New F/K Story: All the Space, and Time (NC-17) - Part 2

[arrow00]

Title: All the Space, and Time
Author: arrow00
Pairing: Fraser/RayK
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 15,422 total
Warnings: Reference to non-con event (Fraser/Victoria). Could be triggery due to this. There are, however, no graphic descriptions.
Categories: FT, post-CoTW, angst up the ass
Beta: The fabulous nos4a2no9

A/N: This really is secretlybronte's fault for having that writing

Comments

[dodificus]

Fraser's just so full of vulnerability here, so sad and damaged. And it breaks my heart to see Ray do everything he can think to try and give Fraser what he needs and I don't just mean in a sexual sense. The same way any of us would try to guess what a friend would need from us in that situation. Ray is so gently understanding and really...just gentle. Which is a nice counterpoint to how angry he gets in the bedroom when they're discussing the biting.

And I love that in the end Ray inserts himself and his things into Fraser's life:)

[arrow00]

I'm sorry I broke him so terribly, but really it was for the best. I do love a gentle Ray (I know I'm a total sucker and go against the tide, there. :)

Thank so much, dodi, for reading and commenting!

[akamine_chan]

I really loved this. I've read it twice now and it still just *hurts* in such a good way.

I really liked the slow, careful movements of Fraser's healing, very measured and deliberate.

And I loved the sex, and Fraser's slow realization that he needs this.

This:

"Don't get me wrong-I like what you do for me. I like it a lot. But this one-sided thing, this thing where you get to make me feel good but you won't let yourself take anything from me-it makes me feel like a user. It makes me feel like a crappy lover. It makes me think-" Ray stopped and his eyes dropped, the corners turned down. "You don't need me back-for anything."

Oh. I need more tissues.

Beautiful.

[arrow00]

Thanks, sweetie. I hope it felt better at the end. Poor, patient Ray. He deserves to finally feel needed.

[j_s_cavalcante]

I really shouldn't start reading a long story of yours at 4 AM, because there is no way I will sleep till I've finished. And now it's 5 AM. I've had a splitting headache all this time, but I wouldn't leave my desk even for Advil till I'd finished.

I adore this story beyond the telling. You made the sexual-healing theme absolutely realistic and believable--and not quick or trite or easy. My heart broke for both of them.

I fell in love (not to mention in lust) with Ray ALL OVER AGAIN...and even more in the epilogue, with the gentle "invasions" and the amazingly generous and loving insistence that Fraser call Vecchio--even though he'd gone to Florida with Stella! OMG...this Ray's an angel--who needs wings

[arrow00]

I feel guilty: I should have waited to post it until you were in bed. :)

I do love a gentle, but still pushy, Ray. I think of Ray as he must have been early in his marriage with Stella--he must have been an incredible husband, because he is just One Big Heart.

I hope your headache is better. Thank you for this wonderful note, which made me grin crazily and give an inward squee.

[laurie_ky]

I loved how you brought them together, Ray being patient and then pushing Fraser's buttons with the girl he was guarding. The understanding that the rape of a partner isn't confined to the one who was physically assaulted, but affects the partner also. The slow healing and Fraser making the effort to become well again.

Laurie

[arrow00]

I'm so glad you liked the pace, Laurie. Sometimes it does take a kick in the pants. :) Thank you so much for reading.

[grey853]

Good lord, poor Fraser. Putting him through so much and dragging Ray with him was heartbreaking. I'm glad Ray was able to be so understanding and help him through it. I loved the voices. They really worked for me.

I'm also very glad you showed how much rape stays with a person. It's not about just moving on and being with the next person. It takes time and patience to work throught that sense of violation. Well done.

[arrow00]

Thank you. It's a dangerous subject to write about, because there is a temptation to make everything all better. But that's just not how it is in real life.

Thanks for reading, grey.