Discovered in the Wrapping paper – 5 January – A Christmas Triptych of Drabbles Parts One and Two

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A triptych is a work in three parts, and there will be three parts to this one, but time-zones being what they are I need to sleep a little first. Herewith then, parts 1 and 2. Part 3 to come before midnight Lads’ time.

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Discovered in the Wrapping paper – 5 January – A Christmas Triptych of Drabbles (Part Three)

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Just squeaking in, mouse-like...

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Discovered in the Wrapping paper – 5 January – A bit of fun

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The OH and I have been spending some of our increased time at home playing the DC Universe Online video game. One project we gave ourselves was to make Bodie and Doyle avatars and send them on a mission.

Warning: the character creation system really only allows 3 body types, and limited personality and dress options. So don't expect exact likenesses.

Theme music and video editing by B (who played Bodie, which is why he's front and centre the most). The dropbox link should allow you to view online or download.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6yaquzbbhku913z/Bodie-Doyle-DCUO1v2_x264.mp4?dl=0

Discovered in the Wrapping Paper - 6th January - Prosfic - A Little Warmth at Christmas

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It may not surprise you to hear that for the second year in a row I have failed to finish my Story Project in time to post for my Dialj day... I kept being hopeful, but as soon as I was back to work I knew it was probably not a goer... :(

But I have, of course, cobbled together some other things to post today! The first one is something a few people will have read, but I haven't posted it online yet. You'll need to wisk yourself back in time nearly two weeks (well, plus the forty-odd years to our lads' time in CI5)...

A Little Warmth at Christmas
by Slantedlight
Two o’clock, Bodie thought as chimes rang out in the downstairs flat, and all is well. Or at least as well as it could be with not a sign of Allan and his gang, the central heating off, and more draughts in this place than he’d had girls in his bed. Or blokes, he thought, because it seemed like he was always thinking about that again these days, and the reason was lying not two foot away, fast asleep.

They’d swapped shifts barely an hour ago, Bodie’s eyes gritted with not enough sleep for the last week, and Doyle seemed to have flaked out as soon as his head hit the floor. Ray’s eyes had been black with exhaustion, that cheek standing out sharply, and Bodie’d wondered if he looked as bad himself. He was still now, anyway, and Bodie hoped he was warm enough, because he’d stripped off his jacket to sleep, and just laid it over the grey wool blankets. They should have brought the sleeping bags, but there’d been no time, not after a twelve-hour shift leaping around after Billy Smith, and no one else free to set the place up for them. Christmas was turning out to be a busy time for CI5 this year.

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Discovered in the Wrapping Paper - 6th January - a ficlet offering

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My second offering today is by way of an apology for posting something that some people have already read - although it's something I've done before, and you might be tired of it anyway. *g*

I rather ironically have a more relaxed workday today, and so if anyone would like to give me a prompt for the lads, then I will write them a wee ficlet to post today too. *g* Any ficlet I write will be focussed on the lads in the new year (cos it's the 6th January), and apart from that I will incorporate whatever prompt/s you offer. (But I tend to do better when I'm given more random-seeming word prompts rather than very specific plots etc. to work to, because it gives me space to stretch and wiggle in a fic! *g*)

So... would anyone like another wee story today? *g*

Discovered in the Wrapping Paper - 6th January - Prosfic - Skater Boys

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Skater Boys
by Slantedlight
For firlefanzine

"Just get down there, he says." Doyle was practically spitting with rage as they walked past the rows of tiered seats to a - somewhat - quieter area. "Just blend in and keep an eye out, he says." He stopped abruptly enough that Bodie almost ran into him, plonked himself down on the wooden bench, and yanked one of his trainers off. “We’ve not had an afternoon off in weeks, and…”

Bodie sat down beside him and gave him a sideways glance before reaching down to unlace his own brogues. "Cool it, Ray," he suggested, without much hope. "We'll probably never lay eyes on the man. Jax and Benny'll pull him in the staffroom and we'll go home and..."

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