Title: Branta Canadensis
Author:
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Rating: R
Word count: 1544
Summary: Turnabout's fair play and what's good for the goose is good for the gander, except that sometimes the gander gets the whole world and the goose gets a resolution that says marriage is between one man and one woman.
Notes: Branta Canadensis is the scientific name for the Canadian goose, which, while being a bit of a nuisance here in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, is also an animal that tends to mate for life. The history of same-sex marriage in Canada is summarized
here on Wikipedia; the Northwest Territories didn't hit the list until the Supreme Court decision in 2005.
More notes on the AO3 version, at the end. DW Link:
http://helensfic.dreamwidth.org/229184.htmlAO3 Link:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/73688