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Genre: J2 RPS AU
Pairing: Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles
Rating: NC17
Word count: 29,500
Warnings: Cross-dressing character. Mentions of prostitution and abuse of a minor [brief]. Gun violence. Unsafe sex [in line with the times]. Idealized Old West setting.
Summary: The Morgan Traveling Exhibition & Gun Competition is recognized throughout the West as the finest showcase of shooters, ropers, and riders this side of the Mississippi River. Jensen, known better as The Texas Rose, joined J.D. Morgan’s troupe after the promoter rescued him from a prostitution camp when he was barely a teenager. Life on the road gives Jensen the family he’s always wanted, freedom to express his desires, and plenty of lovers, but Jensen longs for a partner who sees him as more than just a pretty face in a fancy costume. When he walks into a saloon the night before a competition and finds a tall, slim gunslinger standing alone at the bar, Jensen senses that passion could burn bright between them. However, Jensen knows that the only thing more dangerous than a gunslinger's aim would be falling in love with one. Though they both make their home on the road, Jensen's job is to celebrate life. Jared's job is to end it.
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Written for the 2014
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notes. I wasn’t going to participate in BB this year, but around March I remembered that I had started a short story which I really enjoyed. It was a PWP featuring Jensen wearing a corset, and Jared the gunslinger. It was based on an episode of one of my favorite older television series, The Magnificent Seven. I decided that it would be fun (*eyeroll*) to expand the story and give it a little more background, a little more porn, and a nice, happy ending. Three months later I have a full Harlequin Western, and I couldn’t be happier.
This is by no means in keeping with history. It is an idealized Old West where cross-dressing wasn’t common, but neither it nor homosexuality was frowned upon. It is also a Harlequin story and proud of it ♥
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And of course, thank you to my own posse who never let me give up on this story
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