erushi ([info]erushi) wrote in [info]the_safehouse,
@ 2008-09-05 12:39:00
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Fic: Sonnet to to 4.5
Written on something of a lark after [info]draycevixen mentioned "Pros", "Shakespare" and "sonnet" to me in the same sentence. I think I had far too much fun writing this, and I do apologise for the sheer awfulness of it. *ducks and hides*


Title: Sonnet to 4.5
Author: Erushi
Format: A strange sort of sonnet and a little extra. (168 words)
Circuit Archive / Pros-Lib: Yes, please.
Slash/Gen: Slash.
Summary: In which Doyle wakes to find a note tacked to his mirror. Comes with a postscript.
Warnings: Badly written poetry, with many an apology owed to good ol’ Will Shakespeare.
Disclaimer: The lads ain't mine… which on reflection is probably a Good Thing.



Found prominently tacked to the bedroom mirror of one Raymond Doyle, causing much spluttering in the otherwise-empty flat, a silly smile, and a loud “Bodiiieeee!!”:


Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art lovely though far from temperate:
Thy scarlet curls spring like the freshest of hay,
’Specially in all places intimate.

From thy craggy face thy green orbs do shine.
Ne’er through years has thy gold complexion dimm’d.
All these I do cherish, for thou art mine,
Though thou tends to leave thy hair quite untrimm’d.

’Tis my hope that thy temper shall ne’er fade,
For when narked thou yields that fine pout thou ow’st,
Falling from lips I swear are heaven-made;
S’truth, with each kiss my fondness for thee grow’st.

For better or worse, I’ve loved thee from th’ start;
Come sickness or health, till death us do part.


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Found the next morning on one William Andrew Phillip Bodie’s desk, discretely wedged underneath a packet of home-made bacon sarnies:


Wanker.

PS. I do.




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[info]foxcat74
2008-09-05 06:03 am UTC (link)
Oh my goodness! You know, I woke up early this morning in readiness for a 12 hour day at work that involves travelling to the Isle of Wight and back, four trains, two buses, two ferries and two taxis and a meeting I'd rather not have to go to, and I was sooo miserable you would just not believe it. Then I decide to go online before I leave the house and find this. Bloody brilliant! I think you've just made my whole day bearable, I'll be smiling the whole time now.

"though thou tends to leave thy hair quite un'trimmed...." Larf my arse off! Thank you. :D

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 12:00 pm UTC (link)
Eeep. *offers hugs* I'm glad this had brightened up your morning, since your day does sound like a very trying one indeed. I hope your meeting went well, and that all those transport connections weren't too tiring.

Thanks for reading and your lovely comment!

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[info]byslantedlight
2008-09-05 06:13 am UTC (link)
Ha - this made me giggle, especially the last line or two! Thank you! *vbg*

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 11:50 am UTC (link)
Always glad to cause giggles. *g* Glad you enjoyed it!

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[info]ailcia
2008-09-05 06:46 am UTC (link)
ARGH! I LOVED THAT POEM! It was perfect and very, very funny! And just about silly enough for Bodie!

Really put a smile on my face! Well done! :D

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 11:53 am UTC (link)
Hee! I can just imagine Bodie grinning away as he scribbles this, tongue poking out just so. *g*

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for reading!

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[info]sunray45
2008-09-05 07:18 am UTC (link)
Now I have the silliest grin on my face - think I'm over the giggles. That does sound so Bodie, and Doyle's reply is so him.

Thank you so much.

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 11:54 am UTC (link)
Glad to hear I got the lads' voices right. And both giggles and silly grins are always highly encouraged. *g*

Incredibly chuffed that you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading!

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[info]schnuffi
2008-09-05 07:22 am UTC (link)
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! This one cheered me up no end - thank you!

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 11:55 am UTC (link)
I'd love to see Doyle's face when he reads a sonnet like that. *g* Thanks for reading and commenting! Glad it gave you some cheer.

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[info]jojosimco
2008-09-05 08:34 am UTC (link)
Just one word .... yessssssss *g*

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 11:55 am UTC (link)
Hee. 'Ta very muchly! *g*

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[info]shooting2kill
2008-09-05 09:10 am UTC (link)
Brilliant! And I loved the reply.

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 12:01 pm UTC (link)
Guess Bodie did have Doyle's reply coming, didn't he? *g* Thanks for reading! Am glad you enjoyed it. :)

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[info]bistokids
2008-09-05 10:18 am UTC (link)
Ahhhh! Lovely - made me grin like mad, especially For when narked thou yields that fine pout thou ow’st, which was a delightful combination of Shakespeare and vintage Bodie! And I think I loved the reply even more. :DD

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 12:09 pm UTC (link)
Hee! Grins are always encouraged. *VBG* Incredibly chuffed to hear that I've manage to write something that sounds both Shakespeare and Bodie. And you have to admit that Bodie had Doyle's reply coming. A pity we can't see Doyle's face when he reads that sonnet! *laughs&

Glad you enjoyed this. Thanks for reading!

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[info]callistosh65
2008-09-05 10:46 am UTC (link)
That was very good, thank you for that smile on my face. And I love the way you bookended it, so clevah!

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 12:17 pm UTC (link)
Hee! Always glad to cause smiles. And, well, I couldn't have just left it as pornography in sonnet-form now, could I? *g*

Thank you very much for your lovely comment! Am incredibly chuffed that you enjoyed this. :)

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[info]sc_fossil
2008-09-05 10:46 am UTC (link)
That is plain adorable. And I mean that in the best way. Considering I don't get most poetry, I actually understood this. I am a cretin. *hangs head in shame*

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 12:15 pm UTC (link)
'tis probably the Bodie-language (or what I hope is language that sounds Bodie-ish) that aids all poetry-understanding! Because if I had Bodie for an English Literature teacher, there'd probably never be a single poem I wouldn't understand. *laughs*

Thank you for your lovely comment! Am terribly pleased that you enjoyed this. *g*

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[info]draycevixen
2008-09-05 11:18 am UTC (link)

Aha! Well you really took my idea and ran with it, didn't you woman? Or should that be "Fair maid?" *g*

Pipped at the post *scrumples up Rough winds doth shake the darling curls of Ray* but I'm glad, as you did such a nice job with it.

Nice use of the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 18 and I *love* the pout line.

Bonus points for the bacon sarnie -- it is important to know the way to your true love's heart.

Thanks! :D

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 11:48 am UTC (link)
I swear it wasn't deliberate! (edit: eek, typo! apologies!) I went to sleep shortly after replying to your comment with no thought further than "hee, I hope this might coax Pros-sonnets out of her!", but when I woke up, this thing was knockin' around my head insisting it get written before breakfast. *hangs head in shame*

And no no no! *rescues poetry* I want to see what you've written. *g* I certainly didn't think of rhyming "day" with "Ray", which works in a really sweet way (as opposed to a "hay" and a really lewd way. erm.).

Cheers!

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[info]draycevixen
2008-09-05 06:03 pm UTC (link)

Letting something like that hammer around in your brain is a certain way to brain damage so better out than in.*g* Yours is sweet, mine was smutty/funny -- Try to act surprised -- so this worked out well.

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[info]erushi
2008-09-06 12:06 am UTC (link)
Well, smutty sonnets work brilliantly well too. Very, ah, scintilating. *g* Particularly when there's tea involved at the end. *looks meaningfully at you*

And ta very much!

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[info]miwahni
2008-09-05 11:27 am UTC (link)
Was going to quote back my favourite bits, but I"d be quoting most of it, so please settle for "I loved it!".

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[info]erushi
2008-09-05 12:11 pm UTC (link)
"I loved it!" works very well for me! *g* Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for reading! :)

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[info]snailbones
2008-09-05 04:47 pm UTC (link)


Just brilliant - I could hear Bodie's voice... and Doyle's reply is utterly him. Loved it to bits!

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[info]erushi
2008-09-06 12:07 am UTC (link)
Always chuffed to hear that I've gotten their voices right. Am glad you loved, thanks for reading!

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[info]smirra
2008-09-05 09:15 pm UTC (link)
Yay for Vintage Bodie! This is lovely and funny including the dry talk back from Doyle. I can just see Bodie stop chewing and than grinning broadly- both of them. Thank you!

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[info]erushi
2008-09-06 12:08 am UTC (link)
Now we know how an olden-day Bodie would sound. *g* And I can just imagine the both of them grinning away too. Hee!

Thanks for reading! Am tremendously pleased that you've enjoyed it.

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[info]msmoat
2008-09-06 12:25 am UTC (link)
You absolutely ought to have had fun writing this! It's wonderful. Spot-on. Delightful. Thank you!

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[info]erushi
2008-09-06 05:59 am UTC (link)
Just trying to imagine Bodie writing the sonnet and Doyle's expression when he reads it is enough to make me cackle. Too vivid an imagination I have, yes.

Thank you for your lovely comment! Am incredibly chuffed that you enjoyed this.

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[info]sytaxia
2008-09-06 07:03 am UTC (link)
This was incredibly sweet, and still had me laughing like a drain - I especially loved Ray's response :)

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[info]erushi
2008-09-06 02:14 pm UTC (link)
Just like Ray to express his love the way he knows best. *g*

Glad you enjoyed it!

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[info]norfolkdumpling
2008-09-06 05:02 pm UTC (link)
Fantastic! Funny and sweet and incredibly clever. Much like the lads then :D

For when narked thou yields that fine pout thou ow’st

Right on the mark! And I loved Ray's answer - who wouldn't say 'I do' after that fabulous proposal *g*

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[info]erushi
2008-09-06 08:10 pm UTC (link)
I'm sure he didn't have the heart to say no after Bodie spent all that effort writing him a fine sonnet. *g*

Thank you for your lovely comment! Always glad to hear that I'd got the lads' voices right, and am incredibly chuffed that you enjoyed it. :)

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[info]firefly1311
2008-09-06 07:29 pm UTC (link)
Another sonnet I will learn by heart! Thank you for Bodies lovely voice and Rays spot-on answer. You can add the next 153 whenever Bodie is finished with them.

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[info]erushi
2008-09-06 08:11 pm UTC (link)
*laughs* I almost suspect Doyle will keep Bodie too busy for the latter to do any more sonnet-tinkering! *g*

And thank you for your lovely comment! Always glad to hear that I'd got the lads' voices right, and am incredibly chuffed that you enjoyed it. :)

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[info]saintvic
2008-09-10 07:20 pm UTC (link)
So I am catching up on my reading again and I am so glad I did because I adored this. This was brilliant. Funny, witty, a superb idea and just made my night. ♥ ♥

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[info]erushi
2008-09-11 01:18 am UTC (link)
♥ Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Am immensely pleased that you enjoyed it. :)

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