Fic: Firsts (Pros, B/D)

[przed]

Here's the second of my timed out zine stories. This one is from the first Never Far Apart 2, published by the lovely justacat. The story is up on the AO3 archive.

Title: Firsts
Fandom: Pros
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word Count: 17,728
Summary: There's a first time for everything.

Notes: This was originally meant to be a few vignettes that I could knock out in a week or two. It ended up being a whole lot more than that, with a nutty structure that took me severals years to unravel. I couldn't have done it without the friends who helped me fix it where it was broken and figure out which vignettes to leave in and which to pull out. Thanks to msmoat and FJBryan for helping out with the structural stuff and making sure it didn't topple over, and to callistosh65 and ancastar for beta duties above and beyond the call once I had an actual complete draft. And as always, thanks to justacat for making sure no typo got through. Any errors remaining are my own.

This way to Firsts

Comments

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I'm so pleased you posted this one! I didn't have a copy of it so it's great that now I can take it away. *g* Thank you!

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm pleased you're going to read it!

[roven75.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I really enjoyed reading this. You must've pulled the right vignettes because what remains is very coherent in content and structure and doesn't read at all like it's been worked on over several years, but comes across as a unit.
I also enjoyed the glimpses into the lads' pasts you offered, I can very well imagine them as part of their background.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you think this hangs together. There was a crazy amount of work, getting a structure to work.

I've always been fond of stories that provide the lads with a bit of back story, and it was fun working on my own personal fanon for them.