crack_van | The History of Benton Fraser: A Fur Trader; or, The Rewards of Duty, by Damned Colonial (R)

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Length: 37,000 words
Author on DW:

damned_colonial
Author Website: The author's fic on the AO3
Why this must be read: Possibly this wasn't announced on the due South noticeboard, because if I'd seen it, I would have been all over it. Or maybe I just missed it and everyone else has known about this awesome fic for a year and never told me. I stumbled on it by chance. It's a retelling of the pilot (with scenes from other episodes worked in) in a regency setting. Fraser is a Hudson's Bay Company fur trader (what else would he be?) and Ray K is a Bow Street runner (the precursor to the police in London). Fraser comes to London on the trail of the killers of his father, etc. You know it's going to be an utterly delightful story when even the disclaimer makes you squee. Warning: it's not quite finished, but don't let that stop you from reading it--the plot is resolved, it's just that some of the scenes at the end aren't fleshed out. This story got me through the flight from

bitchinparty and almost made me forget that I was cooped up in an airplane.

The History of Benton Fraser: A Fur Trader; or, The Rewards of Duty.