"If It Walks Like a Duck", "Eight Sessions", "Free"
Title: "If It Walks Like A Duck"
Author: BethH
Pairing: Frasker/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 28,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: The OC here, Sara, is real, funny, and well-rounded. She and Ray are old friends, the kind that can meet up again after decades apart and fall right back into the groove. The plot's a classic: Sara thinks Ray and Fraser are together, Fraser's encouraging Ray to go out with Sara because he thinks he hasn't got a chance with him, and Ray's blind jealous, convinced that his two friends are getting together behind his back. It's sweet and fun, with some low-level angst, a little h/c, and even a case thrown in as a bonus!
Link to the story: If it Walks Like a Duck
Title: "Eight Sessions"
Author: cesperanza
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 207k
Why I'm reccing this fic: This tricky, incredible story must be read for a great many reasons. The sheer craft of the author's reveals, scene shifts, and changes in perspective leave me breathless. Fraser in therapy? Painfully funny. But this is an OC Challenge, so let's talk about Ray's therapist, Melissa Wertzer. This woman is utterly brilliant, centered as a Zen master, and so insightful you want to give her a medal. She knows when to push, when to back away, and she does not back down in the face of full-on Kowalski attitude. Here's what Melissa has to say about Ray. "Ray's very resilient, as I'm sure you know. He's like an emotional gymnast-fear, anger, hate, loathing, joy, love, dismount, and the Russian judges give him a 9.8." How can you resist?
Link to the story: Eight Sessions
Title: "Free"
Author: Viridian5
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: 12,500 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is an AU where Fraser ends up unofficially partnered with Detective Rachel 'Ray' Walker after Vecchio goes undercover. The two of them try to help out her old friend, an undercover detective by the name of Ray Kowalski. Ray Walker is hot, smart, honest, and caring; a kick-ass detective with a dangerous edge. If I could conjure any fictional character into my bed for a night, she's my pick. Ray Walker also plays a major role in Viridian's Borderlands story, "Nevermore."
Linkt to the story: "Free" and "Nevermore"
Author: BethH
Pairing: Frasker/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 28,000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: The OC here, Sara, is real, funny, and well-rounded. She and Ray are old friends, the kind that can meet up again after decades apart and fall right back into the groove. The plot's a classic: Sara thinks Ray and Fraser are together, Fraser's encouraging Ray to go out with Sara because he thinks he hasn't got a chance with him, and Ray's blind jealous, convinced that his two friends are getting together behind his back. It's sweet and fun, with some low-level angst, a little h/c, and even a case thrown in as a bonus!
Link to the story: If it Walks Like a Duck
Title: "Eight Sessions"
Author: cesperanza
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Length: 207k
Why I'm reccing this fic: This tricky, incredible story must be read for a great many reasons. The sheer craft of the author's reveals, scene shifts, and changes in perspective leave me breathless. Fraser in therapy? Painfully funny. But this is an OC Challenge, so let's talk about Ray's therapist, Melissa Wertzer. This woman is utterly brilliant, centered as a Zen master, and so insightful you want to give her a medal. She knows when to push, when to back away, and she does not back down in the face of full-on Kowalski attitude. Here's what Melissa has to say about Ray. "Ray's very resilient, as I'm sure you know. He's like an emotional gymnast-fear, anger, hate, loathing, joy, love, dismount, and the Russian judges give him a 9.8." How can you resist?
Link to the story: Eight Sessions
Title: "Free"
Author: Viridian5
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: 12,500 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is an AU where Fraser ends up unofficially partnered with Detective Rachel 'Ray' Walker after Vecchio goes undercover. The two of them try to help out her old friend, an undercover detective by the name of Ray Kowalski. Ray Walker is hot, smart, honest, and caring; a kick-ass detective with a dangerous edge. If I could conjure any fictional character into my bed for a night, she's my pick. Ray Walker also plays a major role in Viridian's Borderlands story, "Nevermore."
Linkt to the story: "Free" and "Nevermore"