belmanoir ([info]belmanoir) wrote in [info]ds_snippets,
@ 2008-03-17 16:43:00
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Entry tags:author: belmanoir, fandom: due south

"Too bad I'm a loser" by belmanoir
Title: Too bad I'm a loser
Fandom and Pairing: due South, Ray/Ray
Rating: R
Length: 300
Prompt: Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
"Falling For The First Time," Barenaked Ladies

Author’s Notes: Still one of my favorite Ray/Ray songs. Beta'd by [info]snoopypez.

Ray realized he'd been tricked with Stella and Fraser. They were both so stunning that he'd never noticed how someone could be hot just because you liked them. So he'd gone merrily along, thinking Vecchio was a terrible dresser and really kind of funny-looking, and then one day they were in some training meeting on how to not kill yourself with your own nightstick which he and Vecchio didn't carry anyway, and Ray was bored out of his mind and pictured Vecchio blowing him just for the hell of it.

He spent the rest of the day trying to hide his erection under the stupid chair-desks they probably stole from an elementary school because Ray barely fit without the boner.

Things were never gonna be easy with Vecchio. Vecchio was a pain in the ass, and he told Ray exactly how he was pissing him off every second. It had always been easy with Stella, once the preliminaries were out of the way. She'd been easy and great--right up until she said, "Ray, I think maybe you take me for granted and I told you I didn't want kids when we were seventeen, shit," and burst into tears and moved out.

The problem was that Ray'd never actually asked anyone out except Stella. Sometimes girls asked him, and he went, but he never asked. And Fraser--nothing had ever happened with Fraser. Something had to happen with Vecchio or Ray was gonna go insane. And just because Vecchio was difficult and funny-looking, it didn't mean Ray couldn't fuck this up.

Luckily it turned out that Vecchio had been shot down by way more people than just Stella. Vecchio had lines and all kinds of moves that were obvious and stupid and that Ray was all kinds of grateful for.


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[info]spuffyduds
2008-03-17 11:56 pm UTC (link)
Oh, the DESKS! OW, and HEE!

*loves*

And I adore this Stella.

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-18 12:03 am UTC (link)
thank you!! i hated those desks even when i fit in them.

stella=love.

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[info]slidellra
2008-03-17 11:58 pm UTC (link)
I am so happy you love this song for Ray/Ray! Because I love these snippets for me. And this Stella, very much yes.

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-18 12:05 am UTC (link)
STELLLLLAAAA!

It's just so perfect for them! They're both these tough guys who are giant softies on the inside, and anyone perfect=Fraser and anything easy=Stella and they are both kinda plain in AN INCREDIBLY FUCKING LOVELY WAY oh man I love them.

Thank you.

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[info]akite
2008-03-18 12:11 am UTC (link)
I liked this one too. I giggle thinking about Vecchio's obvious and stupid moves.

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-18 12:34 am UTC (link)
oh man, you know they have to be mortifying to watch.

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[info]mrs_laugh_track
2008-03-18 12:46 am UTC (link)
I love the idea of Kowalski never having asked anyone other then Stella out before. LOVE IT.

And aw, I also love the idea of Vecchio putting his really obvious moves on Kowalski.

Edited at 2008-03-18 12:47 am UTC

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-18 12:52 am UTC (link)
Kowalski is such a non-Stella virgin, it's adorable. And yeah, wow, how much would I pay to watch Vecchio use a line on Kowalski?

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[info]hurry_sundown
2008-03-18 02:01 am UTC (link)
Everybody already said everything I would say (mainly because I'm tired and can't think), so I'll just go with *hearts*.

<3<3<3<3<3

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:08 am UTC (link)
*hearts YOU!* thanks!

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[info]snoopypez
2008-03-18 03:27 am UTC (link)
I am commenting just to remind you about HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS. ;P

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:08 am UTC (link)
whew! good thing you did, because i TOTALLY FORGOT...

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[info]akamine_chan
2008-03-18 05:41 am UTC (link)
...and Ray was bored out of his mind and pictured Vecchio blowing him just for the hell of it.

Yeah, just for the hell of it. I believe him, sure. I hated those stupid desk-chairs, too. *g*

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:08 am UTC (link)
What, like you've never pictured Vecchio blowing you just for the hell of it? ;)

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[info]mlyn
2008-03-18 05:53 am UTC (link)
I love the idea that Kowalski doesn't have experience with dating. The fics where he does still maks sense, but I like that idea better. I'd love to see the fic where Kowalski tries to start dating again, and he sucks at it, and he keeps running into Vecchio when he's out trying to pick up women (and getting rejected).

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:10 am UTC (link)
oh man, i want to see that fic too. i want vecchio to like, teach him his moves and then laugh when he gets rejected. and then buy him a drink, with the excuse that it's like priming the pump. and then as kowalski fails harder and harder (by now he's a bit distracted), vecchio suggests roleplays. AND THEY HAVE SEX IN THE ALLEY!

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[info]mlyn
2008-03-19 02:06 am UTC (link)
IAWTC LIEK WOAH.

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 02:23 am UTC (link)
i know right??? what i especially love about it is that in this scenario vecchio totally has moves. just, his moves aren't them. if you see what i mean.

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[info]mlyn
2008-03-19 03:00 am UTC (link)
I do indeed.

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[info]catwalksalone
2008-03-18 08:13 am UTC (link)
Way to make me happy first thing in the morning. *beams* I love so much the idea of Kowalski picturing Vecchio blowing him for the hell of it (bzuh, what? warning sign much?) and the desks and Stella and the non-moves and Vecchio the move-saviour and YAY, basically.

*hearts*

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:12 am UTC (link)
thank you!!!

that is actually sort of the experience i had with vecchio. i mean, at first i wasn't attracted to him, even though i totally loved him instantly. and then as the series went on, i liked him more and more but i was still like, ugh, his hair, i dunno. and then one day i was like, i wonder if i'm into vecchio yet, and um, pulled up some mental images and OH BOY WAS I INTO VECCHIO WHO KNEW?

um. sorry if that was tmi.

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[info]tanisafan
2008-03-18 04:51 pm UTC (link)
Oh wow, I love how you're fitting the song into the snippet and subtle-like and stuff.

And just because Vecchio was difficult and funny-looking, it didn't mean Ray couldn't fuck this up.

Luckily it turned out that Vecchio had been shot down by way more people than just Stella. Vecchio had lines and all kinds of moves that were obvious and stupid and that Ray was all kinds of grateful for.

Aw. This is so... so exactly right and perfect. *deep happy sigh*

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:14 am UTC (link)
thank you!!! oh, BOYS.

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[info]nos4a2no9
2008-03-18 08:04 pm UTC (link)
Yay! I love Ray/Ray, and this made a lot of sense. I liked the way you made use of the prompt to illustrate how some people can just get under your skin and grow on you, becoming more appealing the longer you've known them. That's just as true in life as it is in fiction, and I loved the object lesson you created based on those lyrics. Well done, sirrah!

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:17 am UTC (link)
thanks! vecchio and kowalski both started out at "funny-looking" and grew on me, but in the end i think i actually tend to be more attracted to people who grew on me than people who i was instantly interested in. with the exception of fraser, whose hotness kind of breaks the laws of physics.

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[info]meresy
2008-03-18 09:26 pm UTC (link)
&hearts &hearts

Vecchio had lines and all kinds of moves that were obvious and stupid and that Ray was all kinds of grateful for.

Aw, they are cluelessly MFEO.

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:18 am UTC (link)
I KNOW RIGHT??? SUCH DORKS. LOVE.

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[info]verushka70
2008-03-19 12:03 am UTC (link)
It is very true that people you don't think of necessarily as attractive can become more and more attractive the better you get to know them. And I love nervous!Ray. Combined with inexperienced!Ray, it's a total win! But I always think of Vecchio's smoothness as bluff!Ray, that inside he's not that smooth. (But who is?)

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 12:07 am UTC (link)
I mean, Vecchio's also not very smooth on the outside. But he THINKS he is. Which is adorable and a half!

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[info]ignazwisdom
2008-03-19 09:57 pm UTC (link)
♥ I love it :)

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-19 10:00 pm UTC (link)
thank you!

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[info]brigantine1
2008-03-25 04:07 pm UTC (link)
Oh! Oh! Dork Love! Dorkish Delight! (sorry. low caffeine levels)

Hee. Ray's surprising fantasy life. I'm so glad Vecchio's braver than Ray right here. Not so much with the smoother, but Ray is looking more for brave, and that kinda smooths over Vecchio's rough edges very nicely.

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[info]belmanoir
2008-03-25 11:40 pm UTC (link)
thank you!! yeah, i don't think kowalski cares if his bf is smooth so long as the guy likes him. it just doesn't seem like something he would care about.

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[info]viciouscats
2008-03-28 08:31 am UTC (link)
And just because Vecchio was difficult and funny-looking, it didn't mean Ray couldn't fuck this up.

I so, so love this! :)

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