Masterpost: And the North Wind Blows - Jensen/Misha, NC-17, AU
Title: And the North Wind Blows
Author: qthelights
Artist: chef-geekier
Pairing: Jensen/Misha
Rating: NC-17
Words: 32,000
Warnings: Injury and the gore that comes with it, hunting by peripheral characters, AU
Disclaimer: Not mine, never happened
A/N: A lot of this story is fictional - basically all the parts that include Jensen and Misha - but a lot of it is based in fact too. Although in the confines of fanfic it wasn’t possible to go into detail on a lot of the arguments around the logging industry, eco-terrorism and green politics, I did want to at least provide kernels of information for those who might want to read further. Things and places might be stretched, but truth underlies it. Stats used are real. For the record, my point of view is that we need to save our forests and stop logging them, and that sometimes that means making it economically un-viable to do so, by means that aren’t necessarily...well. However, like Jensen, I wish that this weren’t the case. Many thanks go out to kriari and nanoochka who alpha and beta’d this fic. Without them this would be much messier! All remaining mistakes are my own.
Summary: Jensen is a ranger in the US Forest Service, on loan to the Canadians with the dual mandate of protecting the Boreal forest and a US logging outfit. He likes his solitary life collecting data and spending time in the luscious green forest that looms around his little cabin, until the day he gets a phone call: an eco-terrorist is protecting a tree the logging company wants to cut down. The terrorist in question, a young activist named Misha who climbs and swings through the trees like Tarzan, is not what he expects. Charged with getting him down and locking him up, Jensen has his work cut out for him, especially when it appears something more sinister is going on. What follows is a whirlwind of forbidden romance, lust and danger that turns Jensen's once-quiet life upside down. And the most worrying part is he doesn't think he minds.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Art | PDF
Author: qthelights
Artist: chef-geekier
Pairing: Jensen/Misha
Rating: NC-17
Words: 32,000
Warnings: Injury and the gore that comes with it, hunting by peripheral characters, AU
Disclaimer: Not mine, never happened
A/N: A lot of this story is fictional - basically all the parts that include Jensen and Misha - but a lot of it is based in fact too. Although in the confines of fanfic it wasn’t possible to go into detail on a lot of the arguments around the logging industry, eco-terrorism and green politics, I did want to at least provide kernels of information for those who might want to read further. Things and places might be stretched, but truth underlies it. Stats used are real. For the record, my point of view is that we need to save our forests and stop logging them, and that sometimes that means making it economically un-viable to do so, by means that aren’t necessarily...well. However, like Jensen, I wish that this weren’t the case. Many thanks go out to kriari and nanoochka who alpha and beta’d this fic. Without them this would be much messier! All remaining mistakes are my own.
Summary: Jensen is a ranger in the US Forest Service, on loan to the Canadians with the dual mandate of protecting the Boreal forest and a US logging outfit. He likes his solitary life collecting data and spending time in the luscious green forest that looms around his little cabin, until the day he gets a phone call: an eco-terrorist is protecting a tree the logging company wants to cut down. The terrorist in question, a young activist named Misha who climbs and swings through the trees like Tarzan, is not what he expects. Charged with getting him down and locking him up, Jensen has his work cut out for him, especially when it appears something more sinister is going on. What follows is a whirlwind of forbidden romance, lust and danger that turns Jensen's once-quiet life upside down. And the most worrying part is he doesn't think he minds.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Art | PDF