A Season of Recovery (J2, R)

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Title: A Season of Recovery
Author: brutti ma buoni
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word Count: 11000
Warnings: Brief mention of suicidal thoughts; mentions of past Jared/OFCs, /OMCs, which don’t respect them as individuals, and an unvoiced assumption of past Jensen/OMC too. Background ableist and homophobic language; references to violence against women
Prompt: Truman "Tru" Jelinek's life is pretty much off the rails. With his professional hockey career on thin ice, and his personal life falling apart, he's ready to implement some serious changes. Helping Jenny Martin - the only girl he's ever loved - make her dreams a reality is a good place to start. There's just one problem: Jenny doesn't want his help. She barely wants to speak to him. But Tru is prepared to negotiate a deal that even Jenny can't refuse. As trading favors turns into sharing passion, he has to face the truth that when it comes to Jenny, the game is far from over.

Summary Jared's season has come to an abrupt end due to injury. At home, hurt, sore, lonely and bored, he's not in the best of places. And then his career really goes to shit... Meeting Jensen, the guy he left behind, seems like it's making life harder. But at least Jared can use this time to put some things right for Jensen. If only Jensen would let him.

Part One *** Part Two *** On AO3

Comments

[mariecaecilie.livejournal.com]

Oh this was lovely. you managed to keep the prose so tense and the story also. Hope for both of them. And working in mental health in a place with a garden I KNOW growing and working gardens help. ALSO thank you for bringing up mental health and the seriously out-dated attitudes to it up- the more we talk the more open discussions we can have- the only way forward

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU so much. I only know about mental health work from my own experience needing help, and from supporting charities like these, so it's incredibly good to hear this depiction worked for you. And yes, totally. Talking and tackling old myths and assumptions is incredibly important.

Glad you enjoyed the story too!

[mariecaecilie.livejournal.com]

How amazingly topical has your story become- I'm not good at links but somehow sending a garden Jared's way might be an idea