[masterpost] The Moon Is New (Jared/Jensen, Misha/Matt, NC-17)

[obstinatrix]

Title: The Moon Is New
Pairings: Jared/Jensen, Misha Collins/Matt Cohen, references to past Jensen/Misha.
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 56,000
Artist: The lovely inanna_maat. Thank you so much for your hard work on this, hon; you were a joy to work with. ♥
Summary: Jensen Ackles is a lone wolf. Ten years out of Texas, he's made a name for himself - in certain circles - rum-running in Prohibition-era New York, leaving the city for long stretches when his boss requires it. Jensen doesn't see the appeal in serious relationships, not even now that Misha's broken off their no-strings affair to play house with Matt, his handsome new club pianist. Jensen's pretty sure he doesn't need anybody -- at least until the moment he comes back after a long trip to find a new face in Misha's bar, some stray newsboy Misha took in off the streets. Jensen has no intention of letting this Jared kid change him -- but he's unprepared for finding in Jared a person who makes him want to change himself.
Warnings: Underage sex (Jared is 17). Schmoop.

Acknowledgements: This fic is for _mournthewicked. In the first place, it's a belated birthday present: happy birthday, Carly. :) ♥ In the second place, it's something that would never have existed without Carly's input. I started this fic at her urgings, and it was her enthusiastic encouragement and loving abuse that made me keep at it to the end. So thank you, Carly, for helping me create these incarnations of the boys and the world they live in; thank you for the chats and tweets and emails that kept me on track; thank you, in short, for being a truly phenomenal alpha-reader in all the ways. I hope that this fic captures at least a little of what we were going for, and I hope you know how much it and I owe to you. You are wonderful and here is my 56,000 word billet-doux. ♥ ♥ ♥

Thanks also to nanoochka for running a characteristically thorough beta at short notice -- all remaining semicolons are entirely my own fault. ;) And thank you, dizzzylu, for proofing this for me, too; your suggestions helped (and reassured!) me immensely.




. part one . part two . part three .

. part four . part five . part six . PDF . art .

NB: This story is in the same 'verse as The Theory of Relativity, 4k of Matt/Misha I wrote back in April. Technically this is a sequel to that, but really Relativity was always intended as a prequel to The Moon Is New, which was already in the works at the time. You absolutely do not need to have read Relativity to read this, but I felt I should make the connection explicit. :) Likewise, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is a very early J2 sketch in this 'verse, which I suppose is now technically a timestamp. :)

Comments

[sandymg.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the PDF. I nabbed and it's now on my to read list.

Will come back post reading!

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

*\o/* I hope you enjoy it!

[frost.livejournal.com]

I've downloaded the PDF; thank you! =)

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! I hope you like it. :)

[xarixian.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to start reading this! So excited! :D

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

*\o/*!!

[briel-morrigan.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! I remember (whoa, you're good) reading the misha/matt one and recognized the continuation from the description. Thank you so much for writing more!

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[fromyourashes.livejournal.com]

XD

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

:DDD!

[larenoz.livejournal.com]

Couldn't read it last night due to unexpected visit from parental unit!

But was able to read it today.And it was as wonderful as expected. I just love all the relationships in this one! And the atmosphere is so vivid.

Loved it!!

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[ember613.livejournal.com]

Pdf is not working for me. It says file is temporarily unavailable.

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sorry about that! It's working for me now - I think megaupload has these spasms. ;)

[ember613.livejournal.com]

Thanks

[cautionzombies.livejournal.com]

PDF GOING ON MY NOOK RIGHT NOW. LIKE. IMMEDIATELY SO.

Also probably gonna put your DCBB on there so I can hnnnnngh whenever the fuck I want. \o/

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

*\o/*

[-mournthewicked.livejournal.com]

I FINALLY AM ABLE TO READ THIS IN ITS FINISHED GLORY!!

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

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[bloodstaindnght.livejournal.com]

If _mournthewicked is endorsing this, I know it's gonna be fantastic. Grabbing the PDF and will drop by again once I've read it. :D

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

♥ Thanks!

[taliku.livejournal.com]

OHMYGOD IT'S HERE. *SOBS HAPPILY* God dammit, it's been ages. Okay oaky. So happy and so excited that it's finished!

I'm off to read the minute my entire to-do-list is crossed, and luckily today I don't have much. :DD

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

Hee! :D *smishes you*

[katsheswims.livejournal.com]

Okay, I can't comment at the end-so I'll comment here.

I loved it! The sex scenes were amazing! Very sensual and just hot!

I also loved the sweetness and easiness Jensen and Jared had with each other.

The ending was great too-I love that you chose to end it when the Prohibition Era ended.

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you so much!

[moonpupy.livejournal.com]

Loved this! I've seen it rec'd all over the place, but I loved it on my own! The characters were great, very real, and I could *see* the settings. This is definitely going on my 'keep forever or at least until my hdd dies and then it'll be on pinboard' list.

Thanks for writing and posting this story!

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it!

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

Snagging the PDF. Thank you!

[lipps27.livejournal.com]

Ok...I read your fic a couple days ago and now I'm watching the new episode of SPN (S07E12) and that is an incredible coincident. I just saw Dean in 1944 and I know, it's not the same year as your fic but DAMN! He looks fucking HOT! I loved your fic and now to have the proper visual on Dean like that is just icing on the cage. Uncanny, ha? :D

[adam-brittboy.livejournal.com]

Hi. Was about to read this, but your PDF is no longer available - megaupload! - can you upload it somewhere else if you have time? :)

Can't wait to read! :)

[paraboobizarre.livejournal.com]

Echoing what the poster above me said, could we please have the pdf uploaded to another site now that MU is closed down?
:)

[ma-chelle.livejournal.com]

What an amazing story! So beautifully written--the characterizations & emotions were so heartfelt and real I just wanted it to go on forever!

Poor Jensen--he really didn't stand a chance the moment he laid eyes on Jared. I loved how it went against everything in his nature, but he didn't really try and fight it, just allowed it to shape him into someone better. You have a brilliant grasp on human emotions--my heart was in my throat quite a few times!

I am simply in love with your writing and plan to read everything! \o/

[obstinatrix.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment! I'm so pleased you liked this. :)

[worlds-junk.livejournal.com]

could you reupload the pdf? This lovely looks so good!