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discoveredinaljSunlight and Roses
by The Hag
"For god's sake don't let the cats in here!" Doyle snarled.
"Wasn't going to." Bodie dumped a large package on the sofa and went to hang up his coat. "Parky out there. What's got your knickers in a twist this evening?"
"Trying to get these bloody presents wrapped. Can't seem to — "
"Cheer up!" Bodie undid the package. "Behold the answer to your thumbs-for-fingers misery!"
"What, gift bags? A bit pricey - still got loads of this paper left from last year."
"Yeah - that special offer, so flimsy we had to use it triple. Regular nightmare that was, and Castor getting the sticky tape round his back legs and hiding under the sofa yowling his stupid head off for hours. Forget your false economies for once and do it the easy way. What's that godawful mess you're working on?"
Doyle sighed. "Tin of Roses for Janice."
"Not for the family? She gets the lot?"
"She'll probably let you have one. It's the actual tin, really, one of those Cath Kidston designs, she loves them."
"Like brother like sister, eh? Collect any old — "
"Tins always come in handy."
"Well, give her the tin and let me have the choccies."
"Keep Cadbury's in business all by yourself, couldn't you?"
"Not with you supervising every morsel that tries to cross my lips. Like a perishing harpy."
"And what did you have for lunch, then? MaccieD's?"
"None of your business. Fancy a drink?" Bodie didn't wait for an answer. "Here you go. Stuff for the kids still need doing or shall I bag them?"
"Ta." Doyle raised his glass. "You come in handy as well sometimes."
"Thank you so very much." He started to croon: "I am your sunshine, your tin of sunshine, I make you happy when skies — "
Doyle rolled his eyes. "All right, all right. Suppose I can be a bit of a grey sky sometimes."
"Ah — you’re my thorn without a rose. Or a tin."
Doyle chuckled. "All prick, am I?"
"After dinner I'll get your knickers untwisted and you can show me."
[end]
December 16 2022
Title: Sunlight and Roses
Author: The Hag
Slash - Older Lads (Crackers et al universe)
Archive: Yes
Not mine, just borrowing them.
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Date: 2022-12-16 07:31 pm (UTC)That was just adorable. Love Doyle all snarky and Bodie poking at him. Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-16 08:00 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-16 07:59 pm (UTC)I really love your older lads stories. Thank you for this one.
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Date: 2022-12-16 08:00 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-16 09:49 pm (UTC)I enjoyed this very much. Loved the final two lines...
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Date: 2022-12-16 11:15 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-16 11:05 pm (UTC)Awesome story, so sweet and still them!
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Date: 2022-12-16 11:15 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-16 11:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-16 11:56 pm (UTC)Thank you! Did you manage to get to the interview?
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Date: 2022-12-19 10:22 am (UTC)...I also didn't clock when I read your story that you'd left the trailer outside a cut. Could you possibly hide it for us please? No worries about the story, because it's only wee (and perfectly formed *g*) but our one "rule" at
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Date: 2022-12-19 03:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-19 03:34 pm (UTC)I can see you've got the new lj rather than sticking with the old one — I must admit I wonder if that's connected with problems editing etc... I know I can't navigate between your posts and the previous and next ones on Dialj, because there's no longer links that let me do that. I can navigate between all the other posts like that though! I do wish people wouldn't muck about with things that aren't broken for the sake of being shiny and new. Lj was always so superior to the other offerings anyway!
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Date: 2022-12-19 10:51 pm (UTC)Took out the header but no luck with the cut. It always used to work and the syntax doesn't seem to have altered. As for versions — I think I changed it to the previous one but damned if I know. I just get baffled by all the icons. Long for the days of just words!
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Date: 2022-12-19 11:10 pm (UTC)Hmmn, for the cut... are you working in html, or with their new posting icon thingies? Some of their icons are nice and helpful, but some just don't work for me. I've stuck to my old-fashioned style through thick and thin so far, and I so prefer the words!
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Date: 2022-12-16 11:33 pm (UTC)Delightful. . . simply delightful!!!
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Date: 2022-12-16 11:57 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-17 02:35 am (UTC)Happy Holidays!
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Date: 2022-12-17 05:07 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-17 03:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-17 05:07 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-17 01:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-17 01:30 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-18 10:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-18 11:52 pm (UTC)Thank you — can't believe how long ago I wrote it. And fond/sad memories of Joan, the first of mine she edited. I do miss her!
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Date: 2022-12-19 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-19 12:06 am (UTC)Well, it was Boxing Day I was remembering, not this story. A mind is a terrible thing to lose!
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Date: 2022-12-19 01:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-19 03:08 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-12-23 01:27 pm (UTC)I love how you write them!
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Date: 2022-12-23 11:03 pm (UTC)Thank you!