Fledgeling by Llassah (NC-17)

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Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Ray Kowalski/Ray Vecchio
Length: ~ 8,000 words
Author on LJ: llassah
Author Website: Llassah's profile on AO3, however most of her due South fic is not up there, yet.
Why this must be read:

Wingfic is considered to be crack, but in due South fandom authors make wingfic into art, turning a kink into a metaphor. Llassah wrote this story for me as part of the 2007 Due South Seekrit Santa exchange, responding to my deep love for wingfic by writing a sublime and powerful portrait of Ray Vecchio driven from Las Vegas by the sudden onset of wingedness. Abandoned by and abandoning everyone, Ray hides from the world until the determined team of Benton Fraser and Ray Kowalski find him, embrace him and do what's right. It's also a story of incredible sweetness and delicious hotness.

Kowalski swears under his breath, sounding awed. "The light catches your feathers, makes your back glow gold," he tells him, not even trying to hide his desire, need, regard. He throws himself at every current of air, flings himself up so he's flying on the ground. If Kowalski had been given the wings, he'd be halfway to the sun by now, and Ray wants to hold him down, keep him with him, close and safe. "So beautiful."

Fledgeling