DS Match Fic: Truths Like Gravity

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Title: Truths Like Gravity
Author: Team Reality Member
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: 3800
Why I'm reccing this fic: I love established relationship fics set in the future. I like the reassurance that Ray and Fraser make things work. This story leaves me no doubt as to the strength of their relationship, b ut that doesn't mean everything is perfect. We drop in on Ray and Fraser as their youngest child is about to turn 16, and Ray reflects on their life as parents. They weren't prefect parents, their adopted daughters did not all leave their pasts behind and embrace their new parents with no reservations. There are fights and estrangements and hurt feelings, but most of all their is love. Rays memories are filled with love for Fraser and for their family. And that love means hope.

( A brief excerpt )

Truths like Gravity

DS Match Fic: Weak Men Must Fall

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Title: Weak Men Must Fall
Author: caersmane
Pairing: Kowalski/Vecchio, with hints of others
Rating: PG-13
Length: 4,500 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is an incredibly complex piece, that gives us a world radically changed, dangerous, charged with uncontrolled magical energies. Constable Fraser is a Medium, holed up in the Consulate in a nearly deserted Chicago. Kowalski and Vechio are partners. Kowalski has a secret, and a job to do.

There is love, guilt, passion, and religion, all judged by a mysterious They. I want more people to read this story, because people's responses to it have varied wildly. Some find the ending hopeful. It made me blindingly angry. And I want to see what the rest of you think.

( a brief taste )

Weak Men Must Fall.

DS Match Fic: Five Times Ray Kowalski Was Ashamed of His Dick and One Time He Wasn't

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Title: Five Times Ray Kowalski Was Ashamed of His Dick and One Time He Wasn't
Author: j_s_cavalcante
Pairing: Kowalski/Stella, Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 22,600 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Ever feel really, really glad you don't have a dick? You will after reading this.

This story runs through Ray Kowalski's life, from the time he tried going naked for realism when the big kids made him play an Indian in Cowboys and Indians, up to the present day. As a teenager, Ray struggles with his freakishly big dick that gets hard all the time, even sometimes around other guys.

This story is funny and heart-warming, stressful and deliciously porny. The author nails the anxiety of trying to fit in, and watching Ray try to deal with his asshole friends will make you fall in love with him all over again. Did I mention the long and scorchingly hot sex scene with Fraser? Go check it out!

( a brief taste )

Five Times Ray Kowalski Was Ashamed of His Dick and One Time He Wasn't.

DS Match Fic: The Harder They Fall

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Title: The Harder They Fall
Author: secretlybronte
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 22,500 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This was posted on the first day of the Match, and to me it captured what Team Reality is all about: in real life, actions have consequences.

At the start of this story, Fraser gets a head injury while pursuing a suspect. The story avoids the easy h/c formula to dig deeply into what the repercussions might be, and how Ray and Fraser would deal with them. The character voices are perfect, and there are great casefic aspects, including a glimpse of Levon running a rec center.

Check it out!

( a brief taste )

The Harder They Fall.

DS Match Fic: Want

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Title: Want
Author: to be revealed
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG
Length: 4,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

I don't think this story can be recced too often. Sharp and poignant and real in a way that isn't affected by 'reality' or 'whimsy'. Brilliant and sad and hopeful. This story gives up its secrets slowly, and while a second reading isn't required I can only recommend it to see how all weaves so beautifully together.

( A brief excerpt )

Want

DS Match Fic: a problem of memory

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Title: a problem of memory
Author: to be revealed
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski/Vecchio, Fraser/Kowalski implied
Rating: G
Length: 1,725 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

There's so much packed into this short story, yet it never feels crowded and it flows beautifully. I love the use of Stella here, her 'outsider!pov' into this relationship, and how she is a completely human and real character here. Contrasted to this is the development of the Fraser/Kowalski/Vecchio relationship. Wonderful and rich.

( A brief excerpt )

a problem of memory