Hello lovely! For promo week, did I miss you talking about your fic series Sex Like It’s a Competition? If so can you link me? I adore that series

I have not talked about Sex Like It’s a Competition but, as today is WIP day, we can do that right now!

At first, it was just supposed to a a fill for the destiel smut brigade bingo challenge last year. I’d not sure if the card still shows up in (Put You Money) Where Your Mouth Is and I honestly don’t remember what the squares were but I know I threw Cas’s tattoos in there for the bingo. It was one of the first smutty things I’ve ever written, just to see if I could actually do it, but I wound up liking the AU and decided to continue with it.

At this point, it’s spiraled a bit into something that will eventually have something of a plot. It’s become something of a competition between the two of them, too, to see who can get the other off in completely inappropriate places. Which, is a little based on my own personal experiences… maybe. I have been known to be a bit of an exhibitionist but I’ve also wound up attracting public sex for some reason. I don’t know why it happens to me, but I’m like a magnet for it or something. One thing I want to figure out a way to include an incident that happened to me at walmart last year. I don’t know where these guys actually were (I suspect they were in the back where they stock the milk) but as I’m shopping for whatever I was shopping for I hear what sounds like really loud sex between two dudes. Like, one of these dudes was enjoying the hell out of himself. Everyone in the store just kinda… ignored it. Like, apparently this is a normal thing that happens at walmart? And then it stopped and it was like it never even happened. So I definitely want to include that in a fic because it’s so absurd.

I have no idea how many fics there will be in the series, or where Cas and Dean will wind up boning next but I do know where I want it to end, and I’m thinking a threesome might be thrown in there somewhere. I’m always open to suggestions in terms of where they should do it next, though. 😉

Some Things Last Self-Promotion (part 2)

Some of my favorite lines from Some Things Last.

This little exchange kills me (Chapter Four)

“Dee?”

“Yes, sweetie?”

“Are you my daddy, too?”

“Well…” Shit. He and Jimmy hadn’t talked about this one yet. “I’m your daddy’s boyfriend so not quiet. He’s your daddy. But I can be your Dean.”

“Okay,” Claire said, sticking her thumb back in her mouth. “Dee?”

“What sweetheart?”

“I want chicky nuggets.”

This is Dean, being a shit as usual. (Chapter Four)

“Nice waterfall,” Dean said, knocking his knuckles against the plaster rocks. There was a freaking water feature in the middle of the church grounds, one with a flowing waterfall was as tall as Dean himself flowing into a pool of clear water. It was nice but probably expensive as all hell.

“It’s the baptismal,” Michael said, passing Dean and eyeing the way he and Jimmy’s hands were laced together.

Dean rolled his eyes. “Whatever happened to good old fashioned lakes?”

“Lakes are unsanitary,” Hael said.

“Well God made lakes. That waterfall was built by a contractor.”

“Dean,” Jimmy said his name like a threat, slipping his hand out of Deans.

Dean rolled his eyes. “Come on babe, you don’t have to do that.”

“I’d really just like to get out of this in one piece.”

“Why? Is this one of those ‘hate the sin’ churches? ‘Cause if it is 1) They can bite me and B) we don’t even live in this state so they can double bite me.”

This just makes me giggle. (Chapter Seven)

“So, you stressed out about it for a month and it wasn’t even that big of a deal.”

“I was curious, Sam. That’s not a crime.”

“No, but you got obsessive about it for nothing.”

“I still don’t see what the problem is.”

Sam huffed. “Just…promise me you’re not going to obsess about it and get yourself stressed out over nothing. Dad wasn’t amused, and I don’t want you fucking up what you have with Jimmy because you just need to know.”

“I won’t obsess about it,” Dean said.

“Good.”

——-

Dean was obsessing about it.

And the “someone pukes on Cas” count goes but to three now. (Cas talking to Dean about when Jimmy got his tattoo.) (Chapter Seven)

Cas said, “I have no idea. But he wanted it and by god, he got it. The second that needle touched his skin he made this high-pitched squeal.”

“Oh, no,”

“No, it gets better. The tattoo artist manhandles him back onto the chair, and he calms down a little bit, so the artist gets back to it. You’ve seen it, you know this tattoo isn’t that big, but the whole time he’s holding onto my hand and digging in with his nails. I had bruises for three days afterward. Anyway, after it’s all said and done, he looks me in the eyes and says, “hey, that wasn’t so bad” and promptly pukes all over my shoes.”

Cas, Jimmy, and Sam when they’re all a little tipsy. (Chapter Eight)

“You know, I’ve never seen you drunk, Jim. Kinda nice to see you loosen up, not be so straight-laced all the time,” Sam said.

Jimmy snorted. “Oh, honey, there’s nothing straight about me.”

Sam rolled his eyes. “Yeah, kinda got that when you started dating my brother. I just meant usually you’ve got such a stick up your ass.”

“Stick, no. Dean’s – “ Castiel clamped his hand over Jimmy’s mouth.

“I’m sorry,” Castiel said, “I’d say he’s not usually like this, but unfortunately….”

Sam’s eyebrows were so far up his forehead they were hidden in the silky bangs of his hair. He giggled, a wide smile blossoming across his face. “Nah, man, this is gold. I can’t wait to give him shit about this when he’s sober.”

Jimmy squirmed, licking at Castiel’s palm. Castiel withdrew his hand. “Gross!” He dragged his palm across his jeans and Jimmy laughed.

“Serves you right,” Jimmy said.

Some Things Last Self-Promotion (part 1)

Some Things You Probably Didn’t know about Some Things Last

Of the characters in the fic, the author is most like Jimmy in terms of personality. That’s right, I’m a flirty, sarcastic, neurotic dweeb who likes alcoholic slurpees.
The original idea for the fic was to have Cas seduce Dean away from Jimmy in an act of revenge and then for them to all feel like absolute cocks afterward BUT @ltleflrt suggested the much softer version you see today. She suggested that Cas and Dean both see how much Jimmy cared for the other and try to step aside.
There was a scene at Amelia’s funeral where Cas and Jimmy stare at each other but don’t speak. It was almost included, but I would have had to write it two ways (to get both Cas and Jimmy’s points of view) and I didn’t want to rehash it when I could just summarize with their memories.
There was also, originally a chapter that detailed Dean and Jimmy getting together but I cut that, too.
Claire was almost completely cut out, but I thought she was cute and added some lightness to certain scenes. @samanddeaninpanties saved her, honestly.
Chuck’s injuries were my father’s injuries from his near fatal accident a few years back.
Chapter 12 has a huge Welcome to Night Vale reference in it because I’m a giant dork. It’s literally the only reason I had them in an Arby’s.
I didn’t have a title for the fic (not one I really liked) until I finished the final chapter. I was listening to Tom O’dell’s Heal and the song really resonated with the tone of the final chapter and the whole point of the fic which is – You can fuck up pretty hard sometimes, but sometimes it’s not the end of the world. Sometimes you need time. Sometimes everyone needs perspective. But no everything has to end in tragedy and some things can last. (This was something I needed to remind myself of specifically.)
There was originally going to be a subplot revolving around how much Cas and Jimmy’s family knew about what went on between the two of them but I also cut that because I didn’t care that much about it.
All of the sex scenes are written from the POV of the top. I didn’t mean for that, but that’s what happened.
The unicorn tattoo is the fault of @maliciouslycreative and the reason for my “unicorns for jimmy” tag.
The art was done by @dragonpressgraphics and it is absolutely amazing.

Under the Surface Self-Promotion (part 1)

Some Things You May Not Know About the AU, Pirates, and The Author (who is a huge nerd)

Under the Surface

Castiel’s ship is called The Prince James. The name is both a reference to Bartholomew Robert’s ship The Royal James and Jimmy Novak. Prior to naming the ship, Castiel was going to be named James but took the name Castiel (a protective spirit of wanderers in his culture) after splitting with his family. Early ideas would have had Jimmy as Castiel’s brother, and Jimmy’s death being a driving force for Castiel to leave home but that idea was quickly scrapped.
Castiel, Balthazar, and Marv are all monotheists while Dean, Sam, and their lot are polytheists. Dean’s people are more apt towards land-based practices, like hunting, farming, and forestry. Castiel’s people are more seafaring, as Angles is cold and kinda small.
Balthazar was originally supposed to die, but I didn’t have the heart to do that. Additionally, Dean was supposed to lose a hand in battle and Castiel was going to lose an eye. I settled, instead, for giving Dean a nasty slice out of his right arm and Castiel got shot and lost a few feet of intestines.
In real life, those injuries probably would have killed both Castiel and Dean but screw reality.
The inspiration for King Michael’s castle was Neuschwanstein. Michael and the nobles are addressed in a way typical of British royalty, however.
Dean turns 21 during the events of the fic. Castiel, on the other hand is approaching 29 by the time the fic closes. Sam turns 18 shortly before the close of the fic.
The whole thing takes place over the course of about five months.
I made Dean the cabin boy for two reasons 1) cockles jokes 2) cabin boys were typically younger and assisted the captain and other crew members by doing things only small boys could (like getting into small spaces and untying tight knots with the skinny little fingers). Dean’s the youngest on the ship and is also the most slender at the start of the fic.
The contract Castiel makes Dean agree to was actually something that happened on a lot of pirate ships. Captains had rules about gambling, fighting, and curfew, though they did vary ship to ship.
The entire kingdom of Alexandria was a last minute addition. I had always planned for Sam to have gone through some shit after Dean was nearly killed and for Samuel to basically torture him. Sam was also supposed to show up on the ship on his own, stowing away to find a way to save Dean. BUT the whole addition of Mick, Ketch, and Alexandria was totally last minute and a case of canon providing me with something I could use in a sequel. (Yes, I do plan on writing a sequel.) It all came about when I remembered that “to dance with Jack Ketch” was a figure of speech meaning that a person was to be hanged. I had already written Dean’s near execution and wanted to kick myself, but I was able to recover a bit and plant a few seeds for the sequel, which would deal with Sam’s life as heir to the throne and King of Winchester and how he’s going to deal with the alliances Samuel made.
The kingdoms are pretty much named after their rules, save for Gehenna, Lusus Naturae, Angles, and Alexandria. Gehenna is Hell (almost literally), Lusus Naturae is Purgatory (it means “monstrous nature” or something) and Alexandria is named for the Library of Alexandria and is the BMoL’s kingdom. Angles is both me being incredibly lazy and trying to make a point about Cas’s kingdom being similar to England during the Golden Age of Piracy.
Additionally, if we’re gonna talk Golden Age of Piracy, Gehenna operates similarly to the way that Madagascar did for a brief period in the 19^th century when it was a pirate anarchy state.