Crevasse Rescue
By Simarillion

Fandom: Supernatural RPS
Universe: Alternative Universe
Rating: R
Beta: Asm Z
Pairing: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki, others
Warnings: slash, M/M
Word Count: 3,096 (6,140 total)
Summary: Tell it like it is. (Of settling and living)
Disclaimer: None of the herein presented happenings and events are true. Everything is 100% fiction and that includes the sexuality of the characters. I don’t claim to be in the know about their relations and private affairs, and I don’t make any money with the creation of this story.

Author’s Note: I changed the age of Jensen and Jared, they are the same age now. The plot wouldn’t really work otherwise.

This is part 4 of the Glaciology! ‘verse. Jensen is a scientist in the field of glaciology and he spends most of his time surrounded by ice, whereas Jared is a Hollywood movie star. Prequel to this story are Invisible Glaciers, Iceberg Anatomy, and Avalanches Approaching.

[Masterpost]



Part Two

Throughout the drive from San Francisco to LA, Jensen can’t help but wonder what is going to happen once he arrives. Will they talk about where to go from here? Will Jared kiss him again, and will they have sex? Jensen really wants to have sex.

Dean senses his owner’s mental state and stays quiet to whole drive. The only sound that can be heard is the classic rock from the radio.

When he pulls up to the security gate, Danny waving him through and smiling at him, Jensen takes a deep breath, preparing for whatever is coming. The front door of the house is open, and Jared is waiting in the doorway, Sadie and Harley already running towards the approaching car. Their barking is answered by Dean, who gets up in his kennel, eager to be let out and play.

Once the car is parked, the engine cut, and Jensen has gotten out of the car, he lets the husky out. After a very short greeting by Jared’s dogs, the three canine friends dash off into the garden, leaving their humans alone to face each other.

Jared walks up to Jensen, his eyes searching his face, looking for clues to Jensen’s thoughts and emotions. But Jensen has worked hard on perfecting his poker face; he doesn’t want to come on as too eager. First he wants to find out what Jared wants and thinks.

“Hey Jensen.” Jared shoves his hands into his pockets, hunching his shoulder. They are both not really sure about how to great each other.

Seeing Jared squirm, Jensen sighs and takes the step closer that’s keeping then apart and gives the other a brief hug. At the contact, the tension seems to melt out of Jared, and as Jensen takes a step back, Jared’s arms wrap around him and holds him tight against the other’s chest.

It feels good, being so close to Jared For a short moment, Jensen closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, smelling dogs, and sweat, and faint traces of soap. It’s pure Jared, and it has Jensen’s defenses, the few that he had built up, crumbling into dust. Whatever Jared wants out of this, Jensen will give it willingly.

“I’m glad you came.” The words are spoken next to his ear. Jensen just nods. There’s nothing to say to that.

After the hug had been going on for some time, they unwrap themselves from each other. Once more Jared stares at him, but this time the nervousness is almost gone. At least they have established that they are both happy to see the other.

“Come on, let’s say hello to Linda, and then we should talk.” Jensen follows Jared into the house. Their walk takes them to the living room, where Linda is pretending she didn’t watch their meeting through the window, by dusting the shelves and the TV.

“Hi, Linda.” Jensen smiles tentatively at her. It had come as a surprise during his stay in Alaska that he missed Linda; the housekeeper had come to be a good friend to him.

“Hello, Jensen.” She sets the duster aside and strides over to him, quickly wrapping him in her arms. Apparently today is the day of hugs. If Jack or Chad hug him too, he’s going to freak out, though. There some things that just aren’t right.

“I take it you missed me.” He teases her, winking conspiratorially.

Linda’s answer is a cuff on Jensen’s shoulder and a put-upon sigh. “I definitely missed the drama that seems to occur whenever you are here.”

“Aw, you did miss me.” His fake cooing earns him another cuff, and then she smiles at Jensen with genuine happiness.

“It’s good to see you again.” The honest emotion in her voice has Jensen sober up a little, and he smiles calmly at her.

“Yeah, you too.” Their greeting is interrupted when Jared clears his throat and has Jensen turn towards him.

Jared shuffles a little bit, maybe unconsciously hurrying Jensen along, and looks from Jensen to Linda, and then back to Jensen. Jared wants to go, get Jensen to himself, and get to the talk that has been coming for such a long time now.

“Well, I’ll see the both of you later.” This has both of them turn around, and head for the back of the house and the garden. It’s the place where no one will interrupt them, and it’s also a neutral spot.

While Jensen follows Jared, his thoughts are already on the conversation that they’ll shortly have. Truthfully, he didn’t know what they would talk about, except how to organize their life together. Surely there were other topics that needed sorting out as well. With the rising tension, Jensen has the urge to turn around and drive back to his friends. He’s never been good with emotional talking or scenes. It’s just not something he’s used to.

The dogs are chasing around, there’s the sound of their barking somewhere off to the right. Jared stops on the pool deck. He faces Jensen and scans his face closely. The attention has Jensen try to square his shoulders and puff out his chest, at the time as hunch down. It doesn’t really work of course, and in the end he just fidgets, which definitely doesn’t have the same effect.

“So.” Jensen clears his throat. “You said that I should think about the offer you made.”

“And, did you?” Jared is squinting a little when a cloud fully uncovers the sun, and the bright light shines in his eyes. “Have you decided about what you’re going to do?”

“I moved to San Francisco, didn’t I?” He looks up from Jared’s chest and meets the other’s eyes.

“That wasn’t my question. You could have stayed in Dallas or in Canada as well, if you had wanted to. It was never a condition, you moving to California.” Jensen’s answer had apparently put Jared on the defensive.

“Let’s be realistic Jared. If I lived thousands of miles away from here, it wouldn’t work. How would we be able to have any sort of relationship if we never saw each other?” What would have been the point and purpose of coming to Texas and show up at Jensen’s doorstep, if he had only wanted to increase the distance between them? It wouldn’t make any sense.

“But you love living in Alaska and I didn’t, and still don’t, want you to have to give that up for me. I could have visited you.” Jared’s honesty shines through and it eases a lot of weight off Jensen’s shoulders. In the last couple of days and weeks, there had always been the niggling doubt about Jared’s honesty, the fear that it was a joke, or a hoax, but now he can see that the other means what he said.

“My job at the compound was over, and I have been offered teaching positions at universities for some time now. Your offer just made me consider them in earnest for the first time.” Jensen locks his gaze with Jared’s to let the other know that he means it.

Jared nods, and takes a step closer to him. There’s hesitation in his movement when he reaches out to rest a hand on Jensen’s shoulder. To show that it’s okay to touch, Jensen stays standing still, allowing Jared to get comfortable with the physical contact between them.

Before, they had been physical as well. Hugging, clapping on shoulders, or draping arms around each other. There had been the occasional shove, goofing around, and wrestling matches with the dogs. But all these times in the past, their touches had been between friends. Now, there’s a new meaning to everything they do, and it makes them cautious, and in Jared’s case nervous (since he’s never been in this place before).

Jensen just waits for Jared to take the next step. He knows what he wants from Jared. It’s Jared who has to make a decision how far he wants to go. What he is comfortable with.

“I have been thinking as well. About what you said the last time.” Jared’s hand traces over his chest and comes to a stop on Jensen’s stomach. “You asked me if I had ever thought about fucking you. I hadn’t until then, but I definitely have thought about it ever since. A lot.”

Hearing Jared say the word ‘fuck’ in combination with his person has Jensen suck in a breath. It’s almost as if the words electrify him. Boldly, he reaches out to Jared and tugs him closer, his hands clinging to Jared’s shirt.

“Jensen, I might not have done this before, and the way I went about things was less than perfect, but I want to tell you again, that I mean it. I am interested in making this work, and I believe that it can.” With this, Jared presses against him. The surrealism of the situation has Jensen temporarily wonder if he’s dreaming, but the warm palm resting on his belly feels real, its heat seeping through Jensen’s shirt.

“It won’t be easy if the press reaction of the last time is anything to go by.” Jensen wants to make sure that Jared is aware of what is at stake. Jared needs to know that being with Jensen will bring with it more hardship and hurdles than being with Sandy. No one will refer to them as Hollywood’s sweethearts, and a fair share of people will hate them, just because they are who they are.

“Easy isn’t always happy, and I’ve learnt that having you with me makes me happy. Ask whoever you like, everyone who knows me will tell you that when you are here I am happier than I’ve been in a long time.” Jared’s other hand is placed on Jensen’s chest. It feels good to just stand there and share this proximity with him. It’s far better than Jensen ever imagined.

Jensen’s eyes flicker for a second from Jared’s eyes to his lips, and when he looks up again, he realizes that his shift in attention has been noticed. A happy smile tugs at the corners of Jared’s mouth, coaxing out the other’s dimples. The effect has Jensen smile in return.

Aware that they have to look like sappy idiots, Jensen chuckles, and then pulls Jared closer. He tilts his head up, and at the same time Jared leans down and presses his lips against Jensen’s. The kiss is not that great, but it’s a start.

Once they start it’s hard to stop. Jared walks him backwards, until his calves hit the seat of a chair. Blindly, Jensen reaches back and shoves the chair to the side. They barely break for them maneuvering around the obstacle, and soon Jensen’s pressed against the wall of the house with Jared flush against him.

With his hands having found their way under Jared’s shirt, Jensen can feel the muscles shift under the skin, can feel Jared’s strength. The skin is flushed with the heat and the excitement, and Jared’s back is slightly slippery where sweat has accumulated. Nevertheless, Jensen claws at his back and shoulders, trying to get a better hold on Jared.

He isn’t sure how long they stay there against the house, but when they have to break for some air, panting against each other’s lips, Jensen takes the chance and tries to continue their started conversation.

“I will live in San Francisco during the week, but I can drive down on the weekends.” Any further words are downed out by Jared’s next kiss.

It’s the dogs who put an end to their mouth to mouth action. Sadie and Harley butt their heads against Jared to get his attention. The three of them want their humans to join their playing. When Jared turns to send them off, Jensen gently shoves him away, and steps away from the wall he’s been pressed up against.

“Maybe we should play with them.” It would give them a chance to cool down a little bit. They really needed to talk some more, resolve some more things, and make decisions about future steps. The way they had been going, not a lot of talking would have been done.

“Jensen…” At Jensen’s look he sighs. “Okay.”

With that, he picks up the slobbery tennis ball Harley had dropped at his feet, and threw it. The dogs bark and bound after it excitedly.

Jensen straightens his shirt that got a bit mussed by Jared’s grabby hands, and when he looks up he finds Jared smiling at him. It’s a soft smile that shows the other’s affection for him. He smiles back and reaches out to straighten Jared’s clothes too.

His attempt is stopped when Jared grabs hold of his wrists. “You put your hands on me, and there will be a whole lot of other playing going on.”

The comment has him snort, and he rolls his eyes. “Smooth, Padalecki.”

“I thought so myself.” The proud tone of Jared’s voice has Jensen shake his head.

“No wonder I’ve been attracted to you for such a long time.”

Jared just nods enthusiastically. “I know. I’m just that awesome. But who can’t resist, with my good looks, and my rapier wit.”

The only answer Jensen gives him is a raised eyebrow, and then he walks off into the direction the dogs disappeared in. They find them wrestling and playing, the tennis ball completely forgotten.

“Their attention span rivals yours.” Jensen tosses at Jared. “Must be a trait in the family.”

“Hey!” Jared bumps shoulders with him. “I resent that remark. My dogs have a far longer attention span than I have.”

The banter has Jensen laugh and he grins teasingly at Jared. They stay standing there, their shoulders touching, and watch the dogs play. Dean breaks loose from the other two dogs and runs over to the humans. He’s panting with excitement and exertion.

When the husky reaches them, Jensen crouches down and ruffles Dean’s fur. “You show them who’s boss?”

Dean just yips happily. He licks Jensen’s hands and twists around Jared, before he returns to the other dogs.

After some more time of chasing each other, the dogs join Jared and Jensen, and Jared suggests going down to the beach, tossing the ball and playing with them. So they troop down the stairs and walk some more down to the surf. They have the ball, and a Frisbee with them, and soon Jensen and Jared are busy throwing them around, and wrestling them back from the dogs.

They stay down there for nearly two hours. It’s Jared, complaining about hunger, that has them return to the house. This time the dogs come with them inside. They dart off to the kitchen and are already drinking water when Jared and Jensen arrive there as well.

Linda is preparing soup and sandwiches, and glasses of juice are already resting on the breakfast counter. She turns to them, grinning at their disheveled and sun burnt look, and sets two plates of soup next to the glasses.

“Crackers?” Jared’s question is accompanied by puppy eyes that would put Dean, Harley, or Sadie to shame. It has Jensen grinning into his own soup, and Linda raising an eyebrow.

In the end she opens a cupboard and gets the crackers, but not before Jared has to plead some more. Jensen politely declines the box when Jared holds it out to him, offering to share his hard earned price. The soup tastes delicious, and he’s not a fan of soup crackers in the first place.

After the soup, sandwiches are being set down on the counter, and they both dig in happily. Jensen hadn’t even realized how hungry he’d been. The food disappears at an alarmingly rate from the plate, and once their refill is gone as well; Linda gives them a plate of cookies as dessert.

“One would think that the two of you haven’t been fed for days.” She glares at Jared. “I know for certain that you did eat today.”

When Jared makes to reply, his mouth stuffed full with cookies, Jensen whacks him on the elbow. “Dude, keep your mouth shut. You’ll spit crumb everywhere.”

“That wouldn’t be something new.” Linda’s comment has Jared give her and Jensen a hurt look. His attempt of making them feel guilty is thwarted though, when he shoves two more cookies into his mouth.

“Charming.” Jensen shakes his head and shares a look with Linda. “Maybe I should about this relationship thing some more.”

At this Jared harrumphs. He swallows and turns to Jensen. “Like you would find anyone better than me.”

Linda watches them amused. She puts some more cookies on the plate and then leans back against the kitchen cupboard. She seems to enjoy Jared and Jensen’s banter.

“I don’t know, Chad is serious competition for you.” Jensen winks at Linda who bites her lips to keep from laughing.

Jared protests loudly, claiming to be at least ten times more awesome than Chad. When Jensen frowns at him doubtfully, he puffs out his chest and squares his shoulders. This has Linda finally breaking out in laughter, and Jared and Jensen follow her soon after that.

The dogs bark excitedly, thinking that the human’s want to play with them, and Dean butts his head against Jensen’s leg to make him get up and pay attention to the husky. Jensen just reaches down and scratches behind the dog’s ears. When he’s making no attempt of getting up, the dogs quickly lose interest and trot off to have some fun without their lazy owners.

Once they are finished with eating, and Linda shoos them out of the kitchen to continue the cleaning up without being distracted, Jared ushers Jensen into the living room, where he wants them to watch a movie. Jensen agrees, letting Jared pick what they are watching. He sits down on the couch, and is joined by Jared as the starting credits roll.

After the first fifteen minutes, Jared’s hand has found its resting place on Jensen’s thigh and Jensen’s leaning against the other’s side. Five minutes after that, Jared’s thumb is softly stroking over the jeans, making Jensen shift a little closer still. By the time the movie is halfway through, Jensen’s lying on his back with Jared covering him, the two of them ignoring the action on screen for the action on the couch.



continue: Part Three