ds_flashfiction | Entries tagged with challenge: ds match 2: team whimsy

Title: Frozen
Author:

miss_zedem
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "Pemmican was the first thing I thought of"
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski
Rating: PG
Word count: ~2400
Warnings: off-screen character death.
Summary: Sometimes it's the people you love the most are the ones who can see what you need...
Author's notes: Massive thanks to my betas, the wonderful

simplystars and the equally marvellous

caersmane, for invaluable prodding and hand-holding. Also thanks to Team Whimsy for their lovely and helpful comments. You guys rock!

( Frozen )

china_shop

Title: Soul To Keep
Author:

torra
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: None - Backup Writer
Rating: PG
Pairing: F/K
Warnings: Hum, blasphemy? Maybe?
Word Count: ~10,000 Words
Summary: Ray Kowalski thought his life was going along just fine, but the Powers In Charge have a different idea, and it's Fraser's assignment to fix things.
Author's Notes: Big thanks to my betas,

caersmane and

green_grrl. And of course, a huge, never ending, sparkle-and-donut-sprinkled-flavored hug to our fearless leader, and oh so whimsical captain

zabira, who kept us going and kept the whimsy flowing!

( Soul To Keep )

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This has been sitting on my hd since the night after I read

caersmane's whimsy Match story Weak Men Must Fall. It is such a dark and riveting and gorgeous story I had to make something visual.

( Two versions of a manip underneath )

(Uhm, mods, I'm sorry, I've no idea how to tag this.)

china_shop

Title: I can see the stars from a million miles
Author:

green_grrl
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "Well, it would be rather entertaining... under different circumstances."
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 7300 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Spoilers for Starman and Mountie Sings the Blues
Summary: You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. Or in some cases, sort of gone.
Author's notes: Title thanks to

catwalksalone from the song used in the pilot, "From a Million Miles" by Single Gun Theory. Thank you to

dessert_first,

torra,

spuffyduds and

lamentables for betaing, and all my Whimsy teammates for being so awesome!

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( I can see the stars from a million miles )

[Poll #1258715]

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Title: Want
Author:

dessert_first
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "I never said they were poisonous."
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 4,000 words
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: Fraser has thought it over a thousand times, gone over every single interaction, every crumb of information, every scrap or clue.
Author's notes: This story was truly a team effort. Team Whimsy's delightful counsel is an integral part of anything you might find in here that works. Thanks so much to the absolutely heroic

green_grrl and

spuffyduds,

torra,

catwalksalone and

zabira for multiple betas, psychotherapy and cheerleading. The lovely

lamentables,

simplystars,

caersmane,

umbrella_half,

aingeal8c,

capt_spork and

alex52324 provided brainstorming, read-throughs, encouragement and inspiration. I'm so grateful to you all, and to the rest of our wonderful team. And, as always, I am grateful to my dear

nos4a2no9, who even as the leader of the opposition was gracious enough to encourage me and wish me well in my writing, and whose sage writing advice I always try to keep in mind in any of my efforts.

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( Want )

[Poll #1257972]

china_shop

Title: Weak Men Must Fall
Author:

caersmane Caers Mane
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "Actually, I was hoping to circumvent the explanation."
Pairing(s): Vecchio/Kowalski
Length: 4500 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Dark, some swearing
Summary: Angels can fall, and men can be broken. But will one give up his chance at redemption to help another heal?
Author's notes: Thank you to the entire team! You are so brilliant and I love you. I could not have completed this without you. A most especial thank you to

slidellra, who is an encouraging and most helpful beta, and to torra, who helped me get a a kickstart on this, even if she didn't know it. Hugs and kisses to all of you!

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( Weak Men Must Fall )

[Poll #1257333]

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Title: Call of the Waves
Author: Aingeal (

aingeal8c)
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "Well, it's not completely unheard of -- especially in the Amazon basin."
Pairing(s): Fraser/Vecchio
Length: 7000 words
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: When a whale goes missing from the local aquarium Fraser had to persuade Ray that the sea is full of strange creatures...and people.
Author's notes: Thanks to

spuffyduds for beta. And thanks to

catwalksalone and

alex51324 for sharing their opinions and thoughts. Thanks also to

torra for the title and Team Whimsy in general for being awesome and encouraging.

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( Call of the Waves )

[Poll #1256678]

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Title: My Life As A Dog
Author:

etcetera_cat
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: “What do you mean, they did it?”
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski preslash
Length: 6,200 words
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: For reasons that aren’t freaking being explained at this juncture, the whole of Chicago is trying to beat Ray to death with his nose.
Author's notes: Thanks to the whole of Team Whimsy, for being truly excellent, to

lamentables for letting me into her room at CanCon so we could do a writing party of semi-panicking two and then using her fabulous beta skills to make me tighten up my sentences and actually think through what I’m writing. A big yay also for

catwalksalone, who asked a very important question about the deaf issue.

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( My Life As A Dog )

[Poll #1255963]

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Title: Shot to the Heart
Author: Tara Keezer (

elementalv)
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "It’s been a long time since I kayaked through the sewers."
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski/Vecchio
Length: 5600 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: Lather, rinse, repeat. And again. And again. And...
Author's notes: Many, many thanks to everyone on

ds_team_whimsy who did a chat beta on this story and offered their thoughts and suggestions. Additional thanks to

zabira for taking one last look.

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( Shot to the Heart )

[Poll #1255334]

china_shop

Title: First One Thing, Then the Otter
Author:

alex51324
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: “Look at it this way--if we don’t, we’re toast.”
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 13,100 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: When the guys find signs of a sea otter living in a Chicago pond, Fraser is strangely reluctant to investigate.
Author's notes: Thanks to Team Whimsy for being awesome!

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First One Thing, Then the Otter

[Poll #1254857]

china_shop

Title: The Blue and the Dim and the Dark
Author:

umbrella_half
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "You are not bringing that thing anywhere near me."
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 8800 words
Rating: R
Warnings: Swearing, some sexual content
Summary: While investigating the murder of a politician, the boundaries between waking and sleeping blur for Ray and Fraser.
Author's notes: A thousand beta thanks must go to

torra and to

slidellra!

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( The Blue and the Dim and the Dark )

[Poll #1253215]

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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]

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Title: The Heart's Compass
Author:

zabira
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "Some people don't know the meaning of team spirit."
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 7,500 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Canon character death.
Summary: To his eternal frustration, he still can't control his traveling, hasn't been able to—not once—in all the years this has been happening to him.
Author's notes: This story was inspired by, but is not based on Audrey Niffenegger's beautiful book, The Time-Traveler's Wife. It wouldn't exist at all, but for early encouragement from

dessert_first,

catwalksalone and

brynnmck. Much gratitude to my very thorough, careful betas:

catwalksalone,

elementalv and

dessert_first. Any remaining mistakes are mine, all mine! The beautiful title was provided by

green_grrl. &hearts

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( The Heart's Compass )

[Poll #1251905]

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Title: Strange Constellations
Author:

catwalksalone
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "Pemmican was the first thing I thought of-"
Pairing(s): Kowalski/Vecchio
Length: 11,600 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: Not until a chance accident strands him in strange lands, does Ray recognize the one constant in his life and exactly what he's left behind.
Authors notes: Many, many thanks to

slidellra for her ridiculously awesome beta skills and also to

zabira (Oh captain, my captain) for hand-holding and head-patting above and beyond the call of duty. I love you both. Also, thanks to my amazing team mates for their advice and squee and general all-round brilliance. \whimsy/

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Strange Constellations

[Poll #1251330]

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Title: I Am a Man Upon the Land
Author: Stars (

simplystars)
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "This is the third time I tried to tell her - she won't listen!"
Pairing(s): Fraser/Kowalski
Length: 13,000 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: Fraser tells Ray a story. Ray doesn't like the ending. They live happily ever after.
Author's Notes: Infinite thanks to

kernezelda, who encourages me to write even when she has no idea what I'm writing about – without her, this story would not have been written. Much gratitude and appreciation to

zabira,

torra,

catwalksalone,

lamentables, and

etcetera_cat for insightful comments and all sorts of help, and to all the Whimsical members of my team and the mods for general awesomeness and support.

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I Am a Man Upon the Land

[Poll #1250876]

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Title: Notes on the Impossibility of Nirvana
Author:

lamentables
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "You made me come all the way up here for this?"
Pairing(s): Fraser/Vecchio
Length: 3,700 words
Rating: PG-13 (for violence)
Warnings: None
Summary: When free will means impossible choices, Fraser makes duty his guiding principle.
Author's notes: the author is deeply indebted to the awesome

catwalksalone, and also thanks

etcetera_cat and

alex51324 for their feedback.

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( Notes on the Impossibility of Nirvana )

[Poll #1250296]

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Title: Lift
Author:

spuffyduds
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: “I can’t feel my elbows”
Pairing(s): Kowalski/Vecchio, Kowalski/Vecchio/Fraser
Length: 6,200
Rating: R
Warnings: None
Summary: Ray Kowalski would prefer not to be needy and freakish, thank you very much. But on a day full of bizarre surprises, he needs a hand from his friends.
Author's notes: This was beta’ed by the glorious

dessert_first and

green_grrl, with a lot of pitching in from the rest of the Whimsy Team, who all live in the Land of Sparkly Awesome.

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( Lift )

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