Hello, dears! The AU challenge is now CLOSED. You all are awesome, and I even discovered some new things that I somehow missed! You can view the 17 entries here.

Fresh, COMPLETELY AWESOME challenge from my darling brooklinegirl coming up in the AM. You are going to LOVE this one. Or at least we do! YAY!

Title: Siren Song
Author: Manna La Droit
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Rating: PG/PG-13
Length: Medium
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is a rather sweet AU in which Ray Vecchio goes north and meets a merman called Benny. There's wonderful tie-ins to what we might expect from canon, such as merman Benny having a bright red fishtail. There's a nice swap ( Read more... )

Title: Above and Beyond
Author: custardpringle
Pairing: RayK/Fraser
Rating: PG (maybe. Maybe even G)
Length: short
Why I'm reccing this fic: I am totally using that whole Insta-rec thing because, in order ( Read more... )

Title:Bell, Book and Mountie
Author: lamardeuse
Pairing: F/K
Rating: NC-17
Length:155k
Why I'm reccing this fic: Even though it's based on a movie I've never seen, I really enjoyed it. The characters are solid and it's got everything. Sweetness, sadness, hotness, magic.

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Title: Palimpsest
Author: Purna
Pairing: RayK/Fraser
Rating: NC-17
Length: nice and long
Why I'm reccing this fic: This is a lovely, rainy day, curl up with a good story fic. Fraser is a Mountie but never left Canada, he and Maggie grew up together, and RayK is a former cop who has turned bush pilot. Lots of twists and turns and a ( Read more... )

Title: Strange Loops
Author: aukestrel
Pairing: F/K
Rating: NC-17
Length: This is actually a novel.
Why I'm reccing this fic: God, this just BLEW me away. brooklinegirl told me I HAD to read it, and I first I was unsure, but then I got hooked for days and days. It shouldn't make sense (Ray as a introverted, brilliant molecular biology professor and Fraser as his ( Read more... )

Title: Do-Right
Author: sprat
Pairing: F/K
Rating: NC-17
Length: 5000 words
Why I'm reccing this fic: Oh, God, why. Well, 1) it's sprat, and 2) leading from that, it's AMAZING. It's a young student Ray and an older professor-like Fraser, it's an academia AU, it's a little inappropriate, and it's a lot beautiful. Both are so perfectly in character, and fit ( Read more... )

Title: Pas de Deux
Author: Sihaya Black
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski, Fraser/Victoria
Rating: NC-17
Length: Wonderfully long
Why I'm reccing this fic: I figured all of my favorites had been recced so far, but then I realized that I hadn't seen this come up yet, and that's just a damn shame, because this is a classic. Ray as a dance teacher! Fraser ( Read more... )

Title: To Run
Author: torakowalski
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: Short
Why I'm reccing this fic: Written for ds_flashfiction's mix and match challenge, it swaps the characters roles around without changing their personalities at all. It's a perfect re-imagining of the events that happened 10 years ago at Fortitude Pass. It gives me tingles every time I read it ( Read more... )

Title: C'mon, Baby, Light My Fire
Author: hackthis
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: R
Length: short
Why I'm reccing this fic: Ray Kowalski is a FIREMAN ( Read more... )