Swimming Pool Anonymous
Fandom: due South
Disclaimer: due South belongs to Alliance and I’m not making any profit from writing this
Pairing: Fraser/RayK
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~27.180
Summary: After his divorce Ray is at a loss for what to do with himself. He decides to prove something to himself - he will learn how to swim. How lucky for him that Canadians are weird(ly) friendly and that Fraser has a deep-rooted need to lend a helping hand. A story of self-discovery, pushing limits, and - most of all - chemistry.
“He was a tiny bit disappointed and wondered for a moment if he was really that lonely that he missed seeing an almost complete stranger at a public swimming pool. God, it wasn’t the divorce that was depressing. It was his life.”
Content info: AU, post-divorce!Ray, canon divergence, first time
Notes: This is an age-old project that was privately dubbed the Swimming Pool AU in my head. This is for Surya - to new beginnings and old ones: to one of the first (if not the first?) artworks you ever did for me and the beginning of a wonderful friendship!
Kudos go to Ride_Forever for one of the most brilliant beta works ever! I swear, she made this story much more--musical--visual--you take your pick! Thank you :)
The smell of chlorine was thick in the air and every breath he took felt like inhaling a damp towel. When he closed his eyes he could almost pretend he was standing in the middle of a rain forest and that the air was moist from the thick undergrowth and heavy foliage… not that he had ever been to a rain forest.
Ray opened his eyes and sighed. He’d probably never see one either; he just wasn’t the kind of guy who did stuff like that, become an explorer, go on a quest. Which was exactly why he was here, now, at a public swimming pool in the park area.
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