New Challenge: 2009 gen and pre-relationship fic

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No more pretty, bitty pictures -- the icon challenge is over! Thank you to everyone who contributed!

Before we get too much further into 2010, let's take a look back at 2009. Whether it's brand new fic by a brand new to due South writer or a new favorite from a familiar name, we want to hear about it! This week the focus is on gen and pre-relationship stories. (Next week, we'll get down and dirty with slash and het.)

Comments are open -- the floor is yours!

Comments

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Wars Not Yet Dreamed Of is one fic that blew me away. It's a grim apocalypse story, and while there's some F/K UST, it could as well be gen. I don't want to give anything away, because the structure is so well done, but it's really heartbreaking.

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Hirsute Angry Thief (http://dsss.crocolanthus.com/archive/2009/12/agent165.html) by bluebrocade in which Ray K is exhausted and Fraser has lost his hat. Excellent use of Fraser's superpower -- expressing mild disappointment to guilt one into ANYTHING.

"--and then went in search of you." Fraser left the bathroom, with Ray in not-so-hot pursuit. "I thought you'd still be at Central Booking, so I headed in that direction, but then I heard you taunting the suspect and deduced you had progressed to the holding cell."

"Hey! I was not taunting him. I was prepping him. For the interrogation."

"You were making fun of his pants."

"They're plaid. Who wears plaid pants? That is just not right. Not even on a golf course."

"Mr. Hayden plays golf?"

"No."

Fraser frowned slightly, the Canadian version of 'you're very annoying.'

"I know the feeling," said Ray.

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Angels in the Architecture (http://petronelle.livejournal.com/411787.html) by petronelle is adorable and slightly ... not sad, exactly. Wistful?

Using the author's summary:
Summary: Technically, Ray Kowalski was a Principality, but people made jokes about that these days.
Pairing: Gen like canon

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And, in everyone is FIRED for not telling about this sooner recs -- The Pilot (http://diabolicalfiend.livejournal.com/17592.html) told through forms. Hilarious!