due South recs
primary 'ships: Fraser/Vecchio

I'll also read some Ray/Ray, and I have a soft spot for threesome fic, but my interest tends to be Vecchio-centric.  Categorized by relationship.

Fraser/Vecchio

Absence
Author: Te
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio, sort of
Category: slash, angst, short
Rating: PG-13
Description: a very bitter letter from Ray to Fraser, after the start of Season 3.  saying it like it is (or could be).
Comments: Te strikes another fandom, and leaves me saying ouch.

Acharnement
Author: AC Chapin
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, angst
Rating: NC-17
Description: fraser needs, needs, needs, and Ray, god help him, can't deny Fraser.
Comments: Dark, confusing, and beautifully written.  While I tend to prefer this pairing happy, it's not hard to interpret Fraser as a very fucked-up person.

Among The Evergreens
Author: Basingstoke
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash
Rating: NC-17
Description: Set during the pilot and at the very beginning of the show.  Missing scenes.  What if it was going on all along?
Comments: This is a very different take on them than I'm used to.  Rather than going from friends to lovers, they start out as the latter.  While I wouldn't necessarily be able to see this happening, it's certainly enjoyable to read about.

Conviction
Author: china shop
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash
Rating:  R
Description: Set during season one (with lots of episode references): Ray falls in love with Fraser.
Comments: This is very much what I see happening between them (save perhaps for Ray starting out with an awareness of his other-than-heterosexuality).  That growing love seems so obvious to me . . . it confuses me that quite a few slashers can't see it.

The Eskimo Thing
Author: Merry
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, humor, crack
Rating:  NC-17
Description: A goofy twist on the already goofy "aliens made them do it" trope.
Comments: The plot is not to be taken seriously.  The humor, and particularly the Ray-voice, is completely spot-on.  Brilliant.

Final Project
Author: Manna LaDroit
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, angst
Rating: NC-17
Description: When Ray agrees to be the nude model for Fraser's art class final project, things get complicated.
Comments: This fic isn't entirely IC, but I still enjoy it.  I like Ray's conflict, I think it fits . . . and insistent!Fraser is always fun.

Free Parking
Author: Ethan Nelson, AKA Mallory Klohn
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, humor
Rating: NC-17
Description: Spending time up at the cabin, Fraser and Ray play Monopoly, and Fraser goes very deeply into debt.
Comments: This story cracks me up like nothing else.  And I love Fraser's kink for Ray speaking Italian.

Hard Candy
Author: aerye
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash
Rating:  NC-17
Description: It's a Vecchio family Halloween, followed by after-hours with Benny and Ray.
Comments: I love fic with the Vecchio family--particularly as it includes Fraser--and the sex in this is very very hot, too.

Just A Little Bit Of Peril
Author: Laura Shapiro
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio/Thatcher
Category: slash, het, PWP
Rating: NC-17
Description: Meg Thatcher is somehow completely naked at her desk.  Fraser and Ray take advantage.
Comments: Oh, this fic is a hot little tease.  I love Laura's smut, it's always short, sweet, and utterly delicious . . . and I happen to find Thatcher rather attractive, so that helps.  :)

Lullaby
Author: Katrina Bowen
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash
Rating: PGish
Description: Ray and Fraser are trying to track down a witness outside of Chicago.  They don't find him, but they do find each other.
Comments: It could happen like this.

A Man And A Half
Author: Trixie Belden
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, PWP
Rating: NC-17
Description: Ray is invited to a Robbie Burns Day gathering at the Consulate.  And, Fraser is wearing a kilt.
Comments: Okay, so kilts are a kink of mine.  I admit it, okay?  This is a cute little fic, and quite hot.

Model Behavior
Author: Pares
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, humor
Rating: PG
Description: In the course of being attacked by an obsessed model/stalker, Ray finally gets Fraser to tell him why he isn't interested in all these women that keep trying to fall all over him.
Comments: Hilarious and very true-to-character.

No Son of His
Author: M. Fae Glasgow
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, some angst
Rating: NC-17
Description: Christmas in the Vecchio household is barely-controlled chaos.  After being harried through all the family traditions, not to mention dealing with his personal demons in the form of his father's ghost . . . Ray's ready for some peace.
Comments: This fic is so sweet: perfect for the holidays.  I love it when writers focus on Ray's family and background . . . he's such a rich character, and few people really take advantage of that.  Warning: PDF format.  It was originally published as part of a zine.

One Man's Kink
Author: Mallory Klohn, AKA Ethan Nelson
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, humor
Rating: NC-17
Description: Ray notices Benny staring at his neck.  Staring at his neck constantly, in fact.  It goes from there.
Comments: very realistic show-dialogue.  very funny, as well.

Paths I Fear To Tread:
Follow Without Pride
Breathe Your Breath
Day of Knowing
Author: Cara Chapel
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, angst, AU, multipart, WiP
Rating: NC-17 (eventually)
Description: and now for something very, very different.  A long, unfinished AU in which Ray didn't accidentally shoot Fraser at the end of "Victoria's Secret, Part Two."  Instead, Fraser left with her, and now Ray has to go find him, save him, and bring him back.  And then, teach him to trust again: both in others, and himself.
Comments: a very emotional series.  It clearly was intended to continue, but I have a feeling that she's done, so be prepared to be left unsatisfied.

Ridiculous Odds
Author: Destina Fortunado
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash
Rating: PG
Description: Ray is helping Fraser rebuild his dad's cabin, after the events of "North."  Realizations and beginnings.
Comments: I have a soft spot for knowing!Fraser and epiphany!Ray.

The Right Price
Author: Rushlight
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, angst
Rating: NC-17
Description: Desperate to find a kidnapped little girl in time, Fraser goes to lengths he can hardly bear.
Comments: Oh, poor Fraser.  I can completely believe this characterization in light of the show.  The drama in this fic is excellent, and there is healing at the end.

Secrets
Author: Cara Chapel
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, het, humor, genderfuck
Rating: NC-17
Description: Ray runs afoul of a gypsy curse--or blessing--intended to help him discover his heart's most secret desire.  In the course of figuring things out, Ray learns a bit about womanhood.  Rather intimately.
Comments: Okay, so I really balked when I read the description for this fic.  You wouldn't think that Ray Vecchio's gender could be bent.  To my surprise, however, the story's excellent, and I'm glad I chanced it.

Snare
Author: Te
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, PWP
Rating: NC-17
Description: Fraser is a trap that Ray falls into.
Comments: Gah.  Te has an incredible command of sensual language.  There's a certain dark edge to the sex here, because underneath that candy-coated Mountie shell is a much deeper, wilder expanse of need.  Amazing.

Sway
Author: Pares
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, angst, humor
Rating: PG
Description: Ray has a confession to make.
Comments: Again, hilarious, with excellent dialogue.  I can hear Ray saying these things in my head.  Pares is good!

This Error
Author: Pares and Laura Shapiro
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, angst
Rating: NC-17
Description: Set just after "North," while the two of them are still out in the wilderness.
Comments: Pares and Laura make a fabulous team.  "North" is both fun and painful to watch . . . it's good to see Vecchio calling Fraser on some things.  SuperMountie, up up and away. (I'll stop reccing Pares now, but all her F/V fic is well worth reading, so check out her website.)

Ulterior Motives
Author: Cara Chapel
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, humor, fluff
Rating: NC-17
Description: Ray helps Fraser give Diefenbaker a bath . . . and they get very, very wet.  And wrestle.  Yum.
Comments: Just a cute bit of smut.

the vault
Author: torch
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, AU
Rating: PG-13
Description: Slight AU: starts out during the course of "The Vault," when the water is rising and the pair think they're going to die.  Fraser makes a last confession . . . and then, of course, they're saved.  What's Ray going to do now?
Comments: A very sweet story.

We Need To Talk . . .
Author: Katrina Bowen
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio
Category: slash, humor
Rating: R
Description: Fraser has something to tell Ray, but he's finding it a little difficult to express.
Comments: Naive!Fraser at his funniest.  Dear lord.

What It Is
Author: china shop
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio, Fraser/Smithbauer
Category: slash
Rating:  PG
Description: “Is this what this is?” he asked, keeping his eyes shut. “I didn’t know. Is this what we are?”  A revelation about Fraser's relationship with Mark Smithbauer throws a new light on Ray's own "friendship" with the Mountie.
Comments: A Ray that some might find more believable: frightened of his sexuality, but also discovering and embracing it.

Ray/Ray

Blue-Ball Special
Author: glossing
Pairing: Ray/Ray
Category: slash
Rating:  NC-17
Description: Kowalski tracks down his predecessor.  There are too many disguises, too many people in the room.
Comments: This is disturbing and intense and so hot.

Only a State of Mind
Author: brooklinegirl
Pairing: Ray/Ray
Category: slash
Rating:  NC-17
Description: One of the many fic in which the two Rays wind up working together.  Kowalski's feeling distracted.
Comments: This is also rather hot.  (Vecchio is so hot.)  Weird, this sort of chemistry between two characters who barely meet in canon.

Fraser/Vecchio/Kowalski

excuse me if I may be staring
Author: etben
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio/Kowalski, or about to be
Category: slash
Rating:  NC-17
Description: Three fantasies, with a prospect for reality.
Comments: People are writing my threesome now!  I feel so spoiled!  Also, this is hot.

Long Road (Long Ride Home)
Author: brooklinegirl
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio/Kowalski
Category: slash, angst
Rating:  NC-17
Description: The Rays visit Fraser in Canada.  The question here is, where does each of them belong?
Comments: This story really does the hard, hard work, because if you're serious, this threesome is incredibly difficult to pull off.  Fraser cannot be stuck in a city.  Ray Vecchio is not the roughing-it kind of guy.  Ray Kowalski is kind of a mess.  Can they share?  Can they all belong in the same place, together?

real men wear pink
Author: lordessrenegade
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio/Kowalski
Category: slash, humor, short
Rating:  NC-17
Description: Ray comes home covered in cotton candy.
Comments: This one doesn't put them together: they're already there.  Happy, silly porn.

Soft Arithmetic
Author: china shop
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio/Kowalski
Category: slash, threesome, Futurefic
Rating: NC-17
Description: Fraser comes back to Chicago to visit his old friends, the somewhat-domestic partners, Ray and Ray.
Comments: I've been looking for this threesome fic since I got into the dS fandom.  Parts of it made me cry, and other parts . . . mmm.