FINALLY. THANK GOD.

Title: Mildred: A College AU
Authors: causeways and walkawayslowly
Artist: sillyshy, her art post is here. Tell her she is awesome!
Word Count: 62,131
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Official Summary: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jared in possession of his heterosexuality will immediately switch teams upon enrollment in college and first contact with Jensen Ackles.
Original Summary: Jared goes to college and is gay for Jensen Ackles. It's a real shocker, sports fans.
Real Summary: No really, that’s all that happens. For 60,000 words.
Disclaimer: Jared, Jensen, and all of the other real live people we mention belong to themselves. Sadly. The OCs are ours, all ours.
Authors' Notes:

Kelly thanks: walkawayslowly, for suggesting that we cowrite in the first place, and for waiting patiently for me to move past the laughing-in-her-face stage and into the "omg fine" stage; for not murdering me during the many, many periods of story-related emo; and for still being my very favorite person on the entire internet (and beyond!) at the end of it all. I can't think of anyone with whom I would rather have a child that is also a piece of fanfiction. You say that's slightly creepy? I say that's how we roll.
girlmostlikely, for a very fantastic beta, and for being one of my very first fandom friends, back when I was new and writing about Wincestuous adventures in prison. Those were good times.
nemoinis, for being so excellent as to offer to beta even when she did not know half of the authors, and for doing a fantastic job while she was at it.

Merrin thanks: causeways. I understand the key smash when I first asked her to cowrite now, and all the laughter. See, she'd done this before, and I really hadn't. If you are not familiar with the process, it is one arduous task. Similar to giving birth, I would imagine, or climbing a mountain, even though I have only done the latter and not the former. I have a new measure for a friend now, and it’s someone who will cowrite 60k of coming-of-age (and out-of-the-closet) rps with you and still be your friend at the end of it.
girlmostlikely, for agreeing to beta even though she knew how long it was going to be, and how much time we weren’t going to be able to give her. thanks also for pointing out our ACTUAL posting date as opposed to the posting date we THOUGHT we had. Love you, babe, you are the BEST.
nemoinis, for ALWAYS betaing everything, even my crappy popslash. and for being one of MY first fandom friends, back when I thought "slash" fic meant "stabbing people with pointy knives."

Kelly and Merrin both thank: sillyshy, for picking our lame summary out of a whole list of summaries, and being an INCREDIBLY awesome artist; and the spn_j2_bigbang mods, for running this wild rumpus again.

MILDRED: A COLLEGE AU

In honor of having sent our really hilariously long Big Bang off to the betas (SORRY BETAS) last night, I bring you fic that's been chillin' on my hard drive for a very long time. It's SPN, even! WILD.

Title: The Cape May Haunted Trolley Tour
Author: causeways
Fandom: SPN
Rating: PG
Pairings: gen (you have no idea how much it pains me to say that!)
Word Count: 4,300
Disclaimer: SPN belongs to Eric Kripke, not me. I would have done some reeeeally different things with it if it were mine!
Summary: After a family disappears on the southern Jersey Shore, Sam and Dean investigate.
Author's Notes: This was originally going to be the beginning of something much, much longer, but that wasn't happening. This is set in some vague nebulous period of canon between the end of S2 and the start of anything particularly plotty in S3.

( The Cape May Haunted Trolley Tour )

This took WAY longer that I thought it would when I started writing it. That's because it's been rewritten like . . . four times. Thrilling, I know. Anyway, this is pretty different than the story I thought I was going to write when I started it, but it still ends up in the same place. So, cool.

Title: Jagged and Endlessly New
Author: causeways
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: JC Chasez/Chace Crawford, Chace Crawford/Ed Westwick
Word Count: 4,054
Disclaimer: None of these men have ever had any sort of homosexual relations with each other whatsoever.
Summary: "I think I'm moving out of my apartment," Ed says one afternoon on set. They're huddling in Chace's trailer between takes.
Author's Notes: This is the sequel to Some Surreal Country, but it should stand alone pretty well. walkawayslowly would have betaed this if she'd been around.

( Jagged and Endlessly New )

Also, I can move on now. THANK GOD.

Hahaha, yes. The first fic I am posting since October REALLY IS JC Chasez/Chace Crawford. EPIC SIGH.

Let me start by saying that I owe walkawayslowly my soul. She's had to hear about this story for way too freaking long, and she could not possibly care less about this pairing, and yet she has sat through every bit of my blabbing about it and has not even said "stfu before I punch you in the face" so much as once. This is because she is a saint.

Merrin not only sat through all of my blathering, but she ALSO looked at this when I said, "I think this is two stories. Do you think this is two stories?" and then after confirming that yes, it was two stories (Story #2, in which Chace Crawford is gay with Ed Westwick, is on its way!), she even freaking betaed. Because she loves me. Anyway! Story!

Title: Some Surreal Country
Author: causeways
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: JC Chasez/Chace Crawford
Word Count: 3,125
Disclaimer: Despite what every magazine and gossip blog ever has said, JC and Chace are not gay with each other. No, really, they're not.
Summary: JC Chasez and Chace Crawford were totally doing it.
Author's Notes: In case it was not clear from the above, I owe walkawayslowly BIG TIME. We're talking, like, a pony here.

( Some Surreal Country )

Story #2 is coming soon! Far sooner than walkawayslowly would like.

ETA: Story #2, right here. Jagged and Endlessly New

I hear you all going, "causeways still writes fic? Whaaaat?" Trust me, I'm as surprised as you are.

Title: Accidents Happen
Author: causeways
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Word Count: 3,100
Disclaimer: Jared and Jensen belong to themselves.
Summary: Jared wakes up one morning, rolls over, and kisses Jensen. And then freaks out about it.
Author's Notes: A few days ago I was talking to balefully, and I said I wanted to write a fic about guys getting together after being in a club. And Lucy said, "Write it! Make it J2!" And I said, "No way, dude, they LIVE TOGETHER. If they were going to get together, it wouldn't be because of a CLUB." And then this fic happened. So this is for balefully. Also, big thanks to walkawayslowly, not just for being awesome, but also for betaing and killing all those colons.

( Accidents Happen )

Title: Treat Her Like a Lady
Author: causeways
Fandom: SPN
Rating: R
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Word Count: 6,042
Disclaimer: All characters, situations, etc. belong to Eric Kripke and others. Except for the demon poodle. The demon poodle is mine.
Summary: You can never tell when a conversation with a really smokin' woman is going to come back and bite you in the ass. Dean gets cursed into dating Sam.
Author's Notes: This is for walkawayslowly, since basically it is all her fault. Thanks to balefully and dark_reaction for reading this over and to memphis86 for betaing.

( Treat Her Like a Lady )

AHAHA SO. When I was visiting balefully in Northern Virginia she made me watch Imaginary Heroes, and I was kind of ridiculously in love with it. Lucy said I shouldn't post the primer for Why This Pairing Is Amazing because it would totally spoil the movie, but the trailer is here and I understand that there's a torrent of the movie available if you know your way around a .iso file (WHICH I DON'T, or else I'd upload). Also, if you're of the curious sort who doesn't mind spoiling a movie for yourself (which I don't recommend, but y'know), there are some pretty awesome clips on YouTube. ANYWAY, fic!

Title: Ever Moving in Our Orbits
Author: causeways
Fandom: Imaginary Heroes
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Tim/Kyle
Word Count: 4,117
Disclaimer: Imaginary Heroes does not belong to me. It would be glorious if Kip Pardue's ass did, but tragically that doesn't, either.
Summary: Things aren't a whole lot better after graduation, except for how they kind of are.
Author's Note: Thanks and blame go to balefully, for the source material, the enthusiasm, and also the beta.

( Ever Moving in Our Orbits )

Title: Workin' Hard for the Money
Author: causeways
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Word Count: 1,807
Disclaimer: Jared and Jensen belong to themselves and are not actually fucking in real life, nor is either of them a hooker.
Summary: After Jared gives Jensen the most fantastic blowjob of his life, Jensen runs into him again, and they go back to Jensen's house and fuck.
Author's Notes: This is the sequel to balefully's J2 hooker fic Heart of Gold, which she wrote for me and which you'll want to read first. I seem to have agreed with everyone who thought it needed a sequel, because I went and wrote one. Thanks to walkawayslowly for all kinds of good advice, as always, and to vinylroad for the title.

( Workin' Hard for the Money )

The authors just got revealed over at the spn_gleeweek [guess the author competition], so I get to claim my story!

Title: In the Telling
Author: causeways
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Word Count: 1,391
Disclaimer: Belongs to Kripke, not to me!
Summary: After Sam gets him out of the deal, Dean fucks a lot of girls.
Author's Notes: Thanks to memphis86 for looking this over!

( In the Telling )

I sort of want to insert a long paragraph of blah about warnings and how I hate them (this is related because in spite of the fact that Dean sleeps with like a dozen girls in my spn_gleeweek fic I would never, ever warn for het in it), but I think I'll save that for another day.

Right now, I want to point you over to girlmostlikely's [accidental schmoop meme] where I got coerced into writing ~400 words of Sam/Dean, gruffness, the giver being more surprised than the receiver. Coerced, yup. Writing that was REALLY PAINFUL, let me just tell you. *g*

And speaking of the accidental schmoop meme and of the GtA competition, have some shortfic recs!

Jared/Jensen, off-season, missing each other by dontyouwaitup
PG | 565 words | from the accidental schmoop meme
I love the matter-of-fact-ness and also their banter SO MUCH.

Sam/Dean, taking a bath together by memphis86
R-ish | 556 words | from the accidental schmoop meme
My comment on this was something along the lines of, "I just made a happy noise so high-pitched that ONLY THE DOGS HEARD IT." First time Sam/Dean in a BATHTUB.

The lady of the right hand by fleshflutter
pre-series Dean-centric gen | PG-13 | 1,789 words | from spn_gleeweek
Dean's last night in New Orleans with that voodoo gig.
This is one of those fics that makes me wonder why I don't read more gen than I do. Or maybe it's just that fleshflutter's really awesome. Dean and a TOTALLY FANTASTIC original character.

Joie de Vivre by memphis86
Sam/Dean | PG-13 | 1,906 words | from spn_gleeweek
This is just a really cool short fic that TOTALLY MESSES WITH YOUR MIND. I'm a big fan of that. Sam in the South of France!

The Eyes Have It by __tiana__
Jared/Jensen | PG-13 | 1,200ish words
This isn't actually from either the accidental schmoop meme OR from the GtA entries, but it's short and also all about Jared realizing that there are 28374 pictures of Jensen staring at him like he is COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH HIM, so I really don't see how this could not get included.

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I haven't actually read all of the spn_gleeweek fics yet, so there may be a part two to this after I get my act together. And now back to doing . . . whatever it is you do at your internship after you are already finished researching replacement refrigerator parts. Writing fic?? We shall see.

Title: we are only what we are (not what we would be)
Author: causeways
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Disclaimer: Supernatural is not mine. All characters, situations, etc. belong to Eric Kripke and others.
Summary: After the events of 3x11 'Mystery Spot', Sam and Dean have to find a way to move on with their lives.
Author's Notes: I have FAR too many people to thank for this fic to be able to ennumerate here -- you all know who you are. ♥ Special thanks to girlmostlikely for encouragement and for help with the title. I've been working on this for a really long time, you guys, so I hope you like it.

( we are only what we are (not what we would be) )

For header information, please see part one.

( Farther Away from Where We Are (2/2) )

Title: Farther Away from Where We Are
Author: causeways
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Word Count: 17,842
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and all other people mentioned herein belong to themselves.
Summary: In which Jensen goes to Texas and gets drunk all the time, and wishes he were Prometheus, because then his poor dead liver would grow back every night. Also, eventually there is J2.
Author's Notes: This was written for Sweet Charity for a really awesome person who asked to remain anonymous. walkawayslowly went above and beyond with the beta work. This fic wouldn't be anywhere near what it is without her help. memphis86 also looked it over and fixed my huevos rancheros. Tragically not real ones, because those would be delicious right now.
Notes You Should Really Read: This is even more fictitious than the usual J2 fiction in that, for the purposes of this fic, Jared never proposed to Sandy. Also, randomly, there's a spoiler for 3x12 'Jus in Bello'.

( Farther Away from Where We Are (1/2) )

What with everyone frantically writing their Big Bangs, LJ seems to be sadly devoid of porn lately! Clearly this called for some Sam/Dean rimming.

Title: A Rose by Any Other Name (Would Be Just As Gay)
Author: causeways
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Word Count: 673
Disclaimer: All characters, situations, etc. belong to Eric Kripke and others.
Summary: Sam and Dean spend the night at a bed-and-breakfast. With rimming.
Author's Notes: girlmostlikely wanted rimming! So did Dean, even if he won't admit it. girlmostlikely is also behind the title.

(  A Rose by Any Other Name (Would Be Just As Gay) )

I thought I was kidding when I commented on the IF IT AIN'T CRACKED, DON'T FIC IT challenge post about writing this, but no, clearly I wasn't:

( Of all the things Dean might have expected to have happen to him in his life, being cursed into a bacterium in a Petri dish with Sam, who is also a bacterium? Yeah, that pretty much takes the cake.

"God," says this huge booming voice from somewhere above Dean. "Fucking bacteria. Just fucking reproduce already!"

"Dude, Sam," Dean says, "maybe that's it. Maybe we have to reproduce to get out of here." )

AHAHA ANYWAY.

Secret message to memphis86: I was just staring at the office photocopier and thinking: I sort of want the Nudist!Jared scenario to be a feature-length crack fic, in which there is Angst because Jared doesn't just photocopy his ass, he scans it in, and the .pdf of Jared's naked ass accidentally gets sent to a Very Important Client of Jensen's, and this VIC gets very upset about it all, and Jensen yells at Jared in a fit of pique and Jared thinks he's fired, and then eventually Jensen realizes that Jared (and his perfect ass) are more important than clients, and they have a lot of buttsex. Y/y?

Uh, there's really no excuse for this one. I mean it.

Title: The Seven Levels of the Candy Cane Forest
Author: causeways
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Sam/Dean (also a couple of peripheral other ones, but it REALLY depends on how hard you read into the innuendo)
Word Count: 2,750
Disclaimer: So utterly not mine that I can't even begin to say.
Summary: Raised by a craftsman and his wife, Sam undertakes a dangerous journey to the north to discover who he truly is--and meets someone unexpected when he gets there.
Author's Notes: This is about three parts fairy tale and eight parts rip-off of a rip-off of Elf. Yeah. Oh, and 97897424 parts crack. walkawayslowly, memphis86 and my truly fantastic internship are to blame for this, in approximately equal measure.

( The Seven Levels of the Candy Cane Forest )

This is entirely memphis86's fault. I was talking about how I've done that thing where I'm overwhelming myself with writing long fic again, and she said, "Write a drabble! I'll prompt you!" So uh, in that universe where a drabble is 443 words long, this is a drabble!

( And the Birds Too )

Title: How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It
Author: causeways
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: John/Rodney
Word Count: 14,427
Disclaimer: So not mine, sadly.
Summary: If you asked John, the part where he had to marry Rodney to save him from the poisoned brownie he ate off-world? It never happened.
Author's Notes: Thanks to notthequiettype and reallythateasy for the prompt (where by thanks I really mean BLAME), and to walkawayslowly for making this awesome in every possible way, including but not limited to betaing, hand-holding and loving on the McSheep. Set sometime in the middle of S2.

( How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It )

For header information, see part one.

( How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It (2/2) )

For header, notes, etc. please see part one.

( Wasted on the Young (2/2) )

Title: Wasted on the Young
Authors: causeways & memphis86
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17 (alternately, G for Gratuitous Assflap)
Word Count: 15,000
Warnings: Crack. Age-regression. Ducky ex machina.
Thanks: walkawayslowly for the beta!
Summary: Once upon a time when Jared was five and dinosaurs roamed the earth, rubber duckies appeared out of thin air and submarines surfaced in Jensen's bathtub. Also, two very pretty boys got stuck in very sexy situations.

( Wasted on the Young (1/2) )