In The Water by Gurrier (R)

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Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Length: 5K
Author on LJ: gurrier
Author Website: Gurrier's fic at DSA
Why this must be read:

Set post-MotB, Ray is tackling the issues raised by almost drowning, one at a time. Beautiful language and imagery.

It's been a couple of months -- two, maybe three times a week -- and it's not something he has to do anymore. He's never going to win any prizes, but he's past the almost-sinking, past the frantic paddling. Now it's head down, stroke, stroke, turn and breathe, kicking smoothly all the time.

He's surprised how much like dancing it is. You get the rhythm going and everything flows, smooth and easy. His body moves, and his head shuts down, and it all just fits. Course, that only lasts a couple of lengths, and then he turns wrong, or forgets to breathe, and he's the skinny jittery guy with only a turtle at home again, but still. He feels more like himself than he has in a long time.

He thinks about telling Fraser, thinks about saying "Remember on the boat?" And maybe he will, soon, but for now this is his, something new, something he can do. Something no-one expected from him.

Gurrier has also written a companion piece, Impossible Things

In The Water

Comments

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Immediately read your rec'ed fics! <3 them both! Now I'mma gonna read the rest of the dS fic by this author. TYK, especially, for introducing me to an author I hadn't read before!