Code-Switching, by Dira Sudis

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Title: Code-Switching
Author: dsudis
Pairing: F/K
Rating: NC-17
Length: 16k
Why I'm reccing this fic: Well, I was going to rec the wonderful Hawks and Hands, but I thought it best to start with the little ficlet that turned my onto dsudis in the first place. I'm reccing them because of the hockey, and the Quebecois, and the hot Quebecois dirty talk, and did I mention that they're hockey players?

Ben pulled away a little then, squinting at Ray as he settled back against the wall with a smug smile. Remembering Ray’s years playing for the Nordiques, Ben mustered his crispest schoolboy French and replied, “Je ne parle pas Quebecois, Kowalski.”

Ray favored that perhaps overly obvious statement with a snort. “Je sais, Fraser,” he said, very distinctly, raising his voice a little to be heard. “And I don’t forget my English when I’m wasted. But j’suis ben fucké, tu comprends?”

He shook his head, slowly, entranced. “You know I don’t.”

Ray nodded, turning his head aside to stare at the bottles on the table. He licked his lips and swallowed visibly, and then met Ben’s eyes again with a small smile. “Exactement, Fraser.”

Code-Switching

Comments

[jamethiel]

YES!!!
Yes, this is the fic that got me into Dira! Because I had always been a bit wary of the AU genre, and I looked at Hawks and Hands and went "WTF Hockey?" and clicked the exit button without reading, because I'm an Aussie and the only thing I knew about hockey were that there were fights.

And then I read Code-Switching and just. Just.

Nnnrrgh.

And then I read "Hawks and Hands" and it was wonderful, amazing, stupendous and now I like hockey! (and most AUs, but that's a whole 'nother story.)

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

100% agreement! my god. this is one HOT fucking ficlet, and I remember when she first posted it to ds_flashfiction and how OVERCOME I was by this whole UNIVERSE. PERFECT rec.