Homeless!Jensen fic squee.

[layne67]

Anybody here reading In From The Cold by ladyjanelly?

This verse has been posted for quite some time, but for some reasons, I have this strange reluctance to rec it. Not because I don't like it, oh no, not at all, and also not because it's a WIP ( there're 15 chapters up now, the author updates regularly ). It's more like because I love it so much, so much so that I feel like hugging it to my chest, to savour lovingly and in private, like a child with an ice-cream which she refuses to share with anybody. Which is ridiculous rather, since she has lots of people reading that fic.

Someone had described 'In From The Cold' as a graceful fic and I can't agree with her more. The pace is slow and gentle, but never boring. It's lovingly paced out, and the chapters are like petals of a flower opening up one by one. The words, lines and paras are like tiny, barely-there kisses brushing over your erotic spots, like words whispered in the dark of the nights, like lullabies sung to a baby ...

Anyway *clears throat* the story is a J2 AU, Jensen is a homeless person who has no idea who or what he was, while Jared is the paramedic who takes care of Jensen when he comes into his clinic late one night, broken and beaten. This story has almost all of my kinks in it - it has Jared patching and cleaning up Jensen, Jared taking Jensen in, Jared teaching Jensen to read *whimpers*, but the story is not just about Jared taking care of Jensen, it's also the other way around, and oh my, Jensen taking care of Jared is so very sweet it makes my heart melt every which way.

I can't rec this gentle and beautiful story highly enough!

Also, digitalwave made this lovely cover-art to go with the story.

Comments

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

I read the story, up to chapter 5. And then, I thought the writer discontinued for some reasons. She's still in there? I missed the posts then. Thanks, Layne. And, please don't tell Shinta about it. Hahahahahaha

[angels3.livejournal.com]

Oh yes I think she's up to chapter eleven. It's an awesome story.

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

*sighs* indeed

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

I guess it's up to chapter 15 now. BTW, it's really a great story.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh do go on reading it! It's a beautiful, beautiful story. I love it so very much!

[ala-tariel.livejournal.com]

Will do. :))

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I'm reading it *waves* The last part I read was 9 so I need to catch up :) It's so quiet and gentle... Just awesome, isn't it?

[angels3.livejournal.com]

I believe she just posted eleven and omg Jensen is just so special and Jared is just awesome.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

It's 15 chapters already. Sundays and Thursdays are now my favourite days. I notice that she updates on those two days!

[angels3.livejournal.com]

Yep your right it is up to fifteen I just read another story and eleven was stuck in my head. I'm amazed I can funtion with all the stories I read floating through it.

It's really an amazing story.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Chapter 15 is already up! I think what I like best about the story is that she didn't make Jensen this self-pitying, cant-help-himself kind of guy. Jensen's strong, in his own way, and he could stand on his own, and not depend 100% on Jared. I can't wait to find out who he really was!

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Please remind me when it's finished please?

And does Alatariel think I'm stupid or wot? LOL.

[arabia764.livejournal.com]

Remind me as well., please!
:-)

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Read it NOW, baby! She updates regularly, and I'm trusting her to give us the ending.

*waves to the Lady*

[layne67.livejournal.com]

The story is not yet completed, but with the latest installment here, it kind of feels like it's completed. That Jensen is home at last :)

http://ladyjanelly.livejournal.com/111056.html

[arabia764.livejournal.com]

I have it bookmarked but I'm still hoping for it to be complete before I start reading. If I'm really into a fic I hate waiting for the next installment.

Please, keep me posted!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, you and your sis need to sit down and have a heart to heart talk :DDD

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Oh, we understand each other completely, I guess. It's just that it should not come in words. :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Just like Sam and Dean, ya?

Shinta : We need to talk, sis.
Dian : No chick flick moments, sis.

:DD

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Not that we mirror them. Oh, Dian can be much more stubborn!! :P

[layne67.livejournal.com]

You're Dean to her Sam then?

Or are you Sam and she's Dean?

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

I'm Shinta!!

Heheh. Guh, you make me counfused. But sometimes I can be so 'stupid' like Dean. Hmm.

So you think Sam is the stubborn one? How is he and how is Dean, actually?

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Dean is bottom and Sam is top

They are BOTH of them very stubborn. But Dean would usually give in to Sam. He can't say no to Sam!

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

That's why he's bottom, huh?

ROTFL!!!!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

The icon is self-explainatory.

*points*

Hee!

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

What gets all tingly?

*runs*

[layne67.livejournal.com]

OY!!!

[angels3.livejournal.com]

I love this story it is so fucking awesome.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I notice you there! Reading the comments is almost as good as reading the fic itself :)

[chloe-amethyst.livejournal.com]

It's high on my list to read. I read the first chapter and LOVED it. In addition to why you said you like it, I like how the author makes you feel so compassionate towards homeless people.

*smooches you*

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh God, yes! Jensen and his friends on the street, and Jeff and Jared trying their best to help them.

And don't you just love all those "Jensen-talk"?

[oselle.livejournal.com]

It's really weird that you would rec a fic by this author -- I'd never heard of her before but I just recently read a Supernatural/Dark Angel crossover fic that she wrote that, by all rights, should have been the crackiest thing, but it was...unputdownable. And Dean wasn't even in it!

There should be more good Dark Angel fic out there, darnit.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

This is the first time I'm reading her fic, too. I haven't watched Dark Angel yet, except for a few clips here and there. Someone said Alec was the prototype of Dean? Couldn't find the DVDs here but they have Smallvile, and I still couldn't decide whether I should buy season 4 or not, the one with Jason Teague. The thing is, I really am not a fan of SV :/

There should be more good Dark Angel fic out there

Write it!

[oselle.livejournal.com]

I spent a long, shameless Jensen Ackles weekend with baylorsr and summarized it here: http://oselle.livejournal.com/291477.html#cutid1

There are elements of Alec in Dean but they're very different. Except for a few episodes, Alec is generally a light-hearted character who functions as a foil to Jessica Alba's haunted and brooding Max. Alas, Jessica Alba pulls off "haunted" and "brooding" about as well as you'd expect her to.

Frankly, I think Jessica Alba is a big reason why there isn't more good Dark Angel fic. It's really, really hard to get past all her pouting and posing. And overall the show is really...quite awful. Alec is pretty much the only thing that makes it worth watching. I'm ashamed that I own it. I hide it when people come over.

If you can get your hands on it, the first season of Dark Angel featured Jensen Ackles in one episode as Ben, the precursor to Alec. Totally worth watching, I mean TOTALLY (http://oselle.livejournal.com/300313.html#cutid1). I own this one too. Sigh.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

OMG this tickled me pink. Awww. I'm just--speechless. It's like my very own love meme or something.

I--
Wow.

Um.
You don't know how special this makes me feel.
Thank you,
-J.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

The pleasure is all mine!

♥