[fic] keep_waking_up: Where You Want To Go
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Title: Where You Want To Go
Writer: keep_waking_up
Alternate link: AO3
Status of work: Complete
Characters and/or pairings: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Warnings, kinks & contents:[Click to read]None listed.
Length: 20,566
Summary: For j2_everafter Everyone wanted to be the Alice. To have a chance to spend a year in Wonderland and potentially save their kingdom. If they were the True Alice, then they would be able to stay in Wonderland forever. If not, at the end of a year, the Jabberwock would devour them whole.
Jensen never expected to be chosen to be the Alice. But he was. And even as he tries to fit in to his new role, he begins to feel all is not quite right in Wonderland. One overheard conversation will lead him down a twisting path in search of the truth. He'll have to deal with the flirty Queen of Hearts Danneel, the baffling Caterpillar Misha, as well as his reluctant partner in crime, the surly Cheshire Cat Jared, who Jensen just might have feelings for.
Reccer's notes: The joy of writing is the ability to take take readers somewhere totally new. I stand in total admiration of keep_waking_up's originality here as she turns the whole Alice in Wonderland story on it's head in this J2_everafter reboot. The idea of 'The Alice' being a hotly contested position is so fresh. And Jared as the hurt and spiteful Cheshire cat is brilliant. I always thought Jared made an excellent cat! A fun, intrigue filled read.
[Short excerpt]Everyone wanted to be the Alice. Thousands of kids, all just turned nineteen, were lined up in front of the gilded Rabbithole Gates. They waited anxiously, burning with excitement, just like their brothers, sisters and parents had before them. Each of their names collected by the Cards at the White Rabbit’s command, carefully entered into the drawing pool from which one name would be selected. One person to play at being the Alice for a year until the Jabberwocky awoke and determined whether they were the True Alice or not.