TEAM WHIMSY: Day 6, "I can only"

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Title: I can only
Author: slidellra
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "To which I can only say-- oh hell."
Pairing(s): Fraser/Vecchio femmeslash
Length: 6000 words
Rating: R
Warnings: Femmeslash?
Summary: Fraser looks over Detective Vecchio's desk carefully, cataloging what she sees for anything that might be of use in understanding the detective. She adds less disorganized than disinclined towards order to the list of things she knows about Detective Ray -- likely a nickname, though the nameplate on her desk lists no other -- Vecchio, where it joins gangly, voluble, a flashy dresser, the sole female detective working out of this precinct, and at the moment, exceedingly shrill.
Author's notes: Many happy thanks to catwalksalone and lamentables for beta; aingeal8c, spuffyduds, zabira and the rest of ds_team_whimsy for being awesome; and china_shop, sageness, and brynnmck for making it all happen.

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( I can only )

[Poll #1252570]

Guess the writers for the prompt: Day 6, 'To which I can only say--oh hell.'

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Can you guess who wrote for today's prompts?

For Team Whimsy we have I can only.

And for Team Reality, Something to look forward to.

Good luck, and happy guessing!

TEAM REALITY: Day 7, "Deep Colours Bleed"

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Title: Deep Colours Bleed
Author: qe2
Team: Reality
Prompt: "You are not bringing that thing anywhere near me."
Pairing(s): F/K/V
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 5,000
Warnings: Serious character illness
Author's Notes: Thanks in extremis to, in alphabetical order, Mondschein, Nos4a2no9, and SecretlyBronte. What they didn't make me fix probably couldn't be saved.
Summary: I know they'll do this for me. One of them will, anyway—and where one of them goes, the other one always follows. Eventually, and bitching all the way, but it's pretty much inevitable.

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Now presenting: The DS Match Halftime Spectacular!

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Break out the beer and the pigs-in-blankets (or the non-alcoholic and/or vegetarian equivalent): it's time for the DS Match Halftime Spectacular!

That's right! Posting of fic will resume on Saturday, Sept. 6, but during this brief break in the action, we invite you to join us for games, recs, a command musical performance by Paul Gross (you command, he performs, geddit?), and most importantly, a little extra time to read and vote on the fourteen fabulous fics that the Match has yielded so far!

For those of you who may be joining us in progress, here's the roster of fics that have appeared in the game to date:

For Team Reality:
The Harder They Fall (Fraser/Kowalski)
Suicide is Painless (Fraser/Kowalski, Kowalski/Stella)
The Best Thing To Say (Fraser/Kowalski)
Watchman (Fraser/Kowalski/Vecchio, beginnings of Welsh/Frannie)
C-Three-H-Five-(N-O-Three)-Three (Fraser/Kowalski)
Something To Look Forward To (Fraser/Vecchio)
Deep Colours Bleed (Fraser/Kowalski/Vecchio)


For Team Whimsy:
Lift (Kowalski/Vecchio, Fraser/Kowalski/Vecchio)
Notes on the Impossibility of Nirvana (Fraser/Vecchio)
I Am a Man Upon the Land (Fraser/Kowalski)
Strange Constellations (Kowalski/Vecchio)
The Heart's Compass (Fraser/Kowalski)
I can only (Fraser/Vecchio)
The Blue and the Dim and the Dark (Fraser/Kowalski)


If you're looking for a place to dig in, or if you've got a favorite(s) you'd like to wave some pompoms for, we'd like to direct you to the DS Match Recvitational, going on now and extending through the month of September over at ds_recsredux. Prizes will be awarded for the top three reccers, so don't miss out!

We'll also have a few games running over at ds_team_root, including Guess That Dialogue, Anagram City, and Pin the Tail On the Fic. Come play! (Reminder: Whimsy and Reality team members are eligible to play in these contests, we just request that you be discreet and not give away which fic is yours.)

And most importantly, have we mentioned fourteen fabulous fics? We have? Well, maybe we should put it another way:

*assumes cheerleader pose*

Ready… okay! When I say read, you say vote! Read! Vote! Read! Vote! When I say read, you say comment! Read! Comment! Read! Comment! GOOOOOO DS MATCH!

*cartwheels*

Got it? Excellent. :) Posting of fic will resume on Saturday, Sept. 6. Have fun!