Fic: Jesus Take the Wheel 1/1

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Title: Jesus Take the Wheel

Author: Captainkane

Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable.

Summary: He was tired as he drove. He never saw the patch of ice.

Characters: Jared Padalecki, Christian Kane

Pairings: Jared/Chris

Warnings: Not much really.

Author’s Note: My muse for my prompt has sorta left the building, so I went through my old files and saw this baby laying around, so I decided to post it. I hope you guys like it (:

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Jared was driving to Portland late Christmas Eve. He was going to spend Christmas and New Year’s with Chris, since his boyfriend hadn’t been able to get off and Jared himself was on hiatus for awhile. His clothes and Chris’s present were in the trunk of the car so they wouldn’t rattle around in the back. He was running on caffeine fumes now. The only sleep he had had was when he stopped for a couple hours and curled up in the back seat. He was really tired.

He had a Monster sitting in the cup holder by him. It was one of those large, 32 ounce one. He had been sipping on it and had the window cracked so the cold air hit his face. The radio was tuned to a country station. Once, one of Chris’s songs came on and he just had to smile. He had been playing his CD on and off during the drive, but now he was listening to a country station.

“Please no slow songs.” Jared mumbled. He had made it through “Dirt Road Anthem”, “The Thunder Rolls”, and “Teardrops on My Guitar”. He didn’t think he could handle anymore slow country songs but there was no way in hell he was going to listen to that scream-o crap that his sister listened to.

“And now, here’s a classic Carrie Underwood song for those of you traveling this Christmas Eve.” The DJ said. “Jesus Take the Wheel” started to play from the speakers. Jared’s eyes started to slip close then open again. He was only twenty miles outside of Portland. He had just passed through Vancouver, Washington. He was almost there. He could get to a gas station then call Chris…

But as more of Carrie’s sweet sounding voice drifted to Jared’s ears, he found it harder and harder to keep awake.

“I should’ve flown.” Jared whispered to himself with a yawn creeping in. “Chris begged me to fly or bring Jensen down with him so we could trade on and off. But Jens with Danni and I’m so sleep.” Jared’s eyes slipped closed and the world to him went black.

Jared car crossed the yellow lines and slammed head first into a tree. His head bounced off the steering wheel and the horn blared.

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About a minute or two after the accident, the drivers side door was opened and a hand reached in to gently pull Jared out. He was laid on the ground. The man standing over him glowed slightly, despite the fact that it was dark out. He reached in and fixed Jared’s rearview mirror that had OnStar attached to it.

“You’ll be fine Jared.” He said. With that, he was gone, disappearing just as quietly as he had appeared.

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When Jared woke up, the first thing he noticed was that he was in a hospital. His head was hurting and there was that industrialized oxygen that he knew from hospitals. The next thing he knew was Chris was towering over him. He blinked a couple times then looked at him and smiled.

“Merry Christmas.” Jared whispered. He just knew it was still Christmas. Chris stroked his face.

“I get a call from OnStar saying that you had been in an accident and an ambulance had been called.” Chris said. “I was worried as hell. You scared me baby.”

“I’m sorry.” Jared said. Chris’s hand found his and their fingers intertwined. “Forgive me?” Chris leant down and kissed Jared.

“Your car is sitting at my place. It’s still drivable but you’ll probably want to take it to a body shop. The doctor said you’ll be able to leave after he examines you.” Chris said, holding Jared’s hand close. Jared smiled at him.

“I’ll have to get into the trunk when we get to your place.” Jared said. Chris smiled.

“Anything you need cowboy.” He said. He kissed him again.

~*~*~*~

Jared was released from the hospital. He had some bruises and cuts but also a concussion. He would live though, which was all that Chris needed to hear. Jared was a little dizzy, but there was one thing from the trunk he really needed.

“Go inside.” Jared said. “I’ll be right in.” Chris was a little worried about leaving him alone, but he also had a surprise he had to get set up.

Jared walked to the car and saw the crushed front. He wondered how he had survived that with what he had. He was really shocked that he hadn’t broken anything. He unlocked the trunk though and got out his clothes and a wrapped box. The contents sounded in one piece, but he wouldn’t know until Chris opened it.

He walked inside. Chris was instantly there. He took Jared’s duffel bag from him.

“Merry Christmas Chris.” Jared said, handing the box to Chris as he set down on the couch. “If it’s broken, I’m so sorry.” He added. Chris settled down on the couch by Jared. He ripped opened the box to see a dark guitar laying in packing peanuts. In white Sharpie, it was signed by Eric Clapton.

“Oh my god!” Chris said. “Is that Clapton?” Jared nodded. “How did you get this?”

“Turns out Jim and Clapton are friends. I asked Jim to see if he could get the guitar signed while he was visiting and he did. I asked Kripke about Keith Richards, but he wasn’t going to be in Vancouver for awhile.”

“Jared, I love this.” Chris said. He gently set the guitar on the floor. “It’s time for my present.” Slipping off the couch onto one knee, Chris pulled out a black box with a red ribbon on top of it. He opened it. “Mr. Padalecki, will you marry me?”

The End

Comments

[princesslanie.livejournal.com]

awwwwwwwwww

[captainkane.livejournal.com]

:D

[billysgirl5.livejournal.com]

Naaaaaaaaaw! I'm glad Jared was okay after the accident. A sweet ending, too!

And that song never fails to give me goosebumps.

[captainkane.livejournal.com]

i LOVE that song :D

[kliqzangel.livejournal.com]

D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. *sniffles* BAD JARED! *shakes finger at him*

This was great!

[captainkane.livejournal.com]

thanks :D i love fics i can make from songs

[dopeyangel101.livejournal.com]

This makes having a fractured nose with a concussion so much better :)

[captainkane.livejournal.com]

:D thanks for reading!!!

[xi-xue-gui.livejournal.com]

Yay! This made me super happy :) It was a lovely story.


I'm now glad that I couldn't sleep and spent my time searching the interwebs for new fic to read.

[captainkane.livejournal.com]

im glad you liked it :D