due South Recs Redux

Wow, this was hard to narrow down! I ended up limiting myself to dSSS and I STILL had to leave off some of my favorite stories. ::cries::

Title: If I had an alien abduction, I'd give you one
Author: jadelennox
Pairing: Frannie/Kowalski
Rating: PG (for language)
Length: ~2500 words.
Why I'm reccing this fic: Well, first of all, it was written for meeeee! And I have been wanting just some sweet, romantic, first-time Frannie/Kowalski for SO LONG, and this is it (although warning: this fic is more like pre-het, although the happy ending is CLEARLY coming). Someday there will be LOTS, I hope, because Frannie and Kowalski would be SO AWESOME together and this story captures exactly why: they are the same kind of weird, and they would have so much FUN. Plus, Kowalski helping with Frannie's kids: adorable, or the MOST adorable? Also, bonus Billy-Tallent-partnering-Kowalski! How can you resist?

Link to the story: If I had an alien abduction, I'd give you one

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Title: Reconstruction
Author: brynnmck
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: Not rated, but I'd say hard R or NC-17
Length: ~10,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This fic is basically everything I ever wanted in life. You think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not. It's just fabulous, amazing post-Victoria's Secret first-time fic, and I read it about four times the first week it was posted.

brynnmck's Fraser-POV is...brilliant. She does an amazing job of capturing both Fraser's self-restraint, kindness, and responsibility AND his humor, anger, and occasional pettiness. She explores the post-VS fallout in a way I've never seen before (among other things, she focuses on Fraser's betrayal of Mountieness, rather than his betrayal of Ray). And Fraser's affection for Vecchio suffuses every word.

Link to the story: Reconstruction

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Title: Prepping for Adventure
Author: spuffyduds
Pairing: Ray/Ray, F/K/V
Rating: hard R?
Length: ~5000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Vecchio on the quest! Do you really need to know more? If so, then: this fic is ADORABLE. There's a scene with Kowalski and a sleeping bag that, well, if I made a long enough Awwwww it would cause a W shortage. Plus, the exploration of undercover!Vecchio is fresh and awesome. There's a post-CotW scene with him and Frannie that is--adorable, and touching, and fantastic, and makes so much sense in terms of what Ray needs to get him back to normal, plus, FRANNIE. Plus, okay, I feel a bit weird about this, but I secretly ship Vecchio/his henchmen, just a little (they are so into him! "Yes, boss, beautiful English!"). And this has a scene involving the line "I missed you, boss" that makes me squee in a way I'm not really sure it's intended to, but WHATEVER.

Link to the story: Prepping for Adventure

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