All that Jazz
By Simarillion

Fandom: SPN RPS
Pairing: Jensen/Jared, Jared/Sandy
Rating: R/NC-17
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Warning: Language, Violence, M/M
Wordcount: 768
Summary: It’s Chicago 1929 and it’s the age of Prohibition and Jazz, of Al Capone and gang wars, it’s the time where the American Dream is a dream no longer, but has become reality. In these days everything is possible if you want it to be, but nothing goes.
Disclaimer: Some of the persons mentioned are real, same goes for some events and places. The plot though is not real. So, no, Jared was and/or is not a Consigliere for the Italian Mob, and Jensen’s no jazz singer either.
This story is made up and I do not claim to know anything about the characters privat life and/or their sexual preferences. No money is made with the writing of this piece of fiction.
Author’s Note: This is actually a prompt that I found on SPN Prompts posted by Sinner_thatbe. I’m not sure if the story is what was being asked for, but it’s just the way it wanted itself written by me.

[Masterpost]


Prologue – The Poison Ivy Club

The Poison Ivy Club was first opened in 1908 and Frederic Briant, who was the owner back then, tried to make a stand against the changes in demographics that had white people flee the South Side and the Black Population increased from 15,000 to over 30,000. It was the futile attempt to prevent that his beloved neighbourhood transformed into a ghetto.

Briant’s fight against changes, that he had no control over, continued for two years, then he had to sell the Club, because his clientele was not willing to visit an establishment in that particular part of town.

The following two owners kept the Poison Ivy Club in business for the next decade, and by the time Al Capone got his hands on the property, the establishment had more history of violent incidents, than all the other bars and clubs combined.

Over the years, the Club had changed its face, and while the first target crowd had been white working class, at the beginning of the 1920s the Poison Ivy was famous for its Jazz concerts and the stand up performers.

It does help that Prohibition has men look for venues where alcohol is available, and it’s not a big secret that the speakeasies of the South Side cater to this particular need. Never forget the best Jazz music up North from New Orleans, some say even better than in New York.

During Prohibition the management of the club changed five times, until Johnny “the Lip” Marcone slit the last owner’s throat and claimed the establishment for the Big Boss himself. Since then the club had been somewhat of a morbid attraction in the South Side. The establishment has had more headlines about murders than anything else.

In 1926 the Poison Ivy Club had been refurbished, and the speakeasy had transformed from some drinking mill into the second headquarter of the Chicago Outfit. Situated in the midst of the gang’s territory, it had also become a tempting target for the North Side gang and Moran’s men. More than once a drive by killed people going or leaving the club.

It got increasingly difficult to protect the guests and employees from attacks. The ever rising number of shootings led to a rigorous toughening of security at the Poison Ivy. It is said that there’s no place better guarded than the club. Not even Al Capone’s castle.

The artists performing at the club are the best in all of Chicago, and it is well known that the stage of the Poison Ivy Club is a means to rocket into stardom. But not only talented and protégéed newcomers are welcome. The line of famous singers and bands, as well as performers, is never-ending. Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, Bessie Smith, and Earl Hines are only some of the names that graced the stage of the Poison Ivy in the past, as well as in the present.

Every Friday evening the club is filled with Jazz lovers and adventurous people, who are eager to see the interior of the famous Poison Ivy. The rest of the week the crowd in the club is made up of/from lowly gangsters, residents of the North Side, and the occasional gang members.

After the refurbishment in 1926 the name of the establishment had been changed to Blue Diamond Lounge, but the name Poison had already been established and ingrained that no-one used the new name. In the end the name was changed back to the original about one year later. Most people visiting he club hadn’t even noticed the existence of the Blue Diamond.

When in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a huge gasometer exploded, killing 28 people and injuring hundreds more, the Club faced its own tragedy. George Moran’s crew set the establishment on fire, and a good portion of the entrance area had to be renovated. It was never proven that Moran was responsible for the incident, but a week later a drive by killed his second in command. Of course it was never proven either that Al Capone was responsible for it.

So far the club had survived many years, and turbulent times. Today it is the place to be seen if a criminal career is what interests you, or if you want to see what life in the Roaring Twenties is all about.

It’s 1929 in Chicago and it’s the age of Prohibition and Jazz, of Al Capone and gang wars, it’s the time where the American Dream is a dream no longer, but has become reality. In these days everything is possible if you want it to be, but nothing goes.


continue: Chapter 1 - A Change in Management