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crack_van2004-07-27 08:36 pm
sperrywink) wrote in crack_van2004-07-27 08:36 pm
Duet for Three Stooges by Kit Mason (PG)
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski, Fraser/Vecchio
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
twistedchick
Author Website: http://kit.mrks.org/
Why this must be read:
You can't see where you are going without knowing where you have been.
An exploration of where Fraser and the Rays stand at the nexus of Vecchio going undercover and Kowalski stepping into the partnership. I really like how the voice flows from Vecchio (pulling back) to Fraser (stuck in place) to Kowalski (looking forward) and how the story builds given this emotional structure. Vecchio may be hiding, Fraser may be despairing, and Kowalski may be bucking the odds but we can see the foreshadowing of resolution for all of them by Call of the Wild. What also makes this story a step above is how nicely the author handles the different tones and inflections for each character.
Fraser came out of Welsh's office looking tired and lost and confused -- like the face I saw in the mirror after Stella threw me out. I couldn't do anything to change any of that, and it hurt, seeing it on him. But I walked the postcard that had come to my desk over to him, some pretty picture of the Rockies, and he took one look at it and heated the back. Sure enough, there was a photo. Fraser and a big-nosed guy with Frannie's eyes and a smile. Three guesses, and the first two don't count. I watched Fraser looking at that card, and I could see the muscles relaxing in the back of his neck, and the hard lines around his mouth easing into sadness and maybe something more.
Wasn't hard to see how close they were, and how much it hurt him that I wasn't who he'd expected or who he wanted.
It made me wish I had a friend who felt that way about me. Since Stella and I broke up, and I'd changed districts and squad rooms, I didn't really have anyone to talk to, and I missed that something fierce.
Duet for Three Stooges
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski, Fraser/Vecchio
Author on LJ:
twistedchick Author Website: http://kit.mrks.org/
Why this must be read:
You can't see where you are going without knowing where you have been.
An exploration of where Fraser and the Rays stand at the nexus of Vecchio going undercover and Kowalski stepping into the partnership. I really like how the voice flows from Vecchio (pulling back) to Fraser (stuck in place) to Kowalski (looking forward) and how the story builds given this emotional structure. Vecchio may be hiding, Fraser may be despairing, and Kowalski may be bucking the odds but we can see the foreshadowing of resolution for all of them by Call of the Wild. What also makes this story a step above is how nicely the author handles the different tones and inflections for each character.
Fraser came out of Welsh's office looking tired and lost and confused -- like the face I saw in the mirror after Stella threw me out. I couldn't do anything to change any of that, and it hurt, seeing it on him. But I walked the postcard that had come to my desk over to him, some pretty picture of the Rockies, and he took one look at it and heated the back. Sure enough, there was a photo. Fraser and a big-nosed guy with Frannie's eyes and a smile. Three guesses, and the first two don't count. I watched Fraser looking at that card, and I could see the muscles relaxing in the back of his neck, and the hard lines around his mouth easing into sadness and maybe something more.
Wasn't hard to see how close they were, and how much it hurt him that I wasn't who he'd expected or who he wanted.
It made me wish I had a friend who felt that way about me. Since Stella and I broke up, and I'd changed districts and squad rooms, I didn't really have anyone to talk to, and I missed that something fierce.
Duet for Three Stooges
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I only found the other lj name previously, so I'll change the lj-name to this one.