Big Bang Masterpost: Never Stuck Around Long Enough for a One Night Stand (J2 AU, NC-17)

[beckaandzac]

Title: Never Stuck Around Long Enough for a One Night Stand
Author name: beckaandzac
Artist name: nevaeh86
Genre: RPF AU
Pairing: Jensen/Jared
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~26,000
Warnings: (internalized) homophobia, HIV-positive character
Summary: Jensen has been driving big rigs for eight years, crisscrossing the country in his truck, living on the road and keeping

Comments

[mizzhap]

Downloaded the pdf file and just finished reading it. Wanted to tell you that I've loved every word of this: I loved how your story carried so much realism and sadness, which could've easily gotten bleak or depressing, but never did, because you balanced it out wonderfully with all that quiet hope and tenderness. There were a lot of lovely little scenes that just warmed my heart. Like this image of the disconnected trucker and the lonely diner kid philosophizing about the smell of a river. That's so beautiful to me, I can't even explain it. You've made me really feel for the characters, too. Part of me wanted to get mad at Jensen for being so ignorant, hurting both himself and Jared with his denial. But then I just ached for the poor, confused guy, well both of them, really. Oh, and also the sex was very hot. (Duh.) :-)
ETA: And I forgot to mention this, but I completely agree with what "swan_bite" said above about how you handled the issues in this fic. Great job!

[beckaandzac]

Thank you so much for reading! I'm really glad this story worked for you, philosophizing and all. I tried to keep Jensen's inner conflict real and not make him work through it too easily. It's hard to change your assumptions about the world, even when you're dead wrong.

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[abeautifullie3]

I read the PDF for this last night, needing to distract myself from pre-posting anxiety of my own BB, and I was amazed. What a wonderful love story!

Your characters were so...alive. And human. You created these deep, and flawed, people, and wrote them in a such a way it was impossible for me to not both relate to and care about them.

Despite some really heavy issues (which I believe you handled remarkably well), your story flowed with such ease, and in turn I easily - and happily - lost myself in it.
I also have to add that I recently read another fic that attempted using present tense and...*shakes head & cringes* You did it so well I almost didn't even notice it - except that I think it helped me feel closer to your characters.

Thank you for writing this and sharing it. Nicely done!

[beckaandzac]

Thanks very much for reading! I'm so glad you liked it and related to the characters, and I hope your big bang came out awesome. <3

I'm always nervous about writing stories with issues like these in them without making them Issue Stories, and I'm very glad it worked for you.

[arzosah30]

I love reading stories where the characters are flawed - stories where "I'm not perfect but love me anyways". Throw in some friends with benefits... Marveleous!! Thank you muchly!

[beckaandzac]

Thank you very much for reading!

[pipisafoat]

Snagged the PDF, thought I'd read a bit before bed ... and then stayed up until 1 finishing it. Whoops. It's so great! Good story line, good characters, good handling of potentially sticky issues, good everything. ♥

[on_verra]

Aw, this fic was great! Love the dynamic, and how it had a kind of gritty "road movie" feel to it even though only one of the characters was actually traveling. And such a realistic response to the HIV-bomb. Very refreshing :)