Stranger Than Fiction (due South story)

Fanfiction
Title:	Stranger Than Fiction
Author(s):	Beth H
Date(s):
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Due South
Relationship(s):	Fraser/Kowalski
External Links:	online here online at AO3
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Stranger Than Fiction is a due South Fraser/Kowalski story by Beth H.

Reactions and Reviews

A strange little story, but I just love the opening scene. The visualization in that is just great. I could just picture Ray doing it so clearly. Shadow dancing I call it. Put on a cd, close your eyes, just dance around the room, and try not to bump into anything.<g> I love dancing. It's something we've seen Ray do on the show. It's like a look inside his head while he's doing it. I could hear Ray's voice so clear too. Gets a little weird in the mystical sense as it goes on. I wasn't sure Ray would react that way completely, but I saw where she was going with it. The whole visualization thing taken to a whole new level. You always wonder in the show if Fraser's dad really is there or if he's just some mental conjure Ben needs. Others see him, but some of them are either a little nutty or as weird as Frase is. So...who's to say. A shared dream? Who knows. I even liked when it got a little strange in the story. Hey, I like strange so no problem there. I guess thinking back, in the context of the story maybe I could see Ray not freaking and buying it. You'll have to read it to understand what I'm talking about. If I tell you I'll give away the plot. I'm still stuck on that opening scene I just love it. Wonderful. Life is stranger than fiction sometimes. Most times.<g>

I absolutely love the imagery in the opening scene of this fic. Ray "shadow dancing" (as I call it) all alone in his apartment. We know from canon he does this and this fic gives us a peak at what he 'might' be thinking while doing it. Though in this story Ray's thoughts start to take a turn even he didn't anticipate.

A little farther into the story we take a side journey into a little bit of weirdness, but it's Due South's regular brand of weirdness. Ray take a step through the looking glass, so to speak, when he finds the office Fraser's dad built in Ben's closet. He thinks he's dreaming at first, but Fraser manages to convince him he's not. In some very interesting ways.

This is a great story with some wonderful images. Both the guys are in character and the 'voices' are true. Go ahead and give it a read. You know you want to.