Title- How Jared Sunk the Ship
Written for- au_bingo prompt, “castaways”. Not very au, but it’s a little.
Pairing- J2, Misha/Richard, SPN cast & crew
Word Count- 707. So short!
Warning- um… fluff?
Summary- Because Jared is a star, Captain Lindberg allows him to steer the ship for a while. Chaos results.
“Captain Lindberg, I really don’t think this is a good idea,” Jensen Ackles, star of hit CW show Supernatural, said. “You really don’t know how klutzy he is.” Jensen spoke of his co star, Jared Padalecki. “Or how much damage he could do to your boat.”
“For the hundredth time, Mr. Ackles, there is nothing for Mr. Padalecki to run over, or run into, as long as he stays within the boundaries I have set for him.”
“In other words, Jensen, he’ll be fine. You’ve got to trust him. Captain Lindberg is an accomplished sea captain. He won’t Jared go astray.” Jensen looked over at Eric Kripke, creator of the show.
“Do you know how many things he runs into on a daily basis, on set? Off of set he’s worse! Come on, Kripke, I love my costar, but-”
“Aww, how sweet. You looove me! Awww!”
“Not you, Richard. We’re thinking about how stupid it would be to let Jared captain the boat for the day.”
“Oh my God that would be horrible. We’d all end up as the next Titanic.”
“Richard, there are nowhere near enough people on this boat to make this the next Titanic.” Richard’s boyfriend Misha, always the voice of reason to Richard’s goofiness, points out helpfully.
“I was exaggerating. It’s called sarcasm. I don’t actually think Jay could be that bad.”
“Could be that bad at what?” Jared’s lanky form dominated the small captain’s quarters where the group was meeting.
“Captaining the boat for a day, like you asked the captain if you could yesterday.” Jensen cringed as Jared’s squee of happiness pierced his ears.
“Jared, I swear that thing is high enough to be heard by dogs.” Jensen looked fondly at his bouncing costar and beau. Jared’s joie de vivre had captured Jensen’s heart from the very beginning, when he was a straight man and Jared gay.
Well, that and his hunky, 6 foot something body, pecs, abs, and butt. At least Jensen wasn’t lying to himself.
Jensen smiled and cringed as Jared glommed himself to Jensen, kissing him and thanking him for allowing him to live his dream, even for a day. It made Jensen happy to make Jared happy- he tried to do so at least once a day.
“Jared, just please be careful. We rented this yacht for a lot of money- the show might go bankrupt if you break it.”
Jared laughed. “I won’t break it, promise.”
Jensen smiled as he and everyone else left the room. Jared was such a child. But he loved Jared, just the way he was.
A few hours later, they’d wound up like this, crashed against some tiny deserted island. Jensen had somehow known Jared would crash this yacht, he’d also known it was a bad idea. Why he’d let the cast and Jared talk him into it, he’d never know.
Jared lay cuddled against him, nearly sobbing, tears running down his cheeks. “I’m sorry, baby. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.”
“Jared, it’ll be okay. Kripke has his sat phone- we won’t be here for long. Next time, you’ll do as the captain says, right?”
“Yeah. It’s just… I don’t want the show to go bankrupt. I like being your costar.”
“Jay, honey, the show’s not going to go bankrupt. I’m sorry I put that into your head, baby. I was just trying to scare you straight. Forgive me?”
“Jensen, there’s no forgiveness needed. Love covers all sins, remember?”
“Of course. Thank you, baby.”
The next day, Kripke had arranged transport for the cast & crew of Supernatural, the captain, and the crew of the S.S Vancouver back to Vancouver to catch planes to their respective hiatus destinations. Kripke had written an 8,000 dollar check from the show’s budget for “Jared-caused disasters” and Captain Lindberg was cool. The only thing missing was, well… the chance to have animal sex on an island.
But Jared didn’t want sand up his ass, so they didn’t do that. They just went home.
//end//
So technically this isn't quite au- but I'm not really sure I care. It just came out. If I get in trouble, meh. :D