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Bodie burst through the door to the VIP Lounge and dropped a festively decorated package on the table. He took in his exhausted fellow agents and shook his head in disappointment.
“What a sad lot. It’s Christmas, mates. Time to be merry and jolly and all that.”
“Shut it, Bodie,” Doyle snapped. “We’ve finally got a few hours to rest before being sent out on the streets again. We don’t need any of your half-arsed games.” He waved away Bodie’s parcel, settled back in his chair and closed his eyes. “Scrooge was right ‘Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.’ Not to mention what should be done with those who support the gratuitous use of mistletoe.”
“Well, who pissed on your jingle bells, mate?” Anson asked.
Doyle raised his hand, offering Anson a two fingered salute.
Ignoring his partner's exchange with Anson, Bodie pouted,“You wound me, Doyle.” He turned away from his partner.
“For the rest of you, I come with a bit of Christmas spirit to enjoy while we wait for Cowley’s next orders.” He opened the box he’d placed on the table and pulled out a bunch of Christmas crackers. He threw a handful out into the room. The agents laughed and reached for them.
“You have to share,” he admonished them, shaking a finger at them. “Remember, it is Christmas.”
“You’re nothing but a big kid,” Murphy laughed as he grabbed a cracker, and Susan, and they pulled each end to break it open.
The rest of the crew paired up and the snap of the crackers opening and the slight resultant chemical smell filled the room.
Bodie walked towards Doyle with the last cracker and held one of the ends out to him.
Doyle sighed loudly.
“C’mon. Pull, Doyle!” Bodie nudged his partner.
“That’s what she said,” Jax snickered.
Doyle threw a biscuit at Jax and an aggravated look at Bodie.
Bodie ruffled Doyle’s hair and gave him an innocent smile.
“I’m beat, Bodie.”
Bodie started to turn away, but Doyle sat up and grabbed his arm. “Sorry. Go ahead.” He gestured at the cracker and winked. “We’ll give it a tug.”
Bodie’s face turned a bit red and the rest of the room laughed. He pointed a finger at Doyle and announced, “Christmas has been cancelled.”
“What? Why?” Anson looked confused.
“Doyle here, told Santa he’d been good this year and Santa died laughing.”
“Very funny.” Doyle yawned and stretched in his chair. “I’m trying to get some kip here, Bodie, and you’re clausing a disturbance.”
“Clever,” Susan smirked. “Be careful, you might have to give up wearing your Grinch face with lines like that.”
Bodie held the cracker out to Doyle again and this time Doyle played along. He let Bodie pop it open but grabbed the surprises inside.
Doyle unfolded the message in the cracker and rolled his eyes. “These jokes are so daft.” He looked at the note again and shook his head. “All right, you asked for it - What did Santa say to the smoker?” He waited a second and then said, “Please don't smoke, it's bad for my elf!”
Murphy chimed in with his joke. “Who hides in the bakery at Christmas?” He looked around the room. “No guesses? Well then - A mince spy!”
A chorus of groans filled the room.
“This is a good one,” Jax offered. “What says 'Oh-Oh-Oh' ? - Santa walking backwards!”
Everyone turned to Anson. He opened his note. “What do you get if you cross Santa with a detective? - Santa Clues.”
Susan smiled as she read hers. “What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck? - A Christmas Quacker!”
“I’ve got the best one,” Bodie crowed. “What do you get if Santa forgets to wear his pants? - St Nickerless!”
Surprised to hear the raucous laughter spilling from the partially open Rest Room door, Cowley stopped to consider his options. He held up a hand to stop Macklin from entering the room. This op was an important one, yes, but his men had been on the run for days. Maybe a bit of downtime was what they needed.
He pushed open the door and was greeted by the A Squad sitting around the lounge wearing tissue paper hats and surrounded by the detritus of many popped Christmas crackers. Ribbons and wrapping paper littered the floor. Doyle’s hair was decorated with holly. Murphy teased Susan with a sprig of mistletoe. Anson was ‘fa-la-la-la-la-ing’ on a plastic whistle. The door closed with a bang. The room went silent. All attention turned to Cowley. He tried not to roll his eyes and thought he’d been able to swallow the smirk twitching at his lips, but the gleam in Bodie’s dancing eyes and the man’s raised eyebrow told him his attempt had failed. He heard Macklin mutter behind him, “CI5’s finest, eh?”
Title: Pull It
Author: merentha13
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The Rest Room and the Crackers
Date: 2023-12-06 06:51 am (UTC)Living in the US, I enjoyed reading this "cracker" activity story and the abundance of cliches. I'll bet Doyle had another reaction to the phrase "pull it". Thanks for the story.
RE: The Rest Room and the Crackers
Date: 2023-12-07 06:09 pm (UTC)It's good to see you back here!
Re: The Rest Room and the Crackers
Date: 2023-12-07 07:09 pm (UTC)Thanks for the comment. I'm just about done with my story, but it's going to be fairly long, I think. It's about 15 pages now and I have a few more to go. I hope that's all right.
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Date: 2023-12-06 07:53 am (UTC)Delightful. . . .A cheerful Bodie and grumpy Doyle. . . and crackers. . . I love them!!! Thank you!!!!
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Date: 2023-12-06 11:26 am (UTC)Thanks for sharing this amazing christmas cracker story. Love to read this!
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Date: 2023-12-06 12:05 pm (UTC)Such a comfort read. Thank you!
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Date: 2023-12-06 03:32 pm (UTC)That was such fun. I love the agents playful and happy for a while. And Cowley recognising they needed a bit of laughter. Thanks. Very nice!
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Date: 2023-12-06 05:07 pm (UTC)Lots of fun!
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Date: 2023-12-06 06:09 pm (UTC)Aww, love happy lads around the holiday! Thanks for a wonderful story. ❤️
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Date: 2023-12-06 07:54 pm (UTC)This is so much fun. I love it. :-)
And the image is perfect. Very well done.
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Date: 2023-12-08 02:01 pm (UTC)Aw, so like Bodie to find a way to lighten the mood. Delightful! :D
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Date: 2023-12-09 08:25 pm (UTC)The A Squad laughing and having fun, it makes me smile :-) And Bodie knows exactly how to cheer up his partner and when he has to do so. Thank you :-)
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