VOTE: Amnesty Day poll!

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Hello, lovelies! The question has been brought to me a few times about posting to the comm if you finish at a date PAST the closing of this round this Sunday June 8th. Because of that, I've decided to use the poll below to see if an AMNESTY DAY for cross-posting would be beneficial to anyone.

The idea is that if you miss the June 8th deadline, you can still post to your own journal after that and then, for one day on July 1st, you can cross-post it here to the spn_meanttobe community if you so desire. That would give you an extra three weeks and change to work on your stuff, and still have it be able to live on the comm.

Make sense? If not, ask me in the comments. Meanwhile, fill out this poll so I can see if anyone has serious interest in this idea:

[Poll #1970747]

In the meantime, keep posting! We still have four more days of the challenge proper! ♥

On Shaky Ground (PG-13, J2 AU)

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Title: On Shaky Ground
Author: zubeneschamali
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 14,136
Warnings: past physical abuse by a parent

Original prompt: Princess Serena of Badenstein intends to flee—from her violent father and from the man to whom she's been pledged in a political marriage of convenience. Karl von Lohenberg is without a country, a title—and a bride if he lets Serena get away. A ruthless man, he takes her to a secluded island, hell-bent on seduction. Only, he discovers a broken woman behind the prim princess facade. The time they spend together mends her spirit and touches his soul, but how will she react when she finds out how he's deceived her?

Summary: Prince Jensen Ackles is fleeing his home solar system when he's captured by the one man he wants most to avoid. He doesn’t trust Prince Padalecki's sympathetic looks and kind words, and he soon finds out that he was right not to. But actions speak louder than words, and Jensen has to decide whether he can trust his life—and his heart—to the man he's been afraid of for so long.

Jared has been contracted to wed Prince Ackles for years. On his way to the Gamma Orion system to persuade Ackles to move up the timetable after an unfortunate incident back home, he encounters Jensen on his own and revises his tactics to seduction. When he discovers Jensen's shocking secret, he's forced to change his plans once again, this time to honesty, even if it means giving up Jensen altogether.

A/N: Thanks to dugindeep for the speedy beta job on this, and thanks to tebtosca for a) reviving one of my favorite challenges and b) putting in the extension that made it possible to finish this story.

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