Fic rec: CWRPS

[katikat]

"The Doors of Time" by felisblanco. Jared/Jensen slash. Summary: It’s not like he doesn’t try to fit in and make friends, he really does. It just seems like nothing he does is good enough for them. If he smiles they blink. If he speaks they stare. And whenever they see him coming they get this panicked look in their eyes like they want to run away and they don’t even know why. Words: 185.000 words - yes, 185.000! And that's just the main part!

He opens his eyes half a minute before the train arrives at his destination. It has happened he’s gotten so lost in his head the train has to wait for him to rouse, causing numerous curses and stressful outcries from his fellow travelers, but usually something tells him when to turn on again and ‘join the living’ like Chris likes to call it. Jensen doesn’t really think that is an accurate description. If anything he feels more alive in his head than he feels anywhere else.

It’s a bright spring day and he breathes in the crisp morning air as he strolls through Central Park. If it’s exceptionally cold he sometimes takes the subway closer but he likes the park and it’s soothing, having a little time to himself surrounded by what comes closest to nature in a city made of glass and cement. He’s frequently late for work because he forgets where he’s supposed to be going and instead wakes up lying on the grass, covered in leaves and flowers and with birds picking at his hair.

Yes, that's where I've been hiding these last couple of days - instead of reading books or watching shows that keep piling up on my HDD, I've been re-reading this fic. I just got through the main part so "only" the timestamps remain - though they are up to 20.000 words too!

This fic is... It's amazing. Falling in the category of "magical realism", I guess, it simply gets you and won't let go. Jensen and Jared and Chris... they are all so real and vivid and full of color, not flat and two-dimensional. It's amazing, simply amazing!

Comments

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh I LOVE that fic! It's in my Top 5 fics. I remember not being able to read anything else for days after reading that for the first time it was that good!

I'm not really into podifcs but that's one fic that I'm willing to download and listen to, mainly for the songs and music, but also for the story itself. The author has mentioned something about doing that and I can't wait for that. And oh, the songs that she chose for the soundtracks! I re-live scenes from the story everytime I listen to the songs - Rain, Shimmering Fields, and of course, The Piano soundtrack - it has been haunting me since forever!

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if this fic will be ever turned into a podfic. I mean, felisblanco said that she wanted to turn it into an original story and publish it, that's why she doesn't allow any translation...

And I didn't even know that there were timestamps! The latest one is over 20.000 words! Helluva timestamp O.O Can't wait to read more about these characters!