Just a Favor Challenge: More Than I Wanted, Mr. Fidgety Meets Mr. Snippy, An Admirable Solution

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Title: More Than I Wanted (Just What I Needed)
Author: spuffyduds
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 2,250 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Fraser and Ray accidentally fall into a casual sexual relationship, which Fraser thinks is what he's wanted all along, but there's something about it that's confusing him. After every encounter he seems to end up outside on the sidewalk not entirely sure how he got there. But why is it a problem, really? It's delightful watching Fraser work through it and come up with a (porntastically satisfying!) solution.

Frankly, this one works for the Bust a Gut Challenge, too--there are Fraser-ish phrases, Dief conversations and tyrannosaurus arms that make me laugh out loud! (I'm not explaining that one--just go read it. :-)

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More Than I Wanted (Just What I Needed)


Title: Mr. Fidgety Meets Mr. Snippy
Author: pir8fancier
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 11,897 words, so far
Why I'm reccing this fic: Ray and Fraser are having one of those stakeouts where Ray's fidgety and Fraser's snippy, until Fraser snaps and "relieves the tension." And Ray freaks. Pir8fancier writes a truly outstanding Ray voice, as he works through his sexuality, his marriage, his theories on Dief, and other assorted thoughts. This is a WIP--five chapters done out of an anticipated six, but each chapter is so densely packed with good characterization that I don't think it suffers from lack of completion.

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Mr. Fidgety Meets Mr. Snippy


Title: An Admirable Solution
Author: Speranza (cesperanza)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 25,604 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is another fic that starts with a little something on a stakeout. This time both Ray and Fraser are comfortable with their bisexuality, and it's Fraser's emotional inexperience that keeps them from going further than their casual arrangement, that and society's general homophobia. Speranza, as always, writes a fantastic Ray POV.

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An Admirable Solution

Bust a Gut Challenge: The one with the elf, I Was a Canadian Zombie, Ray Likes It Red

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Title: The one with the elf
Author: Anna S (eliade)
Pairing: Gen
Rating: G
Length: 954 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Here is Grade A Due South characterization. Fraser and Ray have a moment in the bullpen, just like any other moment they've shared at the station, except what comes out of Fraser's mouth is pure crack. And Ray explodes at it, just like at all of Fraser's other weirdnesses, and then they go on. I'm not sure which is funnier, Fraser and Ray's usual interactions or Fraser's bizarre confession.

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The one with the elf


Title: I Was a Canadian Zombie
Author: aerye
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: 1,760 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Aerye's fic is a little outside the norm, not just because it's an AU--she also uses an OC narrator. And the prompt she wrote to? What happens when a small-town Canadian boy falls in love with a hot-blooded American who comes to town with a modern dance troupe? And things can only get worse as the town is attacked by ZOMBIES. Her Frank the Zombie is hilariously deadpan as he and his friends munch their way through Inuvik, while befriending the local Mountie and his gorgeous boytoy dancer. Proof that Fraser can be polite to anyone.

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I Was a Canadian Zombie


Title: Ray Likes It Red
Author: Isis (isiscolo)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski UST, sort of
Rating: G
Length: 1,500 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: The humor in this fic comes from Isis's masterful use of Ray as the unreliable narrator. Despite a tight Ray POV, the reader, knowing Turnbull's tactics and being aware of Fraser's adventures with the previous Ray, figures out what's going on at the Consulate while Ray comes to an amusingly incorrect conclusion.

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Ray Likes It Red