[fic: what else would you have me be? Mike Sweeney/Ray Kowalski, rated MA]

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Title: what else would you have me be?
Author: sionnain
Fandom: Due South/Durham County crossover (setting is ambiguous, it's sometime after Season 1; written prior to Season 2, so we'll say AU)
Pairing: Ray Kowalski/Mike Sweeney (background Fraser/Vecchio, a touch of unrequited Fraser/Kowalski)
Rating: MA
Warnings: Kink, specifically S&M. Nothing graphic, though there is a kink element to Mike and Ray's relationship, so I'm mentioning it. Also, there is biting. And angst. :D?
Spoilers: Season 1 of Durham County.
Word Count: 10,700
Summary: Ray and Mike go to Toronto to visit Mike's daughter, Sadie. Ray thinks a lot about baggage; the kind we carry and the kind we leave behind.

AN: This started out life intending to be a porntastic one-shot, because Mike Sweeney/Ray Kowalski is hot like breathing, okay? Instead, it got a plot and I threw in some clever (ha, ha) formatting with tenses, and, well, here it is. ::hands:: You can read this if you don't know Durham County, though it might spoil you for the first season if you're planning on watching.

Title/quote is from the Lucero song by the same name.

My utmost thanks to waltzforanight for beta'ing this monstrosity. It was actually going to be a porny one-shot *for her*, and then instead I gave her 10K+ to beta. She's pretty awesome, is all I'm saying. Any remaining mistakes are most assuredly my own.

(what else would you have me be?)