Refraction, by Shrift (PG-13)

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Fandom: dueSouth
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Author on LJ: shrift
Author's Website: http://bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/shrift

Why this must be read: There are certain stories that make you realize you have a certain ... oh, what's the word ... kink. This was one of mine. I'm pretty vanilla most of the time, so don't let that scare you off. A brief excerpt:

Fraser had only left Chicago for a brief RCMP conference on the implementation of a new, computer-driven form-filing system to replace the 10989B report in the coming 21st century. After four days spent in the bowels of a Sheraton in downtown Toronto confined to a meeting room just off Queen Street, Fraser was feeling a nagging sense of disquiet as he walked to the police station. After all, his last period of absence had resulted in the loss of a partner and dear friend to an undercover federal operation in Las Vegas. Therefore Fraser felt he had ample reason to be nervous.

The sense of creeping unease did not lessen when he arrived at his destination. He had gained a new best friend and partner in that last exchange, true, but Fraser had no desire to repeat the experience. Ray Kowalski was a fine undercover police officer and detective, and if he disappeared overnight with nary a phone call, Fraser would hunt him down to the ends of the earth...and patiently explain why that wouldn't do.

He wouldn't allow bureaucracy to misplace another of his partners. Especially not this one.

There is no sex in this story, which surprises me every time I read it. I love it to pieces, though, for the Fraser-POV and the image of Ray in ... no, I won't spoil it for you. Read.


Refraction

Comments

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to thoroughly applaud the recommendation. Shrift has been one of my biggest influences, both in getting into Due South, and to influencing my choices in what to write in it. It's exactly stories like this that did it.