Terrific writing! I felt breathlessly swept along by each and every one. An absolutely wonderful execution of 'what if?'. As someone else said, I enjoyed the didn'ts as much as the did.*g* And may I just say a heartfelt "Wow!!" - The passion and precision with which you capture the lads is damn near perfect.
Bodie looked at him. Doyle still found him hard to read at times like this, when things got too close, too personal, too important. Doyle had accepted that Bodie would always be good at hiding some things.

Finally Bodie smiled, a small smile that barely curled his lips. "Not today," he repeated quietly. He reached over and ran a thumb over Doyle's mouth, and then he smiled again and closed his eyes.