New Due South Fic for ds_northernnews

[bertybertle]

Summary - It's hard to say 'I love you, freak' with 2000 miles in between.
Challenge - ds_northernnews prompt 28. Phone, internet service restored in N.W.T. communities.
Pairing - Kowalski/Fraser.
Rating - R.
Length - 7565 words.
Disclaimer - Not mine. Sadly never will be.
Thanks - and love to aukestrel for beta services, some cracking lines, the online names and being a

Comments

[kristiinthedark]

My heart just melted. This story completely made my day. Week, even. ♥

[bertybertle]

Aw! What a sweet thing to say. Thanks very much.

[scriggle]

God, I love this. I have such a thing for misunderstandings fic. ♥

[bertybertle]

Me too. *beams* Thanks for reading.

[nos4a2no9]

Berty, you sneaky creature! I didn't know you were working an another fic! I'm going to have to keep a closer eye on you.

This story combines two of my favourite tropes: misunderstanding fics (*waves to scriggle*) and epistolary stories. Had you thrown in a nonfatal illness I would have declared this the best piece of fanfic in existence :-) But since you didn't, you're going to have to accept the slight-less-lofty status of "awesome fic of awesomeness." Because this was. My poor little heart was tied up in knots through large sections of this. I felt so terrible for poor Ray, even when he was being a bit of a jerkface. (Witness, Berty. Four years of undergraduate literary study, a year of graduate work, and the best description I can come up with is "jerkface"). Oh, and Fraser! So persistent, so carefully wounded, so full of guarded hope! I loved both of the boys in this, and the IM conversation was done very well. The dialogue felt natural and I liked the note of optimism at the end without consummation. Very cute

[bertybertle]

*looks shifty and sly* Hehehehe! Oh, Captain, my Captain! I couldn't tell you I was moonlighting, now, could I?

So, jerkface, eh? Best I could come up with was dork, so I'd say we're evenly ineloquent.

Thanks for the gorgeous feedback. *clutches it in greedy, sticky hands*

And I'll save the the nonfatal illness for another day, shall I? :-)

[springwoof]

very excellent fic! I liked stubborn!spurned!Ray and persistent!Fraser, and the lovely internet chat at the beginning...

[bertybertle]

Thanks so much.

[imkalena]

Tanks! I enjoyed this immensely. :)

[bertybertle]

I'm so glad. Thank you.