Have you read Miles to Go by Dollylux? It's only 8k words but it's really beautiful. It has caring Jared and kinda vulnerable Jensen + fluff.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/5402513

And thanks to you I've just read Fucking Kodiak Alaska on which I gave up a while ago after reading the summary (I have no idea why) and I loved it COMPLETELY so thanks :)

Thanks! That was pretty good but wish it was longer :). And you're welcome, Xenodike's writing is all amazing, imo.

I had the same initial reaction to Fucking Kodiak Alaska's summary and I don't know why, but I saw it was Xenodike and said fuck it, and was hooked within the first page. IT'S SO FLUFFY. And awesome!

Beholder by sandymg
http://archiveofourown.org/works/262980

cleflink's The Beat of Our Noisy Hearts
http://archiveofourown.org/works/909642

In From The Cold by ladyjanelly
http://archiveofourown.org/works/449210

The Doors of Time by felisblanco, plus all its timestamps - one of my desert-island fics!
http://archiveofourown.org/series/10091

Just One Breath 'verse by kee (the classic Protective Jared)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/363739/chapters/590722

Baby Steps by morganaDW (check out her other fic on AO3 - she likes protective Jared)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1772821/chapters/3794662

Mistyzeo's The Opposite of Stereo
http://archiveofourown.org/works/303341

Do I Seem Bulletproof to You? by fleshflutter
http://fleshflutter.livejournal.com/43577.html

Restraint by darkemeralds
http://archiveofourown.org/works/61002/chapters/80646

There's Beauty in the Broken by righteousbros
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2029164/chapters/4402104

Dark, but with hopeful endings (and protective Jared)

Stars Fall In by dollylux
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1136701

felisblanco's Gunpoint
http://archiveofourown.org/works/861978/chapters/1652215

SO many recs! Thank you!

They are all good, most of them classics. Hope there are a few you haven't read!

Edited 2016-11-29 09:30 pm (UTC)

Thought of one more, this one a high school fic with Protective Jared - mournthewicked's As this sunset turns to morning - another classic.
http://users.livejournal.com/-mournthewicked/250450.html

Thanks again!

Warning signs series
http://archiveofourown.org/series/135222
In which Jensen is a klutz and Jared is both famous and desperately in love with him.

The Hellspawn verse (don't let the warnings put you off, sex scenes no darker than Zodiak though it seems like it at first)
http://archiveofourown.org/series/489715
Seven years ago talented pool hustler Jensen Ackles fled LA for his home state of Texas—with a price on his head and HellSpawn MC on his tail.
Now, Jensen’s past has finally caught up with him. His debt has been bought out by the Vice-President of HellSpawn, Jared Padalecki, who expects Jensen to satisfy his dark sexual appetites. But even worse than life as the VP’s beck-and-call boy is the very real possibility that Jensen just might be falling for the sinfully sexy biker.

there are a series of books - Smoke & Lightning, have you seen these?
http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/9553.html


also check out these authors

http://zubeneschamali.livejournal.com/

http://fedaykin-here.livejournal.com/

Edited 2016-11-30 11:05 pm (UTC)

I love the warning signs series! I can't wait to read the rest! Thanks!

I thought about one more:

http://archiveofourown.org/series/27074 Pretty Enough verse

* Don't Ask Me About the Years I Spent Out in the Rain (http://archiveofourown.org/works/8603938): Jared needs money and a place to stay. Jensen needs a date he can take to dinners and events. They strike a mutually beneficial deal. But even though Jensen's the one with the money, it seems like he's the one who needs to be taken care of.

* Mood of My Coffee (http://archiveofourown.org/works/7901551): “I don’t know him? Really because knowing him in bed isn’t what makes you know him. I know his favorite color is navy blue, but he hates all other shades of blue. I know that he likes Pepsi over Coke but he prefers coffee over all. When he’s in a good mood he takes it black, but the more stressed or upset he is, the more cream and sugar he adds. I’d guess right now it’s looking more like muddy milk than coffee.”

* Scrapbooking (http://archiveofourown.org/works/5453432): So. Jared's a pretty successful guy. Actually he's the shit, he turned thirty just two weeks ago and today he made partner. The prestigious New England law firm Morgan Kane & Murray will from this day on be known as Morgan Kane Murray & Padalecki. Yeah, barely thirty and already a partner. So Jared's the shit, but he's also kind of *a shit*, seeing as he just told, Jensen, his partner of twelve years, that he thought it would be a good idea for them to separate for a while. (You've probably read it, but EVERYONE should, including the scrapbooks!)

* Ghost in the Halls (http://archiveofourown.org/works/456647): At twenty-six, Jared didn't expect to be promoted to Captain, but when his father-figure suffers a permanent injury in the line of duty, he suddenly finds himself at the helm of a starship. He gets a good crew: an eccentric engineer, one snarky communications officer, two very-much-in-love navigators, and a first officer who gives Jared less than professional feelings. Sure, things keep going wrong, like pipes bursting, nearly dying by rebels on so-called friendly planets (only once, he swears) and a crew member doing his best to undermine Jared's authority. However, when Jared receives a distress signal from other members of the Navy, he goes against orders to rescue them, putting him and his crew right in the middle of a civil war on a planet with trees as tall as towers, knee-high grass, and people who make even Jared look tiny. There, he finds a conspiracy that goes all the way up the chain of command, forcing Jared to make some quick decisions to save his people.

* Spells, Potions and a Wizard Boyfriend (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4758170): Despite being a wizard, Jensen's life has been completely normal and magic-free – but all of that is about to change now that he's a student at the California College of Magic. (Now with awesome sequel!)

* Royally Complicated (http://aythia.livejournal.com/166675.html): Jensen’s completely sick of his completely dull life; despite a great apartment, a job he loves, and well-intentioned friends who want nothing but the best for him, he’s bored out of his skull. When those well-intentioned friends drunkenly book him a trip to beautiful and exotic Los Roques, Venezuela, Jensen figures he’ll make the best of it, and if that happens to include a fling with a handsome and mysterious stranger he never expects to see again, so much the better.

* Twists and Turns (verse) (http://archiveofourown.org/series/14072): Jensen thought he was signing up for cartooning, but accidentally signed up for ceramics, a class that's pretty damn tough when you've only got one working arm. It's worth it to suffer through it, though, because damn the shaggy-haired wheel-throwing teacher is fine...

* The Kapok Shade Detective Agency for Exotic Solutions (http://archiveofourown.org/works/4430201): Jensen was born an empath. With a touch, he can experience the physical and emotional sensations of another person. Jared is a claire—clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient. He can hear, see, smell and even gather emotions from either side of the veil. With Jensen's ability to feel the subject's emotions and pain, and Jared's extraordinary ability of communication, they work as paranormal detectives seeking the missing, the lost, the dead and the dying. A new case puts Jensen's life in danger and Jared must use all his exotic abilities to find the perpetrator before time runs out.

* One Kiss at a Time (http://archiveofourown.org/series/152768)(and timestamp): Jensen, Jared's newest employee at Jay's Pad, has had a hard decade. Recently released from a rehab facility, Jensen's living at a shelter and just needs some help getting his life back on track, and Jared vows to be the one to do just that. Jensen is also an amazing guy and Jared finds himself falling hard after just a week, and he's delighted to find out that Jensen feels the same way. But Jensen still has demons he's fighting and secrets he's keeping and Jared knows that a relationship is the last thing Jensen needs right now. But his heart isn't listening, and when Jared's involved in a stomach churning ordeal, it brings up things from Jensen's past that are revealed to be the causes of all his problems. And Jared doesn't know if he can fix them all.

And I cannot agree more with the commenter who recommended the Smoke & Lightning series. They aren't just stories, they're full-on novel-length epics of awesomeness.

* Heavy Metal Thunder (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?

* Born to Be Wild (http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/27680.html): They're born to be wild. At least, Jared is. Jensen's learning, though, and this road-trip that they're on will teach him plenty of lessons. It's a good thing, too, because he'll need what he's learned when they return and venture onto an altogether more serious step in their relationship. Trust is a major aspect for the both of them and Jensen's will be tested to breaking point as the boys learn how they'll cope together on the road... and off.

* City of Angels (http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/52119.html): Jensen and Jared have made their move to L.A. so that Jensen can start a new job in a new hospital. But Jared needs to find something, too.

* Whatever Comes Our Way (http://arealwildchild.livejournal.com/84447.html): The boys have a new family and face a whole new set of challenges and possibilities, including moving back to Texas and learning how to be good parents to two troubled kids. But they can handle it, as long as they have each other.

Edited 2016-12-06 06:49 pm (UTC)