Title: Light From a Burning Bridge
Author: kelleigh
Artist: blondebitz
Genre: RPS
Pairing: Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles
Rating: NC17
Word Count: 38K
Warnings: Off-screen Character Death. Mentions of life-threatening situations. Discussion of traumatic events.

Summary: Sometimes you get the brightest light from a burning bridge. Jensen Ackles is no stranger to loss. His parents are gone and today he’s burying his only brother after a rescue gone wrong. Jensen knows the tradition—that the fire department would send someone to help him as a way of honoring their late captain—but the last thing he needs is another firefighter hanging around, reminding him of what he lost. He especially doesn’t want to see this particular firefighter.

Jared Padalecki was wild, cocky, and always chasing the next rush. After parting ways three years ago, Jensen thought he’d never have to see him again. Little did he know that Jared had been transferred to his brother’s station just months before his death, catapulting them back into each other’s lives. Now, if Jensen has any chance of climbing out of this darkness, he’s going to have to accept a lifeline from the man he swore he’d never forgive.


READ IT HERE ON AO3
ART MASTERPOST from blondebitz




This story was born from my love for 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star. Firefighters, am I right? This is entirely a work of fiction, and I make no claim to understand the realities of being a first responder, except that I have the utmost respect for those that do this kind of work. At first, I was really hesitant to even attempt this year's spn_j2_bigbang given everything that's happening in the world. I wasn't sure I could take on a large project with actual deadlines, but I'm happy I pushed through. The world needs more Firefighter!AUs ♥

The concept of assigning firefighters to help out a spouse/significant other/family members after a tragedy is a real tradition, though I doubt this is the intended result :P



Thank you to blondebitz for making such a portfolio of art to go along with this story! I'm glad you were so enthusiastic going into the challenge. Thank you for being so patient, especially during these tough and crazy times ♥ I hope you had fun for this round of Big Bang!

This story would not have been possible without the help of dugindeep, ashtraythief, zubeneschamali, cherie_morte, and quickreaver. Our "Defend your Draft!" ZOOM discussions over the last few weeks made all the difference! I might have cried and complained a lot about your suggestions (WRITING IS HAAAARD), but they made this a better story and I'm very very grateful! You ladies are the best. Remember, when in doubt, add more Chad.

BIG thanks to Jerzcaligrl for the beta work throughout this entire process! Thank you for being patient with me and for taking the time to be so thorough ♥ ♥

Thank you to wendy for taking the time and bringing us this Big Bang challenge year after year! I was grateful to have it amidst all the craziness we're dealing with, and can't wait to read the other contributions.

♥ Roses are Red, Violets are Blue
This is a Comment Meme, You know what to do ♥



PROMPTING:

♥ Leave prompts that relate to Valentine's Day in some way. Please put requested pairing (if any) and brief tags in the comment title.
♥ Prompts can include romantic tropes, date ideas, Singles Awareness Day, kinky nights together, AU scenarios, Galentines/Bro-tines Day, Gen prompts, etc.
♥ SPN and SPN RPF only, please.
♥ If you like a prompt, write a comment!fic of ANY length (from a drabble to a short novel!), any rating. Art fills are also welcome!
♥ Use of real people under the age of 18 is prohibited, however AUs where characters are under 18 is allowed. For instance, a J2 high school prompt is fine, prompts featuring the actors’ children are not.

FILLING:

♥ When posting your fill, PLEASE post as a reply to the original comment containing the prompt, and include pairing/rating information in the comment title.
♥ More than one response to a prompt is totally okay, as everyone's interpretation will be different!
♥ Fills may be posted on other platforms like AO3, but you must post a comment with title, header info, and link as a reply to the prompt to be included in the master post.
♥ Not up to writing or arting? Leave some love for those authors and artists who do participate!
♥ LJ comment limits are around ~750 words these days. If you go over, the comment may not post. If that happens, try to break your fill up into multiple parts.
♥Unknown links may cause LJ to think your comment is spam. If you are linking to AO3, please code the link rather than pasting it into the comment.

♥ Anonymous comments are enabled.
♥ Please promote this comment meme!

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Master List.
J2 Alone on Valentine's Day by dugindeep
J2 Sitting at the wrong table on a blind date by cherie_morte
Jared is a private chef hired by a recently-dumped Jensen by zubeneschamali
Veteran Firefighter Jensen with a crush on rookie!Jared by kelleigh
Jensen has roses delivered to himself at the office by jdl71
Jensen gives Jared a heart for Valentine's...literally by anonymous
Jared is dumped halfway through his date by tammyrenh
Hooker!Jensen offers a special discount to his favorite police officer, Jared by jdl71
Grumpy!Cupid Jensen and rookie!Cupid Jared by firesign10
Smith/Wesson - Sandover holds a Secret Valentine exchange by kelleigh
It's Sam's first Valentine's day at Stanford by runedgirl
Dean has been waiting years to spoil Sam rotten on Valentine's Day by runedgirl
Sam hasn't seen Dean since last Valentine's Day by amusawale
Sam wakes up alone on Valentine's Day, but Dean will surprise him by gigis89
Jared signs up for a shift in a Kissing Booth by tsuki_no_bara
J2 have been talking online for months and meet for the first time by jdl71
Jared takes part in a bachelor auction for charity by firesign10
Jensen is human, Jared is not. They have communications issues when it comes to romantic gestures. by ashtraythief
Detective Jensen makes a date with escort!Jared for Valentine's Day by kelleigh
J1 hasn’t told J2 about his lycanthropy problem, Valentine's is on a full moon. by merenwen76
ART: Cocky fighterpilot!Jensen/former-stormtrooper!Jared on Valentine's Day by cassiopeia7
Sam and Dean have to make due with what they have on the road to celebrate Valentine's by casey679
Sam/Dean with only one romantically decorated hotel bed on Valentine's by firesign10
Jared is lonely on Valentines, Jensen is an incubus in search of a meal. by tammyrenh
J2 are traveling on Valentine's Day, and there's only one room left at the hotel. by dugindeep
Sam's first Valentine turns out to be a prank. Dean decides to cheer him up. by sammichgirl
J2 make greeting cards. Jared comes up with text, Jensen illustrates them. by cherie_morte and sweetheartdean
Jared and Jensen are strangers who end up sharing a hotel room with only one bed! by zubeneschamali
Ex-Cupid Tahmoh helps Jared and Jensen get together by kelleigh
Sam gives Dean a 'rose' on Valentine's Day by firesign10
Jared cooks Valentine's Day brunch for Jeff by jdl71
Jared uses cheesy pick up lines to flirt with Jensen by sammichgirl
Dean gets a special tattoo, because it's hard to say "I love you" out loud. by smalltrolven
Jensen and his wife are on a romantic getaway, Jensen finds a way to celebrate with his real Valentine. by kelleigh
A snowstorm forces J2 to take shelter together overnight on February 14. by ashtraythief

Meme format/guidelines from dev_earl.

Hey y'all! I've decided to throw it back to the good ol' days of LJ and host a comment fic meme! A bit later this week, I'll be posting ♥ Be Mine: An SPN/RPF Valentine's Day Comment Meme ♥ for all to enjoy, so stay tuned. All SPN and SPN-RPF related prompts having something to do with the theme of Valentine's Day will be welcome, so start thinking!

Title: Fire Front
Author: kelleigh
Artist: sweetheartdean
Genre: RPS
Pairing: Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles
Rating: NC17
Word Count: 41K
Warnings: Age Difference. Mild Violence and Injury.

Summary: Before his 18th birthday, bitter foster kid Jensen Ackles was given a choice between prison time or military service. He chose the latter and spent the next decade channeling his rage into training and multiple tours overseas. When he’s finally discharged, he moves to Boston to live with the only person who ever gave a damn about him, but the anger that’s plagued him since he was a teen refuses to let him settle into a normal life. Pushed to the brink, Jensen discovers the world of illegal fighting and uses it to burn the violence out of his system. Empty warehouses, rundown factories, and foreclosed clubs become the arenas where Jensen fights for money and relief.

One night, after emerging victorious from his latest challenge, he finds a young man waiting for him, offering him a prize he won’t refuse. Jensen sees so much of himself in the skinny, stubborn kid, and he’s torn between his desire to corrupt and his need to protect. Jared Padalecki is lost, working at a small diner and trying to make ends meet. He’s stuck between a home that doesn’t want him and a dangerous world filled with people who wouldn’t hesitate to take advantage of him. Jensen finds himself fighting to keep Jared from repeating his own mistakes while at the same time battling the rage inside him. Will it consume him before he can save Jared, or is Jensen the one in need of saving?

READ IT HERE ON AO3
ART MASTERPOST from sweetheartdean



Notes: This was a story idea that I came up with a long time ago and never got around to writing. When BB season rolled around, I pulled it back out and gave it another go. It morphed from a simple PWP into a 40K+ behemoth in almost no time at all. I’m glad I finally finished it, as it took me to several unexpected places!

Thank you so much to sweetheartdean for choosing my summary and for coming up with three AMAZING pieces of art to illustrate the fic! You understood what I wanted so well, let me spam you with pictures of Jensen’s ridiculously amazing facial hair, and let me convince you that Tahmoh Penikett is absolutely WONDERFUL. I’m so happy we got to work together on this, and your art so amazing, I can only hope the story lives up to your work.

Many, MANY hugs to dugindeep who kept me going throughout this entire process, even though we THOUGHT we could keep our Big Bangs under 25K for once. Needless to say we failed, but not miserably ♥ ♥ ♥ I never would have finished this story without your encouragement, and I truly appreciate your work as a beta for making this story the best it could be. You are the best and I love you!

Thank you to wendy for bringing us this Big Bang challenge year after year! I wish I could quit you :)

Here's my latest contribution to salt_burn_porn if anyone is interested!

title. Pattern of Behavior
pairing. Jensen/Jared
rating. NC17/Explicit
genre. Alternate Universe - Lawyers
words. 3364
warnings. Dubious consent issues relating to the legal profession/coercion, but both participants are consenting and willing. Infidelity themes. Written for verucasalt123's prompt of roll the dice.

“You want to roll the dice, take this to trial? Fine by me. I’ll see you bright and early on Monday morning. You can see yourself out.”

Padalecki closes his eyes and shakes his head again. “I can’t.”

“What was that?”

“I said, I can’t.”

Read it HERE ON AO3.

Merry Christmas, everyone! I give you my 2018 gift fic for runedgirl ♥

THE LAST MOUNTAIN
Pairing/Characters: Sam/Dean
Word count/Medium: Fic. 4000 words.
Rating: NC17 to be safe
Warnings: none. Takes place a little after current canon, no s14 spoilers as I haven’t watched beyond the first few episodes.
Summary: It took Dean a few weeks to realize what was really going on with his brother. Once he did, it took him another week to work out how he felt about the revelation.

Notes: For runedgirl… It was my pleasure to write this for you! Especially since I felt like your prompts could have been mine, too :) It’s a little bit of a headcanon I’ve always had, despite all the reasons it probably could never happen, so I had to handwave a few details to make it work. I tried to work in a couple of your prompts and as many of your likes as I could—trust me, I wish I had time to add even more because I love this idea so much. Merry Christmas, my friend!

( Dean finds the diploma frame in a secondhand shop in Kalamazoo, Michigan while he’s working the case of a potentially cursed antique dagger. )

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( Supernatural [Sam/Dean] Stories )

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( J2 CSI 'Verse )
( Other RPS Pairings )

Back around with a handful of fills for spn_masquerade! I had the opportunity to fill five amazing prompts, all very very different but fun in their own way. Some new things for me, and some not :)

All links go to Ao3. Original prompts are included in the notes before each fic. Hope you enjoy!

1. Oncoming Storm | 1425 words
[Sam/Dean] Oral Sex, Road Head, Incest Kink, Impala Sex
Dean is rattled from that last hunt. Sam knows just how to help him relax.

2. Nine-Tenths | 525 words
[Jensen/Jared] Infidelity, Murder, Dirty Talk, Bottom Jensen, Top Jared
He can't handle knowing that someone else has more of a claim than he does, that he's not the only one. But that's all about to change. Possession is nine-tenths of the law.

3. My Lips are the Gun | 1842 words
[Jensen/Jared] Oral Sex, Facials, Dirty Talk, Makeup Lipstick & Lip Gloss, Obedience, Masturbation
When Jensen finds out there's a lipstick color called 'Jared' by Tom Ford, he can't stop imagining the way the shade would look on his boyfriend's lips. He's never clicked 'buy' so fast in his life.

4. Graded Performance | 817 words
[Tahmoh Penikett/Jensen Ackles] Oral Sex, Nipple Play, Kitchen Sex, Established Relationship, Mutual Masturbation
Jensen's in the middle of giving what he considers to be a spectacular blowjob (above average, for sure) when his boyfriend decides to try something new.

5. Promoted | 2164 words
[Dean Smith/Sam Wesson] Switching, Office Sex, Rimming, Oral Sex, Lap Sex
Getting work done around Sandover was difficult since Sam couldn’t make eye-contact with Dean without growing half-hard, although his semis are easier to hide now that he isn’t wearing khakis to work every day. Dean likes to see him in dark slacks and crisp shirts, and given the way Dean has taken to dicking Sam without bothering to remove most of his clothes, Sam isn’t complaining.

Written for the 2018 spn_j2_bigbang Challenge!

title: The Frozen Ocean
author: kelleigh
artist: quickreaver
genre: RPF
pairing: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki
rating: NC17
word count: 50,700
warnings: Mentions of depression, very brief mentions of PTSD and suicidal ideation. Temporary character death. Minor character death. Action-movie violence and injury.



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.



READ/DOWNLOAD THE FIC ON AO3
ART MASTERPOST

( notes & thanks )

Only a few more days until quickreaver and I post, y'all! 7.13.18!

Never imagined I'd be able to write for spn_j2_bigbang again, but I couldn't be more excited about this one. Stay tuned for The Frozen Ocean!

Also, HELLO!

Without further ado...

CORPUS DELICTI
[THE FACTS OF A CRIME]

J2 CSI 'Verse - Story One
Explicit. 10000 words. AU.

Jensen's job never gets easier. His latest crime scene is no exception. Tasked with investigating the violent murder of a young woman whose body was discovered in a famous actor's hotel room, Jensen tries not to let the circumstances of the crime, not to mention the intrusive press coverage, affect his ability to do his job.

Amidst the chaos, however, he meets Jared Padalecki. While his instincts as a CSI tell him to stay away, Jensen can't help being drawn to the struggling actor. As the case progresses, Jensen wonders if Jared might be more than a simple distraction during a stressful case.

He could be what saves Jensen from burning out completely.

Read it here on AO3.

As promised, this is a totally revamped version of my original story. I have removed the entire CSI 'Verse from my LJ so that I can edit and refresh each part. For this first story, I've added more than 3000 words. The story was never originally written to have sequels, yet it ended up having four, and this one really needed a lot of editing. I hope you enjoy the result, whether you've read and enjoyed the series before, or if you're new! Trust me when I say that this version is so much better than the original. It's not just in the details, but hopefully in the story arc as well. I mean, Jensen even has a specialty now! Trust me, that'll come up later :)

Thank you to zubeneschamali for the willing beta - this really was such a huge project to me and your notes helped me add even more to this story to make it complete. ♥

Just a quick update to say that I've removed the entire J2 CSI 'Verse from my Livejournal. I wasn't happy with the way I left it, and I've been meaning to take it down for a while.

That being said, it's for a good reason!

I'm refreshing the entire universe! Let's face it, the first two stories were never meant to have sequels, so there was a lot that didn't match up and there were holes everywhere. I loved the stories, but they needed work. And I'm happy to say that the first story, Corpus Delicti [The Facts of a Crime], has already been rewritten, adding 3000 words to the original 6800 word story. It'll be so much better, I promise, and will hold so much more for those new to the 'Verse and those that enjoyed it before.

Needless to say, this is all serving to refresh my memory as I work on the final story. Abandoning this universe has always been my greatest regret and now I have the time and inspiration to fix that. So, the story should be reposted on AO3 sometime this week or next, and I'll be sure to leave a note here as well as in the original story posts (which will be replaced with the new versions).

I wrote fic! Try not to die of shock.

InSecurity.
Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki. NC17. 8600 words.
Canadian Spy!AU. Humor. Age Difference. Enemies to Lovers and back and forth.
Loosely based on the Canadian TV series of the same name. I couldn't resist!

Recruited straight out of UBC, Jensen found himself riding the fast-track at the National Intelligence and Security Administration’s Vancouver Operations Center. From analyst to field agent to deputy unit leader, Jensen followed every order, completed every menial task, and filled out paperwork in triplicate just to get ahead.

Now, he was a Unit Leader at only 34 years old. Along with the title came a better parking spot, a significant raise, and a fancy new office from which he could watch his team (his own team! Filling out their own paperwork in triplicate!) from behind floor-to-ceiling walls of metal and glass.

He had everything else. Getting a nemesis was the obvious next step. Based on his shiny new job title, Jensen thought he deserved a really good one.

Read 'InSecurity' on AO3.

Written for my darling dugindeep's birthday! WHICH WAS LAST WEEK, during which I spent most of my time beta'ing her Big Bang (which is just a gem and you should READ THAT TOO), and contains some of her FAVE tropes :P

Edit: LOL promise I actually linked the story this time!

HOW IS EVERYONE? TELL ME I WANT TO KNOW.

I'll add mine to the voices of those who are slowly but surely archiving fic in other locations. I had a dreamwidth account once - it might even be under this same username - but I honestly can't even remember and I don't have a lot of interest in crossposting over there.

EDIT. I did have a dreamwidth account under this same name, so I'm importing everything over there. If we're friends here, let's be friends there, too. If we're not friends here and you want to be friends, let's be friends there!

HOWEVER. I am super active with updating new stories, etc. on AO3. I'm girlfromcarolina over there, or for the J2 and SPN specific stuff, my pseudonym under that account is kelleigh. Please feel free to subscribe over there ♥ ♥

I'm also on Twitter @glitterstorm (personal and everything else, locked, but I welcome fandom people).
If you're only interested in story updates, follow @KelsFiction instead!

I'm pretty active on Tumblr, too! Follow me (and chat and whatnot) here @hurricanekelleigh

Just a quick update for now to get all of that out there! This entry and my masterlist will remain unlocked (and I've added links to all fics on AO3 if they've been archived over there), but I can't promise the rest won't go Friends Only pretty soon.

LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL ♥ ♥

Title. Today's Top Story
Giftee. the_rant_girl
Gifter. kelleigh
Pairing. Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki/Danneel Harris
Word count. 5100
Rating. R
Warnings. AU. Alcohol use.
Summary. Jared has finally gotten his life on track. He's got a fast-paced job at an Austin news station, a new coworker named Danneel Harris helping him make a name for himself at the station, and a stable living situation thanks to his landlord Jensen Ackles. He has two best friends, and a massive crush on both of them. Everything is going well until he introduces Danneel to Jensen. They hit it off a little too well, leaving Jared to wonder if he's lost his chance with them for good.

notes. Another spn_j2_xmas gift in the books! Thanks to dugindeep for helping with the plotty stuff when I got stuck and to one_2_3_4 for the beta! I was a little nervous as I had only written this pairing once before, but it was a fun challenge!

To the_rant_girl: I hope you enjoy this story! I tried to include a few of your prompts and character traits here, and I'm really excited about the result. Merry Christmas!

Continue below or read on AO3 HERE!

( Jared is drunk. )

For the first j2_reversebang challenge, I had the chance to create some art for a theme I'd always wanted to read! And then I was lucky enough to have non_tiembo_mala write it for me! So without further ado...

WHEN YOU FIND ME [you'll search no more]
Story by: non_tiembo_mala
Art by: kelleigh

When Jared unexpectedly finds himself in possession of a stolen jewel that belongs to the mysterious and powerful sorceress who lives in the woods behind his castle, he feels compelled to return the stone right away. The witch surprises him by offering to grant him one wish, and the last thing he expects is to fall in love.

Read it here! On LiveJournal or on AO3!













This is really only the third story I've done art for (and for good reason, I'm a terrible artist!), but this time I got to craft the prompt first instead of fitting a particular story. This is a prompt I've always wanted to read, but it needed a good fantasy author to write it, and non_tiembo_mala totally stepped up! I was lucky that my first two authors dropped out, truly 😋 Pinch hitters for the win!

Thank you, non_tiembo_mala, you are the best! ❤️❤️❤️

Media: Prismacolor pencils, photo manipulations, aesthetic.
About the art: I started out drawing the star sapphire oh a whim thinking I could connect it to a fantasy element. But I really liked how it turned out and built the rest of the pieces around it. I also drew the sunset scene. The images of Jared and Jensen are photo manips (at which I improved greatly from from the first draft of the art I considered submitting, trust me!). The title banner came about from me trying to be clever with layers, and was actually a mistake but since non_tiembo_mala and I loved the result, I decided to keep going 😋

So thanks for bearing with me during this challenge! Now what are you still doing here? go read the story!

AO3 links up soon!

AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE
Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki. NC17. 9700 words.
Soccer Fan!AU. Meet-cute. Flirting.
Jensen has been watching Arsenal Football Club play for years, going so far as to co-found a supporters club with his best friend. They watch matches at the same bar every weekend, drinking, cheering, and commiserating. When the hottest man Jensen has ever seen walks into their bar one Saturday morning, Jensen thinks his dreams have come true. There’s only one problem: Jared isn’t an Arsenal fan.

notes. A lot of this is based off my own experiences with my local Arsenal Supporters Club. It's amazing. I started writing this at the beginning of last season, meaning it's been a year since I began. I got distracted writing another Soccer!AU [He Gives Me Fever (Pitch) for brokenhighways], but I finally managed to finish this one, and I'm a little in love with these two. football = soccer and Tottenham Hotspur is a garbage team.

Thanks to jerzcaligrl for the beta assistance! ♥ Read on AO3 here.

( Jensen loves Arsenal and only Arsenal. )

No doubt you've seen this a few times already, but it's awesome so definitely participate. I've missed LJ being such an open and active community and perhaps this will help us come back to that, even in a small way.

I always welcome more friends on Tumblr and Twitter!



Also I miss using ALL of my icons, SPN or otherwise, so feel free to leave even the most random comments here and we'll have a good old icon spam :P

Let Us Know The Happiness Time Brings...
A Comment Meme for Jared Padalecki's Birthday

Let's make this one as awesome as Jensen's Meme!