Title: Dreams are made of cheese
Author:
astri13Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Genre: RPS AU
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~ 1.000
Disclaimer: Don`t own the guys, sadly. No copyright infringement intended.
Notes: Me + pain medication = one-shot of extreme crack, people. J
Summary: Jared has a new roommate he's head over heels with. But there is one small problem. Do fairytales still come true?
Jared had lived in the tiny, rundown apartment for as long as he could remember. In this time he'd had a lot of roommates, most of them jerks. If Jared did so much as eat from their food or set foot in their room, he got yelled at. One had even thrown a shoe at him. Normally Jared wouldn't put up with this but he couldn't afford the apartment on his own, and the landlord didn't care much what he wanted. The man had tried to evict him more than once already.
Now a new tenant had moved in, and this one was different. His name was Jensen, and Jared had taken an instant liking to him when, upon seeing Jared partaking in his spaghetti, he had not yelled but merely heaved a sigh and let Jared be. From then on Jensen sometimes left a plate out for Jared to feast from. Jensen was a really good cook, and Jared greatly appreciated it.
Jensen was also very good-looking. Once Jared had accidentally stumbled into the bathroom while Jensen had been under the shower and wow, what a body. Luckily Jensen hadn't seen him - Jared would have died from embarrassment - and Jared had quickly retreated back to the safety of his own room, his dreams filled with images of Jensen.
Jared was worried about Jensen though. The man was clearly working too hard. He came home everyday dead tired, and dark circles had formed under his eyes. Jared tried to help out, keep the apartment neat and tidy at least. Unfortunately he was a bit clumsy, and often he did more harm than good. Jensen never yelled at him though. In fact Jensen hardly spoke to him, which saddened Jared. There he was, head over heels for the guy, and Jensen didn't seem to notice.
One night Jensen didn't come home alone. He brought a date, and Jared was horrified. The guy clearly wasn't good enough for Jensen. He just kept pawing at him and ignored Jensen's attempts to carry on a conversation. At first Jared tried to get him to leave, he hung around the living room and did his best to signal "you're not welcome here, dude."
The guy reacted like a first class priss, yelling at Jared, and Jensen had to calm him down. With pride Jared noted the guy had looked a tiny bit afraid of him. When Jensen and his date retreated to Jensen's room, however, Jared went to his own. He threw himself down on the floor and covered his ears against the noises coming from Jensen's room. Unfortunately the walls were paper-thin and sound carried quite well. Jared curled in on himself and sniffled.
When Jensen went to work the next morning, taking his date with him, Jared finally came out of his room. He stood before a framed picture of Jensen and his family that Jensen had put up and looked at Jensen's face longingly. Jared knew he had to leave. He just couldn't bear the thought of seeing Jensen with someone else, picturing them laughing and in love.
Fat tears ran down his little mouse face at the thought of never seeing Jensen again. Not to mention fear of leaving his only home. Jared trembled at the thought of the outside world. But it had to be.
Then it happened, a blinding white light filled the room, soon to be replaced by the shape of a woman. Jared was too polite to call someone fat but she could have stood to miss a few meals, he thought.
Yet she smiled at him, and Jared couldn't help liking her. "Your sadness touched me, boy, and I'll come to grant you one wish."
Jared's eyes bulged. "You're a…fairy?"
"Yes, boy, I am."
"But…but fairies don't exist," Jared stumbled.
Her eyes narrowed. "I assure you they do. So, I don't have all day here. Do you have a wish or not?"
Jared nodded vigorously. "Yes, I wanna be with Jensen."
She rolled her eyes. "Who would have thought? What I meant was, do you wish for you to be like him or him to be like you?"
Jared frowned. Of course he knew Jensen and him were different. But what did such minor details matter in the face of true love? He did acknowledge that especially the height difference might pose a bit of a problem, though, so maybe the fairy had a point. And he still couldn't believe it, a motherfucking --
She reached out with her little wand and whacked him on the head lightly. "Don't curse."
Great, a fairy that could read minds, Jared thought. "I…I'm sorry. But this is a big decision. I don't want to rush anything," he explained. His mind raced. Should he wish for Jensen to be like him, Jensen wouldn't have to go to work anymore and be tired all the time. And Jared was confidant that Jensen would make a most beautiful mouse.
On the other hand they would probably get a new tenant in the apartment who would throw shoes at them both and call them ugly and unclean. Jared didn't mind so much anymore, even though it wasn't true at all as he cleaned himself daily. But he couldn't bear the thought of someone calling Jensen ugly. Jensen was so sensitive, and Jared didn't want him hurt.
But being like Jensen? Jared had never imagined. He could open the heavy fridge door by himself and take out all the cheese he could eat. He could even take a peak outside without having to be terrified because he was small and couldn't defend himself so well. He wondered how tall he would get if the fairy made him like Jensen? He kinda wished it would be really, really tall.
Full of determination Jared looked at the fairy. "Make me like Jensen, please."
"As you wish." And then the wand touched Jared again, and for a second he felt a terrible pain. Then everything turned black.
When Jensen came home that day he saw a gorgeous, six foot five inch giant, blissfully munching on cheese, on his couch. Naked.
After he'd gotten over the first shock Jensen found he didn't really mind so much. And Jared was definitely glad about his decision. Mice just weren't that flexible.
- The End -
But Mouse!Jared will return in
A Cheesy Life