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

[babycin.livejournal.com]

YAYAYAYAY!
I'm so happy and excited! Thank YOU and congratulations! <3

[the_milky_way]

YAY!

Thank you.
<33

[kros-21.livejournal.com]

congratulations on posting hun!!!!!!

and hey! I want credit for the name of the band! XD Kidding, I'm glad you called it that, like I suggested. :D

[the_milky_way]

OMG LOL.. I totally forgot that I had this in my notes. Hehe, of course you'll get credited. *hugs*
I'll just have to add the sentence again, don't know how it vanished.

Thanks so much.:)

[kros-21.livejournal.com]

oh no no darling please. I was just kidding, really. it was such a little stupid thing. People deserve credit for completely other matters. Please don't change the post because of that.

[the_milky_way]

Done already... it was there in the master file anyway. :) No worries.
*hugs*

[morgentau.livejournal.com]

LOL I can't even remember I suggested a band name!

[vambrace.livejournal.com]

Loved every minute of it.

[lady-vader67.livejournal.com]

VerY lovely and I'm a sucker for musicians and lyricists
Oh that scene on the bus was just painful and loved their interaction
with each other after Jensen let himself go. Love the idea of Jared
being a muse for Jensen, but they ended up being inspirations for each other
Enjoyed your story very much

[katbcoll.livejournal.com]

Wow! I had a blast reading this. Could not step away from the computer. Snagging the soundtrack too. Thank you for sharing this!

[josieb1.livejournal.com]

This looks lovely, right up my street, thanks so much, and thanks for the PDF, its much appreciated

[meesasometimes.livejournal.com]

thoroughly enjoyed that romp!
wonderfuly done!

[nightrider101.livejournal.com]

This was incredible! I loved the grittiness of it. It felt so real, you know? The emotions, the friendship, the weight clinging to Jensen's shoulders and his imminent breakdown.

This was a wild ride and I loved every second of it. I snagged the PDF so I can treasure it forever.

Thanks so much for sharing! I adored it. :) It's definitely one of my favorite BB fics.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

It was a real pleasure meeting this band and reading the trials being on the downside of fame offers. The pressure Jensen was under and the grueling schedule of touring and constant scrutiny were all beautifully described and made his long gone panic attacks understandable. He was worn to the bone and he had the fate of the entire band and their staff on his shoulders. Then along comes Jared and even though the terrible pressure is still there, at least Jensen's creative juices are flowing again. Jared being a prostitute just complicated things.

Except Jared was never a prostitute and this misconception tainted their fledgling friendship before it could even get started. It was hard to read Jensen being such a total dick to Jared and still struggling with the attraction he was feeling to the other man. When Jared finally blew a gasket, I was surprised nobody got hurt in the fallout. It was a pretty spectacular mistake to make and it was difficult to come back from such a humiliation.

I was delighted reading the two men becoming real friends and the first scene of them collaborating was really great. Mike immediately jumping on recording Jared was wonderful. I love how the friendship and collaborations finally opened the floodgates for their flirting and touching and finally, finally getting together.

The band ditching their label was a wonderful relief, and now they only have themselves to answer to. The creativity is flowing on all sides, and you've brought everyone into such a happy, centered place, it's made me happy for everyone. It was all a delight to read.

[silverraven.livejournal.com]

Congrats on finishing and posting, that's awesome!

I really enjoyed reading this. Something about Jared being Jensen's muse just made me smile. And their first meeting with the grinding and dancing and just unf. Nicely written :)

[cherry916.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this! I like how down and out Jensen was, that he was tried of the same routine and really stressing himself but somehow Jared, who was just as tired and was thinking of the past way to much, came into his life and no matter if Jensen assumed wrong Jared had a heavy influence on him and changed him for the better in the end. I like how their relationship wasn't instantaneous but a slow sort of thing that was just right for this story. And the Danneel/Sandy little fling that was so obvious yet so normal for the band not to say anything was really sweet.

[snd-windsor.livejournal.com]

Wow. I couldn't stop reading. This caught me and didn't let me go again. Just seeing Jensen getting caught up in his own misconception and realizing how wrong he was but not really know how to make it right again had me biting my nails.

I loved the lyrics, they fit so well. Well chosen words. I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you.

[the_milky_way]

Hehe, well there are comments that prove it. So I totally can blame you.

[morgentau.livejournal.com]

I vaguely remember now that I seconded kros_21's choice. ;-) So, the credit really just goes to her. Not me. ;-)

[the_milky_way]

Well, two votes for one name... kinda convinced me ;)

[morgentau.livejournal.com]

:-) ♥

[(Anonymous)]

Love this. The relationship that develops between Jared and Jensen works so well. I really like that Jared forgives Jensen in the end and that they go from friends to being something more. It was so nice to read that neither of them jumped into it and that they had to fight for what they wanted.

I really enjoyed reading it. Thank you for sharing it.

~ Liz

[jolietjones.livejournal.com]

This is really good read, I enjoyed it so much. Jensen's predicament and melancholy weighed me down a bit at the beginning but it just made it all the better when things started to come good for them. Sandy and Danni were lovely too and the supporting characters were excellent in their supportiveness. :D

I hope this comment is ok, I may have had a few drinks with my dinner....

[sandymg.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic character study. Loved Jensen in this and all the secondary characters. Everyone just breathed with life. Seriously I wish they were my friends! I don't play music but I found myself connecting so much with that dried up creative feeling. It's horrible. And finding one's muse is like a revelation. Comes in many forms, of course, not always a person. Sometimes it can even be a silly little TV show on the CW. :)

[spn-j2fan.livejournal.com]

I loved this story overall, but I especially loved your ability to set the mood in different scenes. You did such a lovely job of creating a believable, but still lovable character in Jensen. And I wanted him to find his way back to his music so badly.

This was so well done and such a delight to read. Thank you so much! :)