Line Of Sight by Kalena (NC-17)

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Fraser/Smithbauer
Author on LJ:
Author Website: http://kalena.mrks.org/index.html
Why this must be read:

No matter which Ray you wish would end up with Fraser in a Canadian shack, you gotta give props to Marc because, for better or worse, he was there first and, along with Eric, he's an excellent candidate for Fraser's first boy-crush. Ah the long hours playing hockey, ah the pre-pubescent homosocial bonding, ah the intense weirdness of their reunion. There has always seemed to me to be a wacky depth, a symbolic centrality, implied by Mark's initial refusal to acknowledge Fraser - especially contrasted by the warmth and affection of their later scenes together in Fraser's apartment and at the Chicago pond. Woven right through the episode, "Line of Sight" is painfully real. Who are you? Who were you? Who are you becoming?

Line Of Sight

Comments

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Wow, I needed a cigarette myself after that rec! Thank you! thisisbone wrote me with fb and said she found it by reading your rec, which makes the whole thing doubly appreciated -- even beyond the knowledge that you read it and got it, and liked it . . .

It's the only thing I ever wrote that had, y'know, themes. I only did it by accident, no surprise there, but still it's way cool to see that you liked them. :)

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

Wow *beams* I feel so fulfilled - Fandom is like this giant feedback loop and here I get to see it actually charted out. I'm so bad at sending feedback, so I figure putting up a rec is like a form of repentance.

I love non-standard pairings, so Marc fic in general makes me very happy, but this fic in particular really stuck with me, years after reading it. Thanks so much!

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

I am so down the Fraser/Smithbauer!

I like this story a lot, too. I wish more people read (and wrote) the rare pairings in this fandom...

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Thanks for mentioning you liked it!! What a wonderful thing as a nightcap. :)

People actually get a certain amount of flack for writing rare pairs in DS. Not necessarily to their faces, but sometimes. It's just that the love for F/K kind of overwhelms everything in such a small fandom. *sigh*

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

I your icon

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

butterfly gave me that one. :)

Check out not_a_painter's journal for lots of pretty icons.