Where the Jungle Begins by Verlaine

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Title: Where the Jungle Begins
Author: Verlaine
Artist: inlovewithboth
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word Count: 30,949

Summary: Before CI5, before the SAS, before the army . . .

There was Africa.

Past and present intertwine when two former mentors of Bodie's are kidnapped. As Bodie and Doyle search through London to find out who has taken them and why, Doyle's main concern is for Bodie. How will the secrets of the past affect their present - and their future?


Notes: A very large thank you to [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] for beta work, and to thayln and [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] for advice and suggestions. Any and all mistakes are my own. Thanks to my artist [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], whose vid just delights me. And a shout-out to all our mods, who kept us on track and producing.

Link to Fic: http://archiveofourown.org/works/536371
Link to Art: http://youtu.be/Dnj729pLoSg

Comments

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

V posted! Yay! Thanks, V, and a big thank you to ILWB for doing art.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Massive congrats on posting to both of you, can't wait to watch and read, it sounds fantastic.

[inlovewithboth.livejournal.com]

When I originally saw this story summary I grabbed at it and was so delighted to be given my first choice. I just knew this was a story I wanted, needed, to illustrate. I had great fun making the vid and really wanted to capture all the elements of a story that I totally loved. And on top of all that, I've made a new friend. I do adore the Big Bang experience!

[lillianorchid.livejournal.com]

Congrats to both of you! The story sounds very interesting, can't wait to read! The Video is excellent as well. :D *\o/*

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Thank you both! Can't wait to enjoy story and video. :-)

Is there a download for the vid? - blocked of course...

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Downloading and look forward to reading. Love the vid.

[sw33n3y.livejournal.com]

Ooh a caper through the streets of London town! I like the sound of it already! :D

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how happy I am to see this go up! I LOVED working on this, and I have been waiting to get a complete, downloadable version onto my Kindle since the BB began.

Will become a fandom classic, my dear.

[murphybabe]

I'm all Kindled up and ready to read *g* I'm really looking forward to it - thank you!

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

So looking forward to this, V! Congrats to you both!!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to you both! The vid is fabulous, thank you, and I'm dying to start reading too.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Wonderful story and a terrific vid! Congrats to you both!

[maddalia.livejournal.com]

This summary really grabbed me. Can't wait to start reading!

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh, this sounds very interesting! And what a wonderful vid!
I'm very much looking forward to reading this, thank you both!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

A fantastic story!
Actually two fantastic stories. :-)
Your 'Bodie in Africa' is a very good plot, a very good possibility how it 'could have been', I think.
And what a perfect twist with the betrayal! And the killing of the 'beautiful girl'... Yeah that makes sense!
Woodruff and Bannister are great!

I only would have wished 'more' in the end. Maybe a meeting between Bodie and Woodruff and Bannister.
I could have read on and on for some more time! :-)

Thank you!

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic read this was, one which I thoroughly enjoyed and which kept my attention from start to finish. I particularly liked the story's structure - the way it moved back and forth from contemporary Ci5 to Africa and a much younger Bodie. And I liked the way you succeeeded in creating a Bodie who is very real, who is at times both ruthless and determined to survive and yet who can still respond to the plight of others and grow, believably, into the Bodie we know.

Thanks for a great story, I loved it.

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

A great story! I enjoyed it so much. Thank you, and thanks to ILWB for her vid! :-)