Guilty Until Proven Innocent by Keerawa (R)

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Hi, I'm lucifuge_5  and I'm your due South crack_van driver for August. Fraser/Kowalski is the pairing of my heart although I do like other dS pairings (canon and non). My goal for this month is to offer a grab bag of different genres (including gen) and lengths as well as classic fics and lesser known ones.

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing:  Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Length: 13, 200 words posted in 3 chapters.
Warnings: AU fic, major character death (off screen), violence, m/m sexuality.
Author on LJ: keerawa 
Author Website:  Keerawa's due South fan fiction index
Why this must be read:    Written for a harlequin challenge, Guilty Until Proven Innocent gives us a fantastic reworking of one of the most important story arcs in the dS fandom: Fraser's disastrous relationship with one Victoria Metcalf. In this fic, Fraser is on trial for murder while Ray Kowalski, a former-Chicago-cop-turned-private-investigator tries to prove the disgraced Mountie's innocence.

Keerawa has written a story that remains true to due South canon even as it drips with noir. Also, because, this is keerawa , well, things are not all sunshine and bunnies which just ramps up the casefic aspect of the story in ways that are suspenseful. Additionally, this fic has two endings. The second one being so dark that the author herself "almost didn't publish it."

Only Stella could have gotten him into court on a day he didn't have to be here. They'd been separated nearly two years now, but she was still his Stella. She wanted him in the audience for her big case, he was there. She'd pulled strings to get him in - he probably could have scalped the ticket if there was one. Courtside seats at a Bulls game were nothing compared to a seat at the trial of the infamous double-murderer and cop-killer, Ben Fraser.

Guilty Until Proven Innocent (link is to the first chapter)

Comments

[akamine_chan]

\o/!

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

Hee! {{hugs}}

[j-s-cavalcante.livejournal.com]

Great rec!

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

Thankies, JS! :)