Bury It with You by Cherry (R)

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairings: Vecchio/Stella Kowalski; Kowalski/Vecchio; Fraser/Kowalski, but I'd call this genslash
Author on LJ: cherryice
Author Website: Cherry Bombs

Why this must be read:
I don't usually rec two stories by the same author in the same set of Crack Van recs, but I couldn't resist this time because I adore this Ray Kowalski-centric, post-CotW Chicago story. I love the intelligence shown by Ray, professional and emotional. The sense of having made it through rough times scarred but unbowed is powerful, and the wisdom that Ray shows was hard-earned. I also love the Stella/RayK friendship, the OFC who is Ray's new partner, the conflicted, hurting post-undercover Ray Vecchio, and the absence of Fraser that still affects RayK. The police case is just visible enough that it feels like an episode with personal scenes intermixed.

(Cherry doesn't assign her stories ratings; I gave this one an R for violence, language, and adult situations.)

Bury It with You

Comments

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Er, would you mind explaining what you mean by 'genslash', please? As I've never heard the term before and Googling it brings up two completely different, contradictory, in fact definitions.

TYK

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

This is slash in the sense that yes, there is m/m that is not canon, but it's less about the relationship than it is about the character. It's not a romance, in other words, but there is mention of m/m and m/f in the story.

I think there are many variant definitions, but that is mine. For example, the HP story is Lust Over Pendle is genslash.

I'll post this in your LJ because it looks like that is where you want to discuss this.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this. It is very much appreciated.

Yes, I did bring it up on my LJ - I just wasn't expecting such a huge response.

And it does indeed seem that there is more than one definition.

Thank you though for clarifying yours - I do appreciate it.

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

No problem. :)

I know that not everyone uses this term to classify stories, but I do, so I added it after the pairings.