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Theme: spn_j2_bigbang 2008
Since the 2009 round of spn_j2_bigbang is just around the corner we thought it would be a good opportunity to rec you our favorite J² fics from last year. So, get prepared and have fun reading. :)
Title: A Lesson A Day (could kill you)...
Author: lycaness
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 120,000+
Summary: Jared has an abusive past, and when his boss sends him to learn how to become a flair bartender, that past is brought back in a storm of pain when he falls in love with his teacher, Jensen. But Jensen has his own problems and soon their attraction causes nothing but trouble, especially when Jared tries to face his fears.
Title: After The Tone
Author: kashmir1
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~24,500
Summary: Years and years on the same show can spoil a guy, so it's no wonder that Jensen finds himself at loose ends after Supernatural's over. With Jared's schedule already filled up and no desire to play the Hollywood game anymore, Jensen takes a role in an Off-Broadway production in New York City, and starts himself on a journey to find out just who he is and exactly what - or who - he wants from life.
Title: An Unlikely Pair
Author: liquid_nitrogen & deviant_dev
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 21,300+
Summary: U.S. figure skating champions, Jensen Ackles & Sophia Bush are aiming for Olympic Gold, but an injury threatens to knock them out of the 2010 Winter Olympics. U.S. Hockey player, Jared Padalecki has just been kicked off the team for fighting with a fellow teammate over an alleged affair.
A surprise twist of fate comes for all of them, when Sophia, who also happens to be Jared's cousin, finds out there's no rules in Figure Skating preventing two members of the same sex to be a pair. Now this unlikely pair of men are working together to achieve.
Title: And Her Lips Were Cherry Red
Author: jeyhawk
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC17
Word Count: ~ 46,000
Summary: After separating from his lover of five years, psychic Jared Padalecki finds himself at loss for what to do, but a plea from help from the FBI turns his life around and soon Jared and his estranged lover find themselves knee-deep in mystery, murders and ghosts with a very real threat towards their lives hanging over their heads. Can they unravel the truth before it's too late, or will their separation turn out to be of the terminal kind?
Title: Dirt on Our Uniforms
Author: beckaandzac
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~38,100
Summary: Jared is a student at a snooty New England boarding school. Jensen is his shy new roommate. Jared's a goof, and Jensen wants to do something different now he's out from under the watchful eyes of his parents, so they start playing silly pranks around the school. (Don't mess with Texas, y'all.) After a while, in addition to being roommates and comrades in pranking, they're spending all their free time together... and maybe sometimes jerking each other off. And okay, maybe they kind of like each other. A lot. Possibly, you might even call it love (but you wouldn't do it in public). Features Jared's BFF/ex-girlfriend Sandy, Mr. Rosenbaum the crazy creative writing teacher, and a supporting cast of thousands (or at least dozens).
Title: Do I seem bulletproof to you?
Author: fleshflutter
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 96,000
Summary: When he can't find any acting work, Jared takes a job as driver and bodyguard to Jensen, who is an extremely expensive prostitute with a bad habit of attracting crazy people.
Title: Fourth Wall
Author: raina_at
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~33.000
Summary: When famous murder mystery fiction writer Jared Padalecki is suspected of having murdered his former girlfriend, he turns to his ex-boyfriend and criminal defence lawyer Jensen Ackles for help. Matters soon get complicated both personally and professionally when both the case and their relationship as lawyer-client turn out far more difficult and volatile than either of them expected,and the lines between fiction and reality, past and present begin to blur.
Title: Half Truths and Whole Lies
Author: rocketbalm
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: Hard R
Word Count: 44,094
Summary: A bitter and distrustful former television journalist, forced out of a job that he loved and defined him is in search of some sort of revenge by writing his memoirs. His agent sets him up with a co author who is a former democratic speech writer and once rising PR star that disappeared from politics without explanation almost two years ago. Both men have secrets; both have reasons not to trust, but writing a book together means they have to learn to get past the anger and hurt and find a way to work together. It's not easy. It's not pretty. And sometimes it's just flat out dangerous. Bit by bit cracks start to appear in the walls they've built to protect themselves and they're shocked to discover the growing feelings they have for each other. When the secrets start to be unearthed and threaten to damage one or both of them, they have to find something deep within themselves to love before they can begin to love and protect someone else.
Title: In Production
Author: reccea
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: around 40,000
Summary: A decade after Supernatural ends, Jared Padalecki is still working in series television. His marriage to Sandy is coming to an amicable end, and he's famous enough that he wants to be out of town before he becomes a tabloid headline.
Jensen Ackles has seen his career progress from small but weighty parts that earned him acclaim to above the title billing. The notoriously private Jensen extends an invitation--by way of a first-class plane ticket--for Jared to hide out at Jensen's mostly empty Paris flat while he films his next movie.
Three months in Paris is enough to tone down the tabloid attention, but Jared returns to LA only to find that he doesn't have everything figured out. They say you can't go home again, but Jared discovers that sometimes that's exactly what you have to do.
Title: Into His Hand
Author: drvsilla
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: Adult
Word Count: ~50,500
Summary: JR Ackles is a professional bullrider at the top of his game. He's got one thing on his mind: winning the championship belt buckle and the right to call himself the best in the world. His unwavering dedication and focus is finally put to the test in the form of JT Padalecki, an up-and-coming rider new to the professional ranks, who has his sights set on winning the PBR finals - and Jensen.
Cowboys ride and get by on grit and tough determination - the question facing Jensen is if they have to do it alone.
Title: It’s A Thin Line Between Love And Hate
Author: sinoftheday
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 29,566
Summary: Both Jared and Jensen are semi-famous television stars when they first meet and a misunderstanding that occurs between them makes them rivals rather than friends, especially when they both land leading roles on two of the hottest shows currently on TV. As their rivalry grows and becomes more public, it seems they’ll never have a chance to straighten out their differences, until they are cast as Sam and Dean Winchester in the highly awaited major motion picture Supernatural. Will they work out their differences and discover that they can be more than just friends or will their rivalry cause Supernatural to go down in flames?
Title: Old Hideaway
Author: ivy03
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 28,200
Summary: It's Jared's first summer as a camp counselor. He didn't know what he was expecting at Camp Mahina, but it certainly wasn't the frequently shirtless sailing counselor with the perfect smile-who doesn't know he exists. Camp means living in close quarters with no privacy at all. How can Jared be expected to hide his crush when Jensen's everywhere he turns?
Title: On a Planet that Insists
Author: marishna
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 27,262-ish
Summary: Rumours can haunt anyone, as Jared Padalecki has come to realize. So what if he's pursued a few youthful indiscretions? He never cared what anyone ever said about him until the whispers threaten to overshadow his fledgling acting career and any chance he has of becoming more than just a random guy in Jensen Ackles' life.
Title: Open Mike Night at the Fremont
Author: audrarose
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 27,415
Summary: Bookstore AU set in Chicago, with Jared as a sculptor who works out of a garage and Jensen as a bookstore clerk who's trying to get over a tragedy.
Title: Relax, it's just sex
Author: enoughoflove
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 29,000+
Summary: JDM.com is an amateur porn website specializing in the "gay education" of straight college guys. Jared's best friend Chad talks him into doing a couple solo videos to help pay his college tuition. What's a little gay porn in the grand scheme of things? And then Jared meets Jensen and everything changes.
Title: Rules of Engagement
Author: siubhlach
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17 (and then some)
Word Count: ~37,000
Summary: Jensen Ackles is a high class hooker with a secret past, working for one of the most prestigious and discreet escort agencies in the continental US. Jared Padalecki is a rich and ruthless businessman, the biggest thing the computing industry has seen in over a decade. He seems like just another entry in the long line of selfish assholes that Jensen caters to on a daily basis and, when Jared engages Jensen as his companion for a three month stretch, Jensen assumes it will be just another job; an irritation compensated for by an extortionately high paycheck. He couldn't have been more wrong. The more he gets to know his new employer, the more he realises that Jared hides a dark nature behind his publicly charming exterior. As his desire to break Jensen becomes more and more apparent and, as Jensen finds himself mired ever deeper in the dark and dirty side of Jared's shadier business dealings, th question becomes less about whether Jensen can cope with the job and more about whether he can survive it.
Title: Shipwrecked by the Laughter of Gods
Author: cyndrarae
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~36,000
Summary: Jared Padalecki had his plan carefully laid out - Fuck the guy, keep him facing the cameras, then collect the money and run like hell. It was a simple job really. He wasn't too worried. And they were going to pay him so well...
Jensen Ackles prided himself for his excellent judgment of truth and character. It had served him well so far, and he had no reasons to doubt otherwise. So when Jensen meets Jared, he thinks he has him all figured out...
Title: Spin the Light to Gold
Author: belyste
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 52,000
Summary: It's Jared's first summer as a junior counselor at an idyllic summer camp, and he's looking forward to as much sun and fun as he can handle. But things don't turn out exactly as he plans, and his summer takes an interesting turn when he finds himself falling for a hot older counselor. Featuring Chad, crafts, hordes of kids, and all the summer camp cliches imaginable.
Title: The Story of How We (*really*) Met
Author: paleogymnast
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 91,000+
Summary: Jared and Jensen meet at a charity bachelor auction half a year before getting cast on “Supernatural.” Jensen’s hiding dark secrets and emotional scars, and attempting to recover from his troubled past, while falling head over heels for Jared. Jared wears his heart on his sleeve, but just can’t seem to understand his true feelings for his Jensen. Through many trials, tribulations, and near-catastrophes along the way, and with the help of a very understanding Sandy, these two hesitant friends become co-stars, and ultimately, lovers, healing each other from the mistakes of their past along the way. This is the story of how Jared and Jensen *really* Met.
Title: The Warmth Of Photographs
Author: apostrophee
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word Count: 48,000 +
Warning: M/M romance between two under-aged characters; nothing graphic.
Summary: The love story of Jared and Jensen told through the discovery of photographs, love letters and a memoir. Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Padalecki finds the shoebox, the shoebox full of old photographs and letters from his late grandfather's past. During the course of one summer Nathan and his close, special friend Wyatt learn about the secret life and subsequently the greatest love of Nathan's grandfather's life, while both boys come to terms with their own special kind of friendship.
Title: To Wake a Captive Dreamer
Author: sophie_448
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 27,234
Warning: potentially disturbing description of past sexual assault
Summary: Once upon a time (ten years ago to be precise) something terrible happened to Jensen. He’s been dealing with it, or failing to deal with it, ever since. His best friend, Chris, takes care of him and Steve takes care of Chris. They’re one precariously balanced little family who also happen to play in a band together. When Jared becomes their new bassist, everything changes. An unorthodox retelling of Sleeping Beauty.
Title: Veterans of the Psychic Wars
Author: kalireynn & kellwyntar
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 45,294
Summary: When the invasion came, no-one was ready. Humanity faltered. We died by the thousands, then by the millions. Nations fell before them before the survivors could begin to hold them back.
The battles raged across the world, and communications became difficult, and then impossible. South America was gone. Before contact with Europe and Asia was lost, they were struggling, but surviving. In North America, the line held at last, a curve that stretched from Oregon to Louisiana. To the south, a battle-ravaged wasteland. To the north, the survivors and the refugees huddled beneath the shields of the Protected Zone, safe by the work of shield Psions who could form the only barrier that worked.
Along the front, soldiers waged war at terrible cost against an enemy that was truly inhuman. The tides of war turned on the work of battlefront Psions and their Guardians, elite warriors who could change the course of a battle with their skill and power.
At the most desperate moment in humanity's history, two men would face the battle. Jared Padalecki, a Psion whose power could only lead him to self-destruction alone in the face of the horrors of war, and Jensen Ackles, a Guardian fractured by his past.
Apart, they are broken and incomplete. Together, they just might save the world, and maybe even themselves.
Title: Walls
Author: dhvana
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word Count: 27,917
Summary: Jensen Ackles, the son of a wealthy shipping magnate, is the head of the company’s Miami office. His life consists of his job, caffeine, and hours of shallow, meaningless sex, and he couldn’t be happier until he discovers artist Jared Padalecki. One look and he wants nothing more to get into his pants, so he hires Jared as an excuse to meet him. The problem is, Jared’s not just a pretty face and the more Jensen learns about him, the more he tries to hide about himself. Eventually, he’ll have to choose to come clean or risk losing Jared for good.
Title: We Must Reinvent Love
Author: _mournthewicked
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 26,500
Summary: With high school graduation less than two weeks away, best friends Jared and Jensen find themselves scrambling to tie up a few loose ends before they’re forced into adulthood. Jared ropes Jensen into helping him get the alcohol for Sandy's graduation party, and what should be a simple night of partying ends up turning into a series of mishaps and misunderstandings that all come to head when Jensen finally tells Jared the secret he wasn't ever planning on spilling. If high school has to end, they're going out with a bang. (A J2 spin on the movie Superbad.)
Title: Yes Sir (I Don't Mean Maybe)
Author: hkath
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word Count: 23,812
Summary: The path to parenthood is full of complications for Jared and Jensen, who are forced to take part in a trendy parenting class to improve their chances at adoption. Can they survive encounters with obsessive tabloid reporters and nosy talk-show hosts, handle the needs of a very special robot and resist the gravitational pull of the small planet called Vin Diesel? Will they come through unscathed and unscarred on the other side of this story? Will there be schmoop? (Spoiler: There will be schmoop.)
Title: A Lesson A Day (could kill you)...
Author: lycaness
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 120,000+
Summary: Jared has an abusive past, and when his boss sends him to learn how to become a flair bartender, that past is brought back in a storm of pain when he falls in love with his teacher, Jensen. But Jensen has his own problems and soon their attraction causes nothing but trouble, especially when Jared tries to face his fears.
Title: After The Tone
Author: kashmir1
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~24,500
Summary: Years and years on the same show can spoil a guy, so it's no wonder that Jensen finds himself at loose ends after Supernatural's over. With Jared's schedule already filled up and no desire to play the Hollywood game anymore, Jensen takes a role in an Off-Broadway production in New York City, and starts himself on a journey to find out just who he is and exactly what - or who - he wants from life.
Title: An Unlikely Pair
Author: liquid_nitrogen & deviant_dev
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 21,300+
Summary: U.S. figure skating champions, Jensen Ackles & Sophia Bush are aiming for Olympic Gold, but an injury threatens to knock them out of the 2010 Winter Olympics. U.S. Hockey player, Jared Padalecki has just been kicked off the team for fighting with a fellow teammate over an alleged affair.
A surprise twist of fate comes for all of them, when Sophia, who also happens to be Jared's cousin, finds out there's no rules in Figure Skating preventing two members of the same sex to be a pair. Now this unlikely pair of men are working together to achieve.
Title: And Her Lips Were Cherry Red
Author: jeyhawk
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC17
Word Count: ~ 46,000
Summary: After separating from his lover of five years, psychic Jared Padalecki finds himself at loss for what to do, but a plea from help from the FBI turns his life around and soon Jared and his estranged lover find themselves knee-deep in mystery, murders and ghosts with a very real threat towards their lives hanging over their heads. Can they unravel the truth before it's too late, or will their separation turn out to be of the terminal kind?
Title: Dirt on Our Uniforms
Author: beckaandzac
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~38,100
Summary: Jared is a student at a snooty New England boarding school. Jensen is his shy new roommate. Jared's a goof, and Jensen wants to do something different now he's out from under the watchful eyes of his parents, so they start playing silly pranks around the school. (Don't mess with Texas, y'all.) After a while, in addition to being roommates and comrades in pranking, they're spending all their free time together... and maybe sometimes jerking each other off. And okay, maybe they kind of like each other. A lot. Possibly, you might even call it love (but you wouldn't do it in public). Features Jared's BFF/ex-girlfriend Sandy, Mr. Rosenbaum the crazy creative writing teacher, and a supporting cast of thousands (or at least dozens).
Title: Do I seem bulletproof to you?
Author: fleshflutter
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 96,000
Summary: When he can't find any acting work, Jared takes a job as driver and bodyguard to Jensen, who is an extremely expensive prostitute with a bad habit of attracting crazy people.
Title: Fourth Wall
Author: raina_at
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~33.000
Summary: When famous murder mystery fiction writer Jared Padalecki is suspected of having murdered his former girlfriend, he turns to his ex-boyfriend and criminal defence lawyer Jensen Ackles for help. Matters soon get complicated both personally and professionally when both the case and their relationship as lawyer-client turn out far more difficult and volatile than either of them expected,and the lines between fiction and reality, past and present begin to blur.
Title: Half Truths and Whole Lies
Author: rocketbalm
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: Hard R
Word Count: 44,094
Summary: A bitter and distrustful former television journalist, forced out of a job that he loved and defined him is in search of some sort of revenge by writing his memoirs. His agent sets him up with a co author who is a former democratic speech writer and once rising PR star that disappeared from politics without explanation almost two years ago. Both men have secrets; both have reasons not to trust, but writing a book together means they have to learn to get past the anger and hurt and find a way to work together. It's not easy. It's not pretty. And sometimes it's just flat out dangerous. Bit by bit cracks start to appear in the walls they've built to protect themselves and they're shocked to discover the growing feelings they have for each other. When the secrets start to be unearthed and threaten to damage one or both of them, they have to find something deep within themselves to love before they can begin to love and protect someone else.
Title: In Production
Author: reccea
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: around 40,000
Summary: A decade after Supernatural ends, Jared Padalecki is still working in series television. His marriage to Sandy is coming to an amicable end, and he's famous enough that he wants to be out of town before he becomes a tabloid headline.
Jensen Ackles has seen his career progress from small but weighty parts that earned him acclaim to above the title billing. The notoriously private Jensen extends an invitation--by way of a first-class plane ticket--for Jared to hide out at Jensen's mostly empty Paris flat while he films his next movie.
Three months in Paris is enough to tone down the tabloid attention, but Jared returns to LA only to find that he doesn't have everything figured out. They say you can't go home again, but Jared discovers that sometimes that's exactly what you have to do.
Title: Into His Hand
Author: drvsilla
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: Adult
Word Count: ~50,500
Summary: JR Ackles is a professional bullrider at the top of his game. He's got one thing on his mind: winning the championship belt buckle and the right to call himself the best in the world. His unwavering dedication and focus is finally put to the test in the form of JT Padalecki, an up-and-coming rider new to the professional ranks, who has his sights set on winning the PBR finals - and Jensen.
Cowboys ride and get by on grit and tough determination - the question facing Jensen is if they have to do it alone.
Title: It’s A Thin Line Between Love And Hate
Author: sinoftheday
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 29,566
Summary: Both Jared and Jensen are semi-famous television stars when they first meet and a misunderstanding that occurs between them makes them rivals rather than friends, especially when they both land leading roles on two of the hottest shows currently on TV. As their rivalry grows and becomes more public, it seems they’ll never have a chance to straighten out their differences, until they are cast as Sam and Dean Winchester in the highly awaited major motion picture Supernatural. Will they work out their differences and discover that they can be more than just friends or will their rivalry cause Supernatural to go down in flames?
Title: Old Hideaway
Author: ivy03
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 28,200
Summary: It's Jared's first summer as a camp counselor. He didn't know what he was expecting at Camp Mahina, but it certainly wasn't the frequently shirtless sailing counselor with the perfect smile-who doesn't know he exists. Camp means living in close quarters with no privacy at all. How can Jared be expected to hide his crush when Jensen's everywhere he turns?
Title: On a Planet that Insists
Author: marishna
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 27,262-ish
Summary: Rumours can haunt anyone, as Jared Padalecki has come to realize. So what if he's pursued a few youthful indiscretions? He never cared what anyone ever said about him until the whispers threaten to overshadow his fledgling acting career and any chance he has of becoming more than just a random guy in Jensen Ackles' life.
Title: Open Mike Night at the Fremont
Author: audrarose
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 27,415
Summary: Bookstore AU set in Chicago, with Jared as a sculptor who works out of a garage and Jensen as a bookstore clerk who's trying to get over a tragedy.
Title: Relax, it's just sex
Author: enoughoflove
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 29,000+
Summary: JDM.com is an amateur porn website specializing in the "gay education" of straight college guys. Jared's best friend Chad talks him into doing a couple solo videos to help pay his college tuition. What's a little gay porn in the grand scheme of things? And then Jared meets Jensen and everything changes.
Title: Rules of Engagement
Author: siubhlach
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17 (and then some)
Word Count: ~37,000
Summary: Jensen Ackles is a high class hooker with a secret past, working for one of the most prestigious and discreet escort agencies in the continental US. Jared Padalecki is a rich and ruthless businessman, the biggest thing the computing industry has seen in over a decade. He seems like just another entry in the long line of selfish assholes that Jensen caters to on a daily basis and, when Jared engages Jensen as his companion for a three month stretch, Jensen assumes it will be just another job; an irritation compensated for by an extortionately high paycheck. He couldn't have been more wrong. The more he gets to know his new employer, the more he realises that Jared hides a dark nature behind his publicly charming exterior. As his desire to break Jensen becomes more and more apparent and, as Jensen finds himself mired ever deeper in the dark and dirty side of Jared's shadier business dealings, th question becomes less about whether Jensen can cope with the job and more about whether he can survive it.
Title: Shipwrecked by the Laughter of Gods
Author: cyndrarae
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~36,000
Summary: Jared Padalecki had his plan carefully laid out - Fuck the guy, keep him facing the cameras, then collect the money and run like hell. It was a simple job really. He wasn't too worried. And they were going to pay him so well...
Jensen Ackles prided himself for his excellent judgment of truth and character. It had served him well so far, and he had no reasons to doubt otherwise. So when Jensen meets Jared, he thinks he has him all figured out...
Title: Spin the Light to Gold
Author: belyste
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 52,000
Summary: It's Jared's first summer as a junior counselor at an idyllic summer camp, and he's looking forward to as much sun and fun as he can handle. But things don't turn out exactly as he plans, and his summer takes an interesting turn when he finds himself falling for a hot older counselor. Featuring Chad, crafts, hordes of kids, and all the summer camp cliches imaginable.
Title: The Story of How We (*really*) Met
Author: paleogymnast
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 91,000+
Summary: Jared and Jensen meet at a charity bachelor auction half a year before getting cast on “Supernatural.” Jensen’s hiding dark secrets and emotional scars, and attempting to recover from his troubled past, while falling head over heels for Jared. Jared wears his heart on his sleeve, but just can’t seem to understand his true feelings for his Jensen. Through many trials, tribulations, and near-catastrophes along the way, and with the help of a very understanding Sandy, these two hesitant friends become co-stars, and ultimately, lovers, healing each other from the mistakes of their past along the way. This is the story of how Jared and Jensen *really* Met.
Title: The Warmth Of Photographs
Author: apostrophee
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word Count: 48,000 +
Warning: M/M romance between two under-aged characters; nothing graphic.
Summary: The love story of Jared and Jensen told through the discovery of photographs, love letters and a memoir. Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Padalecki finds the shoebox, the shoebox full of old photographs and letters from his late grandfather's past. During the course of one summer Nathan and his close, special friend Wyatt learn about the secret life and subsequently the greatest love of Nathan's grandfather's life, while both boys come to terms with their own special kind of friendship.
Title: To Wake a Captive Dreamer
Author: sophie_448
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 27,234
Warning: potentially disturbing description of past sexual assault
Summary: Once upon a time (ten years ago to be precise) something terrible happened to Jensen. He’s been dealing with it, or failing to deal with it, ever since. His best friend, Chris, takes care of him and Steve takes care of Chris. They’re one precariously balanced little family who also happen to play in a band together. When Jared becomes their new bassist, everything changes. An unorthodox retelling of Sleeping Beauty.
Title: Veterans of the Psychic Wars
Author: kalireynn & kellwyntar
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 45,294
Summary: When the invasion came, no-one was ready. Humanity faltered. We died by the thousands, then by the millions. Nations fell before them before the survivors could begin to hold them back.
The battles raged across the world, and communications became difficult, and then impossible. South America was gone. Before contact with Europe and Asia was lost, they were struggling, but surviving. In North America, the line held at last, a curve that stretched from Oregon to Louisiana. To the south, a battle-ravaged wasteland. To the north, the survivors and the refugees huddled beneath the shields of the Protected Zone, safe by the work of shield Psions who could form the only barrier that worked.
Along the front, soldiers waged war at terrible cost against an enemy that was truly inhuman. The tides of war turned on the work of battlefront Psions and their Guardians, elite warriors who could change the course of a battle with their skill and power.
At the most desperate moment in humanity's history, two men would face the battle. Jared Padalecki, a Psion whose power could only lead him to self-destruction alone in the face of the horrors of war, and Jensen Ackles, a Guardian fractured by his past.
Apart, they are broken and incomplete. Together, they just might save the world, and maybe even themselves.
Title: Walls
Author: dhvana
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word Count: 27,917
Summary: Jensen Ackles, the son of a wealthy shipping magnate, is the head of the company’s Miami office. His life consists of his job, caffeine, and hours of shallow, meaningless sex, and he couldn’t be happier until he discovers artist Jared Padalecki. One look and he wants nothing more to get into his pants, so he hires Jared as an excuse to meet him. The problem is, Jared’s not just a pretty face and the more Jensen learns about him, the more he tries to hide about himself. Eventually, he’ll have to choose to come clean or risk losing Jared for good.
Title: We Must Reinvent Love
Author: _mournthewicked
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 26,500
Summary: With high school graduation less than two weeks away, best friends Jared and Jensen find themselves scrambling to tie up a few loose ends before they’re forced into adulthood. Jared ropes Jensen into helping him get the alcohol for Sandy's graduation party, and what should be a simple night of partying ends up turning into a series of mishaps and misunderstandings that all come to head when Jensen finally tells Jared the secret he wasn't ever planning on spilling. If high school has to end, they're going out with a bang. (A J2 spin on the movie Superbad.)
Title: Yes Sir (I Don't Mean Maybe)
Author: hkath
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word Count: 23,812
Summary: The path to parenthood is full of complications for Jared and Jensen, who are forced to take part in a trendy parenting class to improve their chances at adoption. Can they survive encounters with obsessive tabloid reporters and nosy talk-show hosts, handle the needs of a very special robot and resist the gravitational pull of the small planet called Vin Diesel? Will they come through unscathed and unscarred on the other side of this story? Will there be schmoop? (Spoiler: There will be schmoop.)