I had the enormous honor of working with kelleigh for the spn_j2_bigbang this year, and she was patient enough to tolerate my unpunctuality (and AO3's misfortunes) to bring us...



(Pairing: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki, words: 47,728, rating: NC17 - Explicit, warnings: Brief descriptions of violence/injuries and medical treatment, mentions of a virus/pandemic (non graphic), mentions of sex work (positive), mention of prior het relationship.)

Summary: Funded by a guild more than a millennium old, Valdora Prime recruits the best minds in medicine, engineering, geology, botany, and quantum studies. The opportunity to work at Valdora Prime means Jared Padalecki can be part of the foremost research facility in the galaxy and be more than a concierge doctor to the wealthiest planets and colonies. Here, he can make a difference. Here, he can hide what he really is …

Three years after being hired, Jared’s safe, comfortable life pretending to be human is turned upside down. It all starts with the arrival of the new head of security, a Kesalonian named Jensen Ackles, whose physical strength is matched only by his charm. Jared fights the forces pushing them together, but as he and Jensen grow closer, Jared’s web of secrets begins to unravel. His research attracts dangerous attention and outside forces threaten to destroy everything Jared has built. Now, Jared needs to decide if he trusts Jensen with the truth of what he really is, or be left to suffer another betrayal.

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This fic is SO GOOD, y'all! The beautiful, evocative setting, wonderful cast of characters, the intrigue, the sexy-times. DON'T SLEEP ON THIS ONE. (And after you get done reading, listen to 'Fly Me to the Moon', by Sia. You're welcome.)

...Frozen Ocean is one of them! I was terribly honored to work with the divine kelleigh for this year's spn_j2_bigbang! We haven't worked together before--always wanted to--and I was not even the slightest, teensiest bit disappointed. She's a devoted, incredible author who writes involved, passionate fics. She works her buns off, lemme tell you. And it shows. I cannot recommend this fic hard enough.

It's got gorrrrgeous, otherworldly Jensen ... pining, heart-broken Jared ... reunions, mystery and fight scenes ... seriously, I could see it unfolding like a movie.

Okay, enough gushing. We've gotta post, and I'm the one dragging ass, as per usual. SO! With no further ado:



Fic title: The Frozen Ocean
Author name: kelleigh
Artist name: quickreaver
Genre: RPF
Pairing: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki
Rating: NC17
Word count: 50,500
Warnings: Mentions of depression, PTSD, suicidal ideation. Temporary character death. Minor character death. Action-movie violence and injury.
Summary: Three years ago, the world lost one of its heroes. Jensen Ackles, known to most as ‘Reactor,’ gave his life to save thousands, perhaps even to save our way of life. Jared Padalecki was there that day, amidst the ruin and rubble of battle, holding Jensen in his arms as he died. In the aftermath, as society mourned the loss of their superhero, Jared buried his husband on a quiet Texas hillside.

Now, Jared’s living as a shadow of his former self, unable to move beyond his loss, when the arrival of a strange object from deep in outer space sets in motion a series of events that challenges everything Jared thought he knew about Jensen’s past and hoped for their future. From old friends showing up at his door in Vancouver to a secret military base in the middle of Texas, Jared will go and risk everything, including his own sanity, to get Jensen back. But is Jensen still the same man he loved for so long, or will Jared lose him all over again? This time, the battle isn’t about saving the world - it’s about saving what they had.

FROZEN OCEAN at AO3

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(Thanks so much for Kelly and Wendy's eternal patience!)