crack_van | Go Gentle, by Kat Allison. (PG-13)

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Author on LJ:

katallison
Author Website: http://www.katallison.com/

Why this must be read:

Fraser is dying, and Ray Vecchio comes to Canada for a final visit. It's not easy to convey such themes without getting sappy and sweet or maudlin. This is beautifully done, very real, very heartbreaking and so very them. One of the best stories I read with this theme, in any fandom.

"Damn it." He stopped, blew out a breath, and then grabbed his carry-on and pulled a sheaf of papers from the side pocket. On top was the piece of crappy lined tablet paper with Kowalski’s crappy barely-legible handwriting on it, with the directions and the kindergarten-quality hand-drawn map. Ray had kept it handy for the map and the directions, and folded it so that was all he saw, not the rest of the letter, the part that started Hey Vecchio — OK, it's not like I want to see you ever again, but Fraser does, even though he'd never write and fucking say so, or tell you any of the rest of this stuff, but anyway, assuming you want to ever see him again, you better get up here soon, and went on with biopsy came back labeled "Adios" and spread all over everywhere and doctor says maybe six months, max, and yeah, sure, you're probably thinking hey, this is Fraser, so who knows, right? But this is bad shit, Vecchio. He'd carried that paper all the way from Miami, being very careful to only look at the directions and the map. Now he flipped past it to the other piece of paper, the fine bond stock with engraved letterhead, and pulled it out, snapping it open with a flourish.

Go Gentle