Playing Wolf, Penny Serenade, Family Portrait

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Title: Playing Wolf
Author: Kellie Matthews (kelliem)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 517K
Why I'm reccing this fic: It's hard to talk about this fic without spoiling too many plot twists. Suffice it to say, it's a long tale rooted in Ray and Fraser's relationship, living together in Chicago a few years after their adventure. People and events reconnect Fraser to his youth in the Northwest Territories, and new acquaintances eventually expand their family across two countries and multiple generations. The story is flavored with police action, Ray and Fraser married love and Inuit culture and history, though not much in the way of little kid kid!fic. But children, parenting, family and babies are all part of the story.

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Playing Wolf



Title: Penny Serenade
Author: Colleen Kane
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG
Length: 4,250 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is pure, unadulterated kid!fic, with glimpses of how Fraser and Ray came to adopt, and all the attendant trials and joys of being the parents of a willful toddler. Poor Fraser, subjected to kid logic! He gets a tad frustrated. Ray rolls with the toddler mind fairly well, but has his own hurdles to face.

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Penny Serenade



Title: Family Portrait
Author: Journey
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 446K
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is an AU in which Stella dies, leaving Ray with their two small children. Two years later, when he meets Fraser, Fraser slips under the shell of isolation Ray has drawn around himself and his family. Journey gets those subtle differences that Ray the single dad would have -- a little less "kick in the head" and a lot more pragmatic. She also does a great job of portraying a Fraser who has never found a true sense of place, and is unsettled about the connections the two small children and their father seem to form with him so easily. The story leans towards babysitter!Fraser versus crimefighter!Fraser, but the emotional plot is a winner.

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Family Portrait

A Passing Feeling; Song of Experience; For Better, For Worse

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Title: A Passing Feeling
Author: Zillah (visionshadows)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG-13
Length: 111k
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is one of my favourite post-CotW fics. Fraser, Ray, and their 2 kids visit Chicago for Ray's mom's funeral. It's a beautiful, kind of sad, complicated story full of angst and subtle humour. We get to meet Ray's brother and father. And I simply adore little Emma and Gabriel, Zillah made them irresistibly cute but nevertheless very much "real life" kids.

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A Passing Feeling and short prequel Little One



Title: Song of Experience
Author: sanyin
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG-13
Length: 6143 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is an AU story where Ray and Stella have a 15-year-old daughter. Need I say more? Imagine RayK dealing with a rebellious teenager! Not sold yet? Well, there're Ray's amazing parenting skills, slightly out of his depth Fraser and one awesome original character named Blanche/Button/B. Overall, it's a wonderfully written story with brilliant characterizations. A great read!

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Song of Experience



Title: For Better, For Worse
Author: china_shop
Pairing: Kowalski/Vecchio
Rating: R
Length: 30k
Why I'm reccing this fic: For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture Ray Vecchio is pregnant. Yes, it's mpreg! But don't let this scare your precious minds, darlings! For one, it's China_shop, have you ever read anything not brilliant by her? Yeah, I know, stupid question. *g* And it's not even a crack!fic, which is kind of expected with this premise. It's a wonderful story with patented Kowalski/Vecchio snark, freaked-out RayK and cranky Vecchio. Plus it's totally CUTE and AWWWW and THE BOYS LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH! Not to mention the whole Stanley/Pigface thing... Just read it, OK?! :)

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For Better, For Worse