The Professionals Circuit Archive - In the End       In the End

 

by Melanie Athene 

 
 In the end, it didn't matter. Doyle's eyes opened... and Bodie, who
didn't believe in miracles, was miraculously granted one.

 Doyle was alive.

 Years of being circumspect, of scrupulously guarding his secret and his
heart, were cast aside without a moment's hesitation. Bodie clasped
Doyle's pallid face between his shaking hands and fused their lips
together. He drank him in as if he were the very air he breathed... as if
he were the missing half of his soul...

 Let the old man express his distaste and displeasure. Let the other
agents hoot with laughter and serenade him with shrill whistles and
jeering catcalls. Let the gleeful paparazzi's cameras flash, while Bodie's
hard won reputation crumbled to dust.

 Doyle was alive.

 What more could Bodie ask of life than that? The pain, the fear, the
chaos that had filled their day -- all the horror and despair -- melted
away. Bodie wrapped both arms around his partner and drew him close to his
breast. Doyle's heart slammed against his ribcage, thrumming so strongly
that Bodie couldn't tell where his own heartbeat ended and Doyle's began.

 It didn't matter.

 In the end, all that truly mattered was that Doyle wholeheartedly
returned Bodie's kiss.

 -- THE END --

 *January 2008*

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