[identity profile] loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] discoveredinalj
I don't think I'll ever write "older B&D" the way I write "older S&H". But I got the prompt word "Paintbrush", and this just kind of came together.

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Military Surplus

Doyle loathes decorating with a passion. Wallpaper, paintbrushes—carpet samples, for God's sake. It's enough to send any normal man round the twist. Just because he can paint doesn't mean he has to.

He's got too many memories of a childhood in a house where the pristine state of the walls and floor mattered more than a growing boy's need to play. He firmly ignores Bodie's moaning about living in a tip.

That is, until the day Bodie arrives home with two cans of paint—one battleship grey, one camouflage green—and politely inquires which he'd prefer for the bedroom.

Date: 2007-09-22 02:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] schnuffi.livejournal.com
Bwahahahaha!!! Camouflage bedroom, alright. I bet Doyle changed his mind about decorating rather quick.

Date: 2007-09-22 02:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] myrebelcat.livejournal.com
Hah! I love it! Doyle will have to pretend that the camo green is actually a lovely forest colour and use it for the baseboards. ;-) Love your older B&D!

Date: 2007-09-22 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callistosh65.livejournal.com
I don't think I'll ever write "older B&D" the way I write "older S&H". Think again, this is a *lovely* snapshot of older Bodie and Doyle. And damn funny, too. 'Fraid you got it, my friend.*g*

Date: 2007-09-22 02:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Heeee! Bodie's not stupid... *g*

Date: 2007-09-22 03:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] empty-mirrors.livejournal.com
LOL oh, yes!

Date: 2007-09-22 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nakeisha.livejournal.com
*Smiles*

Nice.

Date: 2007-09-22 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magenta-blue.livejournal.com
battleship grey, one camouflage green whahaha! Bodie knows Doyle only too well *g*

Date: 2007-09-22 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sc-fossil.livejournal.com
Very cute, Verlaine. You have older B&D down just fine. Thanks for this. I loved the idea that Bodie brought home those colours. That's so funny.

Date: 2007-09-22 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] solosundance.livejournal.com
Just because he can paint doesn't mean he has to ... I love that so much. Oh, and green for the bedroom I'd say ...

Date: 2007-09-22 10:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sjames-centre.livejournal.com
oh lord, another SH'er jumping ship on me.
But I might just have join Pros for the feedback alone..

Date: 2007-09-23 01:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miwahni.livejournal.com
This made me laugh! I can so see Bodie manipulating Doyle in just this manner. Nice bit of double-think.

Date: 2007-09-23 05:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elizabethhelena.livejournal.com
Oh this fed my love of 'evil curtain fic'. Delicious!

Date: 2007-09-23 04:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crimson-37.livejournal.com
LOL... thanks for this.

And for sharing. :)

Date: 2007-09-24 09:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moth2fic.livejournal.com
Oooh! Do you think he'll maybe use the colours, plus the combined one (a sort of murky brown?) to create a mural??!!

Date: 2008-01-14 02:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magnifica7.livejournal.com
I just read your drabbles - excellent, all of them! :)

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