Fic: Fearful/Fearless (Pros, B/D)

[przed]

Title: Fearful/Fearless
Author: P.R. Zed
Fandom: Pros
Pairing: B/D
Notes: For the stagesoflove comm. Two related drabbles for the Passion theme.


Fearful

It sometimes frightened him. How much he wanted Doyle. How much he craved the man in his very marrow.

The longing took hold of him in unexpected places, at unexpected times. On the shooting range, the air stinking of cordite, where Doyle, his sleeves pushed up on taut forearms, hit bullseye after bullseye. Or in a briefing, where Doyle would stretch out his legs with grace aforethought and give Bodie an insolent grin.

Times like those, Bodie wanted to strip Doyle as bare as Doyle'd stripped his defences, to make Doyle feel every ounce of Bodie's own fear and need.

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Fearless

With Bodie at his side, Doyle could do anything, face anything. Bodie's presence wrenched his fear away. It made him fierce, made him invincible.

On the street, Bodie gave him the courage to charge into a firefight heedless of his own skin, conscious only of the brutal joy of the moment.

And in bed, oh, in bed, Bodie gave him another kind of courage. The courage to strip off the mask he showed the world, along with his clothes, and expose the man beneath. The courage to throw back his head and exult in the sensation of flesh on flesh.

Comments

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I really like these and I'm not normally one for drabbles. But I like how the same situation is shown to bring forth two entirely different emotions from them. I can honestly see it going that way, too.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It's been fun exploring different sides of the lads characters in these short bites. Nice to hear you're enjoying them.

[faramir-boromir.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are grand! The words used for each man are perfect, and allow you to show so much of them. I'm amazed each is only 100 words. Well done.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's interesting, trying to find just the right moments to show in a drabble. And then shaving the word count to fit.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

I really do take my hat off to you and your skill in saying so much in so few words. You are very talented.

Super as always.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

And in bed, oh, in bed, Bodie gave him another kind of courage.

Lovely, again. Thank you!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Will respond to email when no longer hacking up bits of lung.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Will respond to email when no longer hacking up bits of lung

Incredibly belatedly I know, but - stop doing that! And I hope you feel better by now, or at least soon...