one-soul-two-brothers’ ultimate fic recs: j2 au edition (part III)
Just fyi: I’ve read all these fics at least twice (but probably more). Some of them make me cry and that’s awesome. They ALL have happy endings. Enjoy!
best TROPES (WITH A TWIST)
title: Light My Morning Sky with Burning Love
rating: explicit
word count: 20k
relationship: first time
summary: Jensen is your typical, overworked med student with a caffeine dependence who’s carrying a torch for the distressingly sexy, nicotine addicted owner of the coffee shop he frequents in order to to get his fix, and like any good Samaritan would, he decides to help Jared kick his smoking habit for good. What he doesn’t know is that Jared’s keeping a secret of the large, scaly, fire-breathing variety. That’s the not-so-typical part.
notes: Ahhhhhh LOVE THIS.
title: Untitled Superheroes (or Why you should never let the media decide your superhero name)
rating: explicit
word count: 21k
relationship: first time
summary: Splashing color from your fingertips isn’t the greatest superpower to have. But when a new villain emerges who only brings darkness it is left to a young reporter and his disabled chameleon to save the city. And maybe fall in love with his roommate along the way… Featuring Jared as a reluctant hero with a peculiar gift and a sense for bad timing, lots of color being splashed around and two boys being oblivious to what is right in front of them.
title: As Boundless as the Sea
rating: explicit
word count: 34k
relationship: first time
summary: Jensen is an Engelon, a species whose home planet was drained of all its resources and abandoned thousands of years ago. Now what remains of their collective live in a large spaceship that travels between galaxies in order to find, conquer and drain new planets and their inhabitants of the one precious substance they need to survive: water. Engelons don’t feel anything except for greed, thirst and hatred for all creatures that stand in their way—except for Jensen. Always the odd alien out, Jensen has tried to keep his yearnings and emotions buried, but when his collective discovers a big blue planet called Earth, everything changes. Jensen is assigned the task of observing humanity, learning their ways and customs. When Jensen unintentionally takes a human form, his fellow Engelons have finally had enough. They cast him down to Earth, far from any ocean, where it is assumed he will die without access to water. But Jensen is rescued by Jared, a man who lives alone on the farm Jensen was dropped on. Jared has lost everything he ever held dear but he has not lost his kindness or his willingness to help a very strange stranger in need.
title: The Last Light I See
rating: mature
word count: 26k
summary: When Jensen wakes up in the hospital, he wakes up confused and alone. There’s no family or friends worrying over his bedside, no cards or flowers. The doctor quietly informs him of three things: his name, that he was beaten and mugged, and that he’s tested positive for Super. On the long road of recovery from a brutal attack, Jensen slowly starts to piece together what kind of man he was, the kind he wants to be, and why the tall, ridiculously gorgeous gardener seems to hate his guts.
notes: This is actually kind of heartbreaking (but with a happy ending, of course).
title: The Banker and the Hooligan
rating: explicit
word count: 33k
relationship: first time
summary: A bit of a fairytale set in modern-day Texas. Jensen is a reserved and by-the-book bank manager. Jay is a laid-back and fun-loving photographer, living in a Winnebago, who comes in looking for a loan. Jensen refuses, surprised when Jay just keeps coming back, determined to shake up Jensen’s very ordered world.
notes: It’s tagged as mature on ao3 but I would call it explicit, so… Also, it’s a fucking GREAT fic.
title: Creature Comforts
rating: explicit
word count: 19k
relationship: first time
summary: Jensen Ackles is set to inherit his father’s hotel empire, but first he has to come up with a way to revitalize a failing portion of the franchises, survive training at an extended stay property, and woo the Night Auditor Jared Padalecki.
title: Love at Second Sight
rating: explicit
word count: 31k
relationship: first time
summary: Jared works as a ticket collector for the Chicago Transit Authority. He spends his days feeling bored and lonely, except for a few seconds every morning when he comes by. Jared doesn’t know who he is, doesn’t know anything about the guy except that he likes to wear suits and carry briefcases and he’s got the most brilliant blue eyes. Jared’s pretty sure he’s in love with this mystery man. One day, Jared witnesses a mugging gone bad, and the guy gets knocked onto the tracks. Jared manages to save him but the guy falls into a coma. A nurse in the waiting room of the hospital overhears Jared talking to himself, and misunderstandings lead to the guy’s family thinking that he and Jared are engaged. And they seem so happy about the news that Jared can’t break their hearts, so he finds himself playing the part. The only hitch? The guy’s very skeptical brother, who seems determined to find out the truth. (Based on the movie While You Were Sleeping.)
notes: Shameless self-promo.
title: Miss(ter) Congeniality
rating: explicit
word count: 24k
relationship: first time
summary: So they’re not called pageants, they’re called “scholarship programs.” After a coalition of fraternities sued the government for equal rights, stating it wasn’t fair that pretty girls got to go to college based on their looks without the same benefit for boys, the pageant company was forced to open an ‘equal opportunity’ all-male pageant. But the backlash was fierce, and now the pageant is receiving threatening letters. They call in the FBI for help, and after assessing the situation, they assign Agent Ackles to go undercover as a pageant contestant. He is less than thrilled with his assignment. Former male model Jared gets hired as the pageant consultant charged with the difficult task of transforming Jensen from rough-around-the-edges FBI agent to GQ coverboy. Between the pampering and strutting and arguing and trying to find a place to conceal his weapon during the swimsuit competition, Jensen starts to realize that they make a good team, and maybe more.
title: Absence From Those We Love
rating: explicit
word count: 41k
relationship: breakup/makeup
summary: Jensen Ackles led a great life. It just wasn’t the one he planned on. Now he’s newly single, stuck at a job he hates, and sharing an apartment with his lovably psychotic best friend. When he’s given the chance to go back and do it all over again, he leaps at it. Only he soon comes to realize that no matter what’s in front of him, it’s impossible to leave the past behind. Considering what he’d be giving up, he might not even want to. (17 Again - J2 Style.)
notes: So, yeah. This made me ugly cry. (In a good way.)
title: Buttons & Spoons
rating: explicit
word count: 11k
relationship: established
summary: Jared comes from a long line of Witches and Jensen was brought up in the world of the non-magical Mundanes. An accident occurs just weeks before their wedding.It’s not just their annual cemetery walk that is affected–it’s so much more.
notes: Funny and heartwarming and a little angsty but with a happy ending, of course.
title: Open Heart Dentistry
rating: explicit
word count: 25k
relationship: first time
summary: When closeted army dentist Jensen Ackles returns home to fill in for his sick father, he has a bad start due to his lacking bedside manner and overall misanthropic attitude. Sexy new patient Jared Padalecki looks like a wet dream come true to Jensen – until he finds out Jared’s a whiny assed crybaby. (Or, as hippie nurse!Misha calls it: a patient suffering from extreme dental anxiety). Their mutual sexual attraction is strong but will they manage to get over their differences?
title: Nobility’s True Badge
rating: explicit
word count: 22k
relationship: first time
summary: Jared works in a bookshop café, Jensen walks in on the wrong night. And then just keeps walking in.
notes: The summary does not do this fic justice.
title: Learn to Glow series
rating: explicit
word count: 43k (3 works)
relationship: first time
summary: In which Jensen is an empath and Jared is insanely cheerful and completely incapable of leaving well enough alone.
notes: Fuuuuuck, this is so good.
title: Out of Silence
rating: mature
word count: 15k
relationship: first time
summary: When hardened, but lonely cop, Jensen Ackles meets Jared Padalecki in his family’s diner, he doesn’t realize that his life is about to change drastically. Jared is a complete innocent, deaf, mute and unable to communicate, he needs a friend. Can Jensen be that man?
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