I've Got My Hands Up So Take Your Aim

Title: Screw This (and Me)
Pairings: J2, Jared/Danneel Harris, Jensen/Matt Cohen, Danneel Harris/Matt Cohen
Rating: NC-17, bottom!Jensen/top!Jared
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Summary:Sometimes you have to tear it down to the studs to build it back up again ... Or how ex-boyfriends Jared and Jensen find themselves seated next to one another when on another date and things don't go very well, until it goes very well.
Notes: Of note on the pairings - This is a first date for the non-J setups, so don't let that distract you from what (spoiler alert) is truly J2 ;)

Written for smpc. Based on a prompt on the 2022 spnbemine: J2 recently broke up and they are both fine with it. Totally. To prove how well they are dealing with the breakup, they go to the same restaurant with their respective new partners on Valentine's Day (intentional or not). Of course they end up realizing how much they love each other still and get back together.

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Title: Brother, Oh, I Must Tell You
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 9000
Summary: After facing off with werewolves, Dean spirals and Sam tries to make him talk. Which of course just makes things worse. Takes place about 1 month after 11.17 Red Meat - thus mentions of Idaho and the cabin. Written for spn_reversebang.

Notes: Thank you so much to my wonderful artist grazimousy with beautiful art and such an enthusiastic spirit when we plotted out this fic! To spnreversemod for running the challenge. And huge thanks to kelleigh for helping brainstorm and then beta this! And hat-tip to ashtraythief for suggesting I tie this to Red Meat!

Title taken from Kaleo’s I Walk on Water.

Art Link: LiveJournal
Fic Link: AO3

Title: Ahead of the Threat
Words: ~48,000
Summary: FBI Special Agents Jensen and Jared have been partnered for almost two years now and Jensen’s been falling in love with Jared for about as long. Finding the criminal doesn’t happen overnight, and neither does their story. Told through four cases, this fic follows an episodic/procedural format as Jensen and Jared’s relationship grows, they catch a lot of bad guys (and girls), and they save each other’s lives. Featuring art by quickreaver
Ratings/Warnings: NC-17/what one would expect from any procedural crime show – violence and side character death; descriptions of dead bodies, fight scenes, and crime scenes; discussions of (but no scenes/descriptions of) sexual assault, murder, racism/white supremacy.

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Notes: Written for spn_j2_bigbang. This story was sparked when I got into watching the CBS show FBI earlier this year and instantly cheered for Maggie and OA as totally excellent partners :D Then I had a few ideas and this started taking shape. Thank you so so so sosososso much to ashtraythief, zubeneschamali, and saltyoppossum for all your help and support for sprinting and the roundtable alpha reads!

My greatest appreciation is to kelleigh who betaed the hell out of this thing, pointed out my missteps, and helped me make it so much better than it already was. I know she put a hell of a lot of time into this over the last three weeks as I kept working on it and finally bringing Part 4 together.

THEN The fabulous quickreaver claimed me - so lucky this year working with a great friend and talented artist. Thanks for being my partner in crime and working with me again! Please go give her love for her pieces!

AND FINALLY - thank you wendy for running this challenge year after year after year ... it's stressful as hell but I don't know what I'd do if we didn't have Big Bang season to keep us on our toes ;-)

Title: Making Headways
Pairing: J2
Rating/Warning: NC-17/too many transportation innuendoes?
Words: 5000
Summary: When Jensen traveled to a work conference, he did not expect to run into professional crush and celebrity geographer Jared Padalecki, let alone make a total fool of himself …
Notes: Written in honor of zubeneschamali’s (belated) birthday! Life - and quarantine - is better with you in it, my dear!

Much of the commentary on transportation came from googling around (college courses, transit initiatives, city web sites), as well as my own time working in the field. Apologies if I misrepresented anything!

Thanks to kelleigh for the beta! Remaining mistakes are mine.

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Title: It Lights Up the Night
Pairing: Sam/Rowena
Rating: NC-17
Words: 2600
Summary: Written for Fall 2020 spn_masquerade for the prompt: Sam and Rowena have sex after a narrow escape from danger. Explore Sam's relationship to fear, survival, resignation, self-destruction, pleasure.

Notes: Set in Season 10. Shades of dubcon, but in my head, Sam does really want this in the moment, then wonders if she's manufacturing it a bit to make it easier for him.

Title from Fleetwood Mac's Gypsy.

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Title: The Boys
Pairing: JDM/Jensen/Jared
Rating: NC-17
Words: 2700
Summary: Written for Fall 2020 spn_masquerade for the prompt: Jensen and Jeff indulging Jared's anal fixation by spending the whole weekend playing with Jared's ass.
Notes: Though there are references to daddy and Jensen following Jeff's orders, this is not intended to be D/s -- just shades of how they play together with Jeff at the head of the triangle. Jared is early 20s, Jensen in his 30s and Jeffrey in his 40s.

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Title: No Guts, No Glory
Pairing: J2
Rating: NC-17
Words: 3400
Summary: Written for Fall 2020 spn_masquerade for the prompt: Rumor has it that Vancouver's government encouraged people to use glory holes to curb the spread of Covid-19. Both Js hear about it and after the filming wraps, unbeknownst to each other, they decide to celebrate the wrap in the sluttiest way they can imagine.

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Title: Red
Pairing: Jensen/Danneel
Rating/Warnings: NC-17; forced sex/breeding, dub-con
Words: 2800
Summary: Written for Fall 2020 spn_masquerade for the prompt: Jensen and Danneel are ordered to procreate new attractive children for the ruling class. Cue strained sex where they try to comfort each other. Jensen tries to be super gentle, but Danneel is tough and if they have to do it, she wants to have fun while doing it.

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Title: Sunshine, Forever
Pairing: J2
Rating:/Warnings NC-17/always a girl Jared
Words: 3200
Summary: Written for Spring 2020 spn_masquerade: Always been a girl “Jay” and Jensen have been together since college. He knows just what to say to get her riled up and desperate for him. Dirty talk, multiple orgasms, oral, fingering, genderswap.

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Title: Thyme of My Life
Words: 38550
Rating/Warning: NC-17/Jensen is 24 and Jared is 20/21

Summary: Jared knows he’s better than what everyone tells him - his parents, his boss, and everyone at Morgan’s Restaurant. He finally gets the chance to prove it to them all when he nails a spot on Masterchef, the biggest home cook competition on TV. This is the one big shot he’ll ever get and he has to do it on his own as he leaves behind the only person who believes in him, his best friend Jensen. 

With Jared gone in LA and cooking for his life, Jensen is stuck back on the East Coast with more distance between them than ever. It’s also the first time Jensen really acknowledges why he has such a soft spot for the kid and finally realizes what they could mean to one another. Written for the 2020 spn_j2_bigbang.

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Thanks and Cupcakes!
First off to the fabulous cassiopeia7. THANK YOU FOR PICKING ME. It was so fun to work together again and I was so excited every time I got new art drafts. I even had to go through them all again earlier this week to get my mojo back and be inspired to wrap this story up. I'm honored to have your art on this story ... love you to bits, Deb! :-*

Writing this story started earlier this year when I was inspired by Season 10 of Masterchef, then the doc collected dust until I picked it back up to get a draft in for this year's BB. The draft was a mess, but I had ideas and then got even better ideas and loads of support from a great group of fandom pals ... kelleigh, ashtraythief, zubeneschamali, cherie_morte, and quickreaver. Their feedback made this story what it is today. Love you all!

As always, big thanks to wendy for running this challenge each year! I know we bitch and moan about it throughout the process, but it's such a legacy that I never want to miss it <3

And extra cupcakes to ashtraythief and zubeneschamali for last-minute beta. All remaining mistakes are my own.