”, you don't need the second 's' on 'shakes'. And your mother sounds a marvellous person *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Well it was sneaky of him to take advantage of the situation, but Bodie was practically offering himself up on a platter and who could resist that? *veg*

and won't let the other one speak Thank you. They're both people who are quick to sum up a situation and then act on it, so I'm fascinated by how many problems that causes. We see it a lot in canon.

I couldn't resist doing that to Bodie... Erm... *sniggers*

Thanks for the typos! I'd fixed "shakes" even before reading your comment. As to blond(e) the OED says either is acceptable (we're NOT French *g*), but I will change it so you can say that you made good use of your French 'O' level! :D

Thank you! ♥

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ha - Tom White back again! *g* So we have a new character to share between us, eh?! I'll echo the happiness over Bodie's shirtlessness and mussed hair - and the fact that he did it himself... *g*

Cheers!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Tom just slipped in there, I couldn't keep him out. Erm...

I'd been complaining to a friend about how difficult it is to get Bodie's clothes off, so I couldn't resist.

Thanks for reading! *g*

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Well! That's a nice tables turned sort of story! (On the reader as much as on Bodie. *g*) I can definitely see Doyle doing that--and Bodie as well. Heh. Thank you!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

That's very nice of you as I'm still trying to work out what I'm doing here.

Thank you for reading. :D

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

A sneaky manipulation by Doyle, which like Bodie, I didn't see coming so heh. A nice build up that really kept us guessing. And smut too!! Thank you for this.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Well, Bodie was kind enough to paint a bullseye on himself so we can't really blame Doyle for taking the shot. *eg*

Thank you for reading! :D

Blow by Blow Response ;-)

[towerbridge2006.livejournal.com]

Oh crap! Bodie walked in on Cowley shaking Ray's hand. That can only mean...Oh oh.

Every time Bodie had allowed himself to imagine being with Ray it had always been about his touching Ray, not the other way around.

Bodie really does come across as more touchy feely than Ray.

He didn’t even give me enough time to enjoy the view.
Poor Bodie! We all want to enjoy that view. ;-)

Poor Bodie (again)! He wants to please Ray but he's not pleasing himself.
:-(

This is NOT looking good for their relationship. You've got me thinking that Ray is prepping for a very unusual mission!

Poor Bodie. Four days of suffering.

Huh? Oh oh. Ray is really in trouble now.

Hee! I love the way they keep interrupting each other.

Aww! That was very cute. You left me wanting more.

Thanks for sharing. ;-D

Re: Blow by Blow Response ;-)

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

It does often seem that Doyle is more verbally emotional -- Bodie using words/jokes to keep his distance -- and Bode more physically expressive. I also think when you're attracted to someone you're convinced would not return your interest it is far easier to imagine what you would like to do to them, rather than the other way round.


Thank you for reading and commenting! ♥

[bistokids.livejournal.com]

Oh this is fantastic! :D Misunderstandings like this are something I often have difficulty coping with (seriously, I can't watch sit com at all, I just get so irritated I start wanting to smash stuff), but this is beautifully downplayed, and you kept me giggling throughout. I adored this:

“I want you.”

“Look mate, it’s late and I know you’ve had a lot to drink, but you’re going to have to be more specific about what you want me to do...D’you need someone killed?”

How sweet is that?! :D

And this - Bodie wasn’t completely sure how he knew Doyle was outside his front door.

It might have been that he recognized Doyle’s distinctive way of knocking on his door. It might have been the fact that Doyle was also kicking his door and yelling “Open up Bodie, I know you’re in there!”

That's a prime example of why I like your writing so much. Oh, that and the hotness, naturally. (“Bed, Bodie.” He looked back over his shoulder. “Now!” *melts*)

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

*hugs BK tight* I'm not at all sure what I'm doing here *flails* so thank you! ♥

I'm not a big fan of the sitcom kind of misunderstandings either (often involving elaborate schemes) but I am fascinated by how often people in real life misunderstand each other by filtering everything through their subjective view point. I've seen it have disastrous results several times in romantic relationships.

*blushes* That means a lot to me coming from you. Thanks again! ♥

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

It might have been that he recognized Doyle’s distinctive way of knocking on his door. It might have been the fact that Doyle was also kicking his door and yelling “Open up Bodie, I know you’re in there!”

I love that line. It's very funny.

Good story. Doyle being manipulative, getting he wanted. Poor Bodie! All he wanted to do was touch Ray, but he was so scared Ray would stop/run if he did. Misunderstandings abound, but all worked out. Thanks.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I like comedy, so I generally try to inject a laugh where I can and I'm glad the misunderstandings worked for you.

Thank you for reading and commenting. :D

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Years late, but I've been saving this on my tabs until I could finally get a chance to stop by and say how much I liked it. I think it's often very difficult to get the balance of misunderstanding just right, so you can see where the thought-processes of each person are taking them, how they're misinterpreting each other/the situation but without it looking glaringly artificial, the writer determinedly and clunkily putting obstacles in their way so as to stretch things out - and this is a prime example of how to do it right! The assumptions, the conclusions they both leap to - apart from making you want to hit them - are entirely plausible and perfectly judged. Poor Bodie, getting just what he wants and not being able to enjoy it - that was almost tipping over into really unhappy stuff there! - and later realising that Doyle got almost exactly the same raw deal, and by his own hand too! Lovely and funny and beautifully told - thanks so much for the pleasure of reading (and of course re-reading) it!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment. ♥

Obviously I love the lads and *see* a deep connection between them in canon else I wouldn't slash them. I am also overly fascinated by how difficult it might actually be to get them together. Brothers-in-arms camaraderie is so prevalent amongst military/police types -- often their strongest emotional relationships are with other men even when all of their physical relationships are with women -- that I think if one were in love with the other there would be a lot of uncertainty if that feeling were *really* returned or just another example of that camaraderie.

I was also delighted to hear that it didn't come over as artificial as I have no interest in drawing a story out, just in trying to tell whatever is rattling around in my brain.

Again, thank you for reading. :D