ABANDONED fic: Love Will Find You, Jeff/Jensen werewolves (again)

[ladyjanelly]

Warnings: Brief mentions of sexual and physical child abuse, rape, heat cycles, post-conception birth-control, injury to a wolf-shaped person, ?? (you guys generally know how I write. I don't think I'm gonna trigger anybody)

Comments

[arliss]

Oh, this has such promise, it's a shame the going forward part evaporated. You know, I think it's a wonderful story without the Villain character--there's already enough villainy in Jensen's life that overcoming it, Jeff helping him overcome it, is redemption enough to make a good story. But then I realize that my criteria for good stories is often not the same as other readers'. Thanks for sharing this. It has your usual density of sensual detail--just lovely.

[ladyjanelly]

On the one hand, yes, I agree that there doesn't have to be a person that needs to be beat for a fic to have resolution, but on the other hand, I felt like once I've introduced werewolves, that should be relevant in the climax somehow.

[embroiderama]

Oooh, you sent part of this to me at some point and I love it! I agree with arliss that it would work well without an added villain, but I also understand that abandoned means abandoned. :)

[ladyjanelly]

I think I didn't want to have a werewolf story without a werewolf climax?

[trishabooms]

I like this, a lot, but I doubt you're surprised by that.

I totally agree with arliss and embroiderama, you don't need a villain in this one. The story works so well without it as an exploration of two people coming to terms with their lives and the past that has brought them to the place they're at now. A slow boil love story would work so well as the two of them eventually come together and find a future with each other.

A lovely, lovely story, as always.

[ladyjanelly]

Thanks so much. I think what tangled me up, is that it's kind of out-of-whack to have a werewolf story without a werewolf solution? To have no supernatural elements or challenges in the second half seems to not fit with the setup? I'm reading Teen Wolf fic (love the fic, am not a big fan of the show) and the fics where there's werewolves and magic and all this exciting stuff, but it doesn't really matter beyond background color, seems sort of a waste?

[trishabooms]

You do have the supernatural element. Jeff, as I read it, is a wolf who wants to embrace that part of himself but feels he's lost the chance. You then have Jensen who is wild, feral in a way, with no real idea how to embrace that heritage that Jeff feels is lost to him. You have Chris as their human observer, he's us; the reader if you want him to be. He can be the one observing the supernatural element to this story, seeing the magic slowly unfold, perhaps with fear at first and then with a dawning wonder.

Yeah, yeah, I've thought this through a lot, lol!

[maharetr]

Oh man, thank you so much for posting these. I'm loving reading all of them, but this one was a particular treat. I love how skilled you are at werewolf POV, and the inflection that gives everything, especially while they're human. And I love this bit so much He aches to do the things a mate should. To hunt for him. To bring raw red meat to replace the blood and strength burned through to heal with the change. To curl up around him, to guard him from the world. To lick the blood from his skin or his fur until Jeff’s scent covers any trace of hurt.

Thank you, again. <3

[ladyjanelly]

Thanks! Werewolves can be a lot of fun to write, the slight alien-ness of them, even ones as civilized as Jeff is. I was particularly proud of the line where Jensen's eating the raw eggs right out of the shell. :)