New dS story posted

[stormheller.livejournal.com]

Well, new to the web, anyway.

First Person Imperfect

What if Fraser had met Ray Kowalski when he first came to Chicago?

First times, missing scene from the Pilot. Nominated for Huggy Award for Best Zine Story 2003. First published in Duet 2 from Duet Press, Slash, NC-17, 9,200 words, Written Fall 2001

Fire bad, tree pretty, feedback good.

 

Comments

[j-s-cavalcante.livejournal.com]

Thanks for putting this online. I really enjoyed it. It's hot, your Ray is wonderful, and the Fraser interpretation is refreshingly different. And it's certainly a justifiable interpretation. I love how Ray's prediction about how they'll meet again comes true. :)

J S

[stormheller.livejournal.com]

One of the many things I liked about dS is the way Fraser developed as a character over the course of the show. In the pilot, he was stilted and over-confident. I wanted to have that Fraser interacting with a version of RayK that I extrapolated (backwards) as being what RayK would have been 2 years before we first meet him. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. ::g::
Thanks for commenting.
~ Stormy

[j-s-cavalcante.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. Fraser was also much less innocent in the first incarnation of the series. It was very clearly shown that his apparent naivete was mostly an act. Even later, with RayK, once in a while that not-so-pure Fraser peeks out. For example, when he slams Orsini with the car door, or when he plays Denny Scarpa to find out what she's really after.

As for Fraser and RayK both being into guys? You can make an excellent case for that; both of them exhibit behavior that isn't "normal" for two guys who are totally straight. Nobody here probably needs me to give examples. :)

J S