On the way to the Lee Valley Store...

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

...to buy clamps for Jim's brother's birthday ("You can Never Have Too Many Clamps" is the motto of these men), I had a sick, twisted idea. What would happen if Dirty Dancing met Grey Owl?

By the way, the idea has no connection to the fact I was going to buy clamps. In case you're wondering.

I suppose this is AU. And it's NC-17, and it's WAY over the limit, like over 5000 words over (!), so I stuck it on my site instead:

Dancing Bear

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[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

:whines: link no work...

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Sorry; it should work now.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

...Damn, girl, that was amazing.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

*g* Thank you!

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

You can never have too many clamps? They sound just like my Insignificant Other!

Hee! I think it's definitely a Guy Thing.

The ending is bittersweet

Yeah, ticked me off. I don't mind *reading* bittersweet, but I hate *writing* it!

Glad you liked it!

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Ray was a wildfire in his arms, one which could not be quenched by a lake or an ocean or every damned drop of water on the planet. Benton tried to hold him, but he was unconquerable, sliding and pressing and pushing against him in sensuous movements that felt like dancing, or fighting.

::whimper::

Damn, you're good.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Thank you, ma'am. I aim to please!

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

I had trouble making the link work the first time -- the second time I clicked, it went through! So glad that it did, too.

Me, I'd vote definitely AU -- I don't see how, with the exception of major head injuries for the both of them, they could have forgotten that summer and each other! :-)

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

I agree; definitely AU. Just something that came into my fevered brain and wouldn't go away. *g*

Lovely!

[dementia-12.livejournal.com]

Lovely story - wonderful to read. I'm sorry they had to separate but at least they'll meet again someday. ^_^

Re: Lovely!

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Yup, they'll meet again in another reality (instead of this weird, convoluted Patrick Swayze/Pierce Brosnan universe)! Glad you liked.

[spacebrat.livejournal.com]

For some reason I have an intense love for dS AUs, and this one is defintely joining my list of favorites. It's wonderful. Thank you for sharing it with us! <3

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

I agree on the AU's--I'm usually not a fan, but for some reason the DS ones really get me. Glad you found this one up to scratch! *g*

[jenboo.livejournal.com]

*sniffle* I read this while I was at work and had to keep myself from welling up at my desk.

I'm a sucker for bittersweet endings...love reading them, try to write them but have a hard time writing the bitter.

This was really gorgeous! I loved Ray paying the five bucks for the two condoms and then getting the lotion...He wanted something special to remember and he wanted to make sure Ben had something special to remember, too. *sigh* Really nice stuff!

As for the clamps, I have no idea what kind of clamps they are, but being the sick and twisted soul I am, my brain went 'you can never have too many nipple clamps? you can only use two at a time...'

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

I'm a sucker for bittersweet endings...love reading them, try to write them but have a hard time writing the bitter.

I just don't *do* bitter, though I love to read it. But this couldn't end any other way, somehow. Ugh.

Glad you liked it (in a sniffly sort of way)!

[aerye.livejournal.com]

Okay, you do know how wonderful this is, don't you?

This is where my brain gave up all higher function.

Benton hoisted himself from the lake and shook like a husky, splattering water all over the rocks.

Guh.

And this made me laugh.

Here I am, staring at the Eighth Wonder of the World, and all I can think to do is cover him up with graffiti.

And this was just a wonderful image.

He didn't care if the dance wasn't a real Indian dance. Or if the guy wasn't a real Indian. Or if the whole fucking town folded up at night into a big vinyl suitcase.

And, and, and--I could go on and on. Wonderful work, just wonderful.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

This is where my brain gave up all higher function.

*g* The story has achieved its purpose!

Thanks for your kind comments.

[persian-slipper.livejournal.com]

I think someone already said this, but damn! That rocked. I love me my flashfic and my DS. And of course, all the lovely writers who give me both. :-)

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm having a ball with flashfic as well, both reading and writing.

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, that was lovely. I'm another sucker for AUs, and am left imagining how Fraser's first trip to Chicago might turn out a whole lot differently... Wow. Thanks for posting this!

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

am left imagining how Fraser's first trip to Chicago might turn out a whole lot differently...

Wouldn't that be cool? The alternate S3/4. Or maybe they run into each other on the street like Fraser & Victoria.

(clamping hands over ears) NOOO! STOP...THE...VOICES!!!

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

That's how he ended up in Banff, teaching rich, middle-aged married ladies to samba.

Shriek! (throws arms around lamardeuse) I love you! That's terrific and kind of nuts, which is exactly the way I LOVE me my DS! Heee!

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Shriek! (throws arms around lamardeuse) I love you! That's terrific and kind of nuts, which is exactly the way I LOVE me my DS! Heee!

Yes, I think your wonderful left-field outlook has infiltrated my brain, but then this show encourages us, doesn't it? *g* I just had to think of a way for them to be together, and then it started...summer...summer camp...hotel...eeek!

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I giggled happily at the idea of Ray being the dance guy at a resort, but it was Fraser at the faux Indian village that totally knocked me senseless. Fraser in wig and buckskins, doing a fake dance. Oh my stars and garters! Loved this, absolutely loved this.
Not to mention the lake scene was nnnnnnnnnnng.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Fraser in wig and buckskins, doing a fake dance.

That is completely ripped off a scene in Grey Owl, with Pierce Brosnan. The images just seeped into my head, and I had to write this monster to get them out again! *g* Glad you enjoyed the de-seeping process.

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

Mmm, lovely. Sigh, Dirty Dancing, one of my biggest guilty pleasures, and I can just see young, arrogant, pushy Ray dancing his way through the summer. Yummy. Loved this:
"The night we met."
"The night I was an asshole, you mean," the young man chuckled.

Very purely Ray. He doesn't mean to be an asshole, always...it just happens. I also was particularly taken with the image of RAy fighting his way through the trees in the dark, cursing and making enough noise to wake the dead.

And I love this description of Ray:
Ray was a wildfire in his arms, one which could not be quenched by a lake or an ocean or every damned drop of water on the planet. Benton tried to hold him, but he was unconquerable, sliding and pressing and pushing against him in sensuous movements that felt like dancing, or fighting.

You get it, right there: that's Ray, perfectly. But larmardeuse! The ending! So damn sad! I love Ray talking around what he's trying to say, finally coming up with this:
"Shit," Ray whispered. "I wasn't expecting you."

Wow. You're as good at sad endings as you are at happy ones.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

But larmardeuse! The ending! So damn sad!

I know! I know! I don't understand what the hell's the matter with me. Maybe I should look into medication. I hear M&M's are good.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I tried to end it on some kind of positive note--that they had made a difference in one anothers' lives, despite the fact they're not together (sniffle!)

[daughtershade.livejournal.com]

A little late in posting, but can I just say that this was excellent? I can? Thanks! *ahem* This was excellent!

I'd love to read a longer tale of young Ray and Fraser's adventures at the resort. This was very cool.

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

A little late in posting, but can I just say that this was excellent? I can? Thanks! *ahem* This was excellent!

*g* You won't hear any objections from me! Thanks!

As for a longer story...by the time I knew it would be a sad ending (about halfway through), I just wanted it to be OVER with so I could experience my pain and put it behind me! *g* I'm so wussy about unhappy endings.