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The Three Second Answer by Seperis (PG-13)
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musegaarid and I'm pretty new to the dueSouth fandom. This is also my first time ever driving the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
crack_van. I blame innocentsmith for both of these things.
I tend to prefer medium-length plotty stories and creative genre stuff. You won't see any PWPs here. And I generally ship Fraser/Kowalski, but I'm good with Vecchio/Kowalski and Fraser/Vecchio/Kowalski, too.
So, all that said... enjoy!
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 5,600 words
Author on LJ:seperis
Author Website: Indulgence
Why this must be read:
This story makes me impossibly happy. Ray has an epiphany. There is banter. The subtext isn't so much subtext as it is explicitly stated, but it's all in asides (mostly). It all has that kooky, dream-like, contradictory feel of the very best episodes, expertly balancing silliness with seriousness. The story reminds us that the two main personalities of the show are ultimately rather bizarre outsiders, though they relate to each other beautifully here over the course of one protracted argument. Ray's thoughts sneak up on him as swiftly and unexpectedly as they do us and every single line is hysterically funny. Just... read it. It'll make more sense then. Maybe.
"What's that word for sudden, life changing revelation?"
Fraser answers immediately, no surprise there. "Epiphany."
"Right. Epiphany." Staring at the ceiling, Ray takes a deep breath. "I had an epiphany."
"That's excellent, Ray." There's a short pause. "Ray?"
"Or indigestion from whatever that was for dinner." Ray rubs his belly absently, though after all these weeks, his body's given up protesting anything it's given. Go to the Arctic Circle, learn to never ask what you're eating. Ray learned that lesson the hard way.
"Pemmican," Fraser says in the Voice of Experienced Mountie to Hapless Chicago City Native, which is so irritating Ray *knows* he made it up just for this trip, "is a perfectly nutritious food, Ray. In fact--"
"Probably an epiphany, though." Ray frowns in the general direction of Fraser's voice. "Didn't I say don't tell me what I'm eating?"
"Yes, Ray."
"As I was saying." Shaking himself, he rolls over and shoves a pointed finger in the general direction of Fraser's chest. "I know what this is."
Pretty sure it's a chest.
"Ray, stop poking my arm."
Close enough. Ray moves four inches to the right and tries again. "This entire--thing. Trip. Adventure. *I know what this is*."
"And that is?"
"I've been kidnapped."
The Three Second Answer
musegaarid and I'm pretty new to the dueSouth fandom. This is also my first time ever driving the crack_van. I blame innocentsmith for both of these things.I tend to prefer medium-length plotty stories and creative genre stuff. You won't see any PWPs here. And I generally ship Fraser/Kowalski, but I'm good with Vecchio/Kowalski and Fraser/Vecchio/Kowalski, too.
So, all that said... enjoy!
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 5,600 words
Author on LJ:
seperisAuthor Website: Indulgence
Why this must be read:
This story makes me impossibly happy. Ray has an epiphany. There is banter. The subtext isn't so much subtext as it is explicitly stated, but it's all in asides (mostly). It all has that kooky, dream-like, contradictory feel of the very best episodes, expertly balancing silliness with seriousness. The story reminds us that the two main personalities of the show are ultimately rather bizarre outsiders, though they relate to each other beautifully here over the course of one protracted argument. Ray's thoughts sneak up on him as swiftly and unexpectedly as they do us and every single line is hysterically funny. Just... read it. It'll make more sense then. Maybe.
"What's that word for sudden, life changing revelation?"
Fraser answers immediately, no surprise there. "Epiphany."
"Right. Epiphany." Staring at the ceiling, Ray takes a deep breath. "I had an epiphany."
"That's excellent, Ray." There's a short pause. "Ray?"
"Or indigestion from whatever that was for dinner." Ray rubs his belly absently, though after all these weeks, his body's given up protesting anything it's given. Go to the Arctic Circle, learn to never ask what you're eating. Ray learned that lesson the hard way.
"Pemmican," Fraser says in the Voice of Experienced Mountie to Hapless Chicago City Native, which is so irritating Ray *knows* he made it up just for this trip, "is a perfectly nutritious food, Ray. In fact--"
"Probably an epiphany, though." Ray frowns in the general direction of Fraser's voice. "Didn't I say don't tell me what I'm eating?"
"Yes, Ray."
"As I was saying." Shaking himself, he rolls over and shoves a pointed finger in the general direction of Fraser's chest. "I know what this is."
Pretty sure it's a chest.
"Ray, stop poking my arm."
Close enough. Ray moves four inches to the right and tries again. "This entire--thing. Trip. Adventure. *I know what this is*."
"And that is?"
"I've been kidnapped."
The Three Second Answer