discoveredinalj | Discovered in the Wassail Bowl - 30th December - And To You Your Wassail Too by Ubercaritas (Part 1)

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And To You Your Wassail Too
by Ubicaritas

Part One – Here We Come A-Wassailing

Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green;
Here we come a-wandering So fair to be seen.

“I don’t believe it.” Ray Doyle shook his head and stuffed the single sheet of paper back into its official-looking envelope.

“Believe what?” Bodie raised an eyebrow at his own as-yet unopened envelope.

The lift pinged and deposited them onto the second floor at CI5 headquarters, just along the corridor from the rest room. Even before they reached the door they could hear the agitated buzz of conversation; when they entered, they found a dozen or so of their fellow agents gathered around the notice board on the wall, where a posted page seemed to be the centre of attention.

“Did you see this?” Murphy stepped away from the crowd to greet them, gesturing vaguely behind him.

Doyle squinted at the board in the distance, then waved his envelope at him. “It’s bureaucracy gone mad,” he said. “Vacation requests for December must be made before the middle of July?! All employees must take at least one week…?!”

“All government employees are required …” Bodie was reading his own letter now, and looked up in disbelief. “… required to take Christmas vacation…”

Murphy nodded mournfully. “Since when does CI5 ever get any time off around Christmas… every nutter in the country comes out to play in December!”

“The A Squad never gets Christmas vacation!” Anson’s lament was echoed by others still standing by the posted order.

Bodie began a slow look around the room, then his face brightened. “If the powers-that-be want us to take a Christmas vacation,” he said, “then we’ll just have to move Christmas to a month when we’re not usually so busy. Say … in August?”

Doyle was already shaking his head. “Move Christmas to August? You can’t do that! Besides,” he added. “Cowley would never let us all off in August… oi, what are you doing? Gerroff…”

Bodie grabbed Murphy’s arm with one hand and reeled in Doyle with the other. “Now, sing along with me, lads …”

“Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green…”

end of part one

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Title: And To You Your Wassail Too
Author: Ubicaritas
Slash or gen: Slash
Archive at ProsLib: Yes please!
Disclaimer: Not enough wassail was consumed during the creation of this work. Also, just playing with the lads and returning them safe and mostly sound, no infringement of the Pros sandbox is intended.