The Reading Room - „In Case of Emergency, Break Rules“ (Heliophile)

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

My first rec is „In Case of Emergency, Break Rules“ by Heliophile. It is amusing, serious, lighthearted, emotional – everything I need in a good story. Have fun!

www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/20/incase.html
 

Comments

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

I love the story!
You're absolutely right with your "amusing, serious, lighthearted, emotional".
But you’ve forgotten 'sexy' and 'hot'!

First of course - the title fits perfectly! You can trust Doyle to find the right solution for each problem! :-)
And there are so many moments...
"Where in fucking hell could he be? Bodie's stomach was tight..."
"Cheeky bastard. Still, he liked that Ray had known it was him, had known he’d get there eventually..."
" Bodie felt Ray shudder again. Poor bugger must be freezing..."
"– ah, the little bastard, give ‘im an inch and he’d warm his cold hands when Bodie couldn’t breathe a word of protest –"

You can feel their affection, but it's told without any exaggeration or repetitions.

OK - I stop quoting.
Just one more:
He(Bodie) grew reckless. "Wouldn't mind sharing the lot with you, 's'matter of fact."

It really must be love!!!
*happy grin*

Thank you for that rec! A story I would have missed otherwise.

(Oh damn! How I wish there would be episodes from some stories...)

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

I read your last sentence - mmmmhhh...

[scherwood]

I really like the first part of this fic - epic! :D
With Bodie following, the bike, and then the quiet time between partners... *very happy fangirl*

But when they went back to the car and the fic kind of turned in some way, and it both surprised me, and got me all -Whaaaaat?- I don't dislike it, it just didn't push all the right buttons for me. It almost felt like two fics in one to me. As a whole I like it though.

Thank you for this rec, I would have missed it otherwise. :)

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

The turning of the story was really very surprising, and the words of "expression of complete and utter shock" seemed also fitting for me. I loved it, so our buttons are probably different :)

[scherwood]

Well I guess I was expecting something more. *shrug* :)

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Hehe - usually it is my business to complain when a good plot turns into 'just another first time'. :-)
But here it fits all (for me). The whole story - as well as the title - leads to that 'one moment'. There is no time for any kind of decisions at all - Doyle is just doing it!
That's very convincing for me.

"...and it both surprised me, and got me all -Whaaaaat?"
Well the light version with a kiss between partners in such a situation is old enough. So why are you sooooo surprised?

[scherwood]

Hehe - usually it is my business to complain when a good plot turns into 'just another first time'.
- No, I'm not complaining, I'm just telling what it felt like. It was like the first part didn't quite fit together with the second part (To clarify, the first part ended with the two men going their sepparate ways and the lads going back to the car). I was expecting something compleately different, and then they were by the car and I was transfered into another fic alltogether. *g* Sounds weird I know, but I don't know how else to explain it.

Well the light version with a kiss between partners in such a situation is old enough. So why are you sooooo surprised?
- I really do like the scene with the more heavy "kiss" between the lads, it was damn hot. So I do like this heavier version of the lads getting together. It's not that. It's...

I was expecting some fighting maybe, a little hurt/comfort, whatever, and then I got this instead and I was all 'okay...'. Maybe I got a little dissapointed that it had to end there, if you know what I mean, not that it ended the way it did.

I'm confusing myself so I'll just stop writing now. *g*

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

"It's not that. It's..."
Sigh! I know what you mean! Probably nobody can explain why a story works/or works not for someone... If you know what I mean?

I was happy with the turn of the story, and the end fits perfectly.

[scherwood]

If you know what I mean?
- I think so. *g*

I enjoyed reading it, and you liked it... yay~! _{end of this sorry story from me *snicker*}

[ladyhawke2.livejournal.com]

I liked this, especially the second half, which I thought a was lovely because I got a real sense of their vulnerability throughout that scene in the car. Thanks for recommending this story, I really enjoyed reading it.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Thanks for thanking :). Yes - the vulnerability is there, and it is wonderful written!

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

I've only just had time to re-read this, and it's such a treat! It just leaves me grinning stupidly, right down to 'on yer bike, sunshine', - hee!

Heliophile writes so delightfully and this is a good example. Like firlefanzine, I could see this as on film (well not the sex, but the rest of it) - especially Doyle flinging himself into the car - so vivid!

Doyle's cunning plan to pretend to be a couple of blokes innocently having it off on a dark country road is excellent! It starts off as a great surprise, but there are hints that it's not such a coincidence. By the end, it looks as though Bodie had thoughts of seducing Ray himself that night, in the cottage where they are supposed to be staying.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

"film (well not the sex, but the rest of it)" - oh ähm - mayby just a little bit of the sex too?

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the first part of the story, Bodie’s concern for Doyle and the way he goes with his instincts in finding him. The bit where he opens his coat to wrap it around a frozen Doyle is exquisite. But I agree with sarituss that the second part throws you out of the story slightly because of the jump in perception.

I think it may have worked better to draw the scene of them fleeing and Doyle’s solution out more, giving the reader an opportunity to adjust to the changing circumstances and for the tension to build. Having said that, I did like the fic in its entirety – a very enjoyable read.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

I was really astonished when sarituss wrote about her feelings with the story - never thought about it before. I like speaking about a story under the aspekt of different approaches. It is so much better than just a "It's great" or "It's awful".

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this one. I'd read it before and remembered enjoying it. The second read was just as good.

I think the switch several people mentioned comes because the lads were under orders to just observe so when they were almost caught and Doyle becomes inventive, there's no shoot up or chase to get involved in. They have to let the bad guys walk away, and since they've done their jobs, they're free to pursue something else. *g*

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

"Something else" Oh, really... :)

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Went and reminded myself of this and thoroughly enjoyed it. And I must say that I don't see it as a fic of two halves as some seem to. At that point in the car about midway through, we're in Bodie's POV, and so what Doyle does is clearly meant to come as a total surprise. And the direction she then takes it works well for me. It's hot, it's convincing as a first time, and she portrays Bodie's sudden lust as well as his confusion nicely.

And dialogue gal that I am, hers is to die for..*g*

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

There is nothing better than a real well phrased dialogue *grins*. The stories which show confusion mixed with lust are often more plausible for me. A man who had sex with women his whole life probably must be confused realizing his sudden desire for another man.

[jgraeme2007.livejournal.com]

I like this very much! Liked the fresh and skilfull use of language, like the characterization of the lads, liked the neatly encompassed snippet of plot -- capturing just a few moments, a turning point, in their lives. In fact, I can't think of anything I didn't like about it.

Like this moment particularly:
watching his face every second, and Ray never turned his face away, never thought of it, but kept turning towards him, reaching blindly to touch Bodie with his lips, and there was nothing, nothing in the world as beautiful as Ray's face as ecstasy took him.

Thanks for the rec as this seems to be a story I somehow missed.