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Title: Around for the Dawn (2/?)
Author: [livejournal.com profile] nilchance
Rating: Adult
Pairing: CWRPS, JA/JDM
A/N: Mpreg.



It's pouring steadily when they reach the parking lot. It takes Jeff too long to figure out where he parked, a lifetime ago. He should've told the kid to wait by the building, under the awning where it's dry, but he wasn't together enough to figure that out. So the kid just shuffles after Jeff, hands in his pockets, not commenting even when they're on the third loop around the lot.

Jeff hasn't felt this fucked up since his father died. He has a breeder, a breeder. He's supposed to make a baby. Half the time he can't even make a damn roast.

Finally, he sees his truck. He swears and grabs his keys, fumbling with the extra key to the kid's chains. "Here we are, okay, sorry, sorry," he chants. He remembers to unlock the kid's door first and opens it for him. "Here we go. You need help in?"

The kid ignores him, grabs the handle and hoists himself up into the seat. Jeff hovers for a minute, fighting with some obscure urge to do the kid's seatbelt, then goes to unlock his own door. He gets in, dripping rain, and turns on the truck. The heater's a piece of shit, but Jeff cranks it up as high as it goes.

"There," Jeff says, raising his voice over the rattling. "Should warm up soon."

The kid tucks a little closer against the door. He doesn't take up much space.

"Uh." Jeff drums his fingers on the steering wheel. "I'm Jeff, by the way. I don't know if you-- Jeff Morgan." When the kid doesn't say anything, Jeff tries one last time. "What's your name?"

With a shuddering sigh, the kid turns towards Jeff. In the light of the cab, he looks even narrower. "You need to open a window."

"Excuse me?"

"It's a closed cabin and I'm in heat. Unless you want to freak out a few miles in and get us both in a car accident? Open. The fucking. Window."

Jeff cracks the window on his side, letting the rain in. He raises his eyebrows at the kid. "Far enough?"

The kid eyes it, then nods and looks away.

"Good. Now buckle your seatbelt." When the kid gives him a sidelong look, mulish, Jeff says, "I'm not getting a ticket, dude."

A muscle in the kid's jaw jumps. He buckles up.

"Thank you," Jeff says, more sweetly than necessary, and pulls out of the lot. The way this is going, it'll be a while before he gets the last word again.

By the time they get onto the highway ramp, the kid's head is dipping against the window. He's out in a matter of miles. For his bitter tongue, the kid looks surprisingly sweet in his sleep, his eyelashes heavy and his mouth slack. Jeff's hand itches to push the messy hair out of the kid's face. For safety's sake, he rolls the window down another few inches and keeps his hand to himself.

They drive and drive. It's never seemed so far from his office to his home, the little cabin on the lake so far removed from easy help. If the kid gets sick, or goes into labor, or...

They're alone out there. Jeff should worry about a number of things, starting with and he doesn't even like me, but instead he thinks, unbidden, so I have to look out for him.

Right. In addition to being about as needy as a fox with one foot in a bear trap, the kid is government property. On loan. Once Jeff succeeds in knocking him up, it's back to the breeding center to squeeze out a kid and disappear. The 21st century version of immaculate conception. He isn't some stray Jeff can just keep.

At the last exit in civilization, Jeff's rumbling belly reminds him to stop for food. He's got leftovers at the house, but he feels too goddamn raw to manage the microwave. Feeding Bisou before he falls into bed will probably use up the last of his braincells. He expects the kid to rouse while the guy takes their order, but he's out for the count, so Jeff orders enough food for three men plus a milkshake. The kid could stand to gain about forty, fifty pounds in Jeff's estimation.

By the time they pull into Jeff's driveway, the rain has died down to a drizzle. Jeff parks and turns his lights off, then just sits for a minute in the dark. It doesn't help him find his bearings. There are too many things to do; he doesn't even have sheets on the guest bed, he doesn't know if he has spare towels.

The kid's voice breaks the silence wide, jerking Jeff back. "You married?"

"No. It's just me and my dog. You're okay with dogs?"

The kid looks at Jeff like that's the stupidest question imaginable. "I'll manage."

"Right. Um." Jeff forces a smile. "Home sweet home, then. Hey, no, I'll carry that, you just... you get yourself inside."

They go in. The house is more cluttered than Jeff remembered, mail stacked up on his kitchen table. He pushes it all aside and sets the food down, starts to say something stupid about digging in, and pulls the kid's chair out instead. He wants to push the kid into it, but he looks so damn fragile, like he'll shatter if Jeff moves too fast or lets him stand too long. And he is standing, hands stuffed in his pockets while he peers around at Jeff's living room.

"Do you want something to drink?" Jeff asks. "Soda, or beer, or-- well, not beer, I guess. Milk?"

"Water is fine." The kid approaches the table only when Jeff backs away, moving sidelong like... like he's trying not to spook Jeff. He looks at the food, and the hope in his eyes squeezes Jeff's heart. "Thanks."

"Sure. Half of that's for you. And the shake's all yours." Jeff pats his own belly, the slight stubborn slope of it, and manages to grin. "I don't need any help."

The kid squints at him, but doesn't say anything. He pulls out his own chair and perches on the very edge, then begins to unpack the food. His hand lingers over each new thing, almost reverent, like the food's going to disappear on him. Despite Jeff's best intentions to give the kid a minute, he can't help glancing through the breakfast nook while he's in the kitchen. Just in case. He hasn't heard any sickening thumps or explosions, but he's strangely reassured to see the back of the kid's head when he peeks in on him.

Jesus, is he really convinced that this kid is going to explode?

He wants a joint. He viscerally needs a joint, but he manages to settle for a cold beer. It's maybe not the most polite thing, drinking in front of the guy who's governmentally mandated to stay sober, but it seems better than curling up in the corner in the fetal position. Jeff brings the kid his water, too, and settles in on the other chair to eat.

It's... awkward. Quiet. Jeff can hear the clock ticking in the other room, the swoosh of water against the pier. The kid eats fast and feral, curling his body around the food to protect it. He'll make himself sick, gorging like that, but Jeff's not his mother.

After a few minutes, Bisou comes clicking into the room. It's almost a physical relief to see her appear, her mouth parting on a 'hi daddy' smile as she starts to wag. Jeff grins back at her. "Well, hi, honey. Come around to mooch?"

Bisou trots over; Jeff sees the kid tense and grabs her collar just in time to stop her from pouncing on the new guy. He tucks her between his knees and makes her sit. She peers up at him, confused but game, and wags harder. Jeff rubs her ears and tells the kid, "This is my girl, Bisou."

The kid stares at her, frozen.

Oh, yeah, they're a match made in heaven. It's the first thing Jeff uses to gauge people, whether they do well with dogs, and the kid is stark terrified of Jeff's girl. The only thing worse would be if Bisou didn't like him.

"She's all right," Jeff says. He can't quite keep the edge out of his voice, but fuck, he's tired and at least he's trying. "She's trained, she doesn't bite."

The kid wavers, then wipes his hands on his sweatshirt and glances at Jeff. It's unfair, but Jeff likes him a little better for leaning forward to let Bisou sniff his outstretched fingers. She snuffles and kisses, polite as ever, and bludgeons Jeff's leg with her tail. Solemnly, the kid rubs his fingertips over her nose. "You're a horse," he tells Bisou. "I thought you'd be a little dog."

It's almost civil, an apology through the dog. Jeff wonders if his courtesy information includes anything on diplomacy.

"She's just big-boned." Jeff pats down her body and grabs her love handles. "She's fluffy. Very fluffy."

The kid smiles, ducking his head to hide it, and scratches under Bisou's chin before taking his hand back. After a minute of picking at his fries, he says to the table, "Jensen."

Jeff blinks at him for a second before following. "That your name?"

The kid (Jensen) shrugs and burrows deeper into his food.

"Okay. Thanks," Jeff says. "I'd hate to call you 76 for the next few months. Because, y'know. That might get awkward."

Jensen's laugh is startled, almost a cough, and he covers his mouth with his hand.

Jeff grins at him, ridiculously pleased with himself, and pushes over the rest of his fries. "Here, I'm getting full. You want to watch some TV?"

The light drains away from Jensen. Lowering his hand from his mouth, he puts it flat on the table. His nails are ragged; he bites them, Jeff realizes absently. Jensen's voice is quieter, the emotion flattened out. "I have to-- within thirty-six hours of the heat starting, I need to receive semen."

Receive semen. Who even says that? Jeff's stomach crawls, he wants to pull back, but he can't. "So when did you start?"

Jensen shifts around in his chair, shoulders drawing tight. "Sperm counts are higher in the morning. The CFC recommends a wait time between breeding to allow for recovery in the donor. Tomorrow morning before 11 or tonight are both fine, but you should consider your options."

"My options," Jeff echoes, like an idiot.

"Yes. I can wait upstairs while you think it over--"

"Jensen." Using his name seems to hit Jensen like a slap, breaking him out of his spiel. Jensen glances up through his eyelashes, and Jeff holds his eyes. "Does it hurt? Waiting?"

Jensen's blush drowns out his freckles. He scoots back from the table. "Is there a guest room?"

It's not about linens or inconvenience; Jeff wants Jensen in his bed. He wants to come upstairs and find him there, to have the ghost of Jensen's scent in the sheets. Jeff feels heat rising in his own face now and looks away, clearing his throat. When he gets up, he nearly trips over Bisou. She retreats with a baleful look.

"Sure, yeah," Jeff says, with an ease he doesn't feel. "Let me show you where you'll be sleeping."

Jensen keeps his distance as Jeff gives him the quick and dirty house tour, and Jeff can tell why: Jensen's scent is up, sharper than before in the close quarters of Jeff's house. Jeff can smell his arousal, smell him, knows from its sweet salt that if he pushed the jeans off Jensen's narrow hips he'd find the tip of his dick wet with want. He'd find Jensen's balls riding high and heavy, all full up.

He walks Jensen past the guest room without a word, his pulse pounding behind his eyes. He's sure that alone gives him away, it sounds so loud, but Jensen doesn't comment. Jensen lets Jeff lead him to the bedroom.

The sheets are still rumpled, his quilt kicked to the foot of the bed. It feels like Jeff's life is on display: the glasses sitting on his nightstand, the book he's reading (a lousy mystery that puts Jeff out faster than sleeping pills), the picture of his mother, the painting hung over Jeff's bed because it matches the colors of his quilt.

"Here we are," Jeff says, a lightness he doesn't feel. "Make yourself comfortable."

Jensen turns and looks at him, his expression hard to read. "This is your room."

"Yeah." Jeff has no excuses for this, but it's not enough to make him send Jensen down the hall to sleep alone. "It's my room."

Jensen stares another second, then says inexplicably, "You'll have trouble getting the smell out of the sheets."

The smell. Jensen's scent, the one that's driving Jeff crazy. Jeff huffs out a laugh. "I'm not gonna forget it anyway."

"Oh." Jensen looks away, at the bed. His throat works as he swallows. "Okay."

"Okay," Jeff says. The word lifts a weight off his chest, so he says it again. "Okay. Um. I'll be back. I need to let the dog out and close up things for the night. Do you need anything?"

Jensen takes off his shoes. Deliberate motion, like a kata. He lines them up at the foot of the bed. His feet are bare and shockingly pale. "No."

Jeff hovers for a minute. There has to be something else for him to say, something, but he can't think of anything else.

He goes while he still can.

Date: 2008-08-11 03:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ymmy12.livejournal.com
poor jensen--i can't even imagine how he's been treated
and jeff--wonderfully confused and overwhelmed

Date: 2008-08-11 03:47 pm (UTC)
ext_16597: (Default)
From: [identity profile] ysbail.livejournal.com
Geez ... how much do I actually love this? I really don't think I can explain.

Jeff's life, before 'doing his duty' seemed pretty mundane. But what about Jensen's? I hope there's some back story there ready to be revealed.

Date: 2008-08-11 03:54 pm (UTC)
poisontaster: character Wen Qing from The Untamed (Default)
From: [personal profile] poisontaster
He has a breeder, a breeder. He's supposed to make a baby. Half the time he can't even make a damn roast.
*snortgiggles* Awesome. Yes, Jeff, it's like that.

Gggnnnngh. I really adore this. I don't even have the coherence to TALK ABOUT how much I love that; it's just incoherent flaily squee. I love how awkward it all is. I really love "Does it hurt? Waiting?" because of COURSE his experience with heat is all dogs and animals and YEAH, they totally look like they're in pain. I love Jensen's subtextual, "ARE YOU DAMAGED OR SOMETHING? How do you not know all this??" I love that Jeff can't do the right thing and put him in the guest room.

Date: 2008-08-11 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mona1347.livejournal.com
*is totally LJ stalker-buttoning you*


Jeff hovers for a minute, fighting with some obscure urge to do the kid's seatbelt

O JEFF.

Receive semen. Who even says that?

*snorts* Fuck, this is brilliant.

Date: 2008-08-11 04:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] topaz119.livejournal.com
Just so you know, my irrational urge to FEED PEOPLE has not been dimmed by take-out fries. ::waits patiently for more::

Date: 2008-08-11 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kelly-girl.livejournal.com
Jeff is awkward and turned on. Jensen is cautious and more cautious. I can't wait to see what they do.

Date: 2008-08-11 04:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] villeinage.livejournal.com
OMG OMG.

U CAPSLOCKED ME W/ LUV 4 THIS!

Date: 2008-08-11 05:03 pm (UTC)
amalthia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] amalthia
I'm really LOVING this verse.

Date: 2008-08-11 05:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lomer.livejournal.com
"Government property"... wow, somehow I'd managed to forget that Jensen was government property between last chapter and this one, and those words slapped me in the face. This world is so fucked up. And when Jensen goes back to the Center the baby goes with him? It just disappears and becomes someone ELSE'S child, not Jensen and Jeff's? Ouch. Poor Jensen is so freaked out here and I love Jeff for trying to be so gentle. Trying to not succomb to what he WANTS to do, and instead thinks about Jensen and taking care of HIM.

Yet another great chapter. I love this series even though it makes my heart hurt a little.

Date: 2008-08-11 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apieceofcake.livejournal.com
>>He's supposed to make a baby. Half the time he can't even make a damn roast.


The whole situations not funny at all, but I had to laugh at that!

So intriguing :-)

Date: 2008-08-11 05:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragojustine.livejournal.com
He's supposed to make a baby. Half the time he can't even make a damn roast.

*giggles madly*

This is so far beyond brilliant I can't even see brilliant from here. And having Jensen be in heat, with Jeff's constant awareness of that warring with his far more rational mind, the feeling that Jeff has to keep himself on such a tight leash to avoid giving in to those pheromones completely... *flails*

Date: 2008-08-11 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wendy.livejournal.com
He walks Jensen past the guest room without a word, his pulse pounding behind his eyes. He's sure that alone gives him away, it sounds so loud

I so love that image, I can almost hear Jeff's heart pounding.

Date: 2008-08-11 06:51 pm (UTC)
ext_16765: (Jensen)
From: [identity profile] arabella-hope.livejournal.com
I am SO riveted by this - all the tiny details and actions you've included that speak so so many more volumes than the dialogue. That's fabulous - can't wait to read more!

Date: 2008-08-11 08:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fureux.livejournal.com
o0o0o another verse i'm gonna be daydreaming about at work. nice one!

Date: 2008-08-11 08:54 pm (UTC)
ext_16739: (SPN-JDM *smile*)
From: [identity profile] keyweegirlie.livejournal.com
Seriously? I love how your brain works and the things you come up with. This is so addictive already and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Date: 2008-08-11 11:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iyalode.livejournal.com
Aww, Jeff. He's such a carer, and he's trying to be good but Jensen is hitting all those carer buttons with the added 'omg heat' thing.

I cannot find enough words to express how much I adore this.

Date: 2008-08-12 12:45 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] castiel.livejournal.com
Fuck. I love this. So much.

Date: 2008-08-12 01:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spazzer-mctwich.livejournal.com
have you ever read Desperate Times (http://hemrage.livejournal.com/967.html)? it's a similar concept but done completely different. and quite frankly yours is better.

Date: 2008-08-12 02:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bathsweaver.livejournal.com
::buzzes happily::

Date: 2008-08-12 04:02 am (UTC)
silentflux: (Balien - haunted)
From: [personal profile] silentflux
Oh, man... they're interactions are so unbelievably painful and lovely and telling. I loved this and can't wait for more :)

Date: 2008-08-12 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] atypia.livejournal.com
Mpreg is so fucked up but this is so awesome :D

Date: 2008-08-12 05:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] niccy07.livejournal.com
Did I mention how much I love your brain *cuddles*, your broken Jensen is my favorite.

Ahh, but things look like they will get interesting. Jeff really seems at a lost and Jensen looks as if he wants to jump out of his own skin.

So will you be continuing this verse? *puppy eyes* pls say yes ^_^

Date: 2008-08-12 06:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/acquiescence_/
God how is every single thing you do so fucking fabulous? I love this.

Date: 2008-08-12 12:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 1more-sickpuppy.livejournal.com
Iiiiiiiiiih! *flails*
It's funny, I used to be so squicked by mpreg, but I'm reading like, three separate mpreg originals now. My other kinks won out and turned me over, which is why I'm all giddy with this new story of yours. Giddy, I tell you, like sitting on my hands so I won't overturn my cup of tea with the flailing. And I know I have some backlog on retriever verse etc, so it's hard flailing.
It's not the actual mpreg per se that does it for me but all this stuff around it is killing me. Can't wait to see more...

Date: 2008-08-12 01:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thandie.livejournal.com
Oh wow this is getting better and better. I like that you picked this huge fanfic cliche and turned it into something so well written and enjoyable!
OMG please don't make us wait too long for the 3th part *lol*

Date: 2008-08-12 01:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acidquill.livejournal.com
This is twelve different kinds of awesome. Srsly.

...

And apparently all my intelligent comments have gone out the window, so I'll just be over here. Waiting to see what happens when Jeff comes back.

Date: 2008-08-12 01:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitsune-kitana.livejournal.com
Ah, I love your AUs! You do hurt!Jenson so well. Can't wait for an update~

Date: 2008-08-12 02:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] itsthedetails.livejournal.com
Oh geez I can feel the tension like I'm right there with them. Jensen needs Jeff to take care of him so badly, but he's so distant and messed up. I love every bit of it.

Date: 2008-08-12 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iwwfw.livejournal.com
I love the relationships you build. The immediate familiar of Jeff and Bisou -- the way you write the two of them is just awesome. The push/pull between Jensen and Jeff. I'm only falling harder for your writing.

Date: 2008-08-14 06:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geneli4.livejournal.com
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Date: 2008-08-20 04:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] realpestilence.livejournal.com
Jensen is so screwed-up and matter of fact about it all, it makes me wonder how long he's been doing this-how many times he's been bred, and to what kind of men, and how many children he might have already had and lost. Is there any kind of limitations on what his partners can do to him while they have custody, or do they have carte blanche, as long as they impregnate him? *frowns* Seems like a recipe for rape and abuse to me, even above and beyond the need for forced procreation-giving a powerless person into a stranger's hands.

Jeff's bewilderment is cute, but also realistic. What *would* you do if you had a gorgeous young thing dropped on you and had your marching orders from the government to knock him up? If you think of yourself as a decent person, if you're kind, if you're a naturally protective and nurturing person (feed the WORLD, Jeff)-and you know you won't get to keep him, or the baby, anyways...and then toss in the pheromonal factor and stir. You can do anything you want to the guy, short of killing him, and it's doubtful anyone would lift a finger to stop you. And he knows that, too.

It's not really the plots that make me love your fics so much, though those are good, or the hot sex, which is ditto. It's the rich emotional description that gets me, every time. :)

I love this

Date: 2009-04-17 08:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nephthys101.livejournal.com
I'm really glad that I stumbled upon your journal. This story is just amazing. The first story was just brilliant. I loved your description of Jensen's heat and the way Jeff was reacting to it. I don't recall anything like that in fanfic ever! The second part is intense, I have so many questions. I hope you have more of this story somewhere. *off to look*

Date: 2011-02-28 06:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imreas.livejournal.com
An amazing story. Any chance for this verse to continue? *puppy-eyes*

Date: 2012-05-06 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lidoshka.livejournal.com
oh I love this wuasi apocaliptic stories. somehow it's always Jensen playing the thought part.

...and dear, how I love to watch him squirm! ¬___¬!

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