Title: Being Small

Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Categories: casefic, adventure, slash, crack
Length: medium, 6234 words
Warnings: none

Author on Livejournal: n/a?
Author Website: arrow (esteefee) on AO3

Summary: Being small is a real education.

Review: For reasons that do not need exploring at this juncture, Ray is now tiny. The reasons do not need exploring because Ray does not want to explain to anyone why he's suddenly the size of an action figure, only minus the Kung Fu grip. But let's just say there was a shrink ray involved (there always is) and no puns, thanks, because this is Not Fun.

So this is my second shrunk!fic rec of the day. This one serves added slashiness with the crack!

I mean, to be absolutely up-front about it, this is bonkers. There are no shrinking rays (ha. ha. HA!) in due South and Fraser is keeping Ray in his belt pouch and feeding him Cheetos. But there is action!tinyRay and arming up for battle at Toys-R-Us, with gratuitous vintage action figure references, and who can resist? So freakin' adorable and so much fun.

I should probably add that the smut happens once the size issue is resolved, although who knows, some of us may be disappointed by that...

Being Small

Title: The penny jar theory

Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Categories: slash, established relationship, post-canon
Length: medium, ~13,000 words
Warnings: none really

Author on Livejournal: deputychairman
Author Website: Deputychairman on AO3

Summary: “How - ” Fraser cleared his throat. “How long is the contract?”
“Six months,” Ray told the stew.
“And will you,” he stopped. Ray heard the deep breath he took. Taking it on the chin, attaboy, Ben. “Are you planning to come back here, afterwards?”

Review: The last two weeks I've read nothing but due South, so with due permission--it's someone else's reccing fandom--I'm sneaking in a rec of my favourite so far of the fics that seem to have appeared since last I read dS.

The question that seems to have the strongest pull on me post-series is What does Kowalski do in Canada? and this fic is centred around the practicalities of him trying to find an answer to exactly that, and the ways Fraser and Ray's relationship has to shift around it. The fic exists in a world where the answers aren't perfect and the characters have to make compromises. It's not an unhappy fic, not really, but oddly bittersweet.

I love to bits the central images of the dubious gift of the Penny Jar -- and the time limit/death-knell of a relationship that it starts off by proclaiming -- and Ray Kowalski heading off to work on the isolation of an oil rig without Fraser's approval.

The penny jar theory

Title: American Way
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Categories/Genres: First Time, Canon, Romance, Case Fic, Humor
Length: Long [17,989 words]
Warnings: N/A

Author on LJ: resonant
Author Website: Resonant @ ao3

Summary: When crime victims are afraid of Canadians, Ray and Fraser have to do a little cultural exchange.

Review: When Fraser begins spotting people wearing jewelry from a highly valued missing collection, they're unable to get answers because of Fraser's innate Candian-ness. Rather than give Ray a crash course in the jewely pieces, Ray decides it's easier to just teach Fraser to act more American. The results are...pretty hot. Fraser takes his American lessons to heart and goes after what he wants, too! This fic does have humor - it's hard to think of Due South without thinking about humor. It's just a delightful, quick read.

American Way

Title: With Six You Get Eggroll
Fandom: due South
Pairing: RayK/Fraser, RayV/Stella
Categories: Slash, romance, kids, post-series
Length: Long (31,000 words)
Warnings: Kissing. That's as heavy as it gets.

Author on LJ: cesperanza
Author on AO3: Speranza
Author Website: Speranza's Fiction

Summary:
Ray burst out laughing. "Benny! You've developed a sense of humor!"

"Yes, Ray." Fraser lowered the gun and showed him an amused look. "Six immaculate conceptions will do that to you."

Review:
I'm running late, so you're getting another one of my old favourites. This time it's a Speranza story that is unaccountably not yet listed; unaccountably because it's by far my favourite of hers.

The basic premise is that things happened a little differently at the end of the series finale. If you cast your minds back, you may recall that the Vecchios headed south to run a bowling alley, Huey and Dewey opened a comedy club, Welsh stayed behind his desk, Thatcher became a Canadian intelligence operative, Turnbull ran for public office, Ray and Fraser went off in search of Franklin's Hand, and Francesca had six immaculate conceptions. In this slightly alternate universe, everyone swaps. Now the Duck Boys have the bowling alley, Frannie is Chicago's favourite comedienne, Meg stays at the Consulate, Turnbull of all people becomes the spy, and Welsh is the one running for Mayor. Ray and Stella decide on a Canadian adventure honeymoon, and stop off at a certain log cabin on their way out. Where they find that Fraser and Kowalsky have adopted. Six times, because "With six you get eggroll."

The writing is beautifully lyrical, and puts you at your ease despite the general air of chaos that surrounds any well-grounded due South story. And with six kids of widely varying ages, there is plenty of chaos. The kids all have different problems, some more than others, and Ray and Benton have to act as a team to deal with them. This isn't a perfect family, not by any stretch of the imagination, and the story doesn't try to disguise that. It feels real, in that way that good fiction makes you want to believe in the characters despite, or perhaps because of, their faults.

And that's it. There's no great plot, just a slice of family life. Quirky family, but could a due South family be anything else? It's still one of the most loving and inspiring stories I've read, so it's my pleasure to pass it on to you now.

With Size You Get Eggroll: illustrated version or text only.

Title: Family Portrait
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Categories: Slash, AU, family, kids
Length: Epic (~75,000 words)
Warnings: Minor character death (before the prologue), much sex.

(The author's website has gone the way of all things, but the story is still around on the archives.)

Summary:
"It says, and I quote, Constable, `Give this man something to do before I kill him and cause an international incident," Welsh said in a long-suffering voice.

"Ah." Fraser shuffled his feet. "I was, in essence, correct."

Review:
I seem to be on a historic jag at the moment, digging up all the stories that I dearly loved ten years ago or more. This one is a classic due South story unaccountably missing from epic_recs, so I get to set that aright too. I love this job :-)

The story re-jigs the set-up of season 3 of dS by changing Ray Kowalski's backstory just a little. In this reality, he and Stella had kids, but Stella died in a car accident. When Ray Vecchio goes undercover, RayK is assigned to take on his caseload and, as the above quote indicates, his Mountie.

Despite the humour inherent in any due South setup that leavens the story, this is far more a romance than a rom-com. Fraser is aware quite quickly of his attraction to Ray, something that his father (still a ghost) has definite opinions on, but can't see any future to it. Journey makes the point several times that Fraser has been left behind in his personal life so often that he doesn't even hope for a permanant relationship. For Ray it's a far slower realisation, something that he never expected; indeed, something that his kids see before he does, and don't so much as bat an eyelid over. And for Ray, for this Ray at least, family and belonging are very important.

The story is dotted with wonderful observations about Ray and Fraser, and that's one of the things that makes it one of my favourites. For example, there's a nice little insight early on into the different ways Ray and Fraser approach detective-work, partly done by discussion between the characters but then played out in a snippet of casework as they combine to identify the culprit and prove it was him. It all adds up to a very nice pair of character studies intertwining in a beautifully gentle romance.

Family Portrait

Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website: Shayheyred

Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.

Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.

The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.

The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.

Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.

Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.

( Click here to read an excerpt. )

The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)

Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website: Shayheyred

Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.

Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.

The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.

The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.

Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.

Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.

( Click here to read an excerpt. )

The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)

Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website: Shayheyred

Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.

Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.

The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.

The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.

Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.

Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.

( Click here to read an excerpt. )

The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)

Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website: Shayheyred

Author's Summaries:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.

Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.

The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.

The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.

Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.

Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.

( Click here to read an excerpt. )

The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)

Title: The Frozen Heart + The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (with Fraser/Various and Kowalski/Various)
Categories: Fairy Tale, AU, Drama, Romance
Length: Medium (2,169 + 1,370 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: shayheyred ; doll_revolution
Author Website: Shayheyred

Summary:
The Frozen Heart: A fable of love, loss and a lifelong quest. Fraser is seeking for the key to unlock his frozen heart.
The Travelling Stable Boy: Sometimes it’s the key who is looking for a lock.

Review:
Recently, I was discussing remixes with my husband. We were discussing how someone can take an idea that's been used before and make it new and original. He was familiar with music remixes, but not in fiction, and wanted some examples. This duo of stories jumped to my mind, and it reminded me of how much I love them.

The first story is a meshing of Due South and The Snow Queen into a story and fable of its own. It has this feeling of being old and new at once, and cleverly it's almost not an AU, but the story of the show told in the verse of a fairytale. The writing has a depth and beauty, one of those stories that seems to expand past its actual size and take on a larger life of it's own. The repetition (with difference) of the wolf's exhortation to keep looking builds into something large and intense, and you ache for the man that's so alone and seeking.

The second fic dovetails perfectly with it, telling the story of a different character. Where The Frozen Heart has a metaphorical lyricism, The Travelling Stableboy is more down-to-earth tone, matching it's first person POV character, Kowalski. The stories don't quite match up in the tiny details of his meeting with Fraser, but that makes it feel more real somehow, with a sort of Rashomon effect, where of course the story would be slightly different from a different perspective. Or maybe it's that The Travelling Stableboy is the concrete tale of a man's life, and The Frozen Heart is that other man's tale told in symbols.

Even if you're not a due South fan, you can enjoy this story duo; they both can be read as original fiction, and knowledge of the canon only enhances the stories as you glimpse story regulars Diefenbaker, Victoria Metcalf, Margaret Thatcher, Stella, etc. Mostly it's the genuine emotion conveyed that get to me, and I find both fics beautiful.

Back to my story about my husband. I read these out loud to him, and he was completely immersed. As the wolf kept saying that Fraser had to continue seeking for the key to his heart, it brought tears to his eyes. And when I read the second story, I didn't inform him of the title, and when he realized who the POV character was (from the first story) he gasped with excitement, saying "It's the stableboy!" We both enjoyed the stories together, and had a great conversation about storytelling.

( Click here to read an excerpt. )

The Frozen Heart (AO3) (LJ) (Author's site)
The Travelling Stable Boy (Melt the Ice Remix)

Title: NC-17
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: RayK/Benton
Categories: AU/AR
Length: long (19.093 words)
Warnings: English Lit

Author on LJ: thehoyden
Author Website: AO3 Account

summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"

Review:
Having taken some English lit classes myself during my stint at university, I love reading about professors and students and TAs. I reminds of the good old days. ;) I especially love the portrayal of Ray and Fraser in this take on an alternative academic setting. The characters are spot on and so endearingly real that it makes you fall in love with them reading this story.

The Hoyden always writes great stories but this one is particularly dear to me. An amazing story from a great writer.

Academic Punk

Title: NC-17
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: RayK/Benton
Categories: AU/AR
Length: long (19.093 words)
Warnings: English Lit

Author on LJ: thehoyden
Author Website: AO3 Account

summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"

Review:
Having taken some English lit classes myself during my stint at university, I love reading about professors and students and TAs. I reminds of the good old days. ;) I especially love the portrayal of Ray and Fraser in this take on an alternative academic setting. The characters are spot on and so endearingly real that it makes you fall in love with them reading this story.

The Hoyden always writes great stories but this one is particularly dear to me. An amazing story from a great writer.

Academic Punk

Title: NC-17
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: RayK/Benton
Categories: AU/AR
Length: long (19.093 words)
Warnings: English Lit

Author on LJ: thehoyden
Author Website: AO3 Account

summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"

Review:
Having taken some English lit classes myself during my stint at university, I love reading about professors and students and TAs. I reminds of the good old days. ;) I especially love the portrayal of Ray and Fraser in this take on an alternative academic setting. The characters are spot on and so endearingly real that it makes you fall in love with them reading this story.

The Hoyden always writes great stories but this one is particularly dear to me. An amazing story from a great writer.

Academic Punk

Title: NC-17
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: RayK/Benton
Categories: AU/AR
Length: long (19.093 words)
Warnings: English Lit

Author on LJ: thehoyden
Author Website: AO3 Account

summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"

Review:
Having taken some English lit classes myself during my stint at university, I love reading about professors and students and TAs. I reminds of the good old days. ;) I especially love the portrayal of Ray and Fraser in this take on an alternative academic setting. The characters are spot on and so endearingly real that it makes you fall in love with them reading this story.

The Hoyden always writes great stories but this one is particularly dear to me. An amazing story from a great writer.

Academic Punk

Title: NC-17
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: RayK/Benton
Categories: AU/AR
Length: long (19.093 words)
Warnings: English Lit

Author on LJ: thehoyden
Author Website: AO3 Account

summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"

Review:
Having taken some English lit classes myself during my stint at university, I love reading about professors and students and TAs. I reminds of the good old days. ;) I especially love the portrayal of Ray and Fraser in this take on an alternative academic setting. The characters are spot on and so endearingly real that it makes you fall in love with them reading this story.

The Hoyden always writes great stories but this one is particularly dear to me. An amazing story from a great writer.

Academic Punk

Title: NC-17
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: RayK/Benton
Categories: AU/AR
Length: long (19.093 words)
Warnings: English Lit

Author on LJ: thehoyden
Author Website: AO3 Account

summary: "What the hell is this, an Austen novel?"

Review:
Having taken some English lit classes myself during my stint at university, I love reading about professors and students and TAs. I reminds of the good old days. ;) I especially love the portrayal of Ray and Fraser in this take on an alternative academic setting. The characters are spot on and so endearingly real that it makes you fall in love with them reading this story.

The Hoyden always writes great stories but this one is particularly dear to me. An amazing story from a great writer.

Academic Punk

Title: Rabbit Jumps Out the Window.
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski and Fraser/Victoria.
Categories: Angst, Family.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.

Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: Basingstoke @ AO3

Review:
Fraser receives a late night call from Maggie and through their conversation tries to make some sense of his life.

As "Hunting Season" is one of my favorite episodes, I always bemoaned the fact that there isn't a lot of good Maggie fic out there. Though "Rabbit Jumps Out the Window" is about Fraser and his demons (namely his inability to accepts his feelings for Ray K. because of what happened with Victoria), his inner thoughts are slowly drawn out through his conversation with his sister and the parallels he draws between them, making Maggie an essential part of the story. I love how both Fraser and Maggie are portrayed here (very human and very alike despite the fact they did not grew up together), which is what makes this fic stand out for me despite its short length.

Rabbit Jumps Out the Window

Title: Rabbit Jumps Out the Window.
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski and Fraser/Victoria.
Categories: Angst, Family.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.

Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: Basingstoke @ AO3

Review:
Fraser receives a late night call from Maggie and through their conversation tries to make some sense of his life.

As "Hunting Season" is one of my favorite episodes, I always bemoaned the fact that there isn't a lot of good Maggie fic out there. Though "Rabbit Jumps Out the Window" is about Fraser and his demons (namely his inability to accepts his feelings for Ray K. because of what happened with Victoria), his inner thoughts are slowly drawn out through his conversation with his sister and the parallels he draws between them, making Maggie an essential part of the story. I love how both Fraser and Maggie are portrayed here (very human and very alike despite the fact they did not grew up together), which is what makes this fic stand out for me despite its short length.

Rabbit Jumps Out the Window

Title: Rabbit Jumps Out the Window.
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski and Fraser/Victoria.
Categories: Angst, Family.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.

Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: Basingstoke @ AO3

Review:
Fraser receives a late night call from Maggie and through their conversation tries to make some sense of his life.

As "Hunting Season" is one of my favorite episodes, I always bemoaned the fact that there isn't a lot of good Maggie fic out there. Though "Rabbit Jumps Out the Window" is about Fraser and his demons (namely his inability to accepts his feelings for Ray K. because of what happened with Victoria), his inner thoughts are slowly drawn out through his conversation with his sister and the parallels he draws between them, making Maggie an essential part of the story. I love how both Fraser and Maggie are portrayed here (very human and very alike despite the fact they did not grew up together), which is what makes this fic stand out for me despite its short length.

Rabbit Jumps Out the Window

Title: Rabbit Jumps Out the Window.
Fandom: Due South
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski and Fraser/Victoria.
Categories: Angst, Family.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.

Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: Basingstoke @ AO3

Review:
Fraser receives a late night call from Maggie and through their conversation tries to make some sense of his life.

As "Hunting Season" is one of my favorite episodes, I always bemoaned the fact that there isn't a lot of good Maggie fic out there. Though "Rabbit Jumps Out the Window" is about Fraser and his demons (namely his inability to accepts his feelings for Ray K. because of what happened with Victoria), his inner thoughts are slowly drawn out through his conversation with his sister and the parallels he draws between them, making Maggie an essential part of the story. I love how both Fraser and Maggie are portrayed here (very human and very alike despite the fact they did not grew up together), which is what makes this fic stand out for me despite its short length.

Rabbit Jumps Out the Window