Seven Deadly Sins Story
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Hello! I wrote another thing for the "Sins" challenge--this time about Lust. It's 837 words and it's NC-17, I think. It hasn't got any spoilers. (oh, and it's F/K).
It's called
Evidence
They're walking out of Walgreen's, where they'd been interviewing the guy who maybe saw what happened at the Shakespeare Festival on Saturday night, and anyway they're talking about the guy's story, which has changed already three times and is a total load of crap, only Fraser doesn't get that, of course.
So they're arguing, kind of, that back and forth thing they get stuck in sometimes, and Fraser ducks his head and gets his pissy look and scrubs at his eyebrow with his thumb. And Ray? Ray reaches over, still yapping a mile a minute, and he smoothes the Mountie's eyebrow back in place. Just fucking does it, his fingers brushing Fraser's warm cheek, those dark hairs coarse under his thumb.
And he gets it, a second later, what a freakish thing it is he's doing, but of course by then it's too late. He makes this face, and Fraser kind of frowns, and Ray shoves his hands in his pockets. "We walking here or what?" he snaps. And that's exhibit number one.
Number two is so stupid he can hardly even think it. What it is, is: Fraser has this smell. It's not a weird smell or anything-probably just part sweat and part... phero-- pherodendrons, or whatever. Anyhow, it's not like he stinks; you practically have to be sitting on the guy to get a whiff of it. It's just his regular personal odour. The thing that's weird is, Ray totally knows this smell, the same way he knows Stella's smell, or his own: he recognizes it way down deep in the bottom of his brain, like something out of Animal Planet.
Which takes us over to number three, which is the worst one so far because it's all about math and facts, and that ain't something you can argue. Cause at the end of the week Ray adds it up in his head, and he figures out that him and Fraser have been together something like seventy-five hours in the past five days. And that's weird, for sure. That's nuts. But even nutser? He's already thinking up an excuse to call the guy over on Saturday.
And that leads straight into number four, which speaks for itself, so just listen:
"Fraser."
"Ah, hello, Ray!"
"Yeah, uh. Hi. So..."
"Is something the matter, Ray?"
"No. No. I just was, uh. Wondering..."
"Yes, Ray?"
"Uh, if maybe you wanted to, you know. Uh..."
"Ray. Are you being held against your will or threatened? Just say 'yes' to answer in the affirmative."
"Christ! No! Fraser! I'm just trying to invite you over to watch the game tomorrow."
"Ah. Well, Ray, I would be delighted. Shall we say two o'clock?"
"Jesus, Fraser. Yeah, okay. Fine."
Case in fucking point.
Exhibit five, though--that's the kicker. It happens on Saturday morning, which naturally he's spending in bed, thinking about waking up enough to jerk off. So of course the phone rings. "Yeah," he snaps, and on the other end Fraser gives this half-voiced, oh-so-patient sigh and then he says, "Good morning, Ray. I'm afraid I may be somewhat later than I'd anticipated today. Diefenbaker's made himself quite sick; apparently, Turnbull left a tray of apple danishes unguarded."
Or at least, that's what Ray thinks he says. Truth is, everything that came after that sigh could have been in Chinese or Inuit or something; Ray sort of lost track of things on account of his dick is so hard he can barely breathe. And oh, his head is going places with that sigh, it's shoving these pictures in front of his face, like BAM, there's Fraser gasping lamplit and naked, and Ray has him, has him open, and oh Christ what he's thinking of doing with his tongue. And then WHAM, Fraser's lips wet with Ray's spit and BAM, Fraser's teeth on Ray's neck and it's like Ray's brain is a TV preacher, only not pushing fire and brimstone, but instead this hot queer porn.
And Fraser has stopped talking. Ray pushes the pads of his fingers into his eyelids and tries to remember English. "Yeah, whatever," he gasps finally, "Sure." And then he hangs up the phone and shoves his hand under the sheets and JE-esus, it's over, that's all she wrote.
So. No more evidence. Ray's figuring in this particular case, he might as well just fuck detecting: even a goddamn sea monkey could line up a conviction here. All but wrapped up and ready to get filed. There's just one thing left to prove.
And so he's pacing, right, and the game is on but he's not even watching it--except when some jackass misses a sweet shot which no way should be missed by anybody but a six-year-old girl!--but mostly he can't even watch it, and Fraser'll be here any minute. And Ray knows that one way or the other, this thing is getting solved tonight. He already has his perp dead to rights. Now he just needs to know if there's an accomplice.
It's called
Evidence
They're walking out of Walgreen's, where they'd been interviewing the guy who maybe saw what happened at the Shakespeare Festival on Saturday night, and anyway they're talking about the guy's story, which has changed already three times and is a total load of crap, only Fraser doesn't get that, of course.
So they're arguing, kind of, that back and forth thing they get stuck in sometimes, and Fraser ducks his head and gets his pissy look and scrubs at his eyebrow with his thumb. And Ray? Ray reaches over, still yapping a mile a minute, and he smoothes the Mountie's eyebrow back in place. Just fucking does it, his fingers brushing Fraser's warm cheek, those dark hairs coarse under his thumb.
And he gets it, a second later, what a freakish thing it is he's doing, but of course by then it's too late. He makes this face, and Fraser kind of frowns, and Ray shoves his hands in his pockets. "We walking here or what?" he snaps. And that's exhibit number one.
Number two is so stupid he can hardly even think it. What it is, is: Fraser has this smell. It's not a weird smell or anything-probably just part sweat and part... phero-- pherodendrons, or whatever. Anyhow, it's not like he stinks; you practically have to be sitting on the guy to get a whiff of it. It's just his regular personal odour. The thing that's weird is, Ray totally knows this smell, the same way he knows Stella's smell, or his own: he recognizes it way down deep in the bottom of his brain, like something out of Animal Planet.
Which takes us over to number three, which is the worst one so far because it's all about math and facts, and that ain't something you can argue. Cause at the end of the week Ray adds it up in his head, and he figures out that him and Fraser have been together something like seventy-five hours in the past five days. And that's weird, for sure. That's nuts. But even nutser? He's already thinking up an excuse to call the guy over on Saturday.
And that leads straight into number four, which speaks for itself, so just listen:
"Fraser."
"Ah, hello, Ray!"
"Yeah, uh. Hi. So..."
"Is something the matter, Ray?"
"No. No. I just was, uh. Wondering..."
"Yes, Ray?"
"Uh, if maybe you wanted to, you know. Uh..."
"Ray. Are you being held against your will or threatened? Just say 'yes' to answer in the affirmative."
"Christ! No! Fraser! I'm just trying to invite you over to watch the game tomorrow."
"Ah. Well, Ray, I would be delighted. Shall we say two o'clock?"
"Jesus, Fraser. Yeah, okay. Fine."
Case in fucking point.
Exhibit five, though--that's the kicker. It happens on Saturday morning, which naturally he's spending in bed, thinking about waking up enough to jerk off. So of course the phone rings. "Yeah," he snaps, and on the other end Fraser gives this half-voiced, oh-so-patient sigh and then he says, "Good morning, Ray. I'm afraid I may be somewhat later than I'd anticipated today. Diefenbaker's made himself quite sick; apparently, Turnbull left a tray of apple danishes unguarded."
Or at least, that's what Ray thinks he says. Truth is, everything that came after that sigh could have been in Chinese or Inuit or something; Ray sort of lost track of things on account of his dick is so hard he can barely breathe. And oh, his head is going places with that sigh, it's shoving these pictures in front of his face, like BAM, there's Fraser gasping lamplit and naked, and Ray has him, has him open, and oh Christ what he's thinking of doing with his tongue. And then WHAM, Fraser's lips wet with Ray's spit and BAM, Fraser's teeth on Ray's neck and it's like Ray's brain is a TV preacher, only not pushing fire and brimstone, but instead this hot queer porn.
And Fraser has stopped talking. Ray pushes the pads of his fingers into his eyelids and tries to remember English. "Yeah, whatever," he gasps finally, "Sure." And then he hangs up the phone and shoves his hand under the sheets and JE-esus, it's over, that's all she wrote.
So. No more evidence. Ray's figuring in this particular case, he might as well just fuck detecting: even a goddamn sea monkey could line up a conviction here. All but wrapped up and ready to get filed. There's just one thing left to prove.
And so he's pacing, right, and the game is on but he's not even watching it--except when some jackass misses a sweet shot which no way should be missed by anybody but a six-year-old girl!--but mostly he can't even watch it, and Fraser'll be here any minute. And Ray knows that one way or the other, this thing is getting solved tonight. He already has his perp dead to rights. Now he just needs to know if there's an accomplice.
Hee!
Date: 2004-09-30 10:51 pm (UTC)Re: Hee!
Date: 2004-09-30 11:49 pm (UTC)>because, as you know, you can never have enough fic with sea monkeys in 'em.<
Exactly ;)
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Date: 2004-09-30 10:53 pm (UTC)(BTW, loved it!)
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Date: 2004-09-30 11:52 pm (UTC)Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it!
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Date: 2004-09-30 11:26 pm (UTC)I loved this!
And I was going to quote bits and I got to number 4 and I thought, 'Hey, this is the best! I'll quote this bit!', but then I read number 5 and it was even better, and then the ending...
So I'm just going to sit here and grin like a lunatic instead.
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Date: 2004-09-30 11:55 pm (UTC)::joins you in your lunatic grinning::
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Date: 2004-10-01 12:43 am (UTC)I like the way you lead us through the examples: And that's exhibit number one...Number two is...Which takes us over to number three...And that leads straight into number four...Exhibit five, though.... Maybe that comes easily to a writer, but it would probably take me the rest of the year to come up with phrasing that flows so well.
The pherodendrons, the unarguable math and figures, and Fraser asking Ray if he's being held against his will are particularly good!
I've already embarrassed myself in front of two dS authors this week by not recognising canon references, so I'm not going to ask where the sea monkey came from.
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-10-01 02:56 am (UTC)Snerk. Y'know, it really says something about their relationship that this was Fraser's immediate hypothesis.
and it's like Ray's brain is a TV preacher, only not pushing fire and brimstone, but instead this hot queer porn.
*tosses rosary over shoulder.* That's it. I'm converting. Where do I send the check?
Great story!
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:43 am (UTC)So glad you liked it! Thanks!
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Date: 2004-10-01 03:38 am (UTC)The eyebrow and the 75 hours in 5 days and the phone call and:
and it's like Ray's brain is a TV preacher, only not pushing fire and brimstone, but instead this hot queer porn.
Which dude - funniest fucking line *ever*.
And yay! Yay this:
And so he's pacing, right, and the game is on but he's not even watching it--except when some jackass misses a sweet shot which no way should be missed by anybody but a six-year-old girl!--
Because I - for one - have such a *kink* for Ray being distracted by and for sports and such on TV or them talking about it...
Just *wonderful*. Your're really rocking lately! Thanks for posting!
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:51 am (UTC)Mmm, *totally*, me too. :)
Thanks so much for your comment! I think *your* stories are awesome! It's like a happy, porny circle or something! Hooray!
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Date: 2004-10-01 06:11 am (UTC)This was funny and perfect and very Ray ... and the phone thing was hot.
::fans self::
Wonderful!
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:56 am (UTC)::helps you with the fanning::
So glad you liked it!
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:59 am (UTC)And I really did try to get them in bed (or at least on the couch or up against a wall or *something*) but it just wasn't happening. Maybe next time! :)
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Date: 2004-10-01 06:58 am (UTC)Yes, sequel, please.
kudos to
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Date: 2004-10-01 08:02 am (UTC)(and what a cute icon, btw) :)
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Date: 2004-10-01 09:35 am (UTC)I hope too that Ray will present his evidence to Fraser!
"Ray. Are you being held against your will or threatened? Just say 'yes' to answer in the affirmative."
"Christ! No! Fraser! I'm just trying to invite you over to watch the game tomorrow."
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Date: 2004-10-01 06:57 pm (UTC)I'm so glad you liked it!
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Date: 2004-10-01 10:02 am (UTC)And Ray? Ray reaches over, still yapping a mile a minute, and he smoothes the Mountie's eyebrow back in place. Just fucking does it, his fingers brushing Fraser's warm cheek
My god, do I love that. That's just wonderful and hot and sweet and funny, all at the same time. Your Ray-voice is spot on and your Fraser:
"Ray. Are you being held against your will or threatened? Just say 'yes' to answer in the affirmative."
Fab-u-lous. I *adore* you! And omfg, the end, the whole thing, the sigh and the this:
Ray sort of lost track of things on account of his dick is so hard he can barely breathe. And oh, his head is going places with that sigh
*hearts on you bigtime*
I love him getting inundated with those images and just, just, just *sheer utter hotness*, which is just what I needed right now, and please write more, okay, thanks, smoooches.
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:18 pm (UTC)Really--your comments made me all glow-y and grin-y and stuff. Thanks thanks thanks!
::smooches you back::
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Date: 2004-10-01 10:03 am (UTC)even a goddamn sea monkey could line up a conviction here
Sea monkey references will get you everywhere.
*heads off to stalk you*
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:30 pm (UTC)I put in sea monkeys because I read too many comics when I was a kid and I guess that's the way my brain works. A weird coincidence, is all.
But, you know, stalk away, if you wanna! :)
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Date: 2004-10-01 12:04 pm (UTC)even a goddamn sea monkey could line up a conviction here.
*dies*
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:39 pm (UTC)Thanks so much!
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Date: 2004-10-01 12:40 pm (UTC)Love, love love everything, the voice, the syntax, the cop's brain that sets this up as a case. Love. Ray loves Fraser and I love you.
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:45 pm (UTC)::does small, dorky dance of joy::
:)
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Date: 2004-10-01 01:26 pm (UTC)What a fantastic story! Short and sweet and funny and oh-so-very-Ray!
Bravissima!
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Date: 2004-10-01 07:53 pm (UTC)So glad you liked it!
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Date: 2004-10-01 02:31 pm (UTC)God, this pushes so many buttons. I love those unconscious signs of intimacy between people. That touch shorthand they have. It fascinates me.
What an excellent Ray voice. Stacking up the evidence, reaching his conclusion, and this: He already has his perp dead to rights. Now he just needs to know if there's an accomplice.
Yay! Go for it Ray.
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Date: 2004-10-01 08:05 pm (UTC)Mmm, yeah. Like little windows into the *real* relationship, kinda. I'm so glad you liked that bit!
Thank-you!
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Date: 2004-10-01 04:20 pm (UTC)Bwahaha! Love that line and can I just say, Squeeee! This is just wonderful and brilliant and so very Ray! Gah! You fucking nailed him! Kudos!
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Date: 2004-10-01 05:00 pm (UTC)it's like Ray's brain is a TV preacher, only not pushing fire and brimstone, but instead this hot queer porn.
so the fact that it's also brilliant everywhere else is pretty impressive. Sequel, please??? *g*
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Date: 2004-10-01 06:39 pm (UTC)I love:
he recognizes it way down deep in the bottom of his brain, like something out of Animal Planet. Because Ray does watch Animal Planet. I know he does.
And I love:
BAM, there's Fraser gasping lamplit and naked, and Ray has him, has him open, and oh Christ what he's thinking of doing with his tongue. because that's just plain fucking hot.
And I think I love you, too, because you wrote this. Sequel? Please?
::bats eyelashes::
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Date: 2004-10-02 09:23 am (UTC)My god--who doesn't? :)
So glad you liked it! Thank-you!