"The Ties That Bind Us," "Ties That Bind," and "Spill"

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Yay for the Tie Me Down Challenge! I love me some due South bondage. Sadly I have already recced a number of my favorite due South bondage stories (including all the top!Fraser F/V I know of that I didn't write personally, except for that one fic with Fraser and Kowalski topping together which is AWESOME but everyone has already read it because it's AWESOME) in previous weeks. So you get two top!Vecchio F/V stories and an awesometastic Ray/Ray (top!Kowalski! but with potential for switching!).

Title: The Ties That Bind Us
Author: Rushlight (http://www.slashcity.org/~rushlight)
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~11,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Because dude, it's F/V bondage! Straight-up consensual BDSM with collars, floggers, cock-rings, &c. Ray has top's guilt because he's a sweet guy! He doesn't want to hurt Fraser! Except for the part where he really, really does. I really like this story because it's hot, hot, and more hot, and I really like what she does with the complexities of the Fraser/Vecchio power dynamic.

Link to the story: The Ties That Bind Us


"You're welcome." Ray smiled wryly and dropped his gaze again to Fraser's back. He reached out tentatively to touch him. "Does it hurt?"

Fraser looked amused. "Yes, Ray." He stretched sensuously against the sheets, as if savoring the sensation.

Ray frowned. "I'm sorry, Benny."

Something in Fraser's eyes darkened at that. "Do you really hate doing this?" he asked, meeting Ray's gaze seriously.

Ray wanted to say yes, but he knew it would be a lie. "I ... I don't know why I keep doing it," he said instead.

Fraser regarded him levelly. "You do it because I ask you to. Because I need you to. Because you love me." He looked as if he was going to say something more, but decided against it.

And there was really nothing Ray could say to that. So he simply leaned in and kissed him, hard and deep, tangling his fingers in the hair at the back of Fraser's head.

"Let's go get you taken care of," he said, and Fraser nodded.


Title: Ties That Bind
Author: X-Tricks (http://x-tricks.slashcity.org/)
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~1500 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Because it's hot! Consensual D/s. Also I love Vecchio in this fic. He punishes Fraser for sucking the pleat off his pants! He makes Fraser be untidy! Awwww. Dominate me, Vecchio!

Link to the story: Ties That Bind


"Ray, it would me much easier if you allowed a simple rope bondage," Fraser struggled for reasonableness, for logic to frame his frantic desperation. He wanted to do what Ray wanted, he just didn't think he could - not without help.

"Nah, Benny," Ray dragged a gasping shudder from him by lightly stroking the sensitive curve where back met buttocks. "It ain't about easy is it? Not with you, never with you."

His fingers smoothed higher and Fraser's breath went shocky fast, erection flagging when those long fingers found the misshapen dip of scar tissue at his lower back. Ray's breath was hot on his shoulder, his voice rough and soft in his ear.

"This is about you and me, Benny, you and me and there's no chain stronger than this, is there?"

"N-no."

"I got you," Ray pressed lightly against the scar. His voice was shaking too but his hands were firm. "I got you and I ain't letting you go."


Title: Spill
Author: china_shop
Pairing: Ray/Ray
Rating: NC-17
Length: 3700 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: I have already pretty much recced this fic up and down the internet but I have to rec it again because I LURVE IT BEYOND WORDS. Seriously, I soulbonded with this fic at first sight. I mean, it's Ray/Ray bad cop handcuffed-to-a-chair fic set in an AU based on a Dinosaur Comic. It is hilarious, and hot, and did I mention HOT, and cracky, and convincing, and HOT. The tagline:

On a PLANET where INTERROGATION is BANNED

One COP CALLED RAY and another COP CALLED RAY have to TEAM UP to CATCH CRIMINALS

they eventually UNDERSTAND each other and FUCK

also, neither cop is A DINOSAUR we should have put that on the TOP of the POSTER

Link to the story: Spill


Kowalski's temper snaps. "We're not going anywhere until you tell me, so you might as well spill, asshole. Come on. I ain't got all night."

He stands up suddenly and kicks Vecchio's knees further apart, and he rests his foot on the chair, pressing the toe of his boot against Vecchio's crotch -- not hard enough to hurt, but enough to be deliberate. Subtle threat, working the power balance.

Jesus Christ. Maybe he knows. Vecchio's body tenses and his face heats up like a furnace, but he manages not to say anything. He can do this. He can bluff. It's tempting to spill something to distract Kowalski, a red herring that sounds big but doesn't matter. But if Vecchio breaks this soon, Kowalski will ditch him and find someone who can hold out longer than thirty seconds and change. Someone who doesn't get turned on by this fucked-up game. Vecchio has to do two things here: hide and make it last. When he spills, it has to be about Vegas or Fraser or his Pop. Dumb shit he did in high school or a time he skated close to corruption. It can't be about now or Kowalski or the daydreams that have started haunting Vecchio at his desk when he's supposed to be writing up reports. That would jeopardize everything, and Vecchio needs this.

Comments

[luzula]

Yeah, that last one is awesome. Umm, what's the F/K/V fic with F and K topping? Odds are I've already read it, but just to make sure...

[belmanoir.livejournal.com]

Conjunction by Hth :)

http://hth.gatefiction.com/conjunction.htm

[luzula]

No, I haven't read that, actually! Thanks. *g*

[belmanoir.livejournal.com]

Enjoy!

[luzula]

Huh, interesting. Haven't read so much all-out BDSM before, and it turned out that it's not quite my thing. The tying up, oh yeah, but the whipping and stuff, kind of not. I guess that's why it's called a kink, because not everyone has it.

It did stay with me, though, as stuff that skirts your boundaries tends to do. On second thought, I'm pretty sure it wasn't just the actual SM stuff that made me uncomfortable, more the relationship issues in combination with it. It's certainly not non-con, and it's clear that they love each other, but still, Vecchio seems to both want and not-want this. And the power struggle between Fraser and Kowalski also made me a bit uncomfortable.

Still, very interesting, and thanks for the rec. : )

[belmanoir.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not personally into S&M, just the BD stuff, but I frequently enjoy reading about it. And I guess...the relationship issues in the fic are ones that interest me in F/V. Vecchio's love for Fraser but his resentment of him, too. I agree it's a disturbing fic. But I really like the characterization of Fraser in it--there is not enough fic about his anger issues AT ALL. Plus it was the first top!Fraser I read and as such will always have a special place in my heart. Even though normally angst is not my thing.