You Can't Take That Away From Me

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You Can't Take That Away From Me

Author: joandarck

I just read this and loved it - it's funny, sweet, sexy and crackly. Twitches...I am not sure that it falls strictly speaking under the category "casefic", but RayK (who's having a very confusing, trying day) solves a case in it involving a hospital, various nefarious nurses and gasp! baby snatching, so I am calling it a casefic.

Teeth of the Hydra, Our Fair Share Of Abuse

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Title:Teeth of the Hydra
Author: resonant8
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Rating: NC17
Length: Long, 20K+ words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This was one of the first due South stories I read and it was such an amazing story that I go back and read it frequently. Teeth of the Hydra alternates between the telling of a bizarre case that Fraser and Ray are working on, of someone who drugs women to tattoo them, and of snapshots of Ray and the events and actions that tie him to the people in his life.

resonant8 does a masterful job of showing us Ray Kowalski between the lines, as well as giving us a glimpse of Fraser and Ray as extremely competent police officers working on a baffling case.

We see Ray as he grows up, meets Stella, gets married, gets divorce and all the things that happen in between to make him who he is. The triumphs and the fuck-ups, one man's life laid out and spotlighted. This is Ray Kowalski.

( A brief excerpt )

Teeth of the Hydra and the coda Display

Title: Our Fair Share Of Abuse
Author: secretlybronte
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Rating: NC17
Length: Long, 10K+ words
Why I'm reccing this fic: I love secretlybronte and one of the reasons I do is because she writes a perfect Ray K. This story is no exception to that.

Our Fair Share Of Abuse starts with Ray working without Fraser, on a serial rapist case which is pissing him off in all the wrong ways. This is a great example of Ray being competent, rather than Fraser's dumb sidekick, and it highlighted a huge kink for compenent!Ray that I didn't even know I had.

Because he is competent. A decorated officer of the CPD, smart, intelligent, canny. He runs on instinct more than logic but his instinct is solid. And he solves the case.

And if that wasn't enough, secretlybronte goes on to finish the story off with lovely backrubs and scorchingly hot sex. Add snappy dialog, a fast-paced story and wonderful characterizations and you've got one of the best case!fics around. If I could marry this story, I would.

( A brief excerpt )

Our Fair Share Of Abuse

Police and Thieves, Peaceable, Detail

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Title: Police and Thieves
Author: sisterofdream
Pairing: Kowalski/OMC, Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG-13
Length: long
Why I'm reccing this fic: Ray goes undercover in Chicago's punk rock scene to help make a bust. This fic has it all - backstory on Ray, Ray in eyeliner, a plausible case, authentic scene-setting, and a jealous Fraser.

( A brief excerpt )

Police and Thieves

Title: Peaceable
Author: Dilanne Thomas
Pairing: Gen, Fraser-Vecchio friendship
Rating: PG-13
Length: long
Why I'm reccing this fic: In this story, Fraser is charged with assaulting a man in an alley, and refuses to defend himself. Vecchio's dedication to his friend shines through in this casefic.

( A brief excerpt )

Peaceable

Title: Detail
Author: sisterofdream (Huh, that's 2 by her. A trend!)
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: G
Length: 6800 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This story makes me laugh out loud. Ray and Fraser go through their day, solving a blackmail case, with no more than the canonical amount of absurdity on the way. sisterofdream particularly nails Welsh in this. Read it and experience GLEE!

( A brief excerpt )

Detail

You Just Have To Leap and Being Small

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Looking over my bookmarks and memories, I really didn't have that many case!fics tagged. Still, I found two who are great examples of the genre.


( A curious journey )

Schisms

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Title: Schisms
Author: rushlight75
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~ 42,800 words
Why I am reccing this fic:

A solidly plotted case with just enough tension and angst. The case leads to insights into Fraser's past, and out of these realizations Fraser and Ray can build a future for themselves. I love how all threads of the story - the case, the characterization, and the budding relationship - have their own weight and are woven together.

( A brief excerpt )

Schisms, by rushlight75.