The lads slightly pissed and a tree...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I always forget the title and author of this story - Doyle vanishes on Bodie because he's ill, I think, and ends up in a relative's cottage in tiny village somewhere, with all his painting gear. Bodie tracks him down of course, and they go out to the pub and have way too much, and come back gorgeously drunk along a path - I think by a river - and one of them bumps into a tree and wonders why they didn't notice it in the middle of the path on the way to the pub... or something similar, but the way it's written always makes me giggle...

Any ideas anyone?! Help!

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[rosie55.livejournal.com]

There's another story - where Doyle develops some obscure but serious illness - a blood condition involving radiotherapy - and goes off to a cottage in Cornwall without telling Bodie where he is, though he has told Cowley who gets the CI5 medics to confirm his condition. Doyle won't let Cowley tell Bodie why he has gone.
Eventually Doyle is unable to resist ringing Bodie to hear his voice and Bodie tracks him down. And there is a sequel, too, where Bodie has an accident and Doyle comes back to London to be at his bedside. I don't suppose anyone remembers which ones these are? I thought I had saved these but can't find 'em now!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds familiar too... *thinks... thinks...*

Maybe we should have a "Poorly Doyle" ficlist, and a "Poorly Bodie" one too! *g*

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

Found it now - someone else had asked about it earlier on Pros storyfinders. It is Bittersweet 1 and 2, by SN and they are on the Proslib cd.
So that's me happy!
And yes - a poorly lads ficlist would be good, wouldn't it, for all of us h/c fans. Though with their injury records, it might be a long list!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh well done you, and I remember those titles now as well! No ProsLib CD here at work, so it'll have to wait until hometime... One advantage to working is that I have lunchtimes and 2 x bus journeys to read fic - whee! *g*