DS Match Fic: Something to look forward to

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Title: Something to look forward to
Author: belmanoir
Pairing:Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17
Length: 8,450 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This story starts out with Fraser pouring his heart out to Ray while he thinks Ray is asleep. It's such an odd, Fraser-ish thing to do, and the author lets us see just how messed up the poor guy really is. Vecchio sets out to break down those walls with smarts, humor, and sheer tenacity.

The snarky dialog is a treat, and there's a wonderful sex scene full of awkwardness and hotness, trust and love.

I grinned at him, slow and smooth like honey, wider and wider till he blinked. "So I figured we'd start with sex."

Fraser blinked some more. "What?"

"Look, Benny, if we sit here every night and I try to drag sob stories about your childhood out of you, we'll both get tired of that real fast. I'm not your goddamned shrink, I'm your--" I stopped short. I had no idea what word to use. It had never seemed important--we were just us. But I could tell from the way Benny was holding his breath that it was important now. I racked my brains for what the lesbian couple next door called each other, the ones Ma was always fighting over the water bill with. "--partner!" I finished, laughing a little at how easy that should have been, how much sense it made. Fraser smiled back. "So here's the deal. You tell me what you want, and I don't do it. That way it's not really asking, right?"

Fraser looked at me like I'd gone completely off my rocker. "And what will you do instead?"

"Whatever I want." I winked at him, trying to cover how my heart was pounding. If this didn't work, I didn't know what the fuck to try next. I didn't know if I'd have the chance to try anything next.

Something to look forward to