Pros Big Bang - Past Imperfect by SAC

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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

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I love long stories and the opportunities they afford writers to explore and develop various things which they wouldn’t normally do and so I like the way you’ve picked up on Bodie’s attitude towards prostitutes and taken it a bit further. I hadn’t thought of that particular angle before and you’re right, his responses in Female Factor and Takeaway were quite different and it actually made me think (never a bad thing!) and question this inconsistency which, after all these years reading and watching pros, is no mean achievement(!). (My own little theory is that there might just have been a bit of leg pulling on Bodie's part vis a vis Doyle's idealistic attitude towards the 'noble' [or 'honorary'?] - code of prostitutes) And this leads me on to another observation which is how impressed I’ve been at the number of original ideas and plots which have appeared in the Big Bang challenge and I think your story should be added to that list!

Really enjoyed this, thanks very much for all your hard work.