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coprime_recs) wrote2004-03-27 01:32 am
coprime_recs) wrote2004-03-27 01:32 am
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due South: Preternatural Guidance by Beth H
Preternatural Guidance (Fraser/RayK | PG | 1,622 words) gives Fraser a way to communicate with his family -- through RayK's dead cell phone -- after "Call of the Wild." The story's quirky like the show and can go from funny to poignant in a sentence. Then it's right back to the funny, but nothing seems out of place.
Excerpt:
Fraser's eyes widened. "This is what's disturbing you? That my parents want to have us over for dinner? Not the fact that they're both...dead?"
Ray stopped in his tracks. "Oh. Yeah, okay...I suppose that should seem more weird than it is." He shook his head, then scowled at Fraser. "Don't change the subject, which is what have you been talking about with them? Because I gotta tell you, Fraser, I'm having a flashback to a phone call from Stella's dad, the night before her sweet sixteen party, saying it was high time they met me."
Fraser turned away, but Ray could still see the blush on his pale skin.
"I suppose...I may have been a bit excessive when...extolling your qualities."
Ray tilted his head. "You saying you lied to your parents about me, Fraser?"
"No, of course not!" Fraser turned back to face Ray. "Just that...I may have gone on a bit longer than...." He sighed. "It's been a long time since I've been able to speak with my mother, Ray."
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Fraser's eyes widened. "This is what's disturbing you? That my parents want to have us over for dinner? Not the fact that they're both...dead?"
Ray stopped in his tracks. "Oh. Yeah, okay...I suppose that should seem more weird than it is." He shook his head, then scowled at Fraser. "Don't change the subject, which is what have you been talking about with them? Because I gotta tell you, Fraser, I'm having a flashback to a phone call from Stella's dad, the night before her sweet sixteen party, saying it was high time they met me."
Fraser turned away, but Ray could still see the blush on his pale skin.
"I suppose...I may have been a bit excessive when...extolling your qualities."
Ray tilted his head. "You saying you lied to your parents about me, Fraser?"
"No, of course not!" Fraser turned back to face Ray. "Just that...I may have gone on a bit longer than...." He sighed. "It's been a long time since I've been able to speak with my mother, Ray."