Like Fingerprints Upon the Land (F/K, PG-13)

[nos4a2no9]

Title: Like Fingerprints Upon the Land
Author: nos4a2no9
Pairing: F/K
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2060 words
Author’s Note: Written for the inuvikdotcom challenge, mainly because I cannot bear the shame of sharing a room with the mods at MJ without having posted at least one story for their challenge. Much thanks to debris_k who did an amazing beta job in addition to providing the

Comments

[llassah]

*Wibbles* Y-you scared me! But god, that was awesome! The slow dripfeeding of information- from Ray being alone, to waiting patiently, to seeing a man, to it being confirmed that it's Fraser, to confrontation, to sorrow, to happy- was beautifully done, and oh, you made the landscape so bleak, but you showed Ray learning how to live in it. And I loved how Ray's show of tenderness became a welcoming home, an inukshuk. In fact, I loved everything *g*.

[nos4a2no9]

Aww, thanks! I honestly didn't meant to scare you but...well, it's a scary situation :-) And I'm so glad you liked it in the end, and that the progression worked out okay. Thanks again! *twirls you*

P.S. I got your message and I will beta for you tonight and shoot it back tomorrow. Yay for fic!

[nos4a2no9]

Thank you! Who doesn't like a little angst? :-)

[etcetera_cat]

*squeak*

I spent most of this going oh, no-- what's happened to Fraser? *worry*, then most of the last third going oh, no! No, no no! Woobies! *veer between worry and understated flailing* and then, right at the end I finally went yay! and suddenly (and sheepishly) realised that I'd actually started reading this through my fingers at some unknown point.

Um... slightly more coherantly; I liked this a lot, despite it spending most of the read trying to twist a bit of me into multitudes of knots.

[nos4a2no9]

*g* That is, like, the best compliment ever. I didn't mean to make it all twisty and inspire the cover-your-eyes response, but it makes me kinda happy to know that the story had such an impact. And I'm glad you liked all the woobieness. Because they are.

[slidellra]

Alexis! They did not have bad sex OMG! BLASPHEMER!

*ahem*

Now that that is out of my system, let me tell you how in love with this story I am. It's such a painfully real-feeling look at a painful moment in their relationship, and I love the way you use the landscape to help illustrate it. I love the emphasis on this being a decision they're making, and a difficult one, rather than easy or a continuation of the previous night's momentum.

(And, although it pains me to admit such a thing, the not good sex is kind of brilliant.)

[nos4a2no9]

Forgive me, slidellra, for committing the cardinal sin of the bad-sex blasphemy :-) I know, I know, it's a stretch to think these two wouldn't spontaneously combust but, well...bad sex happens, and I'm glad you liked this look at how Our Boys can manage to move beyond it. Thanks for this lovely bit of feedback; you are teh awesome.

[lucifercircle]

This story is ver vivid. I can feel the harshness of the Arctic landscape and the pain of Fraser and Ray.
Although you had me worried - I thought that one of them was going to be dead and talking to a ghost - that was what the atmosphere felt like. Very appropriate for the story though.

[nos4a2no9]

Thank you! Sorry about the way the bleakness of the atmosphere made you think 'ghost story' (instead of a they-had-bad-sex story); I was going for "stark" and I think it ended up "creepy". But I'm glad it worked out okay in the end. Thanks for the FB!