One of the Bad Guys (prompt 04, table 04)
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raeschaeTitle: One of the Bad Guys
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Character(s)/Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Theme: Theme 04: Lover's Rock
Prompt(s): #04 - Promise
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: Jared's pretty sure that Jensen's past can't be as bad as Jensen thinks it is. He might be wrong.
“I just want to state, for the record, that you do not have to tell me anything.” Jared balances two mugs of dark-roast, along with a couple packages of Pop-Tarts, as he comes into the living room. He offers half of his haul to Jensen, who is sitting on the couch, looking like he’s about to chew through his own lip. “It’s not going to change anything for me.”
It’s getting a little ridiculous, the way they’re dragging this out. Jared knows that it’s hard for Jensen to talk about, but at this point anything short of prostitution is going to be a let down.
Scooting a little closer on the couch, he waits for Jensen to look at him. When he does, he asks, “Jensen, did you once kill a man just to watch him die?” Jensen looks back to the window, but Jared can see that he’s smiling a little bit. “Then fuckin’ tell me all about your sordid past, or let's go back to bed.” He doesn’t want to sound like he doesn’t care, but at this point, Jared doesn’t really fucking care.
“Alright, fine. Jesus Christ, what ever happened to being supportive for your boyfriend?”
It’s the first time either of them has ever used the word, and it kind of makes Jared want to smile like a giddy little kid. Instead, he settles back on the couch and asks, “You want me to hold your hand or what?”
“I want you to shut the fuck up and listen for a second, smart ass,” Jensen shoots back, but he’s laughing as he turns and leans against the arm of the couch. “Jesus, a guy tries establish a platform of honesty on which to build a healthy and thriving relationship.”
Jared snorts in the middle of the sentence and Jensen rolls his eyes with a grin that says he doesn’t know why he likes this guy when he’s such an enormous dork. Jared figures whatever secrets Jensen is sitting on can’t be so bad if he’s willing to joke around about them.
They fall into silence, both drinking their coffee and staring at the shifting lights as day begins to break. Jared can’t speak; Jensen has to make the next move here.
“I remember a couple of Daves from high school. Far as I know, I didn’t do anything to any of them personally, but he’s not wrong. I told you pride gets me in trouble a lot, ya know? Most of the shit I’ve done comes down to me wanting what I want, when I want it.”
“Lot of people are like that, though.” Jared’s making excuses, but that doesn’t mean that what he’s saying isn’t true. Everybody’s selfish sometimes.
“Lot of people don’t do damn near anything to get it, though.” Shaking his head, Jensen tilts his head back and drains his coffee cup before setting it on the floor and linking his hands behind his head. “I had this college professor this one time – cocky son of a bitch – who let me blow him instead of taking his ridiculously impossible pop quizzes, right? Got me outta havin’ to go to the class, and I like suckin’ dick, so why not get somethin’ out of it?”
Jared would point out that Jensen wouldn’t be the first guy in history to sleep with a professor for a grade, but he figures Jensen knows that already. Instead, he just bumps Jensen’s shoulder with his own and goes on listening.
“Final grades go up, and guess who failed the class?” Jensen just shakes his head. “I went to see him about it, reminded him that we had a deal, and he blew me off like he had no idea what I was talkin’ about.” He catches Jared’s eye for a second, and then looks away again. “So I outed him to his wife, and forwarded all the dirty e-mails he used to send me to the entire student body.” Meeting Jared’s eye again, he shakes his head like he can’t believe himself. “I ruined a man’s marriage and his career because he wouldn’t give me the grade I wanted in his stupid class.”
With a shrug, Jared stands up and holds out a hand. “You want more coffee?”
Jensen grabs his cup and follows Jared to the kitchen. “Recorded sex with a closeted triple A ball player once,” he says, hopping onto the counter and resting his head against the cabinets. “Sent it to a few of his teammates and threatened to hand a copy over to the papers.”
Handing him the refill, Jared sips at his own and asks, “Why’d you do that one?”
“I don’t even remember.” Fixing his gaze on the light figure, Jensen’s face falls. “I’m sure I thought I had a good reason for it, though. Always seemed like a good reason at the time.” Turning his face toward Jared, he says, “I’m not a good guy, Jay. I mean, I don’t do shit like that now, but at some point it doesn’t really matter anymore, does it? I mean, you can’t balance karma like that, man.”
Jensen’s not nearly the smooth criminal that he thinks he is, though. Stepping in between his spread knees, Jared grips the back of his neck with both hands. “Stop,” he commands, voice a little more firm than he intended. “I’m not goin’ anywhere. You’re not gonna scare me off. Just stop it.”
Lazily grin spreading over his lips, Jensen says, “You might wanna hold off on the promise rings until you hear the worst of it.”
Leading Jensen forward by the scruff of his neck, Jared sucks slowly on Jensen’s lips until he feels fingers dig into his hips. Against Jensen’s mouth, he says, “No more.” He kisses him again, quicker this time. “You and me. That’s all.”
Years in the Making
Author:
raeschaeCharacter(s)/Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Theme: Theme 04: Lover's Rock
Prompt(s): #04 - Promise
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: Jared's pretty sure that Jensen's past can't be as bad as Jensen thinks it is. He might be wrong.
“I just want to state, for the record, that you do not have to tell me anything.” Jared balances two mugs of dark-roast, along with a couple packages of Pop-Tarts, as he comes into the living room. He offers half of his haul to Jensen, who is sitting on the couch, looking like he’s about to chew through his own lip. “It’s not going to change anything for me.”
It’s getting a little ridiculous, the way they’re dragging this out. Jared knows that it’s hard for Jensen to talk about, but at this point anything short of prostitution is going to be a let down.
Scooting a little closer on the couch, he waits for Jensen to look at him. When he does, he asks, “Jensen, did you once kill a man just to watch him die?” Jensen looks back to the window, but Jared can see that he’s smiling a little bit. “Then fuckin’ tell me all about your sordid past, or let's go back to bed.” He doesn’t want to sound like he doesn’t care, but at this point, Jared doesn’t really fucking care.
“Alright, fine. Jesus Christ, what ever happened to being supportive for your boyfriend?”
It’s the first time either of them has ever used the word, and it kind of makes Jared want to smile like a giddy little kid. Instead, he settles back on the couch and asks, “You want me to hold your hand or what?”
“I want you to shut the fuck up and listen for a second, smart ass,” Jensen shoots back, but he’s laughing as he turns and leans against the arm of the couch. “Jesus, a guy tries establish a platform of honesty on which to build a healthy and thriving relationship.”
Jared snorts in the middle of the sentence and Jensen rolls his eyes with a grin that says he doesn’t know why he likes this guy when he’s such an enormous dork. Jared figures whatever secrets Jensen is sitting on can’t be so bad if he’s willing to joke around about them.
They fall into silence, both drinking their coffee and staring at the shifting lights as day begins to break. Jared can’t speak; Jensen has to make the next move here.
“I remember a couple of Daves from high school. Far as I know, I didn’t do anything to any of them personally, but he’s not wrong. I told you pride gets me in trouble a lot, ya know? Most of the shit I’ve done comes down to me wanting what I want, when I want it.”
“Lot of people are like that, though.” Jared’s making excuses, but that doesn’t mean that what he’s saying isn’t true. Everybody’s selfish sometimes.
“Lot of people don’t do damn near anything to get it, though.” Shaking his head, Jensen tilts his head back and drains his coffee cup before setting it on the floor and linking his hands behind his head. “I had this college professor this one time – cocky son of a bitch – who let me blow him instead of taking his ridiculously impossible pop quizzes, right? Got me outta havin’ to go to the class, and I like suckin’ dick, so why not get somethin’ out of it?”
Jared would point out that Jensen wouldn’t be the first guy in history to sleep with a professor for a grade, but he figures Jensen knows that already. Instead, he just bumps Jensen’s shoulder with his own and goes on listening.
“Final grades go up, and guess who failed the class?” Jensen just shakes his head. “I went to see him about it, reminded him that we had a deal, and he blew me off like he had no idea what I was talkin’ about.” He catches Jared’s eye for a second, and then looks away again. “So I outed him to his wife, and forwarded all the dirty e-mails he used to send me to the entire student body.” Meeting Jared’s eye again, he shakes his head like he can’t believe himself. “I ruined a man’s marriage and his career because he wouldn’t give me the grade I wanted in his stupid class.”
With a shrug, Jared stands up and holds out a hand. “You want more coffee?”
Jensen grabs his cup and follows Jared to the kitchen. “Recorded sex with a closeted triple A ball player once,” he says, hopping onto the counter and resting his head against the cabinets. “Sent it to a few of his teammates and threatened to hand a copy over to the papers.”
Handing him the refill, Jared sips at his own and asks, “Why’d you do that one?”
“I don’t even remember.” Fixing his gaze on the light figure, Jensen’s face falls. “I’m sure I thought I had a good reason for it, though. Always seemed like a good reason at the time.” Turning his face toward Jared, he says, “I’m not a good guy, Jay. I mean, I don’t do shit like that now, but at some point it doesn’t really matter anymore, does it? I mean, you can’t balance karma like that, man.”
Jensen’s not nearly the smooth criminal that he thinks he is, though. Stepping in between his spread knees, Jared grips the back of his neck with both hands. “Stop,” he commands, voice a little more firm than he intended. “I’m not goin’ anywhere. You’re not gonna scare me off. Just stop it.”
Lazily grin spreading over his lips, Jensen says, “You might wanna hold off on the promise rings until you hear the worst of it.”
Leading Jensen forward by the scruff of his neck, Jared sucks slowly on Jensen’s lips until he feels fingers dig into his hips. Against Jensen’s mouth, he says, “No more.” He kisses him again, quicker this time. “You and me. That’s all.”
Years in the Making
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Date: 2010-08-04 11:24 pm (UTC)Awwwwww that was very sweet and secure of Jared,if u love the man u love the present and the future of him ...the past is in the past even if it comes to kick u in the ass.
Looking forward to read more
Im sure it won´t matter what Jensen says Jared is not going anywhere.
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Date: 2010-08-04 11:47 pm (UTC)Either way, I think it's an interesting debate. Sometimes 'good' and 'bad' aren't as easily defined as you wish they were.
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Date: 2010-08-04 11:57 pm (UTC)Jared had better be bringing out the best in his boy.
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Date: 2010-08-05 04:16 am (UTC)Yeah, Jared's got some work to do, but I think maybe they'll manage to figure it out. :) Have hope, young one. I'll try not to let you down.
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Date: 2010-08-05 04:24 am (UTC)(It's one of my favorites, too - until we get to chapter 20, and then that will be my favorite.)
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Date: 2010-08-05 10:10 am (UTC):O *eagerly awaits chapter 20*
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Date: 2010-08-05 12:16 am (UTC)Stupid teacher though.
Jensen you're not all bad ;)
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Date: 2010-08-05 04:29 am (UTC)Jared IS an awesome boyfriend - Jensen's kind of losing the argument for bad karma, I think. ;)
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Date: 2010-08-05 12:51 am (UTC)*pets him*
No, he wasn't nice. At all. But he learned, and now - time to move on. I like Jared just...moving on past. :)
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Date: 2010-08-05 04:33 am (UTC)Thank goodness he found a guy who doesn't give a flip about the past!
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Date: 2010-08-05 04:35 am (UTC)Jared's in it, but I'm not sure he knows exactly what he's in just yet. ;)
(I'm totally doing my little ominous, evil super-villain laugh over here.)
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Date: 2010-08-05 01:29 am (UTC)Awwww, these boys are so cute. I like how even though the relationship started as casual, it has a strong foundation of trust now :)
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Date: 2010-08-05 05:24 am (UTC)And I dunno, I kinda get Jared, shit you done before shouldn't matter, but it's wonderful that Jensen cares enough to tell.
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Date: 2010-08-05 08:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-05 06:08 am (UTC)Mmm, yep, Gen really does have a valid reason to be weary of Jensen. Now it's time for him to show us that he's deserving of an awesome guy like Jay. *whispers* and Ian. ;D
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Date: 2010-08-05 08:38 am (UTC)Jensen's got some ground to cover, I know, but I hope you feel like he earns Jared's trust in the end. I'm working on getting them there anyway. :)
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Date: 2010-08-05 06:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-05 08:46 am (UTC)It's so far from a black and white issues - that's part of what I love about it!
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Date: 2010-08-05 08:50 am (UTC)I like your view better, much better, it just doesn't bear out in my life.
Looking forward to more.
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Date: 2010-08-05 12:28 pm (UTC)Don't know about the triple a player because we didn't find out why. Extortion=bad, but I'm a sucker for poetic justice (it happens so rarely that bad things happen to bad people).
ps I love your fic!
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Date: 2010-08-05 12:33 pm (UTC)And it was NEVER my intention to imply that Jensen did anything he did for any kind of pay out. I guess you can argue that he expected one in the form of grades, but extortion in the literal sense never even crossed my mind. In fact, in the first (and far too long) draft of this chapter, he was just pissed that the guy pretended not to even recognize Jensen when he was with his teammates, let alone acknowledge what they were doing together when said teammates weren't around. My word count was way high, so I scrapped that part. It's always about pride with him, though - never about money. If that makes it better.
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Date: 2010-08-05 05:45 pm (UTC)BUT.........
*dances* They said the "B" word. *dances*
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