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Title: Sugar and Spice
Author: [livejournal.com profile] tru_faith_lost
Genre/Pairings: Jensen/Jared, RPS, established relationship
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: schmoop, m/m sexual contact
Summary A moment in time fic. They're all tired, but she cries. Babies do that. She's good for them. Really good.
Disclaimer: No disrespect or harm intended. No money being made.
A/N: For the birthday of the wonderful [livejournal.com profile] rejeneration. So proud and blessed to call you friend, love. She posted this pic in her journal awhile back, and I told her it made me want to write baby fic. She encouraged me, as she always does, and this is what became of it. I'm not sure this is what you had in mind, and I forgot her name. *blush* But I hope it works. Happy, happy birthday!




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Sugar and Spice



February 15, 2008



She cries a little. Babies do that, even when everyone’s dog tired and just home from a long day on set, minds blank to anything but the draw of smooth linen and down pillows. She cries. A hiccup, a gurgle, something wet, and bubbly, and hesitant. Though he can’t see from the door, Jared pictures the expression exactly--huge open frown and deep, watery eyes, torn between screaming and wonder.

     Jensen’s unfazed and softens everywhere except around his eyes where he crinkles like the edges of a warm blanket. She squirms under his fingertips before giving in and settling under the weight of his hand on her stomach. Her tiny heels stop their digging into the changing table, little toes curl and uncurl as Jen brushes the backs of his fingers across the soles. He kisses one then the other and blows razzberries against the translucent skin until she bops him on the nose with her waving hand.

     He laughs the way he used only to laugh for Jared.

     From where he stands, watching, Jared doesn’t see anything but the smooth of Jensen’s forehead and the freckles chased out of old worry lines by the amber lamplight reflecting in her eyes. That’s his smile Jensen gives her, and Jared’s more than happy to share. She’s too small, now, to smile back, but when she does...

     He’s got a camera in every room, just in case.

     "You got her?"

     Only Jensen’s eyebrow jumps when Jared speaks from behind him. "Yeah. Yeah, I got her. You go on to bed. You look ready to pass out." No truer words were ever spoken. "I’ll be there in a little while." If Jared had snuck up on him like that just a few months ago, before she came, well, something would probably have been broken. There’d have been a Jensen shaped hole in the wall or a Jared shaped hole in the door. Now he only gets an eyebrow twitch, not even a glare as Jensen shifts subconsciously to protect her. She’s good for Jen, good for them.

     Jared shakes his head in wonder at the way the charm on Dean’s necklace barely bobs, how she lies beneath it and watches it like the world’s most fascinating mobile. Since she took a liking to it, Jensen doesn’t take it off, not ever. Jared thinks he may be more attached to it than Dean himself. It dangles from his neck, gentle swing timed to the up and down of her tummy and the sweep of his eyelashes as he looks down on her in adoration.

     Jared starts to turn away but ends up with his shoulder pressed into the door frame, his head tipped to the side, no more capable of looking away than Jensen is of letting go. Jared blinks his bleary eyes, finds the lids heavier than he remembers but not so heavy as to keep him from watching and smiling when Jensen lifts her off the table, his hand gentle behind her wide-eyed head. Her hand finds his lips and he sucks the whole thing into his mouth with a mock snarl, before huffing it back out. "Eat you up," he coos. "I’m’a eat you up." He makes a game of waving her arm around and chasing it with his open mouth, stops suddenly just to cock an eyebrow over his shoulder. "Say, night-night, Daddy," he teases, and waves her hand goodbye, bouncing gently.

     "Night-night, munchkin," Jared yawns, rubbing at the knot in his neck. "Don’t keep your father up too late. Daddy might get jealous." Then to Jensen, "Save some of that sugar for me, huh?" Wishful thinking on his part. This honeybee couldn’t find a blossom in a cherry tree the way he feels, but sometimes waving his proboscis around, if only in his unrealized plans, is necessary to prove to himself he still has it.

     "Always do." It’s true. Jen always does, which is why Jared’s okay meandering down the hall to bed and leaving his two favorite people to some quiet time together.

     He still has half a mind to wait up for Jen, the half that’s in his pants, but as soon as he tosses his shirts in the hamper and sits on the edge of the bed to take off his shoes, the circulation to that half of his mind gets cut off. From down the hall, Jensen’s voice croons the lilted strains of an Aerosmith song.

     Maybe her name’s Angel, too. They don’t know yet. She hasn’t told them.

     The lullaby is too much for Jared, and the next thing he feels is a tug on his leg and carpet between his toes. He cracks one eye to find Jensen pulling off his socks, having already slept through the removal of his shoes. He wants to smile and make a wise crack, but doesn’t have one, and Jen apparently doesn’t know he’s awake, as he foregoes the usual sock removal comment about jungle rot.

     Instead, Jen kisses him once on the pad of his big toe and lowers the foot into the carpet, his hand palming the back of Jared’s calf with just the right amount of soft and firm. He rubs up and down a few times, uncrinkling the denim from behind Jared’s knees and is on his way up the thighs before he realizes he’s being watched.

     Meeting Jared’s eyes with that same soft look he uses when she’s fussy and way too tired to sleep, Jensen kisses each of Jared’s knees and slides up between them to undo the jeans. "I gotcha. Go on back to sleep. ‘Ts been a long day."

     It has, and Jared would. God, he wants to, but everything about Jensen is sugar -- sweet and melty-- everything, after he’s been with her.

     Jared’s tired but wouldn’t mind a sip of honey, just a sip.

     Wouldn’t want his proboscis to dry up and fall off.

     That’s not funny. So not funny. Except he just thought it. His own wise-ass, barely conscious mind is playing word games, his favorite kind next to video, and even he is not amused. Tired, exhausted, groggy, drained, and...er, limp. Yes, limp. He hates limp.

     "Lift up." Jared does, his chin lolling over his sternum as he tries to look down at Jensen’s hands where they tug at his unfastened jeans. "Your hips, Jay. Lift your ass so I can get your jeans."

     Yeah, that makes sense. Easier said than done, though. Kinda goes with being limp. He runs a hand over his face, back and forth few times over his eyes and up through his hair. He’s really gotta stop using that word. Scratch and slide, the zipper only catches one stray hair from a nether region that obviously needs more careful grooming, and then the jeans are gone, just Jensen’s warm hands. Warm hands kneading at the tangled manes of charley horses under his skin, soft thumbs up into the groove of his hips, stroking. Jensen’s breath is hot along the side of Jared’s knee and precedes...

     "Hey!"

     a hey, hey...tomorrow’s just a future yesterday...

     His eyes pop open as Jen’s scruffy cheek scrapes along his inner thigh, and Craig Ferguson’s in the television on the far side of the room doing one of his up close and personal face to camera shots. Jared’s heart knocks against his chest in a feeble attempt to pump enough blood into his extremities to either reach the remote and change the channel or...another rub of stubble...never mind. "Shut that shit off and get up here," he mumbles without opening his eyes.

     "Shhhhh, shhhh."

     The bed dips, and Jared wishes for an air mattress and a quiet lake, even just a nice Texas tank, hand-fed catfish nibbling at his...toes...

     Jen’s hand moves higher, slow small circles, and higher, around to his waist, tightens just a little as Jensen coaxes him farther up the bed. Jared manages to engage his legs enough to scooch up to the pillows. Jensen’s hand tightens, loosens, tightens, rubs, and maneuvers him over and back against Jen’s bare chest. Jared lets his head fall back into the notch of Jensen’s neck and shoulder as breath puffs into his hair.

     One hand continues soft circles over his stomach, and the other disappears a second before the night stand wobbles against the wall. A drawer slides open. Jared recognizes the smell. Lavendar. Lavendar baby lotion. They got it to help her sleep, but she never liked it half as much as Jared.

     "Mmm." It’s mumbled against the divot above Jensen’s collar bone. "Trying to spice things up in the bedroom, Jen?"

     "It’s lavendar," Jensen corrects, smoothing it over Jared’s stomach and down, down...whattaya know? Not limp, after all. "It’s an herb. Not a spice. Now hush." Less talk. Less talk is good. A kiss against his temporal bone, warm and tingling between the long hair, is all the convincing Jared needs, not much blood flowing through his upstairs brain anyway. He sighs and lets his nose fall against Jensen’s pulse point.

     It doesn’t take long. Jen knows him, just what he likes, what he needs to slide over that edge he’s been teetering over for too long. It’s slow, but deliberate, gentle where it needs to be and firm where it counts, and Jared barely tenses when the white wall drops behind his eyes and fades to black.

     He’s almost gone, just a little fizz still left between his brain and his skull. The hairs in his nose twitch one last time, honing in on the soft vapor of baby powder as Jen wipes him clean, always a tub of baby wipes at hand. She’s made her way into every crack in their lives, every private corner. She’s good for them.

     "Don’t you dare drool. I can’t reach the burp pad."

     Jared would laugh, but he’s too damned content. This is nice. Everything nice.

     Jensen’s arms tighten and slide them both down into the one dip in the bed that started out as two. Yeah...nice. Jensen’s humming when Jared falls asleep.

The End






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Date: 2008-02-16 03:22 am (UTC)
ext_14888: Yummy (Default)
From: [identity profile] angels3.livejournal.com
OMG

Baby story I love the stories with them having a baby. Doesn't matter if it's Jensen/Jared of Dean/Sam. Them plus kids make me weak in the knees.

The picture fits the story so well. I can't decide which part I love the most. The way Jensen cares for the baby and Jared watching or the way Jensen cares for Jared.

I think I'll not pick and say both.

Date: 2008-02-17 11:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Thank you, sweetie! I love the baby stories, too. Those boys should so be daddies. I volunteer...LOL. And really, with that picture, how could I not be inspired. Get out your burp pad, because I'm about to drool.

Date: 2008-02-16 03:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 9thof9.livejournal.com
Lady, if that were any sweeter my teeth would fall out.

The scene you painted was vivid with life yet soft and blurred like it was being seen through sleepy eyes which was perfect for this ficlet.

Date: 2008-02-17 11:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
AWw, thank you. That's exactly the effect I was going for. I mean, who hasn't been that tired? And the soft look on Jensen/Dean's face...just...only a baby could do that to a man. He should have so many babies.

Date: 2008-02-16 03:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rejeneration.livejournal.com
Oh.

My.

God.

First? I am. I. I WIN. Oh, honey do I EVER win. THIS IS ... This is everything brilliant and THEN SOME. The writing is honest and pure and the loving? The loving is just as sincere. Devotion and calm, softness and the wonderful interplay between Jared's brain and both of their hearts.

Sweetie, I can't even TELL you how much happy making this is! And now I will add it to my memories and tomorrow I will make EVERYONE who loves me come read it. This is just... PERFECT. Every word. -grins, hugs, rolls around with the boys- Thank you SO SO SO SO SO MUCH.

Date: 2008-02-16 03:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Oooh, thank you. Longer reply in tomorrow, because it's storming like a mother here, and I'm about to get electrocuted or blow up my puter. But 'twas your beautiful pic that inspired it. And your beautiful self who made me pursue it. I'm glad you like. ♥

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Date: 2008-02-16 03:43 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] candygramme.livejournal.com
Wow! So much love in there. You painted it so I could feel it. Awesome.

And your banner is a work of art.

Date: 2008-02-17 11:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Thank you, so much! I think I was tired when I wrote it, which helped a lot. LOL.

And the banner...ergh. The manip is by [livejournal.com profile] sweetgirl7808, and she also did the text. I just added some textures and colors so it fit my journal better. But I'd be lying if I didn't say it was inspired by yours. LOL. I ♥ yours so much.

Date: 2008-02-16 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrsbpod.livejournal.com
This was fabulous, so sweet from start to finish but something is missing/wrong... I think it is that 'oneshot' tag. Sequels, yes that is what is missing, sequels (notice the plural.)

So we can expect a Sugar and Spice verse right?

Love baby!fic and you need to write more. As a matter of fact anyone who can write as well as you needs to write lots of J2 baby!fic! I have decreed it!

*crickets chirp*
Yeah that is the response I usually get...*sigh*

Date: 2008-02-17 11:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
aww, mmm, awww, mmm...lol. I didn't plan on doing a sequel. Mostly because I don't know where the baby came from. I'm going with, the stork brought her. But since you asked so nicely, I may think on it some, because I agree, there is more to this story, and writing it was rather an uplifting experience. Thank you so much for reading.

Date: 2008-02-16 04:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fanofsuper.livejournal.com
That was a great story I liked the picture, where is if from ?

Jensen is so loving with the baby & with Jared. I need to know more about the baby, where did they get her... so please take out those 2 awful words The End & replace with TBC until you can write the sequel. PLEASE !!!

Date: 2008-02-17 11:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
The picture is amazing, isn't it? The picture is a cap, and I believe [livejournal.com profile] rejeneration made it, but I can't say for sure. She had it in her journal and gave me permission to use it so long as I wrote this story, LOL.

And, as I told the commenter above you, I didn't really have any plans to write more in this verse, because I don't know where the baby came from...maybe from a cabbage patch? LOL. But I did enjoy writing this, and if she ever tells me her story, then I will definitely add more.

Thanks so much for reading.

Date: 2008-02-16 05:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jensgirl17.livejournal.com
This is the cutest thing that ever cuted.

Date: 2008-02-17 11:43 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-02-16 05:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] monkeyfun1.livejournal.com
Wow! That was sexy. If they didn't have a baby I'd say that was bordering on daddy!kink or infantilism. Still. It was really hot. I always love it when they take such tender care of each other. Hell I like it when They bang the living hell out of each other too. I just like them together I guess. I'm a perv. I admit it.

Date: 2008-02-17 11:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
LOL! Yeah, I actually tried to be careful not to have Jensen handle the baby and Jared in exactly the same manner because I did think that bordered on some weird kink, too. LOL. I was gonna have him cradling Jared's head, and Jared's mouth falling open,and just...uh, yeah, no. LOL. But I could see Jensen getting all quiet in the nursery and bringing that tenderness into the bedroom. I think they'll slam each other against the wall tomorrow...

MwAH!

Date: 2008-02-16 05:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 3rd-leg.livejournal.com
Hey, Dork, way to tell me you were posting this today! OOO this was sweeter than honey though lol I liked it a lot! good job!

Date: 2008-02-16 11:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Haha, I thought you were at work, and besides, I gotta train you to use that flist of yours. Haha.

P.S. I gotta work this morning, but I might be around this afternoon. Do you work? (like I need to ask)

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Date: 2008-02-16 05:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jane-eyre.livejournal.com
I love this. It was so sweet how Jensen was taking care of the baby and Jared. Please write a sequel. It'd make a good verse.

Date: 2008-02-17 11:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Aww, thank you. I'm so glad yo like it. And you're right, it would make a great verse. So, if she ever tells me who she is and where she came from, LOL, I'll probably write the rest of the story. Right now, I have no clue...

*smishes you*

Date: 2008-02-16 07:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] criztalinz.livejournal.com
Jensen + Baby = my biological clock going haywired! ^__^

Love the fic,hon~ *hugs*

Date: 2008-02-17 11:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Eeek! I know. They should have so many babies, and I'd gladly volunteer, lol. *shakes head* Thanks so much for reading.

Date: 2008-02-16 09:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kynikey.livejournal.com
Awww, that was beautiful! And if Jensen's really a daddy (well...not only a daddy I guess) like that, can I have his babies, please? ;o)

Date: 2008-02-17 11:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Haha, thank you! And get in line, darlin'. Muah!

Date: 2008-02-16 10:11 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ysbail.livejournal.com
OMG - so sweet and adorable and schmoopy ....

I love this Jensen, this soft, caring, nurturing Jensen who treats his Jared as he treats his baby, with loving touches and tender care...

Oh my - you have just provided me with a craving for kid!fic and that's one type of story I rarely do, but this ... aaaah .... *happy sigh*

Date: 2008-02-17 11:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
I know...I sometimes get inspired to write kidfic and refrain... some things are just too private. Funny how moments with babies are higher on an intimacy scale for me than sex, but well, I never said I was sane. But this pic... Well, it had to be done. Sometimes you just have to write what's inspired and deal with your guilt later, LOL.

Date: 2008-02-16 10:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tabularassa.livejournal.com
OMG. I AM CRYING. For fuck's sake. That kiss to the pad of Jared's big toe? I can't even. These two will be the death of me. You are an amazingly talented writer, you know that? You captured the intimacy of their little world perfectly. Props to you, woman. ♥

Date: 2008-02-17 11:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Crying? Over schmooop? OMG! I did it right! Thank you so much, sweetie. *smish*

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Date: 2008-02-16 01:36 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] jellicle.livejournal.com
That was sweet, lovely, calm and perfect, just what I needed today! Thank you, darling!

Date: 2008-02-17 11:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
So glad you enjoyed it, sweetie! We all need moments like these from time to time. Glad this one came at the right one for you. *smish*

Date: 2008-02-16 01:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sammyndeansgrl1.livejournal.com
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww's! That was awesome! I love those boys w/ babies! It's just to freaking yummy!

Date: 2008-02-17 07:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
God, they make me want babies. But no, just dogs for me, LOL. But for them, I'd reconsider.

Date: 2008-02-16 02:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] layne67.livejournal.com
That is just so sweet and adorable. The image of Jensen with the baby simply melts my heart. And this?

but everything about Jensen is sugar - sweet and melty

It makes me think of Jensen during that rock, paper, scissor gag reel *points to icon* - soft and sweet.

Love this!

Date: 2008-02-17 07:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Awww, you're right! That scene is sweet and laid back and something we don't get to see nearly enough of. *dreamy eyes*

Thank you for reading!

Date: 2008-02-16 02:23 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] deanshot1
That was just awesome.
I remember being that tired and I was only babysitting at the time but my niece was only 2 weeks old then and now she's the big 1.
I really liked it, so much sweetness from Jensen taking care of their daughter and then taking care of Jared.
Thanks for sharing.

Date: 2008-02-17 07:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Thank you for reading! I think we've all been that tired at least once. Now, if we could all just be so cute and adorkable at the same time, the world would be a lovely place and we'd never get out of bed. Glee!

Date: 2008-02-16 02:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] flynn-boyant.livejournal.com
I have the biggest, sappiest grin on my face right now. I can just feel it.
This was beyond beautiful.

*adds to memories*

Date: 2008-02-17 07:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Hee! Your comment puts a big sappy grin on MY face. I'm so glad you liked it and will read it again when you need a smile. *smish*

Date: 2008-02-16 03:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] apieceofcake.livejournal.com
Delightful!! :-)

Date: 2008-02-17 07:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
You're delovely for reading. *huggles*

Date: 2008-02-16 04:08 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] laceandgrace.livejournal.com
*BREATHES* Darling, this is so pretty. I love the warm, snuggliness of the entire piece. It's just so warm and soft and right. Schmoop is my absolutest favorite thing and you added a cute baby girl. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. ♥

Date: 2008-02-17 07:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Haha, I love schmoop, too. Wish life had more moments like these, but when the come along, it helps to immortalize them in fic. LOL. I'm so glad you liked it. *smish*

Date: 2008-02-16 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thehighwaywoman.livejournal.com
Awwwww! I am so totally, totally in love with this. I want to cuddle it to me. The baby, and the cuddles, and the necklace, and the sweet kisses, and the coziness and love, and the cackle I got over the "proboscis" line... ♥ this a billionty!

Date: 2008-02-17 07:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
LOL! You're the first to point out the proboscis line. I'm such a dork. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. *glomp*

Date: 2008-02-16 04:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iwwfw.livejournal.com
I love the quiet feeling of this fic. It's got this slow, sleepy rhythm that just infuses every word with the same peace, calm that Jensen's found with the new addition to their lives. It's like this entire story was lavender.

Date: 2008-02-17 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
ooooohhh. Lavendar... You're so wonderful and sweet for saying that. I think you made me wanna curl up in a warm blanket and revel in the awesomeness that is that beautiful comment. Thank you.

Date: 2008-02-16 05:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] just-ruth.livejournal.com
*sniff*

This is just so sweet and so beautiful that I'm sniffling. This is such a cure for a bad day. Thank you so much.

Date: 2008-02-17 07:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Awww, I'm sorry you had a bad day, but I'm so glad to help make it better. Thanks for reading. *smish*

Date: 2008-02-16 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] z3s-keep-going.livejournal.com
omg loved this! soo cute

Date: 2008-02-17 07:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tru-faith-lost.livejournal.com
Well, with that picture for inspiration, it couldn't be anything but cute. *happy sigh* Thanks for reading.
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