Big Bang Masterpost "Open your Eyes, Open your Heart", Jared/Jensen, Nc-17

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Fic title: "Open your Eyes, Open your Heart (proud like a god don't pretend to be blind)"
Author name: the_milky_way
Artist name: babycin
Genre: RPS AU
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, hinted Danneel/Sandy
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~ 30.000

Summary: “Times where the band was all over the news and the new best thing are long gone. Sure, they are still on the road, still attract a decent crowd but they haven’t a released anything new in close to three years now. About to lose their record deal Jensen is desperately trying to find new ideas. But writing new songs proves to be much more difficult than it used to be. On a chance night he finds inspiration, only for it to turn out to be a washed up casting star seemingly earning his money out on the streets. That’s not really what he had in mind as his new muse. Jared, though, seems determined to stay around.”




Part I * Part II * Part III * Part IV

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PDF (with Art)


ART: Masterpost

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Notes:
Please check out babycin's awesome Art Post here and leave comments. Thanks so much babycin for the great artwork and for creating the file, it was a pleasure working with you on this.

My first Thank you goes to my beta readers parka_girl and enablelove . Thank you so much for keeping up with me and reading through it. Your suggestions helped a lot and I'm grateful for your help.
You are awesome. All remaining mistakes are, of course, mine.
Credit for the Band's name goes to kros_21 and morgentau who suggested stuff in long comments and I kinda stuck with that one idea. Thanks girls. :)
Another round of "Thank you's" goes out to those who have been holding my hand through all of this, so basically half my flist. You guys are awesome and I really appreciate all the encouragements and comments.

Thanks to wendy and thehighwaywoman for running this every year.

Title taken from the Guano Apes song "Open your Eyes"

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Soundtrack:

* There are three links to YouTube videos of the songs within the story, in case someone wants to listen to them while reading.
These are the songs that inspired me during writing and some of them made it into the story.



01. Guano Apes "Open your Eyes"
02. Hurts "Wonderful World"
03. Andrew Belle "In My Veins"
04. Roxette "Way Out"
05. Embassy "Gravity"
06. Lifehouse "Halfway Gone"
07. Hurts "Stay"
08. Guano Apes "Oh what a Night"

Soundtrack in a zip.file re-uploaded

Comments

[dr-ducktator.livejournal.com]

This was fantastic! So emotional! I love the dynamics of everyone, especially J2. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

[tsf2011.livejournal.com]

This Story was so long! But worth it in the end. I love Jensen and Jared:)

[bratlupa.livejournal.com]

Your fic was awesome... The dynamics between everyone were well written, and I really love the peace that J2 finally found once he just went with being themselves. Thank you for taking the time to write this and also for sharing it.

[z3s-keep-going.livejournal.com]

this was fantastic!! i loved it!

[elless18.livejournal.com]

Oh, bb, this was so awesome! I loved Jensen so much in this, even if he made me sad sometimes. You did such a fantastic job of portraying how lost he was. I'm glad he finally found his peace.

[lary-sam.livejournal.com]

Great story!

It was a wonderful read. I really enjoy this *.*
But I confessed that was time that I want to hit Jensen for thinking that about Jared and didnt speak with him

The band was a really great family.
And I loved the songs. I didn't know them.

Congrats lol
hugs

[nachekana.livejournal.com]

Lovely story: I loved how you wrote the boys' first encounter in the club and then the second one outside the shop, where Jensen thinks Jared's innocence is an act. I'm just a sucker for misunderstanding and this one was a delicious one!

Thanks a lot for sharing. :)

[confuzed.livejournal.com]

I did not realize in the beginning as I was reading this, but you wrote one of my favorite stories of all time!! *What about now (What if you’re making me all that I was meant to be)*I have it saved and may have read it a dozen times...um anyways this is also a great fic! I was hoping Jared wasn't a hooker, but then I decided if he was, he had to make money too..And the music of The Guano Apes is just wonderful!! Okay I will stoop drooling at you via my laptop screen.

[enablelove.livejournal.com]

YAY!! I loved it (STILL.)

Wonderful job, Dee!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Loved it. Great story. Thanks for posting.

[deanawinchester.livejournal.com]

I loved this story so much! The whole atmosphere of it was amazing, one could almost feel like she was right there with the characters, being a part of the whole thing... I was a little pissed at Jensen for thinking Jared was a hooker, I mean he hasn't even seen anything pointing towards that (accepting money from someone can have so man other reasons xD), but luckily Jared forgave him in the end.
I'm really happy I decided to read this fic... thank you for it. (Oh, and before I forget, I loved the subtle hints at Danneel/Sandy :) )

[burned-phoenix.livejournal.com]

absolutely great story! love how they overcame their misunderstandings and all the other difficulties! thanks for sharing :) had a great time!

[ayane42.livejournal.com]

That was great!!! I just loved it!!

Great way to introduce Jared there at the beginning. The whole story, the ups and down, the fights, the songs, really really awesome!!

Thank you!!

[dracula-lee.livejournal.com]

I really really loved this fic.
It started kinda depressing and I liked it! Jensen here broke my heart a little, you made his depression very much real. Even at the end everything seems worked out for him I still felt a little worried for him. I liked the Jensen here, a bit neurotic and vulnerable.
Thank you for this wonderful story. And the soundtrack was brilliant, too, especially those Hurts' ones, really fitting.

[(Anonymous)]

Lovely. I really, really liked how the relationship between Jared and Jensen developed. Their first meeting was just so damn hot and the music fit so well. I loved how you integrated the music into the story and how it all reflected the mood.
Well done.
Loved the nuances of the relationships between the characters and how it showed that they are all connected and friends in the first place.
I worried a little about Jensen but I'm glad he has Jared in the end.
Thanks for sharing this with us.

<3
Gia

[fishgirl52.livejournal.com]

awesome job! :)

[kros-21.livejournal.com]

hey sweetie.
I finally made it. :)

I read this and I enjoyed it a lot. I love fics about music and what can I say.... Jared being Jensen's muse is just a too cute thought! I liked your description of Jensen's feelings and of the words in his head.

Nice job!

[7littlesouls.livejournal.com]

Very cute fic :D

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

I love the sense of self-discovery in this - not in the sense of becoming new people, but of figuring out how they've already changed. The sense of music and what it means to people is so powerful here; it really embodies for me what I think music should be.

[ivybelle.livejournal.com]

I thoroughly enjoyed your story - it's hard to write about the creativity of music - but you captured the feel of it really well. A great read, thank you!

[wendy.livejournal.com]

And those songs turned into hits, while they were learning to be together.

The image of them alone in the bus, whispering lyrics in the dark, and finally being what they are to each other...so impactful and vivid, I really love that scene most of all.

Enjoyed this story. The panic attacks were so vivid and I like how Jared just sort of slipped into their lives a little at a time.

Thanks for your time on this!

[yeppeunyeoja.livejournal.com]

It was so sweet. Jensen was so neurotic and Jared was so caring even though he got really hurt. The tiptoeing around each other added flavor. I enjoyed reading this. Thank you for sharing.

[(Anonymous)]

Founds this through a rec and I'm glad I did.

Awesome. Simple as that. Love the way you incorporated the music and lyrics into the story. They all fit so very well.

Just the way Jensen lives through his lyrics and how he needs them to express himself is so very clearly written here. As is the way Jared simply fits into the band's life and consequently into Jensen's.

Loved how they still had so much to work out even though they both felt drawn to each other. The first meeting the club was really hot as well.

Thanks for sharing this.

[nerowill.livejournal.com]

Lovely! (even when Jensen was being a jerk) I'm glad it turned out Jared was only selling songs and I really liked how they ended up with a true artistic partnership in the end (along with all the other ways they're partners of course!).

[autumnverse.livejournal.com]

This was great ♥! Thanks so much for writing and sharing :D