ds_recsredux | Entries tagged with pairing: fraser/vecchio

mamaffy.livejournal.com

More fics that stayed with me. I'll use a broad definition of kink.

1) Steam by

arrow00 (F/K, NC 17, ~5,900 words)
Some perps leave the boys tied up. I find it ridiculously hot. I also need to mention her story Freaks. It has my favorite crossdressed Fraser, the one without the wig.

2) The Two Gentlemen of Chicago by

bjohan57 (F/K, ~2,600 words)
AU with Fraser as a prostitute. It's hot and it amuses me.

3) A State of Mind That No One Knows by

brooklinegirl (F/K, NC 17, ~3,500 words)
Convincing transition into new areas of sex. RayK finds out that Fraser likes to be held down. Podfic here: audiofic archive

4) Negotiations and Love Songs by

brynnmck (F/V, NC 17, ~6,500 words)
Anger turns into something else. Hot, with great characterization.

5) Drawn by

lalejandra, with

serialkarma (F/K, PG 13, ~2,700 words)
Hand porn which is enough by itself. It's also witty and I adore it

6) Refraction by

shrift (F/K, PG 13, ~4,000 words)
Fraser had been away for a while. He comes to the bullpen to find RayK in an unusual outfit. Made of win. Eyeliner!

7) What Else Would You Have Me Be? by

sionnain (Mike Sweeney/Ray Kowalski, crossover Durham County/Due South, Mature, ~10,700 words)
Recommending this story as kinky doesn't do it justice - it's much more. But the pairing gets to me in a kinky way. This story introduces the universe and you can visit

used_to_love_me to read more.

8) Cuffs by

sprat (F/K, explicit, ~2,000 words)
A great weird experiment with handcuffs.

mamaffy.livejournal.com

I just finished that up and one of the downloads might be urgent, so here you go.
I've spent some time tracking down DS videos, so I decided to recommend all the vids that I kept. Sometimes you have to scroll down, and one vid requires you to contact the vidder per email, I made that clear.
Naturally, I think they are all great. In case you want a smaller selection, I marked those with a star that, IMO, are often recommended.

*Zebra by

astolat /Shalott (Kowalski-centric, energetic, very cool song, 2:33 min)
Let the River Run by Benny with C. Parnes (Fraser, touching and hopeful, episode-centric: One Good Man, two versions: original and updated, I heard the available vids vary over time, but now you could download it, 3:11 min)
Pavlov's Bell by butterfly (Fraser with Victoria, Vecchio, Kowalski, mostly energetic, a good bit of angst, but positive, 4.33 min)
Needful by

fenlings (Fraser, F/V, then F/K, very touching and angsty, special, 5:36 min)
Push by

fenlings (F/K, fast, slightly angsty, slashy, with focus on physical!Kowalski, 3:58 min)
*In The Mirror by

heresluck (Kowalski-centric, emotionally intense, great editing, 2:39 min)
*Out Here by

heresluck (Fraser with some F/K, very intense, great edits, 3:29 min)
Don't Tell by

keerawa (Kowalski/Stella, touching, great, creative edits, 2:36 min)
*Fallen Leaves by

keerawa (Fraser, touching, angsty, energetic, special, 3:07 min)
Train to Jackson by

keerawa (Fraser, his journey, emotional, 3:51 min).
Dance Song '97 by

mayatawi (F/K, energetic, slashy, a little bit of angst, 2:49 min)
Midnights and Cups of Coffee by Miruku Koohii (F/K, romantic and feel-good, 3:03)
Full of Grace (link to password instructions) by Morgan Dawn & Justine Bennett (F/V, very emotional, some angst, 3:53 min)
*The Wonder Of Birds by Morgan Dawn & Laura Shapiro (F/K, beautiful, calm, action, great scenes & editing, 3:08 min)
The Way I Am by

musegaarid /Ingrid Michaelson (F/K, shippy, romantic, and fun, 2:15)
Goody Two Shoes by Pipsqueak and Laura (F/V and F/K, adorably silly, fast, and fun, 3:02 min)
*Icebound Stream by

sisabet (Fraser/Victoria, angsty, special, 3:14 min)
I Don't Care As Long As You Sing by

sdwolfpup (F/V, energetic, slashy, fun&action, special 2:51 min)
Pour Some Sugar On Me by

sdwolfpup (Fraser and various females, sexy and fun, 2:43 min)
*That's All by

sdwolfpup (Ray/Ray, epic shipper vid, some manips, fun&angst, 1:45 min)
*You Can Call Me... by

sdwolfpup (Vecchio, Kowalski, Fraser, great, fun, centric as to both Rays and Fraser, 3:09 min)
You Got A Friend in me by

sdwolfpup (Diefenbaker-centric, very cute and much fun, 2:24 min)
Laid by

snoopypez (Fraser/Victoria, funny, sexy, not angsty, 1:11 min)
Can't Stop This (or here) by

voiceless009 (F/K, suggestive as to slash, much fun 2:13 min)
Things I'll Never Say by

voiceless009 (F/K, fun, what Fraser doesn't say to Kowalski, 1:54 min)
Northwest Passage by

yunitsa (F/V, then F/K, emotional recap to the classic song, 3:56 min)

And because it's a must see for me, a C6D vid (various roles/interviews of Hugh Dillon, Paul Gross, and Callum Keith Rennie): OH Canada by

gigglemonster /dayln03 (PG, HD, CKR, energetic, sexy, fun, perfect song, 3:13 min)

keerawa.livejournal.com

Anyone who knows me knows I have a deep ad passionate love for short-fic. So here are 13 snippet recs for you all!

spuffyduds evoked an intense, sensory-overload moment in Clear. She also wrote an intriguing post-apocalyptic Fraser/RayK piece, The Last Step is to the Side. Not for the faint of heart, but beautiful in it's own way.

( 11 more due South snippet recs )

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Title: flying into the ocean, driving with their eyes closed
Author:

justbreathe80
Pairing: Ray/Stella/Ray, Ray/Ray
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~10,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: The last sex scene in this story is one of the hottest things I have EVER read. There needs to be WAY more Ray/Stella/Ray fic, srsly. And I love how both the Rays have history with her, here, and how hot they both find that, and let's be honest, I would not at all mind being Stella in this situation, and by "not at all mind" I mean "really like."

Link to the story: flying into the ocean, driving with their eyes closed

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Title: Cease Lying (fall into silence)
Author:

snoopypez
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: R
Length: 2394
Why I'm reccing this fic: This fic features Ray talking dirty to Fraser in the bullpen using his typewriter (I HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS, OMG) and then the boys playing minor dominance games in the men's room. Just. This fic is so odd and sweet and they are so wrapped up in each other and there is this bit where all Fraser does is run a hand through his hair and IT IS THE HOTTEST THING EVER.

snoopypez has a real talent for writing incendiary R-rated stuff--everything is just so charged and perfect. Plus, it's funny.

Link to the story: Cease Lying (fall into silence)

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Title: Secrets
Author: Cara Chapel
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~20,000
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is genderswap fic, where Ray is turned into a woman by a gypsy curse. (He turns back at the end.) He pretends to be his own cousin, but his cover is in danger when Fraser starts hitting on "Ramona." This is Fraser-is-secretly-a-fantastic-lover at its best. I have read the sex scenes in this fic approximately eight million times.

Link to the story: Secrets

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cyberducks.livejournal.com

As a friend to Benton Fraser Ray Vecchio went way beyond where most men would have or could have gone. Ray Vecchio stayed a true friend to Fraser even through and after the Victoria debacle - it wasn't just Fraser who almost was destroyed during that period. Yet the friendship survived and thrived. I choose to believe that Vecchio and Fraser stayed good friends their entire lives, no matter how much geographical distance may have been between them.

Here are three stories that I think show how lovely and complex a man Ray Vecchio is:

Negotiations And Love Songs by

brynnmck

Breaking The Waves by

nos4a2no9

Long Way Home by Morgan Dawn

Current Mood: contemplative

mergatrude.livejournal.com

Back when I got into this fandom, fic first, it was all Kowalski all the time. The trail of recs I followed led me through stories where Vecchio simply wasn't there, and some where one might wish he wasn't. Then one day, someone explained Ray Vecchio to me in a way that I could understand and love.

In Kowalski is Bleeding by

cesperanza I discovered that Ray Vecchio was alive, vibrant, likeable. Loveable, even. Of course he loved the GTO - he appreciates classic cars. And he loved Fraser, would just drop everything to help him. Thanks, Speranza, for starting my education.

Then

aeyre showed me that Vecchio was just right for my boy Kowalski in You Get What You Need, and I was suddenly a Ray/Ray convert. Boys bruised by Canada and Vegas, but not broken; able to somehow strangely fit together, to find love. Not the grand romance each of them chased during the show, but an "older and wiser" kind of love, no less intense for it's pragmatism.

I had to rethink my original premise that Vecchio was straight. If he could be in love with Kowalski, why not Fraser? "Well, hell!" I said to

china_shop. "Maybe Vecchio is a drag queen every Saturday night." And she wrote me Gloria (the alias that you've been living under) to prove it.

And in the end where can I go but to wingfic? My gift from

llassah was the beautiful, dreamlike Fledgling, where Ray gets wings and learns to use them. Ray Vecchio, you crawled into my heart and head in surprising ways, but I'm so glad I got to know you.

mrs-laugh-track.livejournal.com

So, Fraser. I guess he's okay if you like that sort of thing. *shrug* By which I mean HI I LOVE HIM A LOT. And I'm gonna throw some recs at you for stories that really clearly depict the things I love about him. But first, since Nos said mini-essays are appreciated, I'm gonna ramble for a little bit about a specific thing I love about Fraser.

I love Fraser's sincere interest in people. I love it lots and lots. I love that he knows the names of every homeless person on the block and that he talks to small children like they are human beings. And more then anything I love that it's not a front. There is so much of Fraser that is in some way a performance, but he really does care about people. And even more then that he seems to really like and appreciate people. There's no way he would make such an effort if he didn't. Take a look at The Blue Line where he knew the guy who had all the hockey games on tape and the deaf opera fan with the amazing lip reading skills. It's like, okay so did any of you read the Hugh Dillon interview where they ask him "what do you think people should shut up about?" and he says "I don't think people should shut up." It's like that. Fraser listens because he CARES and he puts himself out there in the community not because he feels like he has to, but because he wants to. In a lot of ways one of the things that makes me saddest when I think about due South is the loss of Fraser's apartment in seasons 3 and 4 because we don't get to see Fraser interacting with the community as much anymore. And well, I worry about him.

So yes, Fraser digs people and I dig Fraser. Now, on to the recs!

Title: Reconstruction
Author:

brynnmck
Pairing:Fraser/Vecchio
Rating:R
Length:about 9,500 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Okay first of all I have to say, when I saw the topic was Fraser recs my first instinct was to just throw up a link to Brynn's webpage and say EVERY STORY SHE HAS WRITTEN WITH FRASER IN IT. Because her Fraser voice is consistently one of the very best in the game. But out of all those gems I could only pick one and it doesn't get much better then Reconstruction. It's a story about how Fraser relates to other people and how he sees himself. It's Fraser being dorky, snippy, weird and a bucket full of pain and issues. It's Fraser being wonderful, smart, brave and so full of love. This story shines with love. The author's love for the characters. The characters' love for each other.

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Reconstruction

Title: I can only
Author:

slidellra
Pairing:Fraser/Vecchio femmeslash
Rating: R
Length: 6000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This fic owns my heart. It might seem like an odd choice for Fraser rec week since it's a femmeslash AU where both Fraser and Ray Vecchio are women, but the Fraser voice is so incredible and clear that it's like stepping right into Fraser's head. And the inside of Fraser's head is such a unique place to be. The humor and the repression and the incredible self-knowledge and the formality and the poetry and the unexpectedness of Fraser's imagination and all of it is woven beautifully into this story.

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I can only

Title: Our Dancing Days
Author:

sdwolfpup
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2,250
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is one of my number one comfort fics and the picture of older Fraser in it warms my heart every time. He's all happy and settled plus maybe a bit older and slower, but he still runs around quoting Plato at litterers and generally being his crazy amazing (crazmazing?) Mountie self. Sometimes I get too caught up in thinking about how Fraser makes me really sad most of the time, because Fraser is a pretty sad guy. But this is an entirely non-tragic, entirely in-character look at Fraser being awesome. It's also a rad showcase for his uniquely Fraser sense of humor, which okay sure I mentioned it in all my recs, but LOVE.

Our Dancing Days

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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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brynnmck.livejournal.com

So if there's one thing we can say about Ray Vecchio, it's that he loves to talk. And I love to listen to him talk, with his dry humor and his frequent bitching and his existential honesty. A great Vecchio voice is a rare gem in the fandom (these days, anyway), and I hold those stories close to my heart. (And as a side note, I'm formulating a theory in the course of compiling these recs: Vecchio and Kowalski tend to sound most like their canon selves in F/V and F/K fic: y/n?)

In any case. VECCHIO. I like him okay:

The Eskimo Thing, by

merryish (F/V, rated NC-17) – It's so sad to me that Merry has published so little dS fic, because she gets Fraser and Vecchio as well as anyone I've ever encountered in the fandom. This has long been one of my favorite dS fics, and while there's nothing about it that I don't love, Merry's Vecchio voice is a particular joy for me (though her Fraser voice is absolutely brilliant, too). Perfect blend of dry humor and affection and love and hotness, and an awesomely wacky plot, too (as china_shop called it once: "The Inuit made them ~~do it~~ admit they liked each other!"). If you only ever read one Fraser/Vecchio fic, I think it should be this one.

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One Man's Kink, by Mallory Klohn (F/V, no rating given, but includes sexing) – OMG this fic is so adorable. Filled to the brim with fabulous UST, and Mallory has a great gift for Vecchio's exasperated/affectionate speech patterns. And it's a bit of an unusual first-time fic in that it's not primarily one guy trying to seduce the other; it's both of them appreciating and wanting each other, teasing, making moves, holding back, trying to get it right. It's a fantastic slow burn that pays off with an scorching hot climax.

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Two Meetings in Neutral Territory, by

greensilver (K/V, rated PG-13) – Greensilver's writing style tends to be understated, and so is her Vecchio POV; it's a fantastic example of doing a lot with a little. This short fic just crackles with tension and things unsaid, and it builds a vivid backstory that gives us such a sharp picture of Vecchio and Kowalski (and Fraser, which is a great dimension) and their connection. And the end is just LOVE.

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Conviction, by

china_shop (F/V, rated PG) – I think this was one of china's first F/V fics, and it was one of the first F/V fics I ever read, and it's still one of my favorites. She just gets exactly that canon dynamic (with a great Frannie voice, too), and weaves the slash around it, bringing Fraser and Vecchio exactly where they tend to end up in my head. :) And it's full of wonderful little Vecchio-isms, like:

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Ketchup, by

catwalksalone (pre-slash, F/V kinda implied, F/K kinda implied, F/V/K totally happening in my head, rated PG) – After you finish giggling over the fact that cat starts this entry by declaring that she doesn't write dS (SO glad you changed your mind about THAT, cat! ♥), you'll get to another of my favorite dS fics. Short and fairly simple, but there's so much character insight packed in, here, Vecchio lost and angry in (an AU version of) his return from Vegas. Plus it's in second-person POV, which is hard to pull off, but cat does it excellently here.

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Such a Pathetic Pair, by

spuffyduds (F/V, rated R) – I still remember when I first found Spuffyduds' fic; I was SO thrilled to see someone new writing F/V with such sensitivity and depth. This fic is part of a (sadly still unfinished!) series, and all the stores in it are excellent, but this is one of my favorites. Spuffy has Vecchio's post-VS guilt and loyalty with heartbreaking clarity, and the tentative attempts to re-establish his connection with Fraser are just… oh, RAY. Painful, but beautiful, and there's honesty and solace at the end.

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If you don't love me, let me go by

belmanoir (F/V, rated PG) – Vecchio-in-Vegas is maybe the saddest genre of fic for me, and this story absolutely breaks my heart. But it's so filled with gorgeous Vecchio insight, and with the ways that Fraser and Vecchio changed each other's lives… gah. I adore it, even through the tears.

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And that's it! Please feel free to add your own Vecchio-tastic recs in the comments, and thanks to the mods for letting me rec this week!

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Hello, I am

brynnmck and I have somehow conned the mods into allowing me to guest-rec this week! The theme I've chosen: Great Character Voices. Because while there are all different flavors of great characterization, canon gives us such amazing and distinct voices—for all the characters, but especially the main three—that it gives me extra glee to see those nailed in a fic, whether it's through dialogue or POV or both.

Today I bring you a few recs from the Fraser side of things. I know a lot of people are intimidated about writing Fraser, especially Fraser POV. And in a way it makes sense, because I think the show is set up for the Rays to be the audience viewpoint characters—we're rolling our eyes in exasperation/adoration right along with them, and they're a natural place to go when we sit down to write. Still, I really adore a good Fraser POV; as a writer, it gives you much more poetic license than (either) Ray POV, and while I wouldn't necessarily want to be Fraser 24 hours a day, spending a bit of time in his head and seeing the world in Fraservision is something that makes me incredibly happy, as a writer and a reader.

So: MOAR FRASER POV PLZ. I know it's a bit unorthodox, but I'd like to start by reccing

primroseburrows'

ds_workshop post on writing Fraser —I found it fascinating, and Prim's ability to provide practical, concrete advice on something as slippery as character voice is something I deeply admire. Check it out!

And now some fic:

Soluble, by Basingstoke (F/V, no rating given, maybe PG-13ish) – Fraser's silence actually speaks quite loudly in this short fic (which is highly appropriate), but the narrative voice is excellent, too; it strikes me that Fraser's voice, in particular, has to do with his unusual thought processes, which are on great display here. Bonus points for a terrific Vecchio voice, and for packing a lot of sweet and sexy punch into a very short fic.

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Counting the Ways, by

joandarck (F/V, rated PG) – I adore this fic beyond words. Not only is the Fraser POV fantastic (he writes Ray a sestina! in GREEK! ♥), but the entire fic is just relentlessly adorable and hot, so incredibly hot for a PG-rated fic. A brilliant twist on the usually angsty "we must hide our love!" trope, and the way Joan weaves the first-rush-of-love goofiness in with Fraser's highly rational voice is fabulous.

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Sign Language, by

sdwolfpup (second part here) (F/V, rated R) – This is one of my very favorite dS fics, and I've recced it a million times, and I will very happily rec it again. SDW has a gift for the cadence and poetry of Fraser's POV, and her Vecchio voice is tremendous, too (I think of "What are you going to do to Jesus?" ALL THE TIME when I think of Vecchio), and when combined with the just-wacky-enough plot, the fic reads exactly like an episode… only there's bonus sexing. \o/ BEST EVER.

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And I'll Believe Thee, by

joandarck (F/V, rated G) – I think this fic actually made me swoon (off-sides use of Shakespeare, Joan!). And it could go equally well under the "great Vecchio voice" category, but I'm putting it under the Fraser section because of the glorious lines: "He'd broken a rule. Maybe love always was associated with some form of transgression. Maybe that was its nature." which is one of my favorite moments in a dS fic ever, and so beautifully Fraser it makes me want to cry. Lovely, lovely, lovely fic.

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Upon the Feast of Stephen by

kormantic (F/V, rated NC-17) – This dual-POV fic boasts a delightful Vecchio voice, but because great Fraser POV is so hard to find, I'm categorizing it there (and there is genius Bob Fraser voice, too, OMG). Kormantic extends Fraser's gift for understatement even to his inner monologue, and it's tremendously fun… and of course it's even more fun when he gets caught up in the moment. *g* Plus, though it's a Christmas-themed fic, it's a perfect sexy, cozy fall (in this hemisphere) read.

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The Art of Far and Near, by

china_shop (F/V, rated PG) – This fic honestly had me at "Fraser and Vecchio and a kitten." But for all the adorableness inherent in that premise, china injects just enough of that good dS wackiness and emotional grounding to keep things from getting saccharine. I love china's Vecchio in this, but I'm most impressed with what a lovely job she does with Fraser's sense of humor, and how she combines his analytical nature with his depth of feeling in a way that feels exactly right.

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So those are a few of my favorite Fraser-tastic fics. Please link to some of yours in the comments! (As a side note: if anyone's got Fraser-POV F/V/K recs, PLEASE speak up. One of my greatest joys, and quite a rare beast, considering the logistical difficulties. *g*)

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Title: Something to look forward to
Author:

belmanoir
Pairing:Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17
Length: 8,450 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This story starts out with Fraser pouring his heart out to Ray while he thinks Ray is asleep. It's such an odd, Fraser-ish thing to do, and the author lets us see just how messed up the poor guy really is. Vecchio sets out to break down those walls with smarts, humor, and sheer tenacity.

The snarky dialog is a treat, and there's a wonderful sex scene full of awkwardness and hotness, trust and love.

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Something to look forward to

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Title: I can only
Author:

slidrella
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: R
Length: 6,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

What if Fraser and RayV have always been girls? They are themselves, Ray and Fraser, and yet they are different. The character voices are spot on, especially Fraser's.

There are some interesting themes about gender, but it never becomes less of a story. It's subtle and lovely and has a wonderful Fraser & RayK friendship.

Truly I was blown away by it.

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I can only

luzula

Title: I can only
Author: member of Team Whimsy
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio femslash
Rating: R
Length: 6000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:
This story is full of love for all the characters, and it filled me with love, too. It rewrites canon as it might have been if Fraser and Vecchio were women. They are both completely themselves and convincingly female, and I really believed in their relationship. The story also gave me a new perspective on the Fraser-Kowalski relationship: the genderswitch allowed me to see them as friends instead of lovers, which was interesting and touching to me.

Another thing I loved about this story is the Fraser/Victoria sections: they are poetic and painful and very human.

I can only

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Title: Notes on the Impossibility of Nirvana
Author: to be revealed
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: PG-13
Length: 3,700 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

This fic has one disadvantage, imho: Being posted as contribution of Team Whimsey it lets the reader automatically assume that Fraser's powers are real. It is however entirely possible that it might be only in his head. It has a fascinating ambiguity, and Fraser here seems not the most reliable narrator.

Whatever the case, this story is frightfully haunting and it chilled me to the bone. Poor, poor Fraser, denying himself the humanity and joy of desire to not put others in danger, strangling himself and repressing everything into duty.
And what might happen if Fraser weren't Fraser, if his morals were less than they are?

Thankfully RayV's snark and humor safe this story from stumbling into an angst fest. I love how RayV's voice sets a counterpoint in feeling and theme to Fraser's.

I love the idea, and I love the execution, and while it stands on its own I'd love the see more of this.

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Notes on the Impossibility of Nirvana

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china_shop invited us to rec three older stories for Fandom Appreciation Week. I'm on a 'Vecchio in Vegas' kick right now, so I decided to rec three shining examples of the genre.

Title: Little Ray
Author: Giulietta

mondschein1
Pairing: gen
Rating: PG
Length: 2625 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

This story gives me chills each time I read it. The author uses some unique formatting to give us a glimpse into Ray's head in a pivotal moment during his time as Langouistini. It's utterly in character, and makes me wish that Benny was there to save him.

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Title: Luck
Author: Kat Allison

katallison
Pairing: F/V
Rating: PG
Length: 3544 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

Kat Allison shows us what happens when Vecchio runs into Victoria Metcalf in Vegas. So plausible, I have to remind myself it's not canon.

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Title: One Two Three Two One
Author:

spuffyduds
Pairing: RV/SK, F/K, F/V, F/V/K
Rating: NC-17
Length: 7600 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

Spuffyduds gives us a heart-wrenching portrait of Vecchio trying to come back from Vegas. It has an intricate, layered structure, building and destroying things in all three men's voices. This piece digs it's teeth into you from the first breathless paragraphs and never lets go.

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Title: Come in From the Cold
Author: One of our lovely mods, ms.

nos4a2no9
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: R
Length: 6,453 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

Because it's awesome. There are so many moments in it that make you go RAY and FRASER and LOVE. It does a fantastic job of showing people actually talking and working out things in their relationship. Plus there are footrubs! How can you resist?

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Come in From the Cold

Title: Good Cop
Author:

belmanoir
Pairing: Ray/Ray
Rating: NC-17
Length: : 7,294 words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

Because it's awesome. Full of absolutely gorgeous character insight into both Rays, including some of my favorite Kowalski that I've ever read. Also, it's hot. Really totally screen-meltingly brain-explodingly hot.

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Good Cop

Title: Such a Pathetic Pair
Author:

spuffyduds
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: R for language
Length: 1700-ish words
Why I'm reccing this fic:

Because it's awesome. A tender little post-Victoria's Secret story with beautiful turn of phrase. It shows all the guilt and the hurt in their relationship at this point and how they are re-connecting. Plus backrub and movie watching. Awesome. The story is also part of a set called loose affiliation, which can be found here

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Such a Pathetic Pair

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Title: An awkward moment is to be savored
Author:

snoopypez
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17
Length: 1102
Why I'm reccing this fic: Because this fic is amazing! It starts off as a cute, wacky little fic about Fraser and Vecchio's first few dates and then it makes you wibble and then all of a sudden there is HOT SMOKING SEX. And there is a line, towards the end of the fic, that I am not going to quote because I don't want to spoil you, but it is my favorite sentence I've read in MONTHS. Seriously guys, this fic is deceptively simple and short but there's a lot of awesome and complex stuff packed into a small space--the guys are just so blindingly THEMSELVES, cute and dorky and then all of a sudden they sucker punch you with just how badly they need each other.

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"An awkward moment is to be savored."

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I LOVE being read to and always have. For years I have made the 12-hour drive between the Twin Cities and Detroit to do the family thing and have relied on Books-on-Tape for company. Once I started reading a lot of fanfic that is what I wanted in the car as well. Podfic is like a dream come true for me. We have the best writers in ds6d, the best podficcers and we have a lot to choose from.

I've heard some people comment that because they are fast readers the pace of podfic would drive them crazy. I actually find the reverse is true. Reducing the pace of the story to that of spoken word allows me to sink into the tale more deeply and the emotional punch of the story is much greater. I love that!

These are not my three favorite podfics. It's virtually impossible to choose. It's like asking what my favorite chocolate is. Answer: whatever is in my mouth at the time. *g* These ARE three recordings I love dearly, listen to often and highly recommend for anyone wanting to sample the wealth of dS podfic. I tired to choose fics that are relatively short and representative of what's available. So here are three great writers read by three great readers.

Title: Flying Blind
Author: Speranza

cesperanza
Reader: Slidellra

slidellra
Pairing: F/K
Rating: PG-13
Length: 52 minutes
Why I'm reccing this podfic: Ces is revered in every fandom she touches and with good reason; she's a brilliant writer. There are a lot of recordings of her stories and I highly recommend that you download and enjoy each and every one of them. This recording is really special. I spent a lot of time at

bitchinparty ~~stalking~~ ~~following Sli like a puppy~~ telling Slidellra how much I loved this podfic but it didn't occur to me until I got home that I never told her why. Simply put, she is a sensual, evocative reader with an OMG amazing voice who makes you FEEL the story. I point you to the bath scene. When Kowalski gets out of that tub you can smell his shampoo and sense the damp warmth emanating from his skin. It's a gorgeous reading.

Flying Blind

Title: The Art of Losing
Author: China Shop

china_shop
Reader: Nos4a2no9

nos4a2no9
Pairing: F/K, F/V
Rating: NC-17
Length: 20 minutes
Why I'm reccing this podfic: I resisted downloading this podcast for a long time. I love this story, it's amazing, but it's a story that rips my heart out, stomps it and leaves it in pieces on the ground. Factoring the emotional effect of having it read and the fact that Nos had done the reading, I figured I'd be pretty much cinderized. But, in the end, that's also what made it irresistable. This story contains one of the most hauntingly definitive lines of Fraser dialogue ever and Nos is definitely your go-to gal when you need a good, restorative catharsis. And I was decimated, but oh, what a beautiful way to die. I weep and weep every single time.

The Art of Losing

Title: The Cold Equations
Author: Arrow

arrow00
Reader: Zabira

zabira
Pairing: F/K
Rating: NC-17
Length: 19 minutes
Why I'm reccing this podfic: I have a special affection for this story. Back in the day - which seems an awfully long time ago but really isn't - when I was just starting to read Kowalski and still wasn't sure I'd be able to swing both Rays, this was one of a handful of stories that really made me "get" him. It was quite a while before I realized it was written by the same Arrow I knew and loved from her TS fic. Here we have it read by the wonderful Zabira. One really can't say too much about Z. She voices Fraser and Ray very distinctly and consistently, the quality of her recordings is top notch and she's prolific as hell. She makes every story she records come alive and we are so fucking lucky to have her.

The Cold Equations

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Yay for the Tie Me Down Challenge! I love me some due South bondage. Sadly I have already recced a number of my favorite due South bondage stories (including all the top!Fraser F/V I know of that I didn't write personally, except for that one fic with Fraser and Kowalski topping together which is AWESOME but everyone has already read it because it's AWESOME) in previous weeks. So you get two top!Vecchio F/V stories and an awesometastic Ray/Ray (top!Kowalski! but with potential for switching!).

Title: The Ties That Bind Us
Author: Rushlight (http://www.slashcity.org/~rushlight)
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~11,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Because dude, it's F/V bondage! Straight-up consensual BDSM with collars, floggers, cock-rings, &c. Ray has top's guilt because he's a sweet guy! He doesn't want to hurt Fraser! Except for the part where he really, really does. I really like this story because it's hot, hot, and more hot, and I really like what she does with the complexities of the Fraser/Vecchio power dynamic.

Link to the story: The Ties That Bind Us

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Title: Ties That Bind
Author: X-Tricks (http://x-tricks.slashcity.org/)
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~1500 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Because it's hot! Consensual D/s. Also I love Vecchio in this fic. He punishes Fraser for sucking the pleat off his pants! He makes Fraser be untidy! Awwww. Dominate me, Vecchio!

Link to the story: Ties That Bind

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Title: Spill
Author:

china_shop
Pairing: Ray/Ray
Rating: NC-17
Length: 3700 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: I have already pretty much recced this fic up and down the internet but I have to rec it again because I LURVE IT BEYOND WORDS. Seriously, I soulbonded with this fic at first sight. I mean, it's Ray/Ray bad cop handcuffed-to-a-chair fic set in an AU based on a Dinosaur Comic. It is hilarious, and hot, and did I mention HOT, and cracky, and convincing, and HOT. The tagline:

On a PLANET where INTERROGATION is BANNED

One COP CALLED RAY and another COP CALLED RAY have to TEAM UP to CATCH CRIMINALS

they eventually UNDERSTAND each other and FUCK

also, neither cop is A DINOSAUR we should have put that on the TOP of the POSTER

Link to the story: Spill

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This is for the fic of my heart amnesty challenge---and can I just say how thrilled I am that this is going on? Because I went through like all these fics, agonizing over which to rec, FINALLY getting down to three, I had the tabs open, I was all excited about posting---and then I somehow missed the deadline. It was tragic.

Anyway, I decided I had to have a theme or I was never gonna be able to get down to three, so these are three Fraser/Vecchio S1/2 fics that capture something about the Fraser/Vecchio relationship that was amazing to me when I read them (and still is, because these are all fics I've reread like a million times each, but I mean, they were like, epiphanies that first time---like "OMG IT CAN BE LIKE THIS? REALLY? AWESOME!!!1!").

Title: in your corner
Author:

kormantic
Pairing: F/V
Rating: R
Length: ~4500
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is a post-Duel fic where Fraser goes into shock in the Vecchio bathtub, and then stuff happens. I seriously cannot even count how many times I have read this story. Amazing Vecchio voice, there's one of my favorite Inuit stories EVER, I love the epigraph with a burning, burning love...plus OMG the ending! I think this was the first seriously angsty Vecchio I read, and although I choose to believe the ending is unequivocally happy...let me just say that some of the choices she makes for the romance were really exciting to me and taught me something about the freedom that you have as a fanfiction author to write whatever kind of love story you want.

Link to the story: in your corner

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Title: Conviction
Author:

china_shop
Pairing: F/V
Rating: PG
Length: ~5500
Why I'm reccing this fic: This fic, for me, captures exactly the way I see Fraser/Vecchio towards the end of season 1, that whole arc through "Heaven and Earth." That plotline with Frannie and the scene in the interrogation room is one I've come back to again and again in my own fic, and the way

china_shop deals with it here is just...exactly what I always wanted without knowing it, and here it is! Amazing Vecchio voice, great interpretation of canon moments, and...just the way Vecchio YEARNS for Fraser, this sad hopeless devotion, and Fraser with his own inability to make the first move...just. Wow. Also, awesome Frannie! \o/

Link to the story: Conviction

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Title: The Sight of the Stars
Author:

brynnmck
Pairing: F/V
Rating: R
Length: ~3000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is like, the perfect, perfect banter-y two-cops-one-motel-room-one-bed fic. This is Ray and Fraser doing their thing, their awesome, awesome thing where Ray is hilarious and Fraser is secretly orchestrating everything but still insecure, and they're crazy and adorable and care about each other so much. *loves* The first time I read this fic, I pretty much bounced up and down in my chair making squeeing noises for the entire second half.

Link to the story: The Sight of the Stars

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