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ladyjanelly ([personal profile] ladyjanelly) wrote2007-09-13 11:52 am
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Fic: Life Drawing 7/? PG-13 J2

model!verse
PG-13

Summary: The morning after the night before.


The movie ends and Jared grins. It’s cheesy in some ways, full of plot holes and procedural errors, but the theme of brotherhood, of “us against the world,” is so intense it always gives him a rush. He turns, to see what Jensen thought, and his grin goes sideways, rueful and tender.

Jensen is out cold, man. His glasses are in his hand, fingers so loose he’s about to drop them on the floor. His eyes are closed, his beautiful lips just slightly parted.

Jensen's asleep on Jared’s narrow bed, and nothing Jared has ever seen has looked so right.

He should wake Jensen up, he’s pretty sure, but he has no idea how. He wants to sit and draw him until morning, but he doesn’t have permission and it seems like a huge violation of trust.

He watches Jensen sleep until the credits are almost over. He doesn’t want it to be suddenly quiet in the room so he gets a soft-sounding CD started on repeat to pick up where the movie lets off, and Jensen doesn’t stir.

He doesn’t want Jensen to go, and as much as he might want to, he can’t join him on the bed. In the end, he goes down the hall, gets some spare bedding out of the closet and makes himself a pallet on the floor.

He feels like he’s eight again, sleepovers and popcorn and staying up late. He’d forgotten how freakin’ hard the floor is though, and how useless the folded quilt is to make it softer. He’s dozing instead of sleeping when he hears the faint sound of his mother’s alarm going off, and it’s been a while since they got up early to make breakfast, just the two of them.

He gets up and Jensen doesn’t move. Sadie looks up from where she’s snuggled up against his back, tail thumping, but she seems happy where she is, and Jared shuts the door behind himself.

He’s got the pancake batter mixed up and the skillet hot by the time his mom finishes her shower and comes downstairs.

“You’re up early, JT,” she says, touching his shoulder on her way to the coffee maker. “Everything okay?”

“Yeah,” says Jared, pouring the batter, “Yeah, everything’s great.” If he hadn’t wanted to have this conversation, he shouldn’t have come downstairs at all. “Just, you know, I was gonna wake Jensen up if I didn’t stop fidgeting so I thought I’d do something productive with my time.”

His mom glances up at the ceiling like she has mom-vision and can see through the floor of his room and yeah, the thought of his mom watching through the walls isn’t going to fade very soon.

“Jensen stayed in your room.” She doesn’t really make it a question. “With you.”

“Yeah,” Jared says, “Well not really. I mean I was there. And he was there. And he fell asleep and I slept on the floor. It wasn’t like that. We weren’t--you know. We weren’t doing anything dirty.”

He flips the pancake too early and it breaks in half over his spatula.

“Jared,” his mom says, so supportive it’s silly, “I’ll tell you the same thing we told your brother when he started bringing girls home. Well. If he’d been in college at the time and bringing home boys.”

Jared pokes the pancake, willing it to burst into flame or something to end this conversation.

“It’s okay for Jensen to stay overnight,” Sharon says, “It’s okay, if you like each other and respect each other and are safe about it, for you to have sex. Just make sure the door’s locked and the stereo is up and nobody else has to hear it.”

Oh, God, forget the pancake; Jared thinks his face is about to spontaneously combust. Jensen and sex and his bedroom door are just not appropriate conversation topics for the kitchen. Not.

“Mom,” he whines, “We didn’t do anything.”

“I know,” she says, “I just want you to know that it’s okay if you do, that it’s not wrong or dirty.”

Jared dishes up the pancake and sprays oil on the pan for the next. He tries not to be grumpy with his mother. “We just--we’re not there yet. I don’t even know if Jensen thinks like that, you know? If he’s--interested.”

“There’s nothing wrong with slow,” his mother reminds him, and then she’s off retelling the story of how her and Gerry met and all Jared has to do is cook and listen.

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Jensen knows, before he even opens his eyes, that he’s not home. The sound of the air-conditioner is wrong, the smell of the pillow under his head is not his smell, the bed under him isn’t the dorm-mattress he’s used to. He blinks awake, still disoriented by some dream he can’t make sense of. The sketch-book wallpaper of Jared’s room reminds him where he is, and it takes him a few seconds to process that the light shining through the window is the sun and that means it’s morning and crap, he’s so screwed.

He doesn’t-- he can’t even begin to figure out what he should be doing. This is so new it’s alien to him. What the hell was Jared thinking? Why would he let this happen? There are blankets on the floor, and Jensen feels sick at the idea of Jared sleeping on the floor instead of kicking Jensen out.

It doesn’t make sense, and Jensen can feel the first shivers of a monumental freak-out starting. He forces himself to take a steady breath and then another. He needs sense. He needs something solid.

There’s a phone on the nightstand. He hasn’t asked, and it’s not his phone, but he picks it up anyway. He listens for a second to the dial tone, and then he dials Garrett’s number.

It’s early, but Garrett’s “Hello?” sounds wide awake when he picks up.

“Hey,” Jensen says, feeling stupid and incompetent. “Um. Morning.”

“Jen?” Garrett’s voice shifts, becomes more tense. “Where the hell are you? You didn’t come home.”

Jensen's stomach twists around again. “I’m--Jared’s place. I--there was a movie. I fell asleep.”

It’s quiet for a moment, and Jensen can hear Garrett taking a deep breath. “But you’re okay? He didn’t--you’re okay?”

Jensen swallows. His clothes are all still on. He doesn’t feel different. He doesn’t feel hurt. “I’m okay,” he says.

“Did ya have fun?” Garrett asks, that little hopeful smile in his voice.

The wave of panic starts to recede. He’s okay. This isn’t bad. This is Jared’s room, and nothing bad is going to happen here.

“I had fun,” Jensen whispers, feeling somehow guilty about it. “We went to Sonic and the park, and then we came back here to watch a movie.” Jensen had near-perfect scores on the verbal portion of the SATs, and talking about this reduces him to the vocabulary of a fifth-grader. “I’m sorry,” he whispers into the phone, “For--you know. Not coming home.”

Garrett makes a little laugh-noise. “You’re an adult, Jensen. If you want to sleep over at your new boyfriend’s house, you’re allowed.”

Jensen can feel the flush rising in his cheeks at the very thought.

“Need a ride or anything?” Garrett asks, and Jensen shakes his head.

“No,” he says, belatedly, “I don’t think so. I’ll call you in half an hour if I do?”

“Sure,” says Garrett. “Jen--be careful, okay?”

“I will,” says Jensen, he’s just not sure how to do so.

Jensen hangs up the phone and makes the bed. Sadie mills around the room, and when he sits down again, unsure what to do next, what’s the normal thing to do next, she goes to the door and paws at it, whining these pitiful little whimpers. He can’t let the dog be sad, so he opens it for her. Then it seems wrong to just let her wander the house with nobody else aware that she’s loose, so he pulls his hoodie up around his face and follows her down the stairs.

Sadie follows her nose to the kitchen and Jensen follows Sadie. Jared’s standing at the sink in a loose t-shirt and soft cotton sleep-pants and Jensen feels a shiver go through him, a want, a hunger that he’s never faced before. He opens his mouth to say something, to let Jared know he’s there, but the dog beats him to it, nudging Jared’s leg with her nose.

Jared turned, dish soap on his hands and a wet streak across his left cheek. He sees Jensen and he smiles. It cuts Jensen like the sweetest knife, like something too beautiful to be real. It takes his breath, and Jensen chews on his lower lip and swallows hard before he can manage to draw air. His voice is hoarse, unlike his own at all as he manages a one-word greeting.

“Hey yourself,” says Jared back. He looks sleepy, Jensen thinks. He still can’t believe the other man slept on the floor instead of his own bed.

“I--“ Jensen starts, “I--do I need to get a ride back to campus?”

“Nah,” says Jared, “I’ll take you back. You have to go now, or you want breakfast first?”

Jensen's gut clenches with indecision as he tries to decide which is best: to insult Jared’s hospitality if he means the offer, or be an inconvenience if Jared is just asking out of politeness. The skillet is in the dish drainer, like everyone else has already eaten, and he feels guilty that Jared would offer to re-dirty it just for him.

The lingering scent of pancakes and bacon settle Jensen's problem for him; his stomach rumbles and Jared grins and Jensen's sure Jared wants him to say yes.

“Can I help?” he asks, still trying to feel his way through the maze of options. Garrett’s mom always appreciated it when he’d offer, so it feels like the right thing to say. “I’m not good at the cooking part, but I can finish the dishes for you.”

Jared smiles again and shrugs. “If you want to. You could sit back and enjoy being a guest, y’know.”

Jensen slides his sleeves up his forearms, pushes the hood back from his face. He steps forward and Jared surrenders the spot in front of the sink. “I don’t--I don’t have a kitchen,” he tries to explain, “So there’ll never be a time when you can be my guest like this, so it’s not fair.”

Jared reaches around him to grab the pan and bowl out of the rack. He’s quiet for a while as he mixes up another batch of batter and fries a few strips of bacon. “Sometimes things don’t have to be fair,” he offers at last, “Sometimes it’s okay to let somebody be nice, just ‘cause they feel like it.”

Jensen worries at his lip with his teeth and mulls the thought over. He wants, for probably the second time in his life, to be the person that someone wants to keep around. He thinks it wouldn’t be so hard, if Jared wanted stuff from him, if he wanted presents or work or free modeling or even--even sex. He could give it, or decide the cost’s too high. To just sit, to let Jared do for him, he’s not sure how that would work.

He rinses a glass under clean water, holds it up to check for orange juice pulp. “Maybe next time,” he says without looking at Jared, way after Jared’s probably given up on Jensen answering at all.

A fresh pour of pancake batter sizzles in the remnants of bacon grease, and then Jared pauses, spatula in hand. Jensen dares a glance out of the corner of his eye and Jared’s grinning.

“So you’re saying there’ll be a next time.”

Jensen's lips twist and twitch with the effort of not smiling back. He scrubs a fork with a fury it doesn’t deserve.

“I--Just--I never said that,” he sputters.

Jared laughs, but it’s the good kind, not cruel or mocking. “So. This next time that might not happen. You like omelettes?”

Jensen stares down at his soapy hands and surrenders to the feeling that maybe he can have this, maybe this will work. Not that he can bring himself to risk it all by defining what ‘this’ is, exactly.

“Yeah,” he breathes. The smile slips from his control, spreading across his lips all on its own. “I might even not wash the dishes afterwards.”

[identity profile] lynne-mitchell.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
I'm really enjoying this verse. It's sweet and entertaining ... even if poor Jensen needs a cookie or something. Great job, really.

I suppose I'll have to friend you to keep up with it, since you don't post to the comms. :D I hope you don't mind.

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. The boy needs looooots of cookies. That comment made me laugh.

Glad you're enjoying it. Friend away; the door's open.

[identity profile] without-me.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is just lovely. I just found out about this WIP today, and I enjoyed it so much! I hope there'll be more to come.

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm muse-wranglin' right now, but I fully expect to have more of this within--okay, probably a month, but that's quick for me. :)

[identity profile] 2sexyboys.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
God, loving this verse. Your characters are gorgeous and perfect to read. I need to friend you so I don't miss the rest. Loving this

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you're enjoying it. Friending me is great.

[identity profile] eilan.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
okay, for some odd reason, I just found this 'verse..
and wow..
it's absolutely amazing. I love what you are doing with the characters..
It's wonderful, and I so can't wait for the update!!!!

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
okay, for some odd reason, I just found this 'verse..

It are stealthed. :) I just never posted it on any of the comms.

Glad you enjoyed it. It is dear to my heart.

[identity profile] jezdenly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
I love this verse so much! I just read it all tonight and I'm enthralled b Jared and Jensen here. I can't wait for more!

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you enjoyed it. Oh, boys.

[identity profile] zabzab.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
OH my god so awesome story!! I knew your scar!verse that I love but never read this one until now and men it's so worth it!!

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I haven't pimped it out. It's all sneaky like that. :)

Glad you enjoyed it.

[identity profile] lamis-p.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm really enjoying this :)

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :)

[identity profile] jenskyies.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
I found my way here from [livejournal.com profile] digitalwave's art and I was like "Ohh, as of yet undiscovered [livejournal.com profile] ladyjanelly fic. Yay!", which means of course I have to delurk again. I love it. The sense of insecurity all over the place and sweet, sweet shy, freaked out and I suspect, damaged Jensen being all accepted and coveted by Jared. It is so adorable. Love the protectiveness of Garrett too. Can't wait for the background story, although with this Jensen I suppose it will take a while.

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It was a stealth-fic. :)

Glad you like it. This Jensen is very dear to me. His poor head's so twisted.

I'm glad Garrett works too. So scary to write an OC with such a big role.

[identity profile] nina-nicky.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm here because your story was recced on [livejournal.com profile] tnt_dynamite's LJ and, boy, is that fic worth it!

I really love the pace of your story and how they guys communicate with so little words. And the way Jensen interacts with the dogs and lets himself be guided by them, so sweet.

Also, your summary line about this being the story where the roomate is not Chris - heh, awesome.

Please, please don't stop writing this. I so wanna read more.

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. All the pop for this fic makes me feel all shy and funny. It's great, but sort of "eep!" at the same time, y'know?

I think I'm such a slow writer because I spend so much time in my head taking things out of the fic. Chipping away until I have only the necessary parts left.

Dude. Writing an OC in such a major role gave me fits--but writing Chris or someone, I felt there were all these expectations and pre-existing characterizations. I felt I could do Chris wrong. If that makes sense.

The model-muses are cooperating, so there should be more soon. About a month or so is "soon" for me though.

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[identity profile] anakin415.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I am here by way of the wonderful artwork [livejournal.com profile] digitalwave created for this. Reading this entire story all I can do is smile. I love the world you created here and love the pace you are taking it.

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :) Digitalwave rocks my sock, man.

These are the slow-building boys. 7 chapters in and there hasnt been the slightest, most casual, physical contact.

[identity profile] vampirelady.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
This is awesome. I'm kinda sad you're not putting it in the communities. Do you mind if I friend you for this, 'cause I'd really like to know when you update it. I found it through Digitalwave's fantastic manip for you.

Do you think you're ever gonna really explain why Jensen is the way he is? 'Cause I'm curious but I kinda like the not knowing and figuring things out as Jared does.

Both boys are marvelous in this. I love your characterizations of them and that you use your own characters instead of other actors for Jensen's friends. Original characters (to me) are usually 10 times better than actors/known characters because there's no pre-sense of who they are and you learn about them as they develop. There's no preconceived notions of how they should be and then disappointment, or the like, if they turn out not how they typically are or how one imagines they should be. I simply adore Garret and can't wait for a bit more of him and Lenore.

Amazing job. I can't wait for the next update now. I really hope this goes from 'being incomplete' to a WIP.

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll pimp it out eventually. I've got some corrections I need to edit in and stuff first, and I wasnt sure where it was gonna end up, so I thought I'd have major revisions to do at some point.

Friending is great; feel free.

I think the reader is gonna see what Jared sees. Jensen's perspective of his own damage is sort of flawed in itself. It's--complicated and stuff.

So so so glad the OCs work for you. I thought if I used the 'usual suspects' in the side roles that I'd do them wrong, that they'd be cardboard cut-outs instead of people.

It's sort of WIP at this point--but 'progress' for me is usually a chapter/month. I are slow-writer.

Thanks so much for the big fat comment. It is appreciated.
-J.
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[identity profile] ysbail.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi - I hope you don't mind but I kinda stumbled upon this verse last night and I couldn't turn away - it's fantastic.

I love your shy, vulnerable Jensen and your niave, inexperienced Jared. I think they'd be good to each other, and for each other.

So, that said, I hope you have no problem with me sticking around to read more of your writing ... and this, and scar verse, in particular.

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, don't mind at all. It's not pimped, but it is public and there for the reading.

Thanks for saying it grabbed you like that. I love hearing it hooked you.
For some reason, I have an inexperiance-kink when it comes to Jared. Not really sure why.

Stick around, friend if it makes it easier. Enjoy. :)

-J

[identity profile] junalele.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] digitalwave pimped your story posting the art and because college and au and J2 sounded just fine to me I came over and WOW! I love this verse. I adore, adore your Jared. He's just so Jared. And Jensen... I am such a sucker for angsty Jensen and I can't wait to find out why he is so painfully shy, always just on the edge of a panic attack. Lovely.

Of course, I thought Jared's mom and sister reacted so weirdly because Jensen is so beautiful. I should stop projecting my own feelings like that. I know. ;)

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-18 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. I've been totally pimped. That should be a reality show, "Pimp my fic." Okay, maybe not.

I am an AUaholic. I write maybe one-shots in the 'real' canon.

i"m thrilled that you like Jared. Jensen's such a focus of this one, I worry that poor Jared fades into the background with his functional family and stuff. Glad his half is working for you.

Heh. I think the mom was halfway between "OMG pretty" and "Dating my son!" and Megan was almost totally stammered by the pretty. So you weren't that far off.

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[identity profile] myownghost.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
this series began, i think, back when i was much over-busy in the summer. now i've caught up. it's a real pleasure!

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-18 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome. Glad you're enjoying it.

[identity profile] angelgaby.livejournal.com 2007-09-18 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
just found this verse and read all in one go....I adore it sooooooo much! I even dreamt about it last night! lol! When will there be more?

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-18 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you enjoyed it. I am a slow writer. Maybe a month from now. Conservative estimate.

[identity profile] ephinee.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Seems like I'm getting to the party a little late. Don't know how I missed this update the other day. I'm so glad I didn't miss it entirely.
This was a wonderful "morning after". I'm pretty sure I'd pass dead away if my mom tried to be that supportive. It was such a great scene though. I enjoyed the humor in it as much as Jared's responses and reactions which were very realistic.
Jensen handled the situation better than I thought he might. He's getting better but he's still got a lot of issues to overcome. The scene in the kitchen at the end....beautiful and sweet and gentle and perfect! I absolutely LOVE this verse. Please give us more soon!

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the one problem with not pimping it out everywhere. It's easy to overlook.

Family time is like a little bit of comic relief. They try so hard and love their son so much. It's not their fault that it's a little funny. :)

Jensen--for all his fears and weaknesses has this hidden core of strength that I really want to explore in this fic.

So glad the little end in the kitchen worked. I dunno. I've got a cooking-kink or something. For me, it's a sign of a strong relationship. The couple who cooks together stays together or something.

[identity profile] fidgetknickers.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man I am so late! I've had this open in a tab for AGES and not had time to read it until now X(

Just want to say, I'm loving this story. I can identify with Jensen in more ways than one, and the way you're writing him really rings true. And your Jared is just. ADORABLE. How he's teaching Jensen about friendship so subtly and so sweetly just makes me melt.

So much love for this fic <3

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much. I love that people get so persoally involved with the Jensen character, that he pulls so many strings. That's awesome.

This isn't an easy fic for me to write, but I'm glad that I do.

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[personal profile] vixalicious 2007-09-20 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Just wanted to say that this is really interesting, and well-written, and I'm excited to see where it goes. Really lovely!

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-21 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome. Thanks. Glad you're enjoying it.

[identity profile] kendas.livejournal.com 2007-09-21 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I think if you don't mind I might have to friend you, though I'm gonna point out that I don't expect you to friend me back, I'm just sayin' 'cause I know I like to know who's watching my journal.

Anyway, so for the second time tonight I need to gush about one of your stories. There's a real ease to slipping into your writing and universes that you don't always find. I think maybe it's something to do with the balance between narrative, introspection and dialogue. Whatever it is it works and seems to get me hooked quick enough.

This one's really interesting. There's a lot in here I really like from Jared's relationship with his parents - that bit about his mum being a teacher and knowing what teenage boys are like is perfect for so many of the teachers I know - to Jensen's friends. I'm a sucker for protective friends.

But I love shy Jensen in this and how carefully you've written and dipicted him. I still am to some extent when I meet new people outside of a work situation, but when I was younger, back in my teens, I was terribly shy and the whole being deathly afraid of saying something dumb, being judged to be lacking or weird or stupid and the wareing clothes that hid me is something I can really relate to.

Jared's reactions to him are great too. I had a silly adoration for the missunderstanding with Lenore. That particular story arc never fails to make me squee.

Anyway, again thanks for a great read and I'll look forward to more whenever the muse decides to co-operate. I know how pesky they can be sometimes.

[identity profile] ladyjanelly.livejournal.com 2007-09-21 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
You are a giver of tasty tasty feedback. Therefor I friend you without checking to see if you're meme-crazy or familiar with the lj-cut. :)

Thank you so much for your kind words. I really work on making it feel real, on doling out these little tidbits of info at such a rate that the reader stays interested but not overwhelmed by the wangst.

I'm thrilled that Jensen's friends (and the misunderstanding with Lenore) work. It's really scary to use an OC in a fandom that is so deeply attached to its Christian Kanes and Tom Wellings as backup characters.

This Jensen is very dear to me, and it's awesome when he connects with the reader in very real ways.

Ah, Jared is so young and so unsure. He's got this kind of bumbling forward motion and a good heart and that'll take him far. :)

Thank you so much for your deep-crit. I love hearing what worked (what didnt work too).

-J.

[identity profile] ms-soma.livejournal.com 2007-09-23 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
OMG, I can't believe I missed this chapter when I was reading the rest of this verse last night! thanks for letting me know there was a chapter 7! I just must have skipped it in some over-tired state of delirium.

Poor Jensen, so confused... and poor Jared - I hope he gets some boy smooches soon, but with the way this story is building, I'm guessing that will be quite a few chapters away :) I love the slow build-up of this, how we are gradually getting to know Jensen and his issues, how their attraction is playing out... it's all quite lovely really! You tell their story so well, and I love that you don't rush through it - it makes it more real.

Can't wait to read more!!!

[identity profile] elektrik-storm.livejournal.com 2007-09-23 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
see... this was really depressing as i was listening to Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" but now it is all happyful at the end!

how is the next chapter coming? *looks incredibly eager*

i really want to try these pancakes and bacon now! yummy!

eek, this is just so awesome!

[identity profile] blueleopard87.livejournal.com 2007-09-25 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
I found your fic through digitalwave and I must say, I'm absolutely addicted. ♥ I really love the 'verse you've created here! Your writing style is really enjoyable to read; I love how cute and innocent (and sometimes clueless) you've written Jared and you really just make me ache for poor Jensen!! I can't wait to see where you go with this next, it's been so fantastic this far! :D

[identity profile] hay1ock.livejournal.com 2007-09-29 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
This was recced by a friend and got to say i just read the whole thing and i love it :) Really like the characters and their interactions.

Looking forward to reading more.

[identity profile] pr-scatterbrain.livejournal.com 2007-09-30 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so in love with this fic and your writing. The slow, fragile build up of Jared and Jenson's relationship feels like the first winters frost; so beautiful.

[identity profile] cutiecay22.livejournal.com 2007-10-01 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
I love this verse! Just got caught up on all the chapters. Its amazing, I cant wait for the next part. I really want to know what happened to Jensen and why hes so painfully shy..

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