#3: Shy Jensen
Driven (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3270635): Jared Padalecki is the star of television's hottest drama, "Drive." Low profile and genuine good guy, he agrees to meet up at a local dive joint with a guest star, Christian Kane, who introduces him to his roommate, Jensen. Jensen Ackles is a hard-headed, driven musician with an entire stack of emotional baggage from dating an actor when he arrived in L.A. He and Jared seem to hit it off right away, but can they make it last?

I Could Be Wrong About You (http://archiveofourown.org/works/2956328): Jensen was going to change his whole life around when he reached college. He was going to have lots of friends, take some interesting classes, and stop being so self conscious. If only his roommate wasn't a jerk.

The Treat Fairy (http://bbsock.livejournal.com/1642.html#cutid1): Jared hasn't been able to catch the person who is leaving him the pastries - someone is baking Jared the most delicious sweets; one day there was even homemade candy (every now and again there are homemade doggie treats for his babies too). When it first started happening, all his friends told Jared it was dangerous to eat random food that an unknown person was cooking for him, they were worried that he could be poisoned. Jared thinks everyone is just paranoid, no one who bakes likes this is dangerous. Jensen has a crush, and when he gets nervous he bakes. He noticed that his crush - his hot tall neighbor - likes sweets, so he gives all the results of his nervousness to Jared. The fact that Jared seems to like his baking just makes Jensen even more nervous.

Jensen Ackles Doesn't Exist (http://xen-fic.livejournal.com/3073.html): In hindsight he realizes that, had he just stayed put, had he not worried about the shoelace sticking out from under the desk where he was hiding, they probably wouldn’t have seen him. But they did.

Grapes of Wrath and Other Forbidden Fruit (http://astri13.livejournal.com/101306.html): Jared Padalecki only knows one goal in life: revenge on his twin brother Jeffrey who stole their family company. A chance encounter with Jeff's shy fiance Jensen might give him the perfect opportunity to get it.

Baby Steps (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1772821): Jared's a cop in a small Texas town. He comes from a well known and wealthy family but wants to make it on his own when he can. He knows if he has a weakness it's his soft heart...a soft heart that takes a hit when he finally meets his new neighbors. Jensen came from money but when he refused his family's demands to give up his child, he was kicked out and disowned. Now on his own with a six-month old baby he struggles to survive in a new town with very little money, no help and now no job.

Jensen doesn't stay shy, but the series is fucking glorious, and there are three long-ass sequels if you like the first story: Smoke & Lightning (http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/9553.html). Jared's a leather-clad punk from the wrong side of town, and the only things that matter to him are his motorcycle, his stepfather, his extended biker family and his tattoos. Jensen's a rich kid who's going places, if he can only survive the bullying he gets at school for being gay, and the bullying he gets from his father for not being the person his father wants him to be. When their two worlds collide, will Jared be too much for Jensen to handle, or will he be the salvation Jensen's been looking for all his life?