Chaperon Rouge by Pigeon (PG-13)
Two crossovers today... both with a wolf of sorts.
Title: Chaperon Rouge
Fandom: Supernatural RPS, Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff
Categories: AU, science fiction, fairy tale, crossover
Length: Medium (5,265 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: pigeongirl99
Author Website:
Pigeon
Author's Summary: Jensen has a red Hood. Jeff is a Wolf. In Space.
Review:
Pigeon weaves sci-fi with Red Riding Hood so seamlessly it's as though the two were meant to go together. Jensen's flying his battered little Hood class ship with flaking red paint to deliver medicine and supplies. As the story says, "A Hood doesn't have the smooth ride of the fancier crafts, the large gun-bristled Hunters or sleek Wolves with their sinuous lines, stealth-black and wet glossed danger. But they sweep and bob, burst of power from the engines, rumbling sharp before the lull as they dart forward."
Chaperon Rouge has a unique style, rich with imagery and suspense, and Pigeon manages a lot of world building in a few words. It's a dicey, often unforgiving future in which Jensen has scratched out a niche for himself as he flies back and forth through the quiet of space. But along the way to the Forest System he comes across a Wolf, and later when he arrives, things are not as they seem.
I've read this a few times for the writing, plus a Jensen who's making the best of what little he has, and a deep voiced and thrillingly dangerous Jeff. For my taste, the pacing at the end could have been just a little bit slower, but to be fair, good stories tend to leave me wanting more.
Chaperon Rouge (AO3)
On LJ
Title: Chaperon Rouge
Fandom: Supernatural RPS, Little Red Riding Hood
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff
Categories: AU, science fiction, fairy tale, crossover
Length: Medium (5,265 words)
Warnings: None
Author on LJ: pigeongirl99
Author Website:
Pigeon
Author's Summary: Jensen has a red Hood. Jeff is a Wolf. In Space.
Review:
Pigeon weaves sci-fi with Red Riding Hood so seamlessly it's as though the two were meant to go together. Jensen's flying his battered little Hood class ship with flaking red paint to deliver medicine and supplies. As the story says, "A Hood doesn't have the smooth ride of the fancier crafts, the large gun-bristled Hunters or sleek Wolves with their sinuous lines, stealth-black and wet glossed danger. But they sweep and bob, burst of power from the engines, rumbling sharp before the lull as they dart forward."
Chaperon Rouge has a unique style, rich with imagery and suspense, and Pigeon manages a lot of world building in a few words. It's a dicey, often unforgiving future in which Jensen has scratched out a niche for himself as he flies back and forth through the quiet of space. But along the way to the Forest System he comes across a Wolf, and later when he arrives, things are not as they seem.
I've read this a few times for the writing, plus a Jensen who's making the best of what little he has, and a deep voiced and thrillingly dangerous Jeff. For my taste, the pacing at the end could have been just a little bit slower, but to be fair, good stories tend to leave me wanting more.
Chaperon Rouge (AO3)
On LJ