LF J2 fics

[rifle53.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for long J2 AU fics about them meeting, falling in love, getting married, starting a family, the whole shebang... Just kind of a real life picture of their courtship and being together. I'm in a really sappy mood and I want something long to read! I've read a lot in the fandom so the more obscure the better!

I'm good with mpreg, would love bottom!Jared, self recs are welcome!

Thanks in advance!

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[flawedteacup.livejournal.com]

I'm super fond of the TattooedJensen (http://moviegeek03.livejournal.com/38148.html?page=1) verse by moviegeek03. Tattoo artist Jensen meets college student Jared. Love ensues.

[rifle53.livejournal.com]

That's a good one! I've read it, but thanks! :)

[deansotp.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I 'd never read that one. Thanks, it was great.

Most of these you've probably read, but...

[casey679.livejournal.com]

One of my absolute favorites is the humongous Smoke & Lightning series... Heavy Metal Thunder (http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/9553.html), Born to Be Wild (http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/27680.html), City of Angels (http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/52119.html), and Whatever Comes Our Way (http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/84447.html). Jared's a leather-clad punk from the wrong side of town, and the only things that matter to him are his motorcycle, his stepfather, his extended biker family and his tattoos. Jensen's a rich kid who's going places, if he can only survive the bullying he gets at school for being gay, and the bullying he gets from his father for not being the person his father wants him to be. When their two worlds collide, will Jared be too much for Jensen to handle, or will he be the salvation Jensen's been looking for all his life? (A lot of bottom Jensen, but they definitely switch it up throughout the series.)

* The Matter of Coincidence (http://archiveofourown.org/series/38119)'verse is huge and just got a new timestamp in it: Jensen's very capable personal assistant, Jared, is very pregnant with twins. Jensen secretly wishes he was their father. When they both get trapped in an elevator and Jared's water breaks, fate may tip the balance towards a happy family life for all of them.

* Gone Away Awhile (http://moviegeek03.livejournal.com/28379.html)is a perennial re-read for me: Jensen has it all…great job, lots of money, the love of his life…and NO kids, just the way he wants it. Everything seems perfect, until one night following a big fight Jensen comes home to find Jared has left, turning his world upside down. Four years down the line, he might finally find the answers to all his questions…in the form of two little boys who look a lot like him and Jared…

* One Kiss at a Time (http://archiveofourown.org/series/152768): Jensen, Jared's newest employee at Jay's Pad, has had a hard decade. Recently released from a rehab facility, Jensen's living at a shelter and just needs some help getting his life back on track, and Jared vows to be the one to do just that. Jensen is also an amazing guy and Jared finds himself falling hard after just a week, and he's delighted to find out that Jensen feels the same way. But Jensen still has demons he's fighting and secrets he's keeping and Jared knows that a relationship is the last thing Jensen needs right now. But his heart isn't listening, and when Jared's involved in a stomach churning ordeal, it brings up things from Jensen's past that are revealed to be the causes of all his problems. And Jared doesn't know if he can fix them all.

* The End is Just the Beginning (http://archiveofourown.org/works/835809): Jared had everything a teenager could possibly dream of, a loving family who adored him and perfect grades at school. But after he got sick and his mother dragged him to the doctor the life as he knew it didn't exist anymore. With the assistance of his doctor, Jared finds a way to start a new life; it's hard, but he's working towards his dreams.. and then he meets Jensen, an attractive but closeted knight-in-shining-armor who rescues him from an attack and turns the rest of his life into chaos.

* The Stay Verse (http://archiveofourown.org/series/62413): Jared is a devoted dad, first and foremost. A night out's something long overdue in his agenda, and that's exactly when he ends up in a club where he meets a guy who tickles his fancy. Probably more than he'd like to admit. Probably, maybe. But he can't stay.

RE: Most of these you've probably read, but...

[casey679.livejournal.com]

A few more possibilities...

* The Food Network Presents (http://archiveofourown.org/series/45886): Jared Padalecki is a Food Network Chef. Jensen is a very famous recluse. He was a child star, a pop star, an Oscar nominee, a world renowned pianist and a single father. Jensen knows he's done with relationships but his six-year-old son, Jamie, loves the Food Network. He has debilitating food allergies and Jared is his favorite star in the world. Jensen loves his boy, so he lets Jared meet him. The rest is history.

* Along Came Jared (http://archiveofourown.org/works/887459): When attorney Jensen Ackles moves to Seattle for a fresh start at Ferris & Gamble Publishing, he does expect a lot, but not having his life turned upside down. For the first time in his 35 years, Jensen is introduced to openly gay or queer people – Misha, Editor in Chief, or Ty, who owns the coffee shop downstairs – and to the LGBTQ community. And then there's CFO Jared Padalecki, who worms his way into Jensen's life, bed and heart, and suddenly makes him question all his previous life choices. And if all of this wouldn't be enough, Jensen is left to deal with a lawsuit that could ruin it all.

* The Lengths I Would Go To (http://www.mediafire.com/download/bkhdm3p1g3u43l4/The+Lengths+I+Would+Go+To.pdf): This is epically more than a simple love story, but it's awesome. Jensen is the god Apollo. He's bored, so he goes to matchmaker Jared Padalecki to help him find love... and quickly determines that his match is the matchmaker himself. Jared is the world's best matchmaker because he can see the strings that tie souls together, but somehow, he himself is cursed to only find betrayal, heartbreak and brutality. He knows he's destined to be alone -- he knows he has no soulmate. But something keeps pulling the two together... [Note: Link goes to PDF.]

* The World of Us (http://archiveofourown.org/works/185381) / Secrets Kept, Secrets Told (http://archiveofourown.org/works/229217): Jared and Jensen both come from a highly religious society where people form mating bonds after reaching the age of maturity; these mating bonds are inescapable, intense, and awe-inspiring. Jensen and Jared never expected to find a mate in each other when they met on the second day of college. Unfortunately, society doesn't believe in same-sex mating bonds, so they have to find a way to navigate their new connection in secrecy.

* The Photo-Op Verse (http://archiveofourown.org/series/255763) (Two huge stories, one timestamp, and a fourth promises-to-be-huge story now in progress: Jared Padalecki is from a small town in Texas, has just graduated high school, and works at the only bookstore in town. He saves up six paychecks to buy a ticket to a convention three hours away, where he's got a photo-op with actor Jensen Ackles. Jared expects thirty seconds of embarrassment only to find Jensen's number slipped into his pocket.

And of course the epic Punzel Verse (http://archiveofourown.org/series/145830), which continues to update regularly: Jensen is a ride operator at the Storybook Land Canal in Disneyland. His day changes unexpectedly and he ends up outside Goofy's House with a lost little girl and a pregnant coworker. Single-and-expecting Jared is nothing like what Jensen was looking for, and everything he never knew he needed.

RE: Most of these you've probably read, but...

[casey679.livejournal.com]

oh what the heck, a few more:

* Plastic Blue Spoon (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4252902): Carefree, go-go dancer on the side, handsome as fuck, modest Jensen is hard at work during another summer in the Translation Office at Columbia University. He’s going about his beloved routine of yelling out his window on the sixth floor, when a man walks into his life and throws it completely off course. This man happens to be ten months old, with a knack for drooling and a fondness for raspberries on his tummy. Attached to this man is the office newbie, Jared, whose sole purpose in life is to lecture Jensen about his work ethic and office organization. Jared can't stand a mess; Jensen's life is nothing but one. With musical selections from Edith Piaf, Rihanna, and Rufus Wainwright, plus one rainbow umbrella with the word MANEATER on it, this might turn out to be an interesting summer after all.

* Blended & Blessed 'verse (http://benitle-writes.livejournal.com/tag/-verse%3A%20blended%20and%20blessed): Jensen and Jared are single fathers. They met because their daughters keep punching each other every day at school. They became friends once their daughters stopped punching each other. Then they stopped becoming friends and became a family.

* I Now Pronounce You Jared and Jensen (and sequel) (http://archiveofourown.org/series/20190): As predicted this was all Chad's fault. He'd screwed up. Not just puking on a hooker or getting arrested screwed up. Nope. He's managed to get Jared and Jensen banned from student housing, making them homeless as they're about to start their final year of college thousands of miles from home. There is one place in their price range though. The only problem is that the buyer will only sell to a married couple. They're both straight but they also need to graduate and it's too late to transfer closer to home. They're best friends and it would only be for a year and then things could go right back to normal... they could so do this!... or so they thought... right up until 'I do'...

* And also the huge Disclaimer verse (http://raeschae.livejournal.com/7253.html): Jared and Jensen are willing to do almost anything to help their friends. Almost. But what Chris is asking of them this time? It's the one thing they both swore they'd never do: Grow up.

[chicky-3.livejournal.com]

There are all fantastic recs above! Only other one that comes to mind is
Glaciology verse
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2958