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The Smash. A cataclysmic series of events that changed the world. Those that survived struggle to lead normal lives, including Ray Kowalski. Ray's a scrounger, a pack-rat, a jack-of-all-trades and he meets Benton Fraser, exiled Canadian and former RCMP officer. They form a strong partnership which grows into something more as they explore the wild landscape of Chicagoland for bits and pieces of the old world which will help them forge a sustainable life in their new world.

The one thing Ray and Ray weren't expecting? The Spanish Inquisition. That, and to become fathers overnight. But when four-year-old Harry's mom dies, the only family he has is the father he's never met. Ray and Ray have faced down criminals, stared down the barrel of guns, run after a crazy Mountie more times than they can count, but this? Is their biggest challenge yet.

AU. In the far future, humans can choose to be integrated into their spaceships, their bodies hooked up to machines as their minds act as central processing units for all ship's operations. After his disastrous affair with Victoria, Benton Fraser seizes the opportunity to be freed of the passions of his body and is accepted as an Integrated Pilot. He finally has a life of pure duty—until new partner Ray Kowalski comes along.

Ray Kowalski is a disillusioned cop. His partner and best friend is sleeping with his ex-wife, his job sucks, and the best thing in his life is a deaf half-wolf. Enter Fraser, the ex-Mountie who screwed over his best friend a couple of years before, a man who Ray shouldn't even be talking to, let alone trying to date... A story about friendship, betrayal, falling in love and trying to figure out where you belong.

A midcentury AU, in which there are photographs, parachute troops, invasions, exploding trees, foxholes, misunderstandings, bullets, letters from home, smokejumpers, roommates, and more exploding trees. Ray Vecchio gets a lot of sand in his boots, Benton Fraser gets a little disconnected from reality, and Ray Kowalski gets to jump out of airplanes and maybe fight a war.

There's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on. ~ Sam Roberts

Notes: There is a slight AU element to this story; at the end of Call of the Wild 2, Fraser is in Canada and Ray and Kowalski are both back in Chicago. Ray Vecchio does not marry Stella Kowalski and Kowalski doesn't go off on a quest with Fraser. Title is from the song by Kings of Leon.

Following Muldoon's apprehension, Ray Vecchio is summoned to Vegas to testify at a series of trials involving his former associates. Worried about the safety of his detective, Lt. Welsh sends Ray Kowalski to serve as Vecchio's protective detail. With his Rays in danger, you can be assured Constable Benton Fraser is never far behind.