Midsummer Amnesty 2008: Vecchio Challenge by keerawa

[keerawa]

Title: Field Training
Author: keerawa
Rating: PG-13 for racial epithets
Length: 491 words
Prompt: Vecchio challenge
Summary: Patrolman Ray Vecchio gets a lesson in community policing.
Notes: Thanks to brynnmck for the thoughtful beta.

Comments

[hurry_sundown]

Excellent piece, k, especially the last line. Poor Ray.

[keerawa]

Thank you, hurry_sundown.

[keerawa]

Thank you, Ali! He's trying so hard here.

[malnpudl]

Oh, I like this. Very much.

[keerawa]

Thanks, Mal, I'm glad you lied it!

[luzula]

Awesome. I like your gen so much, and this is really plausible and interesting.

It really can't be easy being honest when it's kind of ingrained in the culture not to be. And yeah, the last line. Wonderful.

[keerawa]

He's caught between the way things ought to be, from the Academy, and the way things are in his neighborhood. Sometimes the lines get awfulyl blurry. Thank you for the comment, luzula!

[catwalksalone]

Oh, Ray. And that's not the last mentor of his to fail him, either, what with Kelly planting evidence. Poor man. No wonder he ended up being slightly left of straight. I'm glad I know someone's coming to surprise him. Really nice.

[keerawa]

It's actually something of a theme in due South, the way both Rays and Fraser were disappointed by their mentors.

No wonder he ended up being slightly left of straight.
When they're all doing that, why not do just a little bit of this?