Breaking the Ice - J2 Bigbang
Title: Breaking the Ice
Artist: dancing_adrift | Dancing_Adrift
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~70K
Summary: Jared has been harboring a crush on Jensen, the prince from the far north, ever since he was fourteen, so when his parents announce that they’ve chosen Jensen as his husband, Jared couldn’t be happier. But when Jensen arrives in Scayen, Jared realizes that there’s more to him than meets the eye - and even more that Jensen doesn’t want Jared to see. But it shouldn’t take much more than Jared’s sunny charm to melt Jensen’s icy facade, right? Except it isn’t so easy dealing with cultural differences and misunderstandings; sometimes it takes a lot of food, some good friends’ advice, a little kitten, and even a bit of magic to overcome a rocky start.
Warnings/Kinks: arranged marriage, angst & schmoop (seriously, so much schmoop), switching
Link to fic: BREAKING THE ICE - AO3
Link to art: ART MASTERPOST (DW)
Notes: Written for the spn_j2_bigbang
As always, there is an amazing group of people who helped me write this fic. My Tangy and my kittehs, thank you for brainstorming and support.
My wonderful beta ilikaicalie who put so much work into this fic, seriously, you rock. So hard. Your patience with my constant changes is amazing and I will be forever grateful that you put up with my uncoordinated stubborn ass. Many thanks also to gluedwithgold for last minute betaing, you’re a treasure!
And then, of course, there’s my wonderful artist, dancing_adrift, who quadrupel-dutied as beta and brainstormer and cheerleader. I was the happiest writer when you claimed my summary because I already knew you were a nice person and a great artist, but omg, your enthusiasm for this story blew me away. You put together so much amazing art and were there for me, when this fic grew from a 22k draft into the 60+k monster it is today and you held my hand, and brainstormed and fixed so many of horrid typos. Your input into the plot and the characters helped shape the ic into what it is and I am super happy how it turned out. <3<3<3
Her art masterpost is here, go over there, revel in the beauty and the awesome and the cute (there’s a kitten. just saying) and leave her all the love she deserves. Seriously.
And last but not least, wendy, thanks so much for being a most wonderful mod, as ever, and organizing this challenge!