[identity profile] joandarck.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] ds_flashfiction
Hello... I haven't done this before, so if I offend in any way, please believe me, it's accidental. Thank you!

Pairing: Fraser/RayK
Rating: G
Around 350 words.



“Certainly, Francesca.”

“Oh, Fraser...”

He backpedaled three vital inches before running up against the edge of the desk. “Although frankly, I don’t understand why people keep asking me that. As I explained to Detective, well, the current Ray Vecchio, I’m really not qualified to judge.”

“Oh, Fraser, of course you –- Wait. What?

“Standards of beauty in the Northwest Territories are, naturally, somewhat different than those that seem to pertain here in Chicago. Vitality and grace of movement are valued more highly than exaggerated secondary sex characteristics, for ex–”

“He asked you what?

“The same question you did, Francesca.”

“That scrawny little... and you didn’t think that was, oh, weird at all? A little queer maybe?”

“Well, to be frank–-” Fraser ducked his head and his smooth delivery hopped the tracks in a few places. “It’s an idiom that has a different implication in Canadian usage. I initially mistook his meaning for one less –- but from the reactions of the widow and two cigar smugglers observing our conversation, I quickly realized that in America the use of ‘find’ for ‘think’ must be quite normal.”

Frannie’s eyes went gimletlike; her nostrils flared. Fraser blinked at her and shifted his weight on the balls of his feet in case of attack. Then she pulled back, smoothing her pretty face down to something unnaturally composed.

“That’s right, Fraser. Perfectly normal, nothing to make a person ... panic. Oh! Look at the time! You’ll excuse me, won’t you, Fraser? I’ve got someone to kill.”

The door closed behind her frame: small and sturdy, appealingly vital, but not, to Fraser’s mind, with one tenth of the siren magnetism possessed by Ray Kowalski. To name one example chosen entirely at random. (Oh dear.) Yes, he could easily have run into difficulties, had she pushed him to elaborate on his answer.

Thank goodness she had remembered an appointment.
 
 

Date: 2005-12-06 08:44 am (UTC)
china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (Default)
From: [personal profile] china_shop
The door closed behind her frame: small and sturdy, appealingly vital, but not, to Fraser’s mind, with one tenth of the siren magnetism possessed by Ray Kowalski. To name one example chosen entirely at random. (Oh dear.)

Hee! This is just wonderful! Yay! :) :)

(And yay! Congratulations on your first ds_flashfic!)

Date: 2005-12-06 09:55 am (UTC)
ext_20943: (*giggles*)
From: [identity profile] sam80853.livejournal.com
Weehee ... that's great ::grins:: PoorBen!

Thank goodness she had remembered an appointment.

HA!

Date: 2005-12-06 10:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buzzylittleb.livejournal.com
Ulp, I hope Frannie doesn't let her "apointment" with Ray overshadow things.

Congrats, 'tis nice and huggable.

Date: 2005-12-06 10:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buddleia.livejournal.com
Made me smirk! Oh, Frannie, I love you!

Date: 2005-12-06 02:20 pm (UTC)
ext_12460: acquired from fanpop.com (Dief6 by Tartar)
From: [identity profile] akite.livejournal.com
Hee! You made me laugh. Welcome!

Date: 2005-12-06 03:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shayheyred.livejournal.com
This is terrific, and both characters are perfect in word and action. Brava! And welcome.

Date: 2005-12-06 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vienna-waits.livejournal.com
Welcome to flashfic! And you brought a great story with you too. If I quoted the best part, I'd just have to paste the whole thing in here. Yay! And the ending is perfect!

Date: 2005-12-06 08:37 pm (UTC)
ext_41599: MardiGras (Fraser Ray Herz)
From: [identity profile] moirin-keeline.livejournal.com
Huh, hope that Rays "grace of movement" *smirk* will save him from Killingspree!Franny.

Wonderful story. Well done. Thanks for sharing. :D

Date: 2005-12-06 11:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exeterlinden.livejournal.com
Yay, liked this a lot :)

Date: 2005-12-07 03:37 am (UTC)
lorem_ipsum: Chiana in profile, head back, eyes closed (Fraser (due South) by pearl_o)
From: [personal profile] lorem_ipsum
OMGheeee!

The door closed behind her frame: small and sturdy, appealingly vital, but not, to Fraser’s mind, with one tenth of the siren magnetism possessed by Ray Kowalski. To name one example chosen entirely at random. (Oh dear.) Yes, he could easily have run into difficulties, had she pushed him to elaborate on his answer.

Thank goodness she had remembered an appointment.

*hearts Fraser like whoa*

Date: 2005-12-07 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hloke.livejournal.com
So cute! I love how Fraser can't help to feel Ray's "siren magnetism"... great first flashfic!

Date: 2005-12-07 07:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nightlarke.livejournal.com
Ahahahaha! Hilarious. Poor, poor Ray.

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Date: 2006-01-03 02:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cesperanza.livejournal.com
In future, please remember to put "by [authorname]" in the subject line! Thanks!

Date: 2010-11-12 06:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] csad21.livejournal.com
Starting the day off in a weird mood today, so I picked a random delicious bookmark I'd tagged humor to read before life intrudes, but it seems my reaction to this story still hasn't changed from the first time I read it. (Uh, about half a year ago.) Which is to say, yes, I've reread this over a dozen times, at least. Weird? Of course not. What's wrong with appreciating good stories that can still make you laugh after reading them over and over and over again?

“That’s right, Fraser. Perfectly normal, nothing to make a person ... panic. Oh! Look at the time! You’ll excuse me, won’t you, Fraser? I’ve got someone to kill.”

Run, Kowalski!

That's my knee-jerk reaction to this sentence. And apparently, it always has been, because when I look at said bookmark notes? This is my summary for this story. :) I can't express my appreciation any other way.


In short: Hilarious story. Loved it.

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