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Magnetic by Ariastar (R)
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio/Ray Kowalski
Length: 20,000
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ariastar
Author Website: http://ariafic.livejournal.com
Why this must be read: BECAUSE BOYS OMG. I love this story--the writing is beautiful and the imagery is just fantastic, the characters are great (I particularly adored Vecchio, though all three characters are pitch-perfect), and I love the totally believable way the boys hook up. I love how Kowalski and Vecchio get along and spark, and then Fraser shows up and everything gets a little wacky and tense before it all ends up exactly like it should--with OT3 happiness! There's a lot of great details, case-fic stuff, humor (I love the part where Vecchio and Kowalski decide this can only be settled in neutral territory--i.e. Canada, i.e. the Consulate) awesome dialogue, and the end always makes me sniffle happily and go "AWW BOYS!" I just love them, and I love this fic, and I hope you do, too!
Also, v. hot kitchen!sex. I should mention that too, yeah? :D? Enjoy!
Ray reached over to turn the music down. "Hey, Frase?"
"Yes, Ray?" Fraser met Ray's eyes briefly in the rear-view mirror and suddenly okay didn't cover it.
"Forget the logistics," Ray said. "You're liaising with both of us, you got it?" Which as pronouncements went was a good one, because Fraser's face in the mirror lit right up, the way Vecchio's had earlier, that discovered-the-meaning-of-life look, which should have freaked Ray right the hell out but didn't. "Right, Vecchio?"
"Jesus, gimme a few minutes, Stanley," Vecchio said, but it was in that particular voice, the one Ray'd been called a lot of things usually with the word freak in them, but what Ray was hearing was just three words, that was it. He held tight to the steering wheel and nodded.
Giving Vecchio a few minutes meant they got to the quarantine building, and Fraser got out with a "I'll only be a minute," leaving Ray and Vecchio alone with a soft radio beat.
"Jesus," Vecchio said again, and started laughing, with such infectious joy that Ray actually laughed a little too. Vecchio looked at Ray with shining eyes. "I'm sittin' here thinking 'I shoulda done this years ago'," he said. "But you know what, Stanley? I don't think it works like that."
"Hey, yeah, it's Ray," said Ray.
"No, that's me," Vecchio said, smirking, but after a second it softened down. "You want it can be Kowalski."
Ray started saying Vecchio'd better, and then thought of Vecchio calling Fraser Benny, which was totally nuts, and the way maybe Vecchio'd started out saying Stanley like he wanted a rise but was saying it now like it didn't mean Ray was Brando or an asshole or anything, but sort of like Vecchio just compulsively nicknamed everything he loved, and Ray said, "Whatever, whichever, just don't be a jerk."
The smirk came right back. "You got it, Stanley."
Magnetic
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio/Ray Kowalski
Length: 20,000
Author on LJ:
ariastar Author Website: http://ariafic.livejournal.com
Why this must be read: BECAUSE BOYS OMG. I love this story--the writing is beautiful and the imagery is just fantastic, the characters are great (I particularly adored Vecchio, though all three characters are pitch-perfect), and I love the totally believable way the boys hook up. I love how Kowalski and Vecchio get along and spark, and then Fraser shows up and everything gets a little wacky and tense before it all ends up exactly like it should--with OT3 happiness! There's a lot of great details, case-fic stuff, humor (I love the part where Vecchio and Kowalski decide this can only be settled in neutral territory--i.e. Canada, i.e. the Consulate) awesome dialogue, and the end always makes me sniffle happily and go "AWW BOYS!" I just love them, and I love this fic, and I hope you do, too!
Also, v. hot kitchen!sex. I should mention that too, yeah? :D? Enjoy!
Ray reached over to turn the music down. "Hey, Frase?"
"Yes, Ray?" Fraser met Ray's eyes briefly in the rear-view mirror and suddenly okay didn't cover it.
"Forget the logistics," Ray said. "You're liaising with both of us, you got it?" Which as pronouncements went was a good one, because Fraser's face in the mirror lit right up, the way Vecchio's had earlier, that discovered-the-meaning-of-life look, which should have freaked Ray right the hell out but didn't. "Right, Vecchio?"
"Jesus, gimme a few minutes, Stanley," Vecchio said, but it was in that particular voice, the one Ray'd been called a lot of things usually with the word freak in them, but what Ray was hearing was just three words, that was it. He held tight to the steering wheel and nodded.
Giving Vecchio a few minutes meant they got to the quarantine building, and Fraser got out with a "I'll only be a minute," leaving Ray and Vecchio alone with a soft radio beat.
"Jesus," Vecchio said again, and started laughing, with such infectious joy that Ray actually laughed a little too. Vecchio looked at Ray with shining eyes. "I'm sittin' here thinking 'I shoulda done this years ago'," he said. "But you know what, Stanley? I don't think it works like that."
"Hey, yeah, it's Ray," said Ray.
"No, that's me," Vecchio said, smirking, but after a second it softened down. "You want it can be Kowalski."
Ray started saying Vecchio'd better, and then thought of Vecchio calling Fraser Benny, which was totally nuts, and the way maybe Vecchio'd started out saying Stanley like he wanted a rise but was saying it now like it didn't mean Ray was Brando or an asshole or anything, but sort of like Vecchio just compulsively nicknamed everything he loved, and Ray said, "Whatever, whichever, just don't be a jerk."
The smirk came right back. "You got it, Stanley."
Magnetic