May Day! Part 19

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Doyle’s side of the bed was empty when Bodie left it to answer an early morning call of nature. Once dealt with, he tied the belt of Doyle’s spare dressing-gown –- it was two sizes too small for Bodie and ended mid-thigh, but it kept his dangly bits from shrivelling up in the cold –- tightly around him and made his way to the kitchen for some much needed caffeine.

 

Doyle sat at the table, a frown on his face and the offending photos spread out in front of him.

 

Bodie stepped behind him, feeling muscles tense under his hands as he leaned on Doyle’s shoulders.

 

“Kettle’s boiled,” Doyle told him as Bodie bent his head down for a kiss.

 

“And good morning to you too, my little ray of sunshine,” Bodie greeted unperturbed, planting a wet kiss on Doyle’s cheek before taking the proffered mug. He contented himself with making the coffee and plonked both mugs on the table before sitting down himself.

 

“Come on, then, I could hear your brain working from the bedroom. Woke me up, it did. What’ve you got worked out in your curly bonce?”

 

Doyle ran a hand over his face and leaned back in the chair. “Hell if I know,” he admitted. “Someone has gone to the trouble of setting up a camera to take photos of us in a place where even we didn’t know we were going to be. Why? Why not just bug our flats?”

 

“Too much security,” Bodie replied, simply.

 

“Yeah, ok,” Doyle conceded, slurping his coffee. “But why set up a random place to catch us in? Unless there was more than one place set up…… Or…..”

 

“Or what?”

 

Doyle put down his coffee and grabbed at the envelope as a thought struck him. “No note, no blackmail attempt,” he mused, examining it again.

 

“What if it wasn’t us being set up?” Bodie asked, his voice grim. “They were expecting someone else and got us instead?”

 

There was silence as they digested the information.

 

“Pretty thin,” Doyle said.

 

“Paper thin,” Bodie agreed. Then, “We’ll need a list of who was at that Embassy party.”

 

“It’s Saturday,” Doyle pointed out. “Civil servants don’t work weekends.”

 

“Well, these ones do, if they want to stay civil servants,” Bodie declared, clearing a space on the table. “Come on Ray, we’d best get remembering.”

Comments

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

*hugs Hambel* I have absolutely no bloody idea why you'd be nervous! I really like the exchange between the two of them, the comfort level, and the thinking on the photos. It had occurred to me to wonder why/how the photos had been taken there... .

Love this: “Well, these ones do, if they want to stay civil servants,”

Thank you! ♥

And... if anyone happened to have taken photos of Bodie in that dressing gown I'd like to see those too.

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

I like them being comfortable together and working stuff out. I couldn't work out who the photographer is, so I thought I'd better try the 'why they were taken' approach. I'm glad it didn't come totally out of the blue for you. :)

I'm sure if we ask schnuffi nicely, she'll come up with pics of Bodie in that dressing-gown ;) I'd like to see that too...

Thanks Drayce ♥

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

heh, I love the thought of their little grey cells going into overdrive as they sit around not wearing very much *g* and yay you got them back on an even keel again! And good morning to you too, my little ray of sunshine ... bless!

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Half-naked brainstorming - I'm sure it will catch on ;)

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it :)

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Yay, more plot! Nifty turn there actually - what if the set up was meant for somebody else? And then for whom? Yup, they better get cracking if they wanna keep their jobs. Well done, mate!

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Yes, more plot! I've had to resort to making notes in the hope that I don't miss something vital (which is quite probable anyway, lol).

They've only got six days left now. Dun dun duuuuunn. :D

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

.. there's the plot again - yay!! And they're all the-morning-after and in the kitchen and mugs of coffee and brainstorming at the table together and Bodie's in a short dressing gown and .. oh my, you are just pressing my domestic kink button a treat.. ::HUGE grin::

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Oh, and there he is.... in a dressing-gown :D

Glad to press your buttons ;) They're just soooo comfortable in whosever flat they find themselves in, aren't they?

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

What a good part. I love the idea that they might not have been the targets. Cool. It leaves a lot of space to move forward. Thanks.

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Now we just have to work out who the real targets are. *looks innocent*

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Brilliant idea. Now they can find out who the intended targets were, save Somebody Important and Blackmailable's day (or bacon. or something) and come out of it as undercover heroes! Yay! And I love the ease with which they work and concentrate together while simultaneously being all breakfast-and-short-dressing-gown cosy and barely even noticing because they're just so comfortable with each other. Lovely!

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's as simple as that *g* Or not, as the case may be...

I love them being comfortable with each other, because they just are. It's canon.

Thank you :)

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Fab plotting. I'd wondered about the camera in the cupboard too, only there didn't seem to be an easy way to fit it in while they were still "reacting"! Wonderful what a bit of hot sex will do to clear the thought processes *g*.

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

There are so many parts to fit in. I'm loving this story. And yes, hot sex will always clear the, er, thought processes *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh yeay, plot again - well done! I shall claim the next bit too, since no one else has... *g*

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank goodness for that. I thought I'd killed the story again :D Thanks :)

[ankaree.livejournal.com]

Well done with this bit! Good conversation between the lads. And I like the idea that it might not be B/D who are the targets. Thanks for sharing!

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) Now we need to find out who the real targets are....