This was written for the 2023 J2RBB. I picked AomaSade's beautiful piece for my inspiration. Please visit her site to see all the rest of the amazing art she produced.
This fic is a tribute to its artist and the beautiful panels she kept on sending to me. She and I communicated via Google Translate a lot of the time, and I can't believe how patient and helpful she was with the story as well as providing so much gorgeousness to enhance my prose. She also sent me her thoughts in both German and English. I can't thank her enough for everything she did..
My eternal gratitude goes to my betas, AomaSade and fledhyris, who pointed out all the non-sensible stuff and helped to make it into a cohesive story.
Thanks also go to Bluefire986, for running the challenge and for prodding me to make sure I actually picked an art prompt. Without her I would have forgotten the challenge completely.
About the fic:
Patron of the arts and multimillionaire Jared Padalecki has set up a foundation to promote art and grow young artists. Lead glass artist Jensen Ackles can't stand arrogant rich assholes and just knows that Jared is a player. For Jared, it's love at first sight, but Jensen blows him off. However, when Jensen is suddenly in trouble, he accepts Jared's offer of help to overcome his difficulties, just so long as he can pay him back, and Jared finally gets the chance to convince the stubborn artist of his qualities.
I've added a glossary at the end with notes and links to some of terms, people and places I've mentioned in the story. There are more illustrations there, too. I've marked items that are expanded on in the glossary with an asterisk so you'll know there is more info on the particular reference there.
Title: "Never Close Our Eyes" Author: candygramme Rated: R Beta: spoonlessone Pairing: J2 Genre: Slash Word Count: 1,121 Author's notes: The boys prepare to say goodbye for another summer hiatus.
Part 1 of 'Rock Me Like a Hurricane' Beta: spoonlessone Word Count 2,060 Rated: Slash. Whole series NC-17. This part Adult Players: Jared/Jensen, Steve Carlson, Jason Manns, Riley Smith, Misha Collins, Christian Kane, Danneel Harris Author's notes: Today, Jared and Jensen are estranged. The story unfolds in both the past and the present to show what happens. This story was incomplete in its own community, and the community was recently deleted. I am re-working it and intend to complete it. I'll be reposting what was originally up on the community in the next few days. Meanwhile, here is the first part.
Title: The One with the Tiny T-shirt Pairing: J2 if you squint, but that isn't what this story is about. Rating: NC17 for violence and unpleasant things Warning: Darkfic, triggery, non-con Beta: spoonlessone, who always comes through and who I value more than any diamonds. Disclaimer: This is fiction. I don't wish to imply that this ever happened or would ever be likely to happen. Notes: jennylynneh set up a challenge right here back in January, and I grabbed a title, because I am a masochist. The challenge was a 5,000 word story based on the title of a Friends episode. Try as I might, I could not make it into anything but a dark, nasty story. Also, it's 15K rather than 5. Other than that, it's perfectly fine! Summary: It's true what they say: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. Jensen wishes he'd been a little more paranoid, because they certainly were out to get him.