Paradise by the Dashboard Light
I have just finished my magnum opus of 2025!
After a stressful week of college, I decided that I could have a little blasphemy, as a treat. And thus was born the Jesus (from the Bible!) x Judas (from the Bible!) "It's not smut but I make you wish it were" Modern Day American Road Trip AU fic!
The early reviews are raving!
"what level of religious trauma are we working trough, chryssa??"
"Bible fandom?! You're bringing BIBLE FANDOM into the SPNCH list of fandoms?!! I'm sure we already have blasphemy in quite a number of our fics, but adding Bible fandom to our long list of fandoms will be an honor đ Thank you for your work"
"judas was stupid/relatable (/complimentary).... it was sensual in a how-dare-you-make-me-feel things way"
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Rating: M
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Another night, another shitty gas station parking lot.
Judas has been following Jesus for nearly a year on their "Great Gospel-Spreading Road Trip across America," and he wishes the world would just pause so he can confess his love to Jesus. By now, he knows Jesus' routines, His mannerisms, His favorite snacks, and yet, he doesn't really know the man at all, does he? They have their own dance, one they both know the steps to, to waltz around such things as truly knowing each other.
One night, when Judas decides to step out of the dance, he finds he is unprepared for the consequences: ones that are, in fact, of Biblical proportions.
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What if Jesus and Judas were twenty-somethings in modern times, trying to spread the good news to all of America? What if they gave into the inherent homoeroticism of road trips? What if you wanted some blasphemy, as a treat?
Tags:
Christian Bible, Christian Bible (New Testament), Christian Tradition Lore & Folklore, Jesus Christ/Judas Iscariot (Christianity), Jesus Christ (Christianity), Judas Iscariot (Christianity), Alternate Universe - Road Trip, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - America, Homoeroticism, Road Trips, Mentions of choking, Murder, Arson, gas stations, Jesus' Honda Accord, First Kiss, Gambling, Alcohol, deeply cathartic, if you have religious trauma, Mentions of The Passion of Christ, Yearning, Angst, Ambiguous/Open Ending, it's not smut but I make you wish it were, Grief/Mourning
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