The Circle of Us 5/5 - Jared/Jensen - NC-17
Title: The Circle of Us 5/5
Author: anyothergirl415
Artist: bt_kady
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, Christian/Sandy
Words: ~30,800
Rating/Warnings: NC-17 - underage (the boys are 17), teen pregnancy, mpreg, homophobia
Summary: Jared and Jensen have been friends from Kindergarten and Jensen fell for Jared without meaning too. But coming together, sharing everything for the first time, is the least of the challenges waiting for them in the not too distant future.
A loud shrill giggle echoed from down the hallway, greeting Jared as he pushed the front door open. As far as Jared was concerned, there was no better sound to come home to and he eagerly kicked off his shoes, hanging his keys on the little wall hook Jensen had taken such care to decorate. Kind of like the rest of their apartment, that had little splashes of Jensen and Jared and Noah everywhere.
Jared loved it.
"Noah! Come back here you little Ninja!" Jensen hollered from down the hall - from the bathroom, if Jared had to guess.
Sure enough, a few seconds later the pattering of tiny feet on smooth wood trailed the continuing giggle and Jared stooped down in time to get an armful of naked, dirty, two-year-old. "Daddy!"
Jared grinned and curled his arms protective and tight around the boy, pulling him up off the floor and spinning him around. "Are you on the run little Noah? What sort of trouble have you gotten into this time?"
"Oh, you know, just about everything," Jensen sighed as he stepped into the front entryway, a smile on his face despite the way his hands were planted firmly on his hips.
Jensen was the best parent ever, there was no way for Jared to compete and that was just fine for him. After all, it took a special kind of person to stay home with their two year old and go to school online at the same time. Jared found working full time overwhelming more often than not, but mostly because he hated not having more time to spend with Jensen and Noah.
That was the deal they'd worked out, though. Jensen went to school online, using leftover money from his student loans toward their expenses. And Jared worked full time at a call center, which wasn't the most stimulating work but it paid well enough. Somehow, against all the odds and all the people who didn't think they could do it, they were managing to make it work. Jared wanted to stick his tongue out in a classic haaa but that went against the maturity proving actions so he resisted.
"How was work?" Jensen stepped forward, pushing up to press a kiss to Jared's lips and trailing fingers down his arm. "Get hung up on today?"
"Nope, not even once. You know what Mama says; even my voice can warm the hardest of hearts." Jared grinned and held Noah up, his hands tucked securely beneath the boy's arms as he considered the chocolatey mess smeared over his son's chubby cheeks. Even his blonde hair - that he'd gotten from Jensen, along with the good majority of his facial features and just about everything but his eyes - had some chocolate smeared between the locks.
"I eat pudding Daddy! Da said I good boy!" Noah clapped his hands happily, wiping the sticky mess of his fingers over Jared's forearms moments later.
Jared arched his brows and looked over at Jensen who was no longer looking annoyed, just amused even as he shrugged. "It got him to eat all the fish sticks."
"Ah, bribery, we're advancing in our parenting techniques." Jared laughed and pulled Noah close again, heading quickly down the hall. If he'd learned one thing over the last couple of years, it was never leave Noah naked for very long. Not unless he wanted to clean pee out of the carpet or off the wall or - like that one time shortly after Noah's second birthday - out of their bed sheets.
"I am a full believer in using whatever method works." Jensen trailed after him, turning on the faucet as Jared lowered Noah into the tub.
For a while, they sat simply watching Noah, listening to his barely understandable babble, laughing as he splashed through the bubbles. Jared rested his hand on Jensen's thigh, enjoying the comfort and peace that settled between them in moments like these.
He hadn't always known they would make it. There were times - like in the beginning, with all the sleepless nights and the complete lack of money - that Jared thought everything would just fall apart. But somehow they'd powered through, with the never-ending help of their friends and Mama, and the place they'd reached now was just about as perfect as it could possibly be.
"Mackenzie came by today," Jensen said a while later, grinning when Noah held up a boat and proudly declared what it was. "Yes baby, that's a boat."
"How's she doing? And... the family?" It was always a sensitive issue, Jensen's family, but Jared knew they couldn't just pretend they didn't exist. Jensen's parents might have been okay taking the ignorance route but Jensen always tried to be just a little bit better than that.
Which didn't really make it any easier, judging from the sad smile on Jensen's face. "Mackenzie is good. She says Mom and Dad are too. She told them about the party next week but apparently they had plans."
Truthfully, Jared didn't want Jensen's parents to come over, especially not for his birthday party, but he knew why Jensen kept inviting him. Just like he kept sending pictures of Noah, of them, trying to involve them even when they'd made it plenty clear they had no desire to be involved with their family. It was the same reason Jensen had said he was taking Jared's last name when they married, it was all about principles in Jensen's mind and Jared could respect that.
"Well she'll be there right?" Jared smiled up at Jensen, leaning up to kiss the corner of his mouth when the man nodded. "That's all we need. Well that, and Mama. Plus the gang is all in town, it'll be just like the good ol' times."
“Only with Noah, which makes it better." Jensen caught Jared's collar before he could move away, tugging him in to kiss him deeply.
In the tub, Noah splashed a little harder, spraying them in water and laughing excitedly. Their kiss broke and they joined in the laughter, turning as one to gather up the towel and their boy. They worked together well, a practiced routine getting him dressed - hair brushed, face washed - and tucked into his bed.
Like they did every night, Jared and Jensen sung lullabies together, brushing Noah's hair back from his forehead, pressing kisses to his temple and cheeks. It was one of Jared's favorite times of the day, listening to Noah join in on the singing even if he could never get the words right and seeing the love reflected in Jensen's eyes as he gaze down at their little boy.
This was never the way Jared had pictured his life, but he would never change a moment of it.
After they'd quietly closed the bedroom door - nightlight on, music box playing - Jared was ready to spend the evening with his Jensen. He trailed along after the man to the kitchen, trailing his fingers down Jensen's arm in gentle caresses.
"Have you been working on this?" Jared stopped as they entered the kitchen, peering down at the scrapbook spread out on the counter. It was the same one Jensen had given him for his seventeenth birthday, and just the sight of it made his heart flutter.
"When Noah naps, yeah. We have all these pictures, I feel like if I don't catch up now I never will." Jensen shrugged, tugging the fridge open to start preparing an evening snack for Jared.
Because Jensen was just amazing like that. "You're amazing. I have no idea why you're still with me."
"Eh, the sex is pretty good." Jensen smirked his way, kicking the fridge closed and slowly leaning against the counter. "So um... I've been thinking..."
"About?" Jared never knew what to expect from Jensen, which was part of the reason they worked so well. He reached out to snag a piece of turkey from the container, grinning as he fell back in his chair.
"How you feel about having another kid?" Jensen kept his gaze down in that carefully calculated way, that way that said he'd already made his mind up and knew just what he wanted.
And, yeah, maybe Jared had never planned on being barely twenty years old and planning for a second child but life never worked the way he thought it would. That was kind of the best thing about it. "Can we start trying now?"
Jensen grinned and Jared was plenty happy to chase him down the hall to their bedroom.
-The End-
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Author: anyothergirl415
Artist: bt_kady
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, Christian/Sandy
Words: ~30,800
Rating/Warnings: NC-17 - underage (the boys are 17), teen pregnancy, mpreg, homophobia
Summary: Jared and Jensen have been friends from Kindergarten and Jensen fell for Jared without meaning too. But coming together, sharing everything for the first time, is the least of the challenges waiting for them in the not too distant future.
A loud shrill giggle echoed from down the hallway, greeting Jared as he pushed the front door open. As far as Jared was concerned, there was no better sound to come home to and he eagerly kicked off his shoes, hanging his keys on the little wall hook Jensen had taken such care to decorate. Kind of like the rest of their apartment, that had little splashes of Jensen and Jared and Noah everywhere.
Jared loved it.
"Noah! Come back here you little Ninja!" Jensen hollered from down the hall - from the bathroom, if Jared had to guess.
Sure enough, a few seconds later the pattering of tiny feet on smooth wood trailed the continuing giggle and Jared stooped down in time to get an armful of naked, dirty, two-year-old. "Daddy!"
Jared grinned and curled his arms protective and tight around the boy, pulling him up off the floor and spinning him around. "Are you on the run little Noah? What sort of trouble have you gotten into this time?"
"Oh, you know, just about everything," Jensen sighed as he stepped into the front entryway, a smile on his face despite the way his hands were planted firmly on his hips.
Jensen was the best parent ever, there was no way for Jared to compete and that was just fine for him. After all, it took a special kind of person to stay home with their two year old and go to school online at the same time. Jared found working full time overwhelming more often than not, but mostly because he hated not having more time to spend with Jensen and Noah.
That was the deal they'd worked out, though. Jensen went to school online, using leftover money from his student loans toward their expenses. And Jared worked full time at a call center, which wasn't the most stimulating work but it paid well enough. Somehow, against all the odds and all the people who didn't think they could do it, they were managing to make it work. Jared wanted to stick his tongue out in a classic haaa but that went against the maturity proving actions so he resisted.
"How was work?" Jensen stepped forward, pushing up to press a kiss to Jared's lips and trailing fingers down his arm. "Get hung up on today?"
"Nope, not even once. You know what Mama says; even my voice can warm the hardest of hearts." Jared grinned and held Noah up, his hands tucked securely beneath the boy's arms as he considered the chocolatey mess smeared over his son's chubby cheeks. Even his blonde hair - that he'd gotten from Jensen, along with the good majority of his facial features and just about everything but his eyes - had some chocolate smeared between the locks.
"I eat pudding Daddy! Da said I good boy!" Noah clapped his hands happily, wiping the sticky mess of his fingers over Jared's forearms moments later.
Jared arched his brows and looked over at Jensen who was no longer looking annoyed, just amused even as he shrugged. "It got him to eat all the fish sticks."
"Ah, bribery, we're advancing in our parenting techniques." Jared laughed and pulled Noah close again, heading quickly down the hall. If he'd learned one thing over the last couple of years, it was never leave Noah naked for very long. Not unless he wanted to clean pee out of the carpet or off the wall or - like that one time shortly after Noah's second birthday - out of their bed sheets.
"I am a full believer in using whatever method works." Jensen trailed after him, turning on the faucet as Jared lowered Noah into the tub.
For a while, they sat simply watching Noah, listening to his barely understandable babble, laughing as he splashed through the bubbles. Jared rested his hand on Jensen's thigh, enjoying the comfort and peace that settled between them in moments like these.
He hadn't always known they would make it. There were times - like in the beginning, with all the sleepless nights and the complete lack of money - that Jared thought everything would just fall apart. But somehow they'd powered through, with the never-ending help of their friends and Mama, and the place they'd reached now was just about as perfect as it could possibly be.
"Mackenzie came by today," Jensen said a while later, grinning when Noah held up a boat and proudly declared what it was. "Yes baby, that's a boat."
"How's she doing? And... the family?" It was always a sensitive issue, Jensen's family, but Jared knew they couldn't just pretend they didn't exist. Jensen's parents might have been okay taking the ignorance route but Jensen always tried to be just a little bit better than that.
Which didn't really make it any easier, judging from the sad smile on Jensen's face. "Mackenzie is good. She says Mom and Dad are too. She told them about the party next week but apparently they had plans."
Truthfully, Jared didn't want Jensen's parents to come over, especially not for his birthday party, but he knew why Jensen kept inviting him. Just like he kept sending pictures of Noah, of them, trying to involve them even when they'd made it plenty clear they had no desire to be involved with their family. It was the same reason Jensen had said he was taking Jared's last name when they married, it was all about principles in Jensen's mind and Jared could respect that.
"Well she'll be there right?" Jared smiled up at Jensen, leaning up to kiss the corner of his mouth when the man nodded. "That's all we need. Well that, and Mama. Plus the gang is all in town, it'll be just like the good ol' times."
“Only with Noah, which makes it better." Jensen caught Jared's collar before he could move away, tugging him in to kiss him deeply.
In the tub, Noah splashed a little harder, spraying them in water and laughing excitedly. Their kiss broke and they joined in the laughter, turning as one to gather up the towel and their boy. They worked together well, a practiced routine getting him dressed - hair brushed, face washed - and tucked into his bed.
Like they did every night, Jared and Jensen sung lullabies together, brushing Noah's hair back from his forehead, pressing kisses to his temple and cheeks. It was one of Jared's favorite times of the day, listening to Noah join in on the singing even if he could never get the words right and seeing the love reflected in Jensen's eyes as he gaze down at their little boy.
This was never the way Jared had pictured his life, but he would never change a moment of it.
After they'd quietly closed the bedroom door - nightlight on, music box playing - Jared was ready to spend the evening with his Jensen. He trailed along after the man to the kitchen, trailing his fingers down Jensen's arm in gentle caresses.
"Have you been working on this?" Jared stopped as they entered the kitchen, peering down at the scrapbook spread out on the counter. It was the same one Jensen had given him for his seventeenth birthday, and just the sight of it made his heart flutter.
"When Noah naps, yeah. We have all these pictures, I feel like if I don't catch up now I never will." Jensen shrugged, tugging the fridge open to start preparing an evening snack for Jared.
Because Jensen was just amazing like that. "You're amazing. I have no idea why you're still with me."
"Eh, the sex is pretty good." Jensen smirked his way, kicking the fridge closed and slowly leaning against the counter. "So um... I've been thinking..."
"About?" Jared never knew what to expect from Jensen, which was part of the reason they worked so well. He reached out to snag a piece of turkey from the container, grinning as he fell back in his chair.
"How you feel about having another kid?" Jensen kept his gaze down in that carefully calculated way, that way that said he'd already made his mind up and knew just what he wanted.
And, yeah, maybe Jared had never planned on being barely twenty years old and planning for a second child but life never worked the way he thought it would. That was kind of the best thing about it. "Can we start trying now?"
Jensen grinned and Jared was plenty happy to chase him down the hall to their bedroom.
-The End-
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