Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, CWrps, Jared/Jensen, NC-17

[topaz119]

Title: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Author: topaz119
Artist: facesplitgrin
Pairing: JP/JA
Rating/Warnings: NC-17; explicit m/m sex.
Length: ~35,000 words
Disclaimer: Don't know anyone; this is alllll made up.
Notes: Written for the 2010 spn_j2_bigbang. Thanks to Lana, who didn't freak out when she ended up with what was essentially half a story to start working on her art; withdiamonds, who wouldn't let me freak out when I had essentially half a story a month from when I needed to post; and without_me, who did all the heavy lifting on beta and editing literally one step behind me this week.

Summary: Texas in July is not exactly where Jensen Ackles has any desire to be, but a job's a job and interviewing Jared Padalecki, the most famous and successful winner of America's Next Celebrity Chef for Saveur magazine isn't something Jensen's going to turn down. He'll do the interview, try not to laugh, and get back on the plane. Jared isn't any happier at the thought of yet another interview with someone who's already made up his mind that Jared's nothing but a pretty face, but the network insists, so fine. He'll do the interview, practice his patience, and be done with it.

Funny how things don't quite work out that way.




Chapter One || Chapter Two || Chapter Three || Chapter Four

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Comments

[chemm80]

Oooh, looking forward to this. Bookmarked. Yay!

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Thanks; I hope you like it!

[facesplitgrin.livejournal.com]

Yay! it is finally here!
It was a pleasure to work with you, Missy!
<3

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, Lana!

[samazon13.livejournal.com]

Awesome awesome awesome! I actually read the epilogue when you originally posted it, and now it has a whole lot more resonance! Wonderful story, great characters, love the way they slowly and painfully found their way to each other. Just gorgeous.

Thanks for writing and for sharing!
-Samazon

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Thankyou, thank you! I'm really happy to hear the epilogue still makes sense with the rest of the story. =)

[on-verra.livejournal.com]

Wow, this fic was wonderful!

And as someone with a S.O. who also cooks from The French Laundry Cookbook, I must say I was impressed with your foodie references :D

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! And lucky you for having someone to cook from the French Laundry for you. *g*

[elliemurasaki.livejournal.com]

The AO3 link does not go to this story on the AO3.

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Whoops! So sorry--thanks for letting me know I botched the link. It should be: http://archiveofourown.org/works/110166

[jennylynneh.livejournal.com]

>>"We'll just have to make it through with sweet tea," Jared says, laughing and pushing his glass over toward her.

"That's not tea," Katie says, making a face. "That's sugar syrup tinted brown."

"Welcome to the South, California Girl," Jared says and swallows half the glass, smirking at her while she shudders. <<

I was just giggling away at this. I lived in the South for the first 33 years of my life and I think it's a crime restaurants don't serve Sweet Tea up here in Maine. You cannot get the mixture right by adding the sugar to a glass of unsweetened iced tea! The four years I lived in Alabama were the best because when you ordered tea, that's what they served you -- you had to ask for unsweetened tea if you wanted it and people looked at you like you were an alien.

What a great detail! Now I'm going downstairs to get a glass of Sweet Tea and hurry back to finish reading. :) *snicker*

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

hee-thanks! As a transplanted Yankee who's been here for a *really* long time, and who's never gotten used to drinking her iced tea sweet, I think the dividing line is around Fredricksburg, Virginia--that's the point when you have to start asking (really loudly) for unsweet tea when you order. My husband's mother is a star, though--she always makes me a little pitcher of unsweet for Sunday dinners and the rest of the family stays 20 feet away from it.

I hope you like the rest of the story!

[jennylynneh.livejournal.com]

I loved the story. :)

It's so funny you say that about your mother-in-law. Even though I grew up in the South, my father was a transplanted Yankee and my mother was an Army brat. We never had sweet tea in the house when I was growing up and I couldn't stand the unsweetened tea my mother kept on hand. I loved my college roommate when I moved to Alabama simply because she had this extra giant pitcher that was always full of sweet tea. LOL

I had to drive through McDonald's today to get a sweet tea because they're the only place up here that has sweet tea made right. The girl who works there told me they use a whole bag of sugar every time they make it. Now, I have a Kubrick that makes both hot and iced single serve coffee and tea just so I can have sweet tea all year round. :D

J

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm so glad you liked it!

When I make tea for my husband, I swear, there's almost as much sugar as water, but that's only way he'll drink it.

[atedeanguis.livejournal.com]

Hi! I really enjoyed this story and was wondering if you had a pdf or if you'd mind if I posted one?

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Hi, thank you--I'm so glad you liked this! For a PDF, click the link to the story on AO3. When the fic opens there, at the top of the page (right above the header information) you'll see a menu bar. Click the Download option, and it will expand to show the different file formats (Mobi/ePub/PDF/HTML). Click PDF and it will generate a PDF file that you can download. I do have a PDF file of this around here somewhere, so if you have trouble with the AO3 version, let me know and I'll dig it up for you.

Again, thanks so much for reading and commenting!

[atedeanguis.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It worked fine!

[locknkey.livejournal.com]

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[topaz119.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thanks very much!