Fic title: Shaghayegh
Author name: [info]ebcdic
Artist name: [info]arglikeapirate
Genre: RPS AU
Pairings: Jensen/Chad, Chris/Steve, Chad/OMC, Jensen/Tom, Jensen/Chris, Jensen/OMCs, Tom/Jamie, Jared/Jensen, James/Sophia, James/Chad
Rating: R
Word count: 21,001
Warnings/Spoilers: semi-graphic mention of rape, prostitution, language, drug abuse, current wars, drug trafficking
Summary: Jensen shares his totally awesome loft in Los Angeles with two male strippers, Chad and Jared, and spends his days high out of his mind when he's not fucking guys for money. Everything is perfect until his pimp hooks him up with Tom, a diplomat's son who smuggles drugs out of Colombia for fun, and Jensen finds his life turned upside down.

So, I did art for ebcdic's Shaghayegh, a very interesting and unique story where Chad is a Iraq veteran and Jensen is... well, I won't say for fear of spoiling the story. I actually signed up for this not realizing it was Jensen/Chad, but I'm glad I did, because the art was such fun! It went totally where I didn't expect. I was planning on playing on the title, which means "poppy," and clearly that didn't really happen. Still, I hope it's enjoyed anyway.

Consider joining! I did.

Hit the Ground Crawling, by elmo_loves_me

Title: Hit the Ground Crawling
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Warning/Disclaimer: Slash, yo. Do NOT own either of the boys and I'm making no profit.
Summary: After Sam pulls Dean out of Hell, Dean stops talking.

It takes a week for Sam to convince Dean to open his mouth so Sam can check that his tongue hasn’t been cut out. It takes two weeks for Sam to accept that Dean really isn’t talking. Then it takes a week of silence, the two of them sitting in the Impala like ventriloquist dummies, sitting in motel rooms like human taxidermy, before Sam decides to start talking for the both of them.
Artist Notes:

My first story was "Hit the Ground Crawling," by elmo_loves_me. I had an awesome time with the art for this story! Dean's scars were a real challenge to recreate, and I loved stretching the photoshopping muscles to get it done. Sophie was so willing to go with whatever I came up with, and I loved working with her. I have a banner, as well as coverart for the soundtrack.







Now, go read and enjoy!

Title: Dynastic Sports
Pairing: Gen, vaguely J2 if you squint
Rating: PG-13 for language
Summary: The Spurs are dynastic, apparently. Jensen needs to know this.
Notes: Reading ESPN magazine is clearly good for the brain.
Wordcount: 128 words
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Not mine, never happened. "Page 2: The Big Question," belongs to ESPN Magazine, and Jared and Jensen belong to themselves.

( It's about having a coach with vision. San Antonio is a dynastic team of of this era, and Gregg Popovich is a big constant. )

The Good Old Days, the Honest Man by longsufferingly
j2 pg 3200
It starts when the star quarterback gets hospitalized and the assistant coach comes to visit him and finds Jensen Ackles.
FNL/SPNRPS crossover. My life is complete.

...aaaand a sequel! hooray.

Never Really Gave Up On Breaking Out of this Two Star Town

Domestic Bliss and Other Oxymorons by winterweathered
j2, r, 29,000
Hell is living with other people.
A great domestic story that fits (mostly) right in with season 4. Parts made me laugh out loud. Features a smelly red bean bag, Jensen calling his mom, and a jealous boys. All the emoting is done in such a lovely, unobvious way.

Talking Points by winterlive
j2 au nc17, 24400
Texas state senator Jensen Ackles (D-16) is a dyed-in-the-wool idealist, a squeaky-clean boy scout, and a notorious press-dodger. His star is on the rise, and it's worth a career to get the scoop on him. The L.A. Times' star reporter Jared Padalecki might just make it to the Washington Post before his 30th birthday, if he can get the story - he'll have to go undercover and join Jensen's team. But it isn't long before the lie starts to feel like a betrayal, and Jared never expected to like his subject as much as he does.
I love how it incorporates politics and a love story without being overbearing about either!

The Ghost of Somebody at His Side by runedgirl
Sam/Dean, nc-17, 39,500
The night before Sam Winchester meets with his 12th grade guidance counselor for the second time, something very bad happens. One of those somethings that takes only a ridiculously short amount of time – in this case, about three minutes – yet manages to change the course of two lives forever. Or: Sam goes to Stanford, and takes most of Dean's heart with him.
They're both so tangled up in each other that Stanford fucks them up completely. Every little bit of this is so amazing and such a mindfuck.

Heart toward the Highway by valiant
Jo/John, NC-17, 43,000
Jo, fresh out of high school, has left home and wound up on the road with John, trying to learn the ropes from someone who isn't exactly sharing and caring. John, distant and impatient, isn't really a partner, friend, or role model -- which means that Jo's gotta get all stupid and hot for him. Their stoic apprenticeship starts to unravel as Jo starts to run out of clothes and John can't ignore her anymore.
Really an interesting and unique take on how it goes down after Sam leaves; Dean takes off on his own and John picks up Jo instead. The sex ticks my squick buttons, because of the whole daddy thing, but really good even still.

Lost and Found by mediaville
j2 NC-17, 47000
Of course I loved it. Ive been lookingofrward to it sicne like March. ;) The sex was a little I don't even know, but I had trouble with it, but the rest was fantastic!
Jensen Ackles is a shy, overweight songwriter whose body issues have prevented him from forming any real personal connections, and at thirty, he’s still unsure of his sexuality, and still a virgin. But when he signs up for an experimental obesity research program, he meets Jared Padalecki, a stunningly sexy fitness guru who slowly but surely changes Jensen’s life.

Seeing Daylight by drvsilla
j2 nc-17, ~40,000
Jensen Ackles retired from bullriding with everything he'd set his mind to, somehow managed to get even more along the way; he won the buckle, the million, and Jared Padalecki's heart. Now he's ready to get started on something more, something better with even bigger dreams, figures them to be right within his reach. So why is he putting everything at risk and leaving it all behind to start over again?
A great sequel to In His Hand, her big bang from last year. I think I might even like it better!

Imprint by mass_hipgnosis
j2, r, ~20000
In a world where love at first sight is a documented scientific phenomenon, and potentially lethal, Jared and Jensen still meet for the first time when they've both been chosen for Supernatural; things just go a little differently after that.

Title: Edward Teach Don’t Have Nothing on Me
Pairing: J2
Rating: PG-13 for language
Summary: Jared is the middle son of a wealthy South Carolinian planter on his way to Oxford, when pirates hijack his ship. Being kidnapped and held for ransom definitely wasn't part of the plan.
Notes: Temporarily un-beta’d. Information about pirate ships is from Brethren of the Coast, while my justification for homosexuality in the navy and on a pirate ship comes from The Washington City Paper
Wordcount: 4995 words
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Not mine, never happened.

( I'm on a boat motherfucker don't you ever forget )

a list of the hottest fic in fandom. ;)

If At First You Don't Succeed, Suck Seed
nc-17 j2 19,060
Jared gets dragged to the Moonlite BunnyRanch, where he meets Jensen. After an initial misunderstanding, things won't ever be the same for either of them.

Tell Me All The Things I Want to Hear by thnyxie and nu_breed
j2 nc-17 3500
Phone sex. Jared’s at a con alone, Jensen’s jealous because he knows Jared’s been flirting all day. Jared shows Jensen he knows whose he is.
super hot!

Common Knowledge by elucreh
j2, long, pg-13 ish
Jared, your fangirls. Fangirls, I believe you already know Jared. Better than he knows himself.
Jared is curious about this 'elljay' thing, and ends up discovering his epic love via the internet.

more con recs here.

I taught Your Boyfriend that Thing You like
j2 nc-17, 22k
Jared is a big gay celebrity gossip blogger. Jensen is the biggest straightest action star in Hollywood. Boysex ensues.
Also necessary to add how spazzy and awesomely tangental the narration gets, and how obsessed with sex Jared is. ;)

Cause Knowledge is Power
adult, sam/dean, 10k
really sweet list of things the boys know about each other. That sounds a little stupid, but it makes their love seem so pure. Well. For brothers. ;)

For You As Yet by elanorelle
Sam/Dean, R, 18k
Mary lives. Some things change, some things don't, and Dean's just postponing the inevitable.
Really sweet and domestic-ish, with super devotion.

From Here We Go Sublime by stellabelle
J2, nc-17, 16,000
Jensen turns thirty, and things shift. Featuring: one dead hippie aunt, several identity crises, bungee jumping, Jared with sand in his loafers, and one hazy California summer.
Beautiful! Jensen is so obviously in love but no one ever says it, they're too manly. Has all that beautiful banter I love so much.

That Time, With the Thing by [Unknown LJ tag]
Dean's got a year left, so he records Sam a note.

Fade to Black (Not While Your Hand's in Mine by runedgirl
The Dean that comes back isn't the same, but Sam's love is. NC-17, S/D, looong.

bite_my_muse and angeliccale87 have beautiful icons and manips

Some great icons from a con by dramaa_princess

Like A Boss by winterevanesce
AHAHAHAHAHAHA possibly the funniest vid I've ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE. The lipsyncing at the beginning and end is actually stunning, and the entire thing just works so well.

Dirt on Our Uniforms by beckaandzac
j2 nc-17. Jared is a student at an elite Massachusetts boarding school. Jensen is a transfer from a public high in Texas, and Jared's new roommate. Sex ensues. Really good, although the ending is a little abrupt!

Farther Away from Where We Are by causeways
j2 nc-17. 17k. Almost domestic schmoop, but not really, because these are men, after all, and instead they drink a shitton of beer and play possibly even more videogames. Quietly adorable.
Lingering in the Golden Gleam by causeways
That one, with the timeswap and kids! Or, j'know, in other words, On New Year's Eve ten years after the end of Supernatural, Jared goes to sleep in Los Angeles and wakes up in Vancouver, in bed with Jensen Ackles. And they've got kids.

Something Borrowed, Something Blue by belyste
j2 nc-17, 38,000
When Jared desperately needs a date for his brother's wedding, he hires an escort. Jensen's the perfect fake boyfriend, except pretty soon things get a little too real. Based on The Wedding Date.
Awesome, awesome fic. It sometimes felt like the roles should have been switched, but only a little, and at the same time not, because it was so sweet and perfect how it was.

Some classic AUs...

The Rest, as they Say, is History by raina_at
j2, nc-17. Struggling actor Jensen takes a job as big-shot movie star Jared Padalecki’s dogsitter. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Can't Point the Way to Your Heart by belyste
j2, nc-17. vein of movies like Hitch - Jensen's an unofficial advice guru, and Jared's his latest project. Except while Jensen's supposed to be helping Jared end up with the woman of his dreams, he falls for him instead.

So Close to My Heart audrarose
j2, pg-13. Dr. Jared and single-dad Jensen in Seattle, with love and complications.

Business and Pleasure by for spn_harlequin.
j2, nc-17. Jared’s a philandering CEO and Jensen’s his overworked assistant – that is, until Jared decides he needs to improve his image by having a serious relationship and chooses Jensen to be his fake boyfriend. But Jensen’s a little in love with Jared and Jared has ideas of his own, and pretty soon no one is certain what’s fake and what’s real anymore.

This is getting to be quite multimedia'd!

Dimensions and Verticals by bellatemple
PG, Gen
Sam draws Dean out of hell. Literally.

A Hopscotch of Evil Little Girls by gnatkip
An doll chain of 8 of the evil little girls from the show.

Precious Maybes bt fleshflutter
Gen, hints of Sam/Dean and kind of Meta on Fandom. 716 words.
All the maybes of fandom and SPN, and the definites.

Lazarus Came Forth by ostelle
Dean makes it out of hell and finds that things topside are not much better than down below. Apocalypse fic of the whimper rather than bang variety.
Gen, R

Open Your Eyes by dodger_winslow
Gen, pg-13 for language. Dean gets injured on a hunt with John. (Recced on roundtable)

Another Morn than Ours by britomart_is
Pg, Gen. It's almost sunrise. Dean needs to wake up. Sam's going to get Dean out, if it's the last thing he does.

Castiel Picspam by typicrobots
I never really understood what about picspam would be art until there was a roundtable post about it. Now, I understand. This is Castiel and Dean, in Castiel's debut performance.

Jeans Picspam by bellanut
Because the boys are so sexy in their denim

20 Dean Faces by bellanut
Need I say more? Sam's 20 are linked at the end.

Jared and Jensen are In Love by speakfree
The picspam version. God, my roommate probably thinks I'm insane just sitting here grinning.

After School Special Recap by bellanut
Really nice episode recap, with all the pretty!

4x10 Dean/Anna sex scene recap by no_apologies_86
B/w recap of the Dean/Anna scene. Nicely done!

see bookmarks for sam's clothing guide. typicrobots has some great HIMYM and SPN episode recaps.

Me and the Devil Blues by britomart_is and sequel, Burn My Body Down My The Highway Side

It’s been nine months since the hellhounds dragged Dean into the Pit, and Sam drives along the coast highway with an empty passenger seat beside him. He hums along to Black Sabbath in the tape deck—Dean’s music, not his, but Sam learned to make concessions a long time ago.
Really creepily good version of how Sam gets Dean back. Not what you expect. Sam/Dean, R then NC-17

Rumspringa and meidung by july_july_july
Pre-series. Dean runs away from home; dean pov and then john pov. Originally I read John first, although they were written in the opposite order.

Clangs by vee_fic
What is it: Gen AU. A homecoming. A horror.
Tagline: It was just a stupid accident. It doesn't have to be any more complicated than that.
One detail changed changes an entire universe. John never tries to find out what killed Mary

Deconstruction of a Hero by deanish_ness
Pre-Series, Dean and Sam are in Texas while John is hunting. Really sweet, and pre-SamAngst. This I could see happening with the characters cast for After School Special. :)

Look at some of deanish_ness's other stuff, too; Dis-Orientation is a sweet, very depressing look at Sam's first day at Stanford.

Free and Clear by merrish
Sam makes a deal to get Dean out of Hell, but won't tell what he promised. sam/dean, 6k.

Freaky Friday by trolleys
For j2_everafter
Freaky Friday/J2 crossover Such hot art! Especially the last one. :)

HP Big Bang
The site for the 3 HP/DM Big Bangs

<lj user="chasingtides</a> recipes and some interesting spn fic; didn't quite catch my attention but some of the pieces were really good. The recipes look great.

After the Tone by kashmir
A big bang fic. Jensen goes to NYC and becomes a live actor, while Jared becomes rich and famous. Eventually they manage to get their acts together and start shacking up regularly. (and it only takes like 5 years...)

Fairy Tale Life by leonidasden
Dean is living a domestic paradise, but it's not all okay.

The Air Moves to Fill The Space Where My Body's Been and sequel, The Frightened Inch Between Our Skin by britomart_is
Sam/Dean
Really amazingly wellwritten porn that's somehow just that little bit more.

We Must Reinvent Love by _mourn
Big Bang fic from '08 based on Superbad, but better, obviously, because instead of Seth Rogen we have Jensen who's in love with Jared. The sequels are sweet but not really worth the time, unfortunately.

The Newbie Guide by egotists
A list of classic fics, vids, helpful links, and where to finds.

Nosce Te Ipsum by rei_c
Jensen’s been living in the Empire for over eight years and he’s just now realising he has a problem. When a solution presents itself in the form of a shaggy-haired guy holding a cup of coffee, will he accept an offer he really can’t afford to refuse?

an absolutely brilliantly realized AU. It eases you into the world so gently I almost forgot it was an AU for the first, I don't even know, half a chapter? Really great.

Keepsake by indysaur
For j2_everafter Based on Wall-E. Jared isn't quite human.
I can't properly describe what this story made me feel, but I guess one word would cover it best: awe. Through a Jared that isn't quite human, and an entirely alien Earth, the author delivers one of the most touching and honest and just plain beautiful stories I've had the pleasure of reading.

The Doors of Time by felisblanco
Frigging EPIC. JA/JP AU. About love and Fate and destiny. And Jensen being weird. And piano music. And finding the one person that's made for you in a world that isn't. Something like that. Epic fic of doom. Approx. 188.000 words. (And no, that's not a typo.)
LOVE THIS.