Flying Blind

Fanfiction
Title:	Flying Blind
Author(s):	Speranza
Date(s):	2005-02-12
Length:	8586 words
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Due South
Relationship(s):	Fraser/Kowalski
External Links:	at Speranza's website at AO3
cover for this story by pearl-o
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Flying Blind is a Fraser/Kowalski story by Speranza. It was written for the DS_Flashfiction "Necking Challenge."

It was podficced in 2007 by slidellra.

Reactions and Reviews

To reduce this to fandom cliché seems so wrong to me, but it does contain the “Fraser and Ray in a sleeping bag in Arctic Canada” bit, so it fit. Speranza as a writer is so much more than that, and this story is subtle and gorgeous. Ray is thinking about his relationship with Fraser, and he realizes just how much Fraser means to him when they go on their Quest. Speranza is the queen of the dS fandom, in my humble opinion, and this story is just one lovely example. I can’t believe she’s only in my 50 about 7 times, because it could have been way more.

I know I'm departing from a FIHL tradition; usually my starter stories are all about the pairings. (Sex does more than Milton can to recruit your average fan, I always say. And then I start thinking about Paradise Lost slash, and I have to go put a cold cloth on my eyes.) But oh, this fandom has such gorgeous gen. SG1 actually still has more, but SGA is no slouch in this department. And Flying Blind is one of the very best stories I've encountered, period, anywhere in the gateverse; in it, Rodney confronts the inevitability of mortality, and there is friendship, and also teamishness, and it's just - really good. If you've never seen the canon, pay particular attention to the team interactions and the minor characters in Minnow's work; she really gets that, and I mean she gets it down on paper, too. Plus, she's a wonderful writer just generally (Hee! Generally! Get it?); I commend you also to her Face Value (slash, S/M) and Necessary Things (gen).