Pros Big Bang - Past Imperfect by SAC

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Title: Past Imperfect
Author: greengerbil
Artist: ankaree
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Pre-slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word count: 35,011 or thereabouts
Warnings: NC-17 I suppose. Also warnings for flashbacks to childhood sexual abuse and dub-con (not involving partner).

Disclaimer: They’re not mine unfortunately. I just like to borrow them to play with for a while, and I promise to give them back when I’ve finished.

Summary: Doyle goes undercover while haunted by evil memories out of his past. Meanwhile Bodie is having problems of his own. The partnership is under strain and Doyle is under pressure – will they break the case before Doyle snaps, will Bodie be able to provide Doyle with the support he needs?

Notes: Many, many thanks to ankaree, who has provided the beautiful cover art and the gorgeous, apposite illustrations in the text – bonus, eh?

The first few thousand words of this fic have been sitting on my hard drive for the last... ooh, two years at least, so I am extremely grateful to przed and callistosh65 for organising and running the Big Bang, which has finally given me the impetus to finish it!

And thanks too to my wonderful betas jaycat92 and lukadreaming who spotted my spolling mistokes, sorted out my grammar, and provided much fixing cement to fill in the huge plot holes that threatened to derail the whole thing. Guys, I owe you!

Link to Fic: Fic Master Post
Link to Art:Art Master Post
Link to E-reader files: E-reader Files (Right click to download files)

Comments

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

It was Bodie's attitude to prostitutes that I wanted to look at, because I saw a change in it between Female Factor and Takeaway and thought that figuring out why his ideas changed might make a story.

And of course it wasn't going to hurt his partnership with Ray - Bodie would never let that happen!

I really appreciate you persevering with the story when I know you're uncomfortable with my version of Ray's past. And thank you so much for the lovely review, too!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

It's a good story and your subject matter doesn't detract from that at all. I enjoy your writing very much.

Really, though, I'm not uncomfortable. I just don't buy it as a general concept in any of my fandoms. However, I will read a story where one of my guys is a hooker. I take it with a grain of salt and realise it's not something I believe could or would happen. I don't "see" it or I tell myself it wouldn't happen to my Doyle (or Starsky or whoever!). Heck, even HG's Rainbow Chasers, as good as it is, didn't convince me. *g*