The Heart of Everything (CWRPS AU, J2) MASTER POST

[cleflink]

Title: The Heart of Everything
Author: cleflink
Artist: onceuponarhi
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word count: 23,700
Warnings: Wings, violence, some gore
A/N: Written for spn_reversebang's 2011 round.
All kinds of massive thank yous to my lovely and talented artist inkruns! *applause* She has been unfailingly enthusiastic and supportive, and so understanding when RL held me up. Her art is gorgeous and this story would not be anything at all without her wonderful premise and her support all the way through. Kudos to you, hon!

Summary: When Jared moved to the country, he thought he'd left loud and chaotic back in the steam-powered copper-and-stone world of the city. He was right, up until a chance encounter with a wounded runaway turned his quiet little life into a not-so-quiet little life when the man's mysterious past started catching up with them.



Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four

PDF

Art Post

Timestamp: Two Steps Back
Timestamp: Rescuers
Timestamp: Here There Be (Dragons)

EDIT: cassiopeia7 has done some simply fabulous bonus art depicting one of the final scenes in the story (insert obligatory spoiler warning here). Check it out here!

UPDATE:
This story has undergone a rather large and much needed edit since its initial posting. Anyone who has a copy of the PDF that he/she downloaded before February 2013 should download the new version linked above (it's much better, trust me).

Comments

[bflyw.livejournal.com]

I tried to post a comment on the art post - thelling the artist that I love the art and that it made me want to read the story. However, I wasn't able to, because comments were set to friends only. But maybe you can tell her that I really did love the art!?

And now I will copy all the text to make a mobi so that I can read it on my kindle later :-) I am looking forward to it.

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope the story lives up to the fabulous art! ^_^

[bleedforme17.livejournal.com]

Your fic has been recced here (http://saltandburnrecs.tumblr.com/post/13193590899/the-heart-of-everything-pairing-jared-jensen)
at Salt and Burn Recs (http://saltandburnrecs.tumblr.com). Please contact us if you would like the post removed.

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

How cool! Thank you!

[twasadark.livejournal.com]

Looks excellent! Thanks for the pdf!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome! I hope you enjoy it!

The Heart of Everything

[yourlibrarian]

Here from the pdf version! I hadn't seen the art before downloading and so Jensen's identity was a nice surprise. I enjoyed how the story unfolded and it wasn't until later that I realized the horrifying backstory for Jensen's escape. Exciting finish!

Re: The Heart of Everything

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Thank you for taking the time to come back and leave a comment! And yeah, the Jensen whumpage in this one was pretty fierce, but luckily he had a Jared to help him recover.

I'm so glad you enjoyed!

[hime2emeh.livejournal.com]

just finished reading the pdf (THANK YOU!) and YAY! for dragon fic... you have no idea how hard it is to find a good written one and this one have it in spades. i really love it. such riveting read. i couldn't stop once i start reading :D

thank you so much for a new reading on dragon fic *beam*

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

There can absolutely never be enough dragon fic in the world. I was very lucky to get onceuponarhi's art to work with and so get a great reason to help add to that number. *winks*

I'm delighted you enjoyed it! Thanks so very much!

[trickling-sand.livejournal.com]

Just finished the pdf...

Stupid, stubborn man," ... "You have no idea how worth coveting you are."

a;lsdkfa;lsdkfa;lsdkfa;lsghalkdfjgk;alskgs;ldf!!!!!!!!

:swoons:

OH.MY.GOD!!!

I love the opening - love Jared with the little boy!! Love your description of Yousil and all of Jared's excitement of the machine - the adorable boy-in-a-candy-shop-glee as well as the vestige of nostalgia. Love how the relationships between the boys develop - Jensen was soooo damaged and defensive at the beginning - but I'm glad Jared had managed to show him that there's still kindness in the world. Love their banters towards the end! (and that 'stupid, stubborn man' :melts:)

Jared's comment about dragons making lousy pets both warmed my heart and made me smile - seeing it from Jensen's point of view, it must feel kinda good to realise that Jared doesn't look at dragons as pets but something mystical and magical and majestic.

Thanks for such a lovely read, hun ;)!
<33333333333333333333333333333333333333333

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Geez, you're making me blush hardcore over here, lady. ^_~ I'm late responding because RL sucks sometimes, but this comment totally made my day when I got it.

Jared has come to the conclusion that being an adult means knowing when it's okay to be immature; he takes advantage of this all the time. *grins*

And yeah, he completely contradicted everything Jensen knew or thought he knew about humans. It took him a long, long time to realize that Jared actually was a good man; Jensen was that close to up and running when he saw Jared's workshop and it was only what he knew about Jared that kept him there long enough to hear him out. *hugs him*

Thank you, hon!

[tcs1121.livejournal.com]

That was great, and such great fun. Steampunk, dragons, and high velocity running boots!

I just finished reading the .pdf, thank you for providing it. It looks as though their journey is just beginning. I do hope we'll see more!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Jared thinks his boots are super nifty. And you just know that he's going to be fixing them up asap to make them even more awesome; dragon-saving is going to be a lot easier with them!

Glad you enjoyed! Thank you!

[claricehubert.livejournal.com]

Is there a pdf version of this story??? I couldn't find a link anywhere...

And would really like to get one, could you send me, or direct me to where I can download it????

Tks in advance. My email is claricehubert@gmail.com

Cla; }

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Hi,

There was a PDF, but this story recently went through some major and much needed revisions and I took the link down because the original version was really kind of embarrassing. I am nearly finished putting together an updated PDF (I need to do another read-through for the typos I know are in there) so, as long as you don't mind waiting a day or two, I can send you a copy when it's done.

[claricehubert.livejournal.com]

Of course not, hon. Take your time, and when it's done, I'd love to receive a copy.

Take care,

Cla ; }

[timian.livejournal.com]

Hi! Does the PDF download link above link to the refreshed version you advise we seek out? Thank you!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Hi again! Yes, the link above is the link you want (the previous version shall never again see the light of day). I'll make that more clear in the post.

^_^