This was my first year participating in the due South Seekrit Santa exchange, and I had tons of fun. I wrote two fics:
Here We Are (19101 words) by lomelinde
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: due South
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker (due South), Holloway Muldoon, Cyrus Bolt
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Highlander Immortals, Light Angst, Mild Kink, Language, Swordfighting, Happy Ending, Action/Adventure, Banter, Humor, Flirting, Backstory
Summary:
Highlander (The Series) AU: Fraser is a four hundred-year-old Immortal living in a secluded cabin in northern Canada. Ray, who only recently became immortal, travels north in search of a mentor, but he ends up finding so much more.
In Vino Veritas (2498 words) by lomelinde
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker (due South)
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Drunkenness, Pining, Magical Realism, DSSS Treat
Summary:
One hot and humid night in July, Diefenbaker appears at Ray’s bedside and starts talking to him.
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I got two wonderful gifts in return, and I enjoyed them immensely. Do check them out if you have not read them yet!
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Diefenbaker (due South)
Additional Tags: Pre-Slash
Summary:
"You don't find it impressive how many terms there are, how specific they can get?" Fraser asked him once.
“I think I can think of some other things there are lots of terms for, and you wouldn't be waxing on about them." Ray grinned as Fraser's face made it clear he'd picked up on what Ray meant. "I think they just got bored. Plain white landscape, going on forever? Bo-ring. And giving it a bunch of fancy names won't fix that.”
“We'll have to agree to disagree.”
Ray shrugged. It was the closest he was going to get to a concession and they both knew it. No need to push the argument. But seriously. Who needed that many words for snow?
A Very Unusual Christmas Story (7507 words) by wicked3659
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South, Doctor Who
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: The Doctor (Doctor Who), Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Harding Welsh, Margaret Thatcher (due South), Renfield Turnbull, Francesca Vecchio
Additional Tags: Christmas Special, Pseudoscience, Angst and Humor, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Declarations Of Love, First Kiss, Crack Treated Seriously, Mild Language
Summary:
Ray just wants to finish his shift and think of a reason for Fraser to spend Christmas with him. What he gets instead is aliens trying to kill him and a strange British man claiming he can help.