Conviction by china_shop (PG)

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Fandom: Due South
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Author on LJ: china_shop
Author Website: Stone Soup

Why this must be read:

Because it's china_shop, for one thing. If you need more than that, how about because this story takes a few key moments in canon and weaves a gorgeous tapestry around them, pulling together all the complicated threads of Vecchio's feelings for Fraser in a wry, occasionally heart-wrenching, and completely satisfying way. China_shop's Vecchio POV is outstanding, and her understanding of the character is even better—this fic contains one of the best summations I've ever read of Vecchio's relationship with Fraser in S1. And it's funny, and sweet, and clever, and there's fabulous Frannie, and I've probably read this a dozen times and I smile and ache and swoon every time. If you haven't read it, you owe it to yourself.

An excerpt:


Then the Mountie burst onto the scene in a flurry of explosions and hired killers and deaf half-wolves, and within days Ray had gotten blown up and tossed out a third-floor window, and ended up in the hospital—which was as good a metaphor as any for how Fraser turned Ray’s life upside-down. Ray followed him to the ends of the earth without a moment’s hesitation—without even an invitation—and it wasn’t until he was on the plane, on his way home, a No Smoking sign glowing above his head, and the pilot yapping away about altitude and wind velocity over the intercom, that Ray was forced to admit to himself that not only did he have a type that included guys but, even worse, he had the same taste in guys as his little sister Frannie.


Find it here: Conviction

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