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rivers_bend ([personal profile] rivers_bend) wrote2009-05-09 08:30 pm

A Saxophone Someplace far off Played (PG) Sam, Jensen crossover

Title: A Saxophone Someplace far off Played
Genre: SPN/CWRPS crossover: Sam, AU!Jensen (implied Sam/Dean)
Rating: PG
Words: ~950
Summary: Three times Sam Winchester met Jensen Ackles
A/N: For [livejournal.com profile] fleshflutter who asked for Sam/Jensen. Apparently that's more an angst than a porn pairing in my mind, so she had to settle for Sam, Jensen instead.



One
The first time Sam Winchester met Jensen Ackles, he didn't remember later. It was only a few weeks after he lost Dean, and Sam still thought he could get his brother back with determination and heroics—or enough anger pointed in the right direction. It was the parking lot of a dive bar somewhere in Texas, and Sam was so far on the wrong side of sober that he was lying half-in and half-out of the Impala. The guy looked enough like Dean that nothing could convince Sam he wasn't, and he'd hauled himself up and thrown himself on the stranger, knocking them both over in the dirt.

"Dean," he said, "Dean!" over and over as he ran his hands over the almost-familiar features, the not-quite-wide-enough shoulders, and the very wrong clothes.

Jensen, surprised as hell and not one hundred percent sober himself, swore at first, tried to struggle out from under Sam's weight, but after a minute or so of Sam's tears dripping onto his cheekbones, he gave in, and tried to soothe his attacker instead, running hands over Sam's head and back, murmuring, "It's okay. You're okay."

There was something about the guy that struck him, made him want to take him home, feed him, give him somewhere to sleep, but that was ridiculous. So he just tried his best to reassure him.

Sam was babbling incoherently through his tears, and Jensen never caught on that the magic words were, "I'm okay."

Two
The second time Sam met Jensen Ackles, they learned each other's names. Sam hadn't yet hit bottom, but he was getting closer. He'd come to New Orleans to meet with a shaman and was doing his best to make sure he made it to the meeting sober. Sam lingered in a jazz club, which, while it did serve alcohol, also had more distractions than his motel room.

He ordered a coke and took it to a little table in a back corner. An hour later, a guy who looked enough like Dean to make Sam wonder if the lack of alcohol was making him hallucinate stopped and said, "You look better than the last time I saw you."

"Dean?" Sam asked, and the guy gave a half chuckle and rested a hand on the table's other chair.

"Still not Dean," he said. "Name's Jensen."

When he said it, Sam could see all the ways Jensen wasn't his brother, but it still hurt to look at him.

He was staring, and he realized it at the same moment it hit him that Jensen said, "the last time I saw you."

"Do I know you?" he asked. Any other time he might have suspected Jensen was a ghoul or a shape shifter, but he wasn't processing things the way he used to, and he took Jensen at face value.

Jensen pulled out the other chair an inch or so and gave Sam a raised-eyebrow, can I sit? look. Sam nodded.

"It was a bar in Texas," Jensen told him. "Not all that surprised you don't remember.

Sam wasn't surprised either. The entire time since he lost Dean was pretty much a blur.

"So," Jensen said, changing the subject. "You're a jazz fan?" He couldn't believe he was seeing the man again, though it made sense that the guy wasn't local. He had drifter written all over him, really. "You got a name?" he asked.

"Sam," the guy said.

They spent the next four hours listening to music, Jensen making small talk in the lulls and Sam trying not to reach over to touch Jensen's hand or give in to the need to order whiskey instead of coke.

About two in the morning Jensen stood up, squeezed Sam's shoulder, said, "Nice to see you again, but I've got to hit the hay." He didn't want to leave, but he had to get back on the road at first light, and he wasn't stupid enough to get involved with someone so clearly hung up on another guy.

Sam couldn't muster a smile, but he did wave goodbye. He ordered bourbon the next time he went to the bar.

Three
The third time, Sam didn't see Jensen at all. He and Dean were driving through Oklahoma, and they stopped for gas and snacks.

Jensen recognized the Impala out at the pumps. For three years he'd been seeing a set of broad shoulders or a head of tousled brown hair from across the room, thinking for a minute it was Sam, being disappointed when it wasn't. Now he felt the familiar kick of longing again, only magnified a thousand times because Sam was actually here this time. Jensen looked through the window of the Stop'n'Shop, thinking he'd see Sam towering over the shelves, but he caught sight of a man who could be his own brother. His twin.

"Dean," he whispered, knowing without a doubt that this was the man Sam kept mistaking him for. Then Jensen caught sight of Sam himself, walking up behind Dean until they were so close no light could be seen between them.

Jensen wanted to stay and talk to Sam, make certain he was okay, really see him again, but then Dean glanced up at Sam over his shoulder, and the look that passed between them, Jensen could tell Sam didn't need him. Jensen got back in his truck without filling up. He still had a quarter of a tank; it should be plenty to get him to the next station.

now with a J2 sequel here

[identity profile] eilan.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
A little heartbreaking.
*is sad for Jensen*

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
yeah. apparently, though Dean/Jared is a cracky, porny pairing in my mind, Sam/Jensen is angst and sadness and all about Sam/Dean.

Sorry I made you sad, sweetie.

[identity profile] silsbee329.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
and the look that passed between them, Jensen could tell Sam didn't need him.

Oh... *heart is squeezed*

Very nicely done, m'dear.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, lovey. *squeezes you*

[identity profile] leodragon1.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
awwww!

I like that it's still Sam/Dean, but it has a Jensen cameo. That's my favourite kind of crossover.

The first one was the saddest. Poor Sam! I liked the last one the best, where Sam and Dean exchange that look. Poor Jensen! I wish he'd gone up to them or something, I think Sam would have liked to be able to tell Jensen that he got Dean back.

But that's just me, I still love this drabble!

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Sam/Dean is and always will be my OTP :)

I think Sam would have liked to see Jensen, but I think Jensen thought Sam wouldn't want to be reminded of that time. And he didn't want to cause Sam trouble with Dean. Not knowing that they are closer than your average boyfriends. :)

Glad you liked! Thank you.

[identity profile] tabularassa.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, my heart breaks for Jensen. And Sam. And yeah, Dean. Beautiful, bb:)

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
They are a bunch of heartbreakers those spn writers boys. For sure.

♥ Thank you, honey.

[identity profile] mickeym.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, honey. I don't know how you do it, but you pack such a punch with so few words. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes, just the longing, aching feeling between Sam, for Dean...and Jensen for Sam.

What a lovely little piece. Thank you for sharing it.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
This pairing really got to me for some reason. I'm glad I managed to get that aching longing to come through.

Thank you so much for reading, honey. ♥

[identity profile] saavikam77.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Awwwww... This was wonderfully heartbreaking. Poor Sam and Jensen. (Wow, that's a weird sentence!)

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
that is kind of a weird sentence ;)

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

[identity profile] dangomango.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I've never been able to view Sam/Jensen as a happy pairing myself

And this was all sad but then Dean came back, so <3

yay!

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
They stubbornly would neither be happy nor have sex.

I'm glad you were yay in the end :D Thank you!

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[identity profile] fpvs.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yay :) That's wonderful.
*pleased by the angst*

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
evil angst. WHERE IS MY SCHMOOP, SHOW. WHERE IS IT? ;)

I'm glad I could please you, hon.

[identity profile] itsthedetails.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
So beautiful. Sam's desperation and sadness is so real and heartbreaking. Jensen's POV from the last piece is bittersweet, Sam has his Dean, but Jensen is left driving off alone.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'm glad all the emotion came through the slightly odd format.

[identity profile] flawedamythyst.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, Jensen. *hugs* Who wouldn't want a piece of Sam, even when he's all fucked up with grief? And I loved the glimpse of Dean, as well, and the look between them.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Sam is irresistible. It's true. :D I'm so glad you liked it!

[identity profile] thehighwaywoman.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I love how you can just break my heart so sweetly and make me come back wanting more. Jensen's pain is so subtle compared to Sam's, but just as poignant; the last paragraph had me catching my breath in an "Ohhh." Such a weakness I have for SPN/RPS crossovers, and this is absolutely marvelous. ♥

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
There are not enough crossovers with these boys. It's true. Though I have always been a Dean/Jared girl, I actually loved going with these boys in the end. Thank you, honey. I'm glad you're wanting more, and not cursing me for the heart break.

[identity profile] moodswingers.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
OH, BOYS! Sam/Jensen is such an angsty pairing.

I wish there were more of these crossovers. I was just telling a friend yesterday how I want a cracky Dean/Jared in which they eat. That would be an epic eating contest. *g*

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
OOOOOH! Dean/Jared eating fic. *makes grabby hands*

I love crossovers. Of almost every kind. But there DEFINITELY need to be more SPN/RPS crossovers.

Thank you!

[identity profile] lazy-daze.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
OOOOOH. This was awesome!

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Kripke has clearly infected me with his angst. :(

<3

[identity profile] deirdre-c.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh honey! So wonderful. I love the unrequited here enormously. ♥

(Now all Jensen needs is to find himself a Jared and he'll be all set, yeah?)

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'm so glad you loved it. ♥

I do have a bunny nibbling at my toes in which this truck-driving Jensen makes a stop in San Antonio and meets someone who isn't quite Sam. But it's a ways down the queue at the moment. *curses the fact that fic can't flow straight from my brain to the page*
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[personal profile] tabaqui 2009-05-10 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, i love it. I hate Sam having to deal with someone who is almost-but-not Dean, and Jensen having this tiny little bit of hope that he keeps alive for so long....

Gorgeous.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Poor Sam. Poor Jensen! *smishes them*

[identity profile] ilovesn.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
awwwww, i thought they were totally gonna smex

*pouts*

Thanks for sharing

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought they were, too. But apparently not so much. :(

Thank you for reading!

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[identity profile] anifsemaj.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
heartbreakingly sweet

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D
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[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
You are most welcome! and thank you :D

they totally broke my heart, these boys. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
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[personal profile] auroramama 2009-05-10 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Awwww. Wistful and lovely. How could Jensen not be drawn in by a vortex like Sam's longing for Dean? But it's Jensen who breaks the reader's heart. He was nothing but kind to Sam, and he's so gracious about letting him go. He should be rewarded, damn it!

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

I really want to reward him with meeting Jared. I have too many things I'm dying to write!
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[identity profile] britomart-is.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my Goooooooooooooooooood you are amazing.
I love how each section gives such a vivid picture of where Sam is at each point--completely losing it and barely functioning in the first, struggling to dry out and do what he needs to do in the second, and in the third no matter what may be wrong it's all kind of all right because Dean is back.
I also love he wasn't stupid enough to get involved with someone so clearly hung up on another guy and Jensen wanting to see Sam again and recognizing Dean and so close no light could be seen between them.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-10 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
*glee*

Thank you! I'm so glad where Sam is comes through, and Jensen's wanting, and just, yay! :D

[identity profile] runedgirl.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Because *everything* is all about Sam/Dean! Err... at least in my book it is. The best line for me? That, of course, the magic words were I'm okay. And btw, you taught me to do that italics thing. Which makes me miss you *sobs*
Lyns

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
not just your book, honey. mine too! clearly ;)

I did teach you to do that italics thing :D and I miss you too! You need to have business in SF!

thank you, sweetie. I'm so glad this hit the spot!

*hugs*

[identity profile] fleshflutter.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Why do you have to make it hurt EVEN MORE for poor Jensen? Are you trying to break my his heart? <33333

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It all seemed kind of sudden before. But I am hoping he's going to tell me the story of meeting Jared the next time he swings through San Antonio. :)

♥♥♥♥♥♥

[identity profile] fryttu.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I liked it very much even though it's painful. Desperate Sam meeting Jensen after losing Dean breaks my heart a little. So does Jensen left behind after Dean and Sam's reunion. But sometimes you need a bit of angst, so I'm good.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
apparently Sam/Jensen doesn't lead itself to schmoop in my head :\ I'm glad you liked it even though it is very sad-making.
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[identity profile] apreludetoanend.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Jared/Dean's my favorite of the SPN/RPS crossover pairings, but you've done such lovely things with Sam/Jensen here that I might just change my mind!

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-11 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I, too, am a big Jared/Dean fan. Sam/Jensen never even really occurred to me outside of a foursome scenario somehow. I wasn't sure how to go about S/J. Apparently angst was the answer :)

I'm so glad you enjoyed this one! and that I could make you almost change your mind. :D

[identity profile] vesuvianite.livejournal.com 2009-05-12 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I liked this a lot.

[identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com 2009-05-12 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! :D

I've just now edited to add a link to a short sequel here (http://tuesday376.dreamwidth.org/2468.html). :)

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