i may be a bird in a cage but at least it's your cage

I owe a debt of gratitude to laurashapiro and pipsqueaky for their amazing due South vid to "Goody Two Shoes", which cemented my association between Benton Fraser and that song long before I ever saw Hot Fuzz; if you're here for the Hot Fuzz and are unfamiliar with due South and its tireless Mountie hero Benton Fraser, I totally recommend watching their vid before reading the story. It's available for download here, and if you enjoy it, please let them know.

Title: Don't Drink, Don't Smoke (What Do You Do)
Fandom: due South/Hot Fuzz
Pairings: Ensemble gen, but, you know, gay like the show and the movie.
Spoilers: Through "Call of the Wild"/the film
Rating: PG-13 for language
Disclaimer: I own none of these characters; I'm just fooling around.
Summary: In which shenanigans are had, passports are stolen, hair is dyed, pints are drunk, and Ray is bitten by the swan. 12,600 words.

( For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, Ray and I were pursuing a criminal across Gloucestershire on our annual leave from the Chicago Police Department and the Canadian Consulate in Chicago, respectively.  )

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( Don't Drink, Don't Smoke (What Do You Do) [Part 2] )

Title: Chicago Is So Two Years Ago
Fandom: due South
Pairing: RayK/RayV
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: The Pauls own 'em, not me.
Summary: the first time i ever saw your face, i felt the earth move through my hands. Post-Call of the Wild. 20,000 words.

( When the door to the room in the Hotel California opened and Vecchio was standing on the other side of it, wearing that stupid mustache and staring at Fraser like Fraser was the one in the wrong place at the wrong time, the bottom of Ray's stomach dropped out and if things hadn't immediately started to go downhill, he might have fainted. )

Part 2

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( chicago is so two years ago )

sometimes you just have to let stories go.

Title: Being Ray Vecchio
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Ray Kowalski gen, with a side of Ray K/Stella
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Paul & Paul own 'em, not me.
Summary: well the south side of Chicago is the baddest part of town/and if you go down there you better just beware of a man named Leroy Brown

( Ray's 37th birthday was in July, just like all of Ray's other birthdays had been. )

briefly on ( the west wing 7x14: two weeks out - SPOILERS )

and now: fic.

Title: Uncross Your Heart
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Kowalski/Vecchio
Rating: NC-17 for buttsex
Disclaimer: The Pauls own them, not me.
Summary: i'll find another lady and you'll wreck another man

( Chicago was just one long series of memories slapping him in the face every time he turned around )

today is lyra_sena's birthday. lyra is brilliant and funny and sweet and hot as all hell, and she deserves all the best things in life. happy birthday, darling. i hope your next year is wonderful. and for you, a story of sorts.

Title: don't fool yourself in thinking
Fandom: due South.
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski.
Summary: Nine things Ray Kowalski knows about Canada, and one thing Benton Fraser knows about Chicago.

i visit these
mountains with frequency
and i stand here with my arms out
now somedays they'll last longer than others
but this day by the lake went too fast


( Fraser never asked Ray to stay in Canada. Ray never offered to. )

five ways ray kowalski never got divorced. au.
due South. Ray/Stella, Ray/OMC, Stella/OFC, Ray/Fraser. R

( Ray had thought about all the ways that Stella might say yes - yes with crying, yes with laughing, yes with that shrieking that woman like so much, yes with a blowjob afterwards - but he really hadn't thought up any scenarios where she said no. )

title: that's where all of the gangsters live
fandom: due South
disclaimer: Two guys named Paul and a production company called Alliance Atlantis own these characters and His Royal Highness the Emperor Daley owns Chicago; I'm just fooling around.
rating: PG. RayK gen with a side of Kowalski/Fraser.
summary: Ray loves Stella like he loves breathing, loves Fraser like he loves his tattoo, loves Chicago like he loves everything permanent in his life.

chicago, chicago, where there's assholes everywhere
chicago, chicago, where you're 15 pints from all your cares
where your wallet's like a sieve and that's where all of the gangsters live
chicago, chicago, it's where we can afford to live

( Ray loves his parents. He loves the Cubs and sometimes he even likes the White Sox and he really loves the way that Wrigley just sort of appears out of nowhere, when you're not paying attention -  )

You know, I had this great plan where I didn't, you know, pick up another fandom this year, because real life was just too much to deal with. And then due South happened. Whoops.

Title: One For The Money
Fandom: due South
Rating: NC-17. PWP.
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Disclaimer: Alliance Atlantis and two guys named Paul own these characters. I'm just fooling around.
Summary: For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, Ray Kowalski and Fraser are having dinner at Shaw's Crab House in Chicago with Stella and the other Ray.

( Actually, the reasons are pretty simple: Stella wants her ex-Ray not to hate her current Ray, and Fraser wants his ex-Ray (but not ex like that) not to hate his current Ray (current exactly like that). Not really complicated, but so many Rays make Ray's head hurt. )