Oh, I love this--I think this is wonderful. How very Fraser to be dithering in front of that door, and how very Ray to keep him from passing through with an excellent joke and a punch to the jaw. I really really love this. "They don't bury the survivors" indeed!
(Let me give you a word of unsoliticed advice--don't preface an excellent story like this with "Beware." Those who have been burned before will take you at your word, and not realize that something wonderful lies behind the cut tag. If I were queen of the universe, I'd stop people from posting these sorts of disclaimers--I'd make them either post the thing and stand confidently behind it, or not post it if they thought it was shoddy work. Which this certainly is not, the rapidity of its conception notwithstanding. )
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(Let me give you a word of unsoliticed advice--don't preface an excellent story like this with "Beware." Those who have been burned before will take you at your word, and not realize that something wonderful lies behind the cut tag. If I were queen of the universe, I'd stop people from posting these sorts of disclaimers--I'd make them either post the thing and stand confidently behind it, or not post it if they thought it was shoddy work. Which this certainly is not, the rapidity of its conception notwithstanding. )