The Professionals Circuit Archive - Can You Keep a Secret? Can You Keep a Secret? by Akin *(Written for the_safehouse livejournal community "title" challenge (title: "Can You Keep A Secret?" by Sophie Kinsella))* Today is a hot and sunny day. A warm trickle of sweat is running down my back, inviting me to scratch it away. I look at Bodie who is walking through the central with a handful of files. Iron virgin that he is, he is covered from head to toe. *Sweat drops on her face glistened when she shook her head and shouted.* Are there any sweat drops running down his back? I follow the line of his polo-neck and trousers, along his whole body. *Her dressing down opened a little as she gesticulated, sending me out of her flat and life.* I smirk. I just found a small thought for me to cherish the whole day; Bodie has no underwear. I smile and raise my head. And freeze. My stare meets with Murphy's. For a second we hold each other's eyes, I frown. I nod to him slightly and he nods back. Very carefully. I smile crookedly and after a small hesitation he responds as well. We all have our secrets and we keep them locked tightly. Even Murphy. Our guilty pleasures count to them. *"You can't leave me like this!" she shouted.* He still seems a little unsettled, so I send him a reassuring small smirk. That brings relief. Good. We are on friendly ground again. We all keep our secrets, maybe I have one or two more of them. *"Sorry, Claire. There's somebody else..."* If he leered at Bodie like this about a week ago, I would have ripped his arm out just to give him something else to think of. Only now, I have a few more secrets to keep: for example that Bodie's underwear is between mine. I hid it there while he still slept. Yes, Murphy, we are on friendly ground. For now. If you can keep your secret. -- THE END -- *July 2005* Archive Home