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sage ([personal profile] sage) wrote in [community profile] ds_flashfiction2008-06-19 03:44 am

Midsummer Amnesty 2008: Mute Fraser challenge by sageness

A Tumultuous Serenity
340~ words of PG-13 Ray/Ray / FKV.
Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] mergatrude for reading through the early version. This is for [livejournal.com profile] china_shop, who asked, What is the sound of two Rays kissing in the forest?





What is the sound of two Rays kissing in the forest?

That would be the sound of Fraser's breath hitching as he stares and stares and wants and gulps past the lump in his throat and adjusts himself in his thermals. He stifles his fervent "Oh!" but nonetheless lets slip a tiny, helpless sigh.

Somehow sensing it, because they couldn't possibly have heard it over the wet music of their mouths, Ray Kowalski and Ray Vecchio look up, look around, and see him lurking half-behind a convenient Fraser fir. Fraser can't look away, even though he is caught as surely as if he were trapped in a snare. Ray and Ray look back at each other with naked courage. They wear their hearts on their sleeves. Desire shines, shameless, in their eyes.

More kisses pass between them, gentle-understanding-love-you-absolutely sorts of kisses; and when they look back at Fraser, they each cock their heads, extend a hand toward him, and say, after he doesn't move, "Well?"

"Come on," Ray Vecchio says with studied casualness, but there's love in his face, Fraser thinks. He checks to make certain it isn't merely an effect of the dappled evergreen light, but no; Ray Vecchio is sincere. And impatient.

"Fraser?" says Ray Kowalski softly, and his fingers curl on air. Fraser doesn't second guess Ray Kowalski's hands. "C'mere," Ray says.

And with that, Fraser slips his invisible snare and takes a step, and then another, traversing the soft forest floor as if it were a tightrope.

His Rays, his, for he has always thought of them so, are grinning with an amalgam of triumph and shy hope. A final step, and Ray Kowalski's thumb brushes incandescent over Fraser's right cheek. Ray Vecchio cups his left shoulder and an old, old ache in the center of Fraser's chest flares bright, flares white hot for a moment, and vanishes.

Fraser closes his eyes. Their hands, their breath, their strange and wonderful resonance; they are his partners. They are still his partners.

Fraser opens his eyes and reaches out.



 

[identity profile] zabira.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
i just died in a shower of sparks, glitter and TOTAL LOVE. OMG.

&hearts &hearts &hearts

this line made my heart clench: And with that, Fraser slips his invisible snare and takes a step, and then another, traversing the soft forest floor as if it were a tightrope.

oh, fraser.
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[identity profile] lamentables.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
I love how I can read this in so many different ways: literal, dream, fantasy, magic, or even a post-death sequence. Lovely.
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[personal profile] china_shop 2008-06-19 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! LOVES!!!!! This bit makes me flail:

Ray Vecchio cups his left shoulder and an old, old ache in the center of Fraser's chest flares bright, flares white hot for a moment, and vanishes.

And the quiet foresty music of the whole thing. *smooooooshcakes*

*twirls you* Made of win. Thank you so muchhhhh!

[identity profile] petronelle.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, *boys.*

[identity profile] noctuabunda.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow.
This was just plain beautiful, the whole atmosphere so serene and almost magical. Thank you for sharing.
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[personal profile] luzula 2008-06-19 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow. That's just--so beautiful and lyrical.
jadelennox: due South, Ray/Ray confrontation: "It never seemed quite right to hold it all at bay" (due south: v/k jealousy)

[personal profile] jadelennox 2008-06-19 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
*snuggles into this snippet*
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[identity profile] akite.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely. ♥
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[identity profile] sdwolfpup.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Awwwwwwwwww. And ohhhhh, so beautiful! This, especially, got me:

Ray Vecchio cups his left shoulder and an old, old ache in the center of Fraser's chest flares bright, flares white hot for a moment, and vanishes.

And Fraser trusting Ray K's hands! So much in a little space. :)
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[identity profile] meresy.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Bwee!

*manymany hearts*

Fraser doesn't second guess Ray Kowalski's hands.

Yesyesyesyes, that.

*smooshes them*
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[identity profile] keerawa.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
What an incredibly resonant piece. The scene is still here, in the room with me. Thank you!
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[personal profile] catwalksalone 2008-06-19 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely!

[identity profile] belmanoir.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Fraser doesn't second guess Ray Kowalski's hands.

Ray Vecchio cups his left shoulder and an old, old ache in the center of Fraser's chest flares bright, flares white hot for a moment, and vanishes.

::LOVES::

[identity profile] belmanoir.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
hee! we totally quoted the same two lines.

[identity profile] cathalin.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
This is absolutely *gorgeous*, and moving for me to read even though I have no idea who these people are, none. Wow, Sage, just, wow. So much beauty - I particularly loved "doesn't second guess Ray Kowalski's hands" and the thumb brushing "incandescent over Fraser's right cheek," but the whole thing is chock full of amazing writing.

Go, you! \o/

[identity profile] brynnmck.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this was beautiful! All the lines that everyone else already quoted, and then also this:

His Rays, his, for he has always thought of them so

That's just... oh, FRASER. Like SDW said, so much packed into a little space. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[identity profile] thady.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this was beautiful! So much, so many layers in so few words! I love this so much!

[identity profile] brigantine.livejournal.com 2008-06-19 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
*g* Poor Fraser, so gobsmacked he can't even get the words out - and it's up to the Rays to save the day! :D

[identity profile] mergatrude.livejournal.com 2008-06-20 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
YAY! Yes! The ending is &hearts .

*cheers the awesome reception this piece deserves*

*especially hearts [livejournal.com profile] lamentables comment*

*twirls you gently*

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