Title: Split Decisions
Fandom: CW RPS
Characters: Jared, Sandy
Rating: G
Word count: 1000
A/N: Day 2 of my August fic challenge. Timestamp for Gently Play upon Your Heartstrings for [livejournal.com profile] e_contra who asked for some Jared POV.
Also available on AO3.

Summary: Jared's first meeting with Jensen Ackles didn't quite go as he'd expected.

Jared kept his cool throughout the short tour of Jens- Mr. Ackles' new rooms. He continued to keep his cool as he took his leave and got into the - thankfully empty - elevator.

Then he collapsed against the wall and let his head thud hard against the metal.

"Holy shit," he said, and needed several minutes to process the rest of that thought. "I just got propositioned by Jensen Ackles."

The trip down to the lobby had never seemed so long.

Sandy was waiting for him at the concierge's desk.

"So?" she asked eagerly. "What's he like? Is he even prettier in person?"

Wordlessly, Jared walked past her into the office and slumped down in his chair, white noise filling his brain.

Sandy followed him, which he should have expected. "Jared?" she asked, lingering in the doorway with a worried look on her face. "What's wrong?

"He, uh," Jared said, brain still not firing on all cylinders. "Well, I mean, he-"

Sandy's frown deepened. "Oh god, he's a complete bastard isn't he? How fucking typical."

"No," Jared said immediately, but then paused. "Well, kind of, but not that way."

"Well, what happened then?"

"Shouldn't you be watching the desk?" Jared asked her, both because it was a valid question and because he would dearly have loved some alone time right about now.

"I can watch it from right here just fine." She crossed her arms over her chest. "And I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's going on. And don't you dare say 'nothing'," she warned, before Jared could do just that. "You were practically dancing this morning and now you're like this. So spill."

"Heaskedmetohavesexwithhim," Jared blurted, and then immediately wished he could stuff the words back in his mouth.

Sandy stared at him for a long moment. "Say that again."

Jared felt his cheeks heat. God, he hoped he hadn't blushed in front of Jens- Mr. A- oh fuck it. He'd been 'Jensen' in Jared's head since he was seventeen; he wasn't going to change it now. "He, uh, asked me if I wanted to have sex with him."

The sound that Sandy made then was something that Jared hadn't expected human vocal cords could make. "Oh my god! Seriously? That is just- wait." She frowned. "Then what are you doing back here already? Don't tell me he's a bad lay because I will absolutely not believe you."

Jared choked a little. "Because I said no! Fuck's sake, Sandy."

Sandy looked at him like he'd grown an extra head. Jared figured he deserved that. "You did what?! Why?"

"Because I'm not interested," Jared said, with all the firmness he could muster.

Sandy was clearly unimpressed.

"Bullshit," she said. "Jared, you've had a crush on that man since we were teenagers. You have a poster of him wearing nothing but leather pants and hair gel above your bed-"

"It's beside the bed," Jared protested weakly.

"-and I know for a fact that you spent at least an hour deciding what to wear today."

Jared didn't even bother arguing that one.

"So what reason could you possibly have for turning down sex with Jensen fucking Ackles?"

"Besides the fact that he's a client?" Jared asked tartly.

Sandy gave him a look. "Jensen fucking Ackles. Try again."

Jared huffed. "I don't know what you want from me, Sandy. I'm not looking for… that right now."

Her expression softened. "You're allowed to have fun, you know," she said gently. "Just because things with Milo didn't work out it, doesn't mean you need to be celibate."

"This has nothing to do with Milo," Jared said, meaning it. Putting his ex-boyfriend and Jensen in the same sentence totally didn't compute. He offered her a sheepish shrug. "You know I'm not the one-night stand type."

"Well, yeah," she said. "But this is Jensen Ackles we're talking about. You practically worship the ground he walks on."

"And I'd like to keep doing so without post-sex awkwardness getting in the way. That didn't come out right," he said, frowning a little. "I just mean that I'm not going to have 'a little fun' with someone I li- respect so much; I'll never be able to listen to his music again without remembering that we slept together and then he moved on to someone else. And it'd be super awkward to see him in the lobby every day."

"That's fair, I guess," Sandy said, still sounding doubtful. "I still think you're going to hate yourself forever for turning this down."

Jared shrugged again. "I'd rather get to know him as a person, if I can. Better than one night of meaningless sex, anyway."

Sandy smiled at him fondly. "You're such a romantic."

"What? No, I'm not."

"Going to ask him out for coffee instead?"

Jared made a face at her. "I am not nearly deluded enough to believe that Jensen Ackles might want to date me, thank you very much."

"You just keep telling yourself that, sweetie. But hey," she added, with a cheeky grin. "There's one good thing in all of this, you know."

"What's that?"

"You might be the only person in the world who's ever turned down Jensen Ackles."

Jared laughed. "Judging by his reaction, I might be, yeah."

"Tell me about it," she ordered. "I bet his face was hilarious."

And that was much easier to think about than the fact that he could have had Jensen Ackles spread out under him at this very moment, so Jared obliged. It was for the best, really. Jensen would have moved on to the next conquest within the week, probably, and Jared had never been satisfied with being just a face in the crowd.

He was still going to bang his head against the desk a few times after Sandy left, though. Because he had just turned down sex with Jensen fucking Ackles and, no matter how sensible a decision it had been, it was still a monumentally stupid thing to have done.

~fin

From: [identity profile] chellexxx.livejournal.com


Loved it. Loved that Jared had to defend his not sleeping with Jensen to Sandy :) Very funny

xxx
Edited Date: 2014-08-03 08:16 am (UTC)

From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com


Late reply, sorry!

Jared can't believe that Sandy thinks he's got such loose morals. Sandy can't believe that Jared actually uses the phrase 'loose morals'. Or that he turned down Jensen Ackles. Because that shit doesn't even make sense.

Thanks, hon!

From: [identity profile] chellexxx.livejournal.com


I love love love that this comment continues this story. Freakn' awesome!!!!

xxx

From: [identity profile] e-contra.livejournal.com


LOLOLOLOLOLOL jared's such a fanboy!!!! #^_^# who would've guessed, he was so smooth and composed and smiling all mona lisa like when he turned jensen down, haha, appearances can be so deceiving :P

love sandy's "Jensen fucking Ackles. Try again." and jared spending an hour picking out his outfit that morning <333 this timestamp's so awesome, i'm so happy you chose to write one of my prompts, thank you so much XDD i hope writing this month will be as fun for you as it is for us readers to read *showering you with kudos*

From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com


Wow, super late response, sorry! *sheepish*

Jared is a total fanboy, but he is also a Professional(TM) and totally not a pushover. Really. If Jensen fucking Ackles had tried this when he was a teenager, on the other hand...

Thank you for the fun prompt! I'm so glad you enjoyed!

From: [identity profile] necrora.livejournal.com


Oh, this was adorable. The reveal in the original story of how Jared's actually a fan of Ascendancy (and then of how he's actually in love with Jensen fucking Ackles) was so subtly and well done: and then here we get a look at how completely dorky the impenetrable Jared actually is. The banging of head in the elevator! Thank you so much for sharing =)

From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com


Wow, super late response, sorry! *sheepish*

Jared is going to be kind of horrified when Jensen finds out just how much of a fanboy he really is. Because you know he will. With friends like Sandy, there's no way Jared's going to be able to keep any of this secret. Sorry, Jared. :P

Thank you for a lovely comment! I'm glad you enjoyed!

From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com


Wow, super late response, sorry! *sheepish*

I'm glad you thought so! Jared's life is hard.

Thanks, hon!

From: [identity profile] sleepypercy.livejournal.com


I love seeing Jared's perspective from one of my favorite stories! Lol, and also deciding to stop correcting himself from saying 'Jensen' instead of 'Mr. Ackles'. too cute!

From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com


Wow, super late response, sorry! *sheepish*

Jared's POV kind of totally ruins the good front he puts up for Jensen. Once a fanboy, always a fanboy. :D

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

From: [identity profile] dugindeep.livejournal.com


You know what the best part of this timestamp is? It makes me want to reread the entire story. I think that's a great mark of giving new insight and reminding us why the characters are great <333

From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com


Clearly it is because it is an awesome story. *cough cough* :P

Also, Jared is adorkable and we all love him that way.

Thanks, hon!

From: [identity profile] annabuffy.livejournal.com


This was great. Loved the original story and this timestamp had me reading (and loving) the original all over again. Loved Sandy's continued Jensen Fucking Ackles. ;-p

From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com


Wow, super late response, sorry! *sheepish*

Sandy isn't sure that Jared understands the gravity of the situation. Either that or he's somehow forgotten that he's been infatuated with Jensen since he was 14. Regardless, the repetition seems totally appropriate.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed!

From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com


Jared has come to terms with his dorkliness, but he's still pleased that Jensen didn't realize what he was actually thinking.

Glad you enjoyed, hon!
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