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julia-here.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2010-02-05 04:00 pm
Depot by Luzula, R
One of the great things about writing fic in the due South fandom is that we have great swaths of pre-series territory sketched in, populated, and left to our imaginations. Luzula takes full advantage of what we know of Benton Fraser's youth in this story, which takes him through a series of benchmarks as he approaches independent adulthood.
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Mostly gen with Benton Fraser/Erik Kitikmeot
Length: 10,500 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
luzula
Author Website: Luzula's stories at AO3
Why this must be read: Because it is graced with the breath of life, and because Benton Fraser, boy, becomes Constable Fraser, young man, through some tough moments- all of which feel as real as a personal memoir, or a personal memory
Excerpt:
Unexpectedly, Benton's belly flipped at being addressed as 'Cadet Fraser', although he couldn't say why, exactly. Perhaps it was the formality of it--he was used to Ben or Benton, or sometimes 'that Fraser boy', from some neighbor who thought he wasn't listening.
The rest of the day passed in a whirl of new faces and information. The troop in which he and Tommy were to train was shown the Depot grounds (mess, driving range, parade ground, shooting range, and a host of other buildings). There was a formal reception with a speech by the commanding officer of Depot, and a display of Mounties in full RCMP dress uniform standing motionless at parade rest, which Benton fully realized was meant to impress the new cadets, but which impressed him nevertheless. He'd rarely seen his father or Buck in a dress uniform.
Depot
.
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Mostly gen with Benton Fraser/Erik Kitikmeot
Length: 10,500 words
Author on LJ:
luzulaAuthor Website: Luzula's stories at AO3
Why this must be read: Because it is graced with the breath of life, and because Benton Fraser, boy, becomes Constable Fraser, young man, through some tough moments- all of which feel as real as a personal memoir, or a personal memory
Excerpt:
Unexpectedly, Benton's belly flipped at being addressed as 'Cadet Fraser', although he couldn't say why, exactly. Perhaps it was the formality of it--he was used to Ben or Benton, or sometimes 'that Fraser boy', from some neighbor who thought he wasn't listening.
The rest of the day passed in a whirl of new faces and information. The troop in which he and Tommy were to train was shown the Depot grounds (mess, driving range, parade ground, shooting range, and a host of other buildings). There was a formal reception with a speech by the commanding officer of Depot, and a display of Mounties in full RCMP dress uniform standing motionless at parade rest, which Benton fully realized was meant to impress the new cadets, but which impressed him nevertheless. He'd rarely seen his father or Buck in a dress uniform.
Depot
.