New due South story: "Think But This And All Is Mended"

[resonant]

Nearly a year ago I posted about having a dream that Fraser was removing a full face of theatrical makeup from RayK. Today that finally finds its way into a story. Many thanks to fox for beta.

Think But This And All Is Mended (2045 words) by Resonant
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: Ray Kowalski, Benton Fraser
Additional Tags: Romance, First Time, Makeup removal
Summary:

The makeup remover from Fraser’s kit smelled unscented. Which was not the same as not having any smell, but at least there wasn’t any pregnant mucus this time. Where Fraser was involved, you had to be thankful for small blessings, smellwise.

Comments

[ride_4ever]

Yays! Marked it for reading later when I'm not at work.

(And me, I still haven't completed a dS F/K fic I started YEARS ago based on a dream I'd had.)

[resonant]

You have unfinished due South stories lying around?! Anytime you want a greedily enthusiastic reader, I volunteer!

[ride_4ever]

*makes a note about res's volunteerism*

Yeah, ever since I came into due South fandom I've pretty much been in a constant state of either writing fic for it or making notes of plotbunnies for it or having WIPs -- as you say -- "lying around". Some of the WIPs are "waiting for the characters to tell me what's next" and some are "this WAS a popular trope, but I'm wondering if it would be 'out-of-step' now".

[resonant]

I hear that. And nowadays you're writing historical fiction, too -- sometimes I have to actually do research to learn if something had been invented yet when canon happened.

But I'm serious, let me know if having someone to share the enthusiasm might break something loose.

[minnaway]

There was just so much warmth and happiness and wanting and liking-each-other shot through this. And this made me laugh:

“And we found the bread thingy.”

“Stollen.”

“The stolen bread thingy,” Ray agreed.

[resonant]

I'm so glad that amused someone else the way it amused me!

And liking-each-other -- I didn't go into this trying to do that, but it makes me so happy that it found its way in there! There's a lot of trust required to close your eyes and let somebody put things on your face.

[mekare]

>> Where Fraser was involved, you had to be thankful for small blessings, smellwise.

Isn‘t that the truth!