"Dancing Bear" by Lamardeuse (NC-17)

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Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski, Kowalski/Stella background
Length: ~6,300
Author on LJ: lamardeuse
Author Website: Lamardeuse on Ao3
Why this must be read: This fic is smoking.

There's not a heck of a lot of cock and bodily fluids spelled out explicitly, but there doesn't need to be; the sexual chemistry is plenty hot without it.  Lamardeuse has set the guys in "the summer of '79", as young adults both working at a summer resort at the behest of their parents and woven it into canon pretty seamlessly, despite the departure from their usual settings. They meet and sparks fly, both men caught by each others' skills and talents as well as physical appearance.  As much as lust plays a part in their interaction, so does interest and straight on liking, which is good to see.  Both of them are very well-characterized, really believable younger versions of the Benton and Ray we know from the show.

"Killineg diulissaa nerissane kinotaarotariname."

Ray laughed again. He hadn't laughed this much in--hell, in months, probably, but it felt like forever. "And what does that mean?"

"'Because he had no teeth, he could not eat.'"

Ray laughed even harder. "That's--that's fuckin' sick," he wheezed. "Where do you come up with this shit?"

"It is extempore from my mother wit."

Dancing Bear