A Mercenary's Tale by Fictionwriter

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

Title: AMercenary’s Tale
Author: margaret_r aka Fictionwriter
Artist: bodiecuddle
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle, Bodie/OMC
Word count: 46,800
Warnings (highlight to read): Violence. OC Deaths

Summary: A midnight phone call, a mysterious visitor and Doyle’s persistence force Bodie to relive his mercenary past, bringing that past into the present. Over one long night Doyle listens to the tale Bodie has to tell and when he’s done it’s up to Doyle to try and stop his partner risking all in a headlong dash to revenge.

Notes: Thank you once again to moth2fic for her beta skills, her suggestions for improvements in the narrative (telling me where I was going wrong in other words) and for keeping me on track with grammar and punctuation as well as making some gorgeous icons for the story. Happy birthday Moth, have a good one.

Of course a big thank you and hug to my artist, bodiecuddle for such a stunning visualisation of my story. Thanks also to the Box of Tricks mods for again giving us another year of Pros goodness.

Link to Fic: Fic Master Post/A Mercenary's Tale
Link to Art: Art Master Post

Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I'm so sad I've finally finished this story as I didn't want to finish it and I know I'm going to miss it terribly. I'll miss young Bodie and his Africa, the African friends he made, the experiences he had, the star-filled Congo nights - in fact I think this is one of *the* best merc-Africa-related stories I've read as the place really came alive for me. And I really appreciated all the research you did for it (or maybe it was general knowledge?!). And I loved the idea for the story itself and Bodie's narration of it via flashbacks, that was very atmospheric and I felt I was sitting alongside Doyle, as mesmerised as he was.

I think this is a story to fall in love with and like other favourite stories I know it's going to stay in my head for some time. Thanks so much for writing it.

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

What can I possibly say to such wonderful comments other than you’ve made all the work, research and angst'ing over this fic worthwhile:D

The story came out of an awful lot of research (especially into the political situation in the Congo!) and some general knowledge;) I was living in South Africa around the time of Angola's independence and the subsequent civil war and I wanted to tell Bodie’s story, create his world, by using some of my own experience of life in Africa. I’m very glad it worked so well for you.

Thank you very much for reading, for commenting and most of all for enjoying the tale. That it will stay in your memory is great praise for a writer and I really appreciate you telling me that:D