Ordinary Days, Vibrato, Stalker

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This challenge was difficult. "Fics of my Heart"? I can't even narrow it down to 10. I could give you a list of my top 50. Eventully I decided to hold it to stories that haunt me.

Title: Ordinary Days
Author: MarySueFanfic/busaikko
Characters: Ray Kowalski, Fraser
Rating: R
Length: 2,700 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: In this story, Ray is caring for Fraser, who's internal landscape has overwhelmed his ability to interact with the outside world. Ray's quiet, matter-of-fact narration of what his life has become seeps into your heart. It is emotionally devastating, yes. But this is also the most uplifting story I have ever read, in any genre. Truly unforgettable.

( A taste )

Ordinary Days


Title: Vibrato
Author: Salieri/troyswann
Characters: Dief, Fraser, Fraser Sr., some guy named Phil
Rating: PG
Length: 600 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is a tiny little 600 word ficlet written from Diefenbaker's POV, in which almost nothing happens. But the eerie, lyrical imagery has stayed with me since I first read it, and the implications of Dief's perception of Dead!Bob are subtly terrifying.

No taste - it'd be half the story.

Vibrato.


Title: Stalker
Author: Rentgirl2/ therentgirls
Pairing: Fraser/RayK
Rating: PG
Length: 12,800 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Where else can you find a completely in-character Bad!Ben, despair, love, redemption, and one hell of an unreliable narrator? I think it speaks to me on a personal level, because this is a story about Fraser feeling guilty about harming others by misusing his gifts. And, really, that's the only thing worth feeling guilty about.

( A taste )

Stalker

All the Comforts of Home; Ten Things to Get Used To; Pas de Deux

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Thank goodness this week's other reccers and my own past recs for this comm have covered some of my ♥ fics! Here are three more I just can't leave out.

Title: All the Comforts of Home
Author: Denise Raymond (rattlecatcher)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski, Vecchio/Stella
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~53,300 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: I adore this future for Fraser and Ray! They're on their way to happily ever after in remote British Columbia, until Vecchio stumbles into the middle of a Salish ritual they're participating in and potentially disrupts their lives. We get to watch as Vecchio slowly comes to terms with his best friend's new relationship, and even turns to Kowalski for Stella advice. Fraser and Ray are so wonderfully, deeply in love, here, and have found a true home in the community. Denise describes wonderful, realistic original characters like Elder Mike Bluemountain and his daughter Peggy, and rotates the POV between the two Rays and Fraser, all perfectly in character. (I have to confess I'm especially taken with Kowalski's quick temper he's constantly reining in, in order to process, but then I'm particularly taken with Kowalski. ;-) There's even more in the followup Chicago Tales, in which the rest of the couple's old friends deal, or not. The two stories describe intense emotions believably, and deliver a happy ending that's realistic rather than syrupy.

( A brief excerpt )

All the Comforts of Home


Title: Ten Things to Get Used To
Author: Speranza (cesperanza)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~6,900 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Speranza has pulled together ten exquisite portraits of life in the Northwest Territories for Fraser and Ray. Ray's adjusting to life in the north, and Fraser's adjusting to life with a lover—with this lover. The vignettes range from cute and sweet, to wonderfully porntastic, to piercingly insightful about these characters or about small town life. And every single one feels fresh and absolutely real.

( A brief excerpt )

Ten Things to Get Used To


Title: Pas de Deux
Author: Sihaya Black (sihayab)
Pairing: Fraser/Victoria, Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: ~48,600 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: What makes this an AU of my heart? I mean Ray and ballroom dancing, that's always beautiful. But Ray being stuffed full of food at Stosh's, and then rocking the floor with his polka and zbojnicki? Is pure Polish gold. Plus Sihaya has done a wonderful job of weaving into this alternate universe Stella-the-ex, Turnbull-the-fanboy, Vecchio-the-partner, and a painfully vicious Victoria, with both her criminal and amorous deceptions of Fraser. And even though this Ray isn't a cop, his integrity, courage, loyalty and open heart are the Ray we know and love.

( A brief excerpt )

Pas de Deux