LINKDING

<blockquote>A tough case forces Fraser to wear low-rise jeans and pretend he and Ray are a couple. *woe*</blockquote>

<blockquote>About writing a Fraser/Kowalski Due South fic, about reading the fic, and about Fraser and Kowalski investigating a crime and being attracted to each other.</blockquote>

➤ Ray and Fraser's duet is not going smoothly. Dead!Bob's advice is useless. ➤ (also, the one with the scene where they can only properly talk with each other when Fraser's got tape over his mouth)

➤ In which, through working with Kowalski, Vecchio comes to see and appreciate how wonderful he is. And they are wonderful together. ➤ (the one where Vecchio puts Kowalski's contacts in for him) also at https://archiveofourown.org/works/261235

<blockquote>It is perhaps worth noting that Ben spent the entirety of the interview suffering from what appeared to be a medium to major injury, probably incurred in his professional capacity as peace officer. Both he and Ray attended carefully to my questions and delivered thoughtful, candid answers, while colluding to conceal from me the extent of Ben's distress. Although they were ultimately unsuccessful, I was impressed with their teamwork and their ability to keep cool in a crisis.</blockquote> ➤ Fraser and Ray want to adopt.

➤ post-CotW. Ray is a pilot in Alaska and estranged from Fraser due to Misunderstandings. Of course he ends up having to fly Fraser somewhere.

➤ The one with Joanie the basically-female-Ray. very funny

➤ the one where Fraser is a sniper, and Ray goes with him to Canada. Uses Robert W Service's poems, and WELL.

➤ dealing with crime at a dogshow

➤ gay-bars and gay-bashing to deal with, but things work out in the end https://web.archive.org/web/20090311041101/http://dsss.crocolanthus.com/archive/2008/12/agent32.html

➤ established relationship. ➤ In which competent-detective!Ray gets to shine

➤ Idk but somehow this pairing works here

➤ cdnshack eventually

➤ post-series meeting in Ottawa. cdnshack

➤ Fraser at 18, just before going to the Depot

➤ In which RayK becomes a Sentinel and RayV tries to deal https://archiveofourown.org/works/42353

➤ creepy and angsty and semi-slightly-ish happy ending.

➤ Fraser/RayK, FT, post-CotW quest, ➤ RayK and Fraser bond over reading Pride and Prejudice and parallels are drawn and it is marvelous

<blockquote>"I talked to your dad, I went through this place called the Borderland, I had a boat ride, I fed a wolf a doughnut, and I told stories for your soul," Ray interrupted. "This does not mean you are not insane."</blockquote> ➤ orpheus retold, RayK goes through the borderlands to get Fraser back

<blockquote>Ray has to get out of Chicago, and the only place he can go is due north.</blockquote>

➤ Huey & Dewey, ➤ D's father is part of a major child-prostitution thing and D helps bring him down ➤ actually shows H and D as nuanced characters

➤ F and R explore their sexual boundaries zip of all lalejandra's works: http://www.aleuromancy.net/lalejandra/lalejandra.zip

<blockquote>"Private eye Ray Kowalski is attracted to Benton Fraser from the moment he sees him-- in the courtroom where Fraser is on trial for murder. Ray's convinced Fraser isn't the killer, but time is running out. Can he prove Fraser's innocence in time-- and prove to Fraser that he's in it for more than just the money and the headlines?"</blockquote>

➤ Fraser/RayK one-way UST, ➤ a case can't be brought to justice and R is unhappy and F is unhappy and in love with R and there's a poetry subtheme

➤ R and F navigating the beginning of a relationship,

➤ F doesn't like feeling different

➤ the one where they're after an art thief (old paintings of expensive horses) and Ray's cover persona ends up being more or less Fraser's boytoy. ➤ And the overarching theme of the fic is about who is whose sidekick

➤ The one where Ray's mission isn't just to be undercover as Vecchio, but to investigate Vecchio for IA

also at http://archiveofourown.org/works/66949 summary: <blockquote>Ray has the perfect solution to his romantic woes. Strangely, Fraser isn't cooperating.</blockquote> quote: <blockquote>"A little companionship, somebody to have a good time with, somebody to hang around with after work, a little snuggle now and then, some physical affection. Is that too much to ask?" "Not at all," Fraser said in what he hoped was a soothing voice.</blockquote> ➤ the one with the firecrackers and the psychic