Artist rough drafts are due June 22. A post with more details about this will come later. But in the meantime, please get started!
Authors are REQUIRED to share a copy of their fic draft with their artist by May 22. If this does not happen then the author will be dropped from this challenge. (Everyone understands this is a crappy rough draft, just go with it.)
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Art by the wonderful and knowledgeable @phoenix1966sbottom for the @spnj2bigbang 2026.
The Tide Pool
Published: 2026-07-13 Completed: 2026-07-13 Words: 24,564 Chapters:3/3
Rating: Explicit
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: Supernatural (TV 2005)
Relationship: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, John Winchester, Mary Winchester, Jessica Moore (Supernatural), Azazel (Supernatural), Meg | Demon Possessing Meg Masters, Bobby Singer (Supernatural)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Raised Apart, Internalized Homophobia, Bisexual Dean Winchester, Bisexual Sam Winchester, Soul Bond, First Time, Frottage, Stanford Student Sam Winchester, Anal Sex, Blow Jobs, Supernatural and J2 Big Bang Challenge, Supernatural and J2 Big Bang Challenge 2026
Language: English
Summary:
Sam Wesson is the luckiest man on earth: a promising college career in marine zoology, a beautiful, modern girlfriend, and access to the professor’s Rambler. The latter gets him handily to the tide pools across the mountains from Stanford, where he discovers the oddest thing. His mind is swimming with possibilities until it’s just swimming, and he ends up briefly unconscious. His luck has taken a turn, but on some level, he continues to be charmed because he is found by the handsome and capable Dean Winchester. The only problem is: it’s 2005 instead of 1905.
Hello SPN Artists out there SPN J2 Big Bang is looking for artists for the following two fics 20k+ word fics requiring one piece of art and a banner only.
To claim go to this post on LiveJournal (link to open claims page) and comment with JJ1 or SJ1 to claim your respective preference. 🥰
JJ1 - Jared/Jensen-1
Title: The Now of Us
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Summary:
Jared and Jensen have come this close to crossing the line over the years, but always backed away from acknowledging the depth of their feelings for one another. Will two accidents and too many long separations make this the year that all changes? Visuals: 2005 three months into filming, a little drunk at a dimly lit bar, a moment - Jared’s fingers brushing over Jensen’s face and the corner of his mouth, Jensen’s lips parting as he realizes what he’s feeling for his costar isn’t friendship; 2006 an unplanned kiss on the balcony of Jared’s highrise hotel room overlooking the beautiful Vancouver cityscape at night; 2009 Jared and Jensen wrestling in a con hotel in tee shirts and boxer briefs, Jensen pinned on his back, breathless from Jared leaning over him, long strands of hair hanging over his face, sweat darkening his tee shirt, grinning in victory; 2015 Jensen hugging Jared desperately when he got back from the Jib con Jared missed because of depression; 2024 Jared lending an exhausted Jensen his beanie on a plane, the two sleeping leaning on each other; 2026 Jared and Jensen jumped in a dark alley in Rome and robbed at knifepoint, held back and helpless to protect each other; reluctantly needy Jared with an injured leg sitting on a hospital bed, Jensen kneeling to fasten a leg brace around his bare thigh; present day Jared and Jensen sitting on the edge of the pool in the moonlight at Jared’s house in Austin, finally confessing their feelings (and then doing something about it)
Warnings: none
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SJ1 - Sam/Jess-1
Title: Billie's Gift
Pairing: Sam/Jess
Rating: PG-13
Summary:
Set after 13.12 but before 13.13. Sam is in a dark place. Sam and Dean return to the Bunker to find a resurrected Jessica Moore waiting for them. She is dressed in the nightgown she died in with a plaid flannel overtop for warmth. Billie has brought her back to life to pass along a message to the Winchesters, particularly Sam who is struggling with depression at this point in canon. She has so many questions and wants to be with Sam, but 13 years have passed and Sam feels he is too damaged and his soul too tarnished to be with his beautiful young girlfriend. Plus he feels like he got her killed. Jess only has 3 days before Billie will reap her again. The boys tell her some of their experiences over the years she's been dead and she shares Billie's cryptic message. Eventually she and Sam make love and she absolves him of any guilt he might feel. Billie comes and takes Jess back to Heaven, vaguely threatening the Winchesters (because they don't know that Lucifer is back in their world yet.)
Some visuals of interest: Jess in the nightgown and flannel, barefoot in the library waiting for them. Sam pointing a gun at Jess (dressed in that nightgown & flannel combo), Jess and Dean having coffee as they discuss Sam. Sam, head bowed in sorrow while Jess has a comforting hand on his back. Jess and Sam making love. Billie as a menacing figure (dressed in her black leather duster and with her scythe.) Sam sitting on the edge of a bed, Dean on his knees in front, one hand on Sam's cheek with the two men touching foreheads, eyes closed (like they did in the show finale)
Warnings: Discussion of past suicide attempts and description of depression.
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Please make all claims directly to [the above LiveJournal] post. Summaries are in the previous post
You will need to comment with the number and title, and I will respond to confirm. Artists may comment with their top two choices.
At this time, artists may make one claim ONLY. If, after 10 hours there still are fics to be claimed, then I'll open it up for second claims. More on this later!
Please keep the author reveals PRIVATE until claims are completed. We need to keep the summaries anon until they're all claimed. It's the only way to be fair. It's fine to contact your artist/author PRIVATELY, but please do not post about it publicly until after claims are completed and I've made the reveal post.
Here are the story summaries for the artist preview!
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If you see a typo or mistake in the coding, please email [email protected]. DO NOT post about it here. Please be patient.
On May 11, I will open the preview post for claiming. You can make ONLY ONE CLAIM. Also, please note that you must make your own claims. No one else can claim for you.
Once claiming opens, artists may comment with their top two choices.
Sound good? Any questions? Lemme know!
Story Summaries
Jared/Jensen-1
Title: The Now of Us
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Summary:
Jared and Jensen have come this close to crossing the line over the years, but always backed away from acknowledging the depth of their feelings for one another. Will two accidents and too many long separations make this the year that all changes? Visuals: 2005 three months into filming, a little drunk at a dimly lit bar, a moment - Jared’s fingers brushing over Jensen’s face and the corner of his mouth, Jensen’s lips parting as he realizes what he’s feeling for his costar isn’t friendship; 2006 an unplanned kiss on the balcony of Jared’s highrise hotel room overlooking the beautiful Vancouver cityscape at night; 2009 Jared and Jensen wrestling in a con hotel in tee shirts and boxer briefs, Jensen pinned on his back, breathless from Jared leaning over him, long strands of hair hanging over his face, sweat darkening his tee shirt, grinning in victory; 2015 Jensen hugging Jared desperately when he got back from the Jib con Jared missed because of depression; 2024 Jared lending an exhausted Jensen his beanie on a plane, the two sleeping leaning on each other; 2026 Jared and Jensen jumped in a dark alley in Rome and robbed at knifepoint, held back and helpless to protect each other; reluctantly needy Jared with an injured leg sitting on a hospital bed, Jensen kneeling to fasten a leg brace around his bare thigh; present day Jared and Jensen sitting on the edge of the pool in the moonlight at Jared’s house in Austin, finally confessing their feelings (and then doing something about it)
Warnings: none
Jared/Jensen-2
Title: Sometimes in the Spring
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Summary:
Jensen is a physical therapist/sometime nurse who is also a medium. He works in the long-term patient care ward, working with the patients in ways others can't because even though they are all in vegetative states, he can still communicate with them. Jared is his latest patient, but he is also the one-night stand that changed Jensen's life. Jensen knew what Jared was (a serial killer) because a former victim had confided in Jensen when he was on the ward, before he passed from his injuries. Jensen had tracked down Jared with the intent of having him kill him, because he hates his gift. Jared didn't give Jensen what he wanted, because he wanted to be killed and put out of his misery. From that complicated start, things only go downhill from there. Jensen struggles to find a reason to live, and eventually he convinces Jared to help him. After Jensen kills all the patients in the ward by administering a paralytic to them, they escape. Hot on their heels is Detective Murray, who tracks them down, only to witness an event that defies belief. A smoking crater is all that remains of the cabin, but after his dead mother assures him that Jared and Jensen are fine and no longer a danger now that they are released from their obligations, he goes about his life. Chasing rumors of mysterious men who appear and help those who can't help themselves.
Warnings: Dark Fic, Suicidal Thoughts, Murder, Graphic Violence, Dubious Consent, Non-Consenual Drugging, Open Ending
Jared/Jensen-3
Title: Tell It To My Heart
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Summary:
As cliché as it seems, Jensen falls hard for Jared, the tattooed drummer for Fallen Idol, the house band for Kane’s, where he bartends. Jared is the one man Jensen is sure hates him. Jared hasn’t been especially kind to him, and with Jensen’s shyness and a past hurt from his teenage years, when Jensen was used by his high school crush in a sex game to score points, he has all but given up on love. He’s resigned to living a solitary life, despite his feelings for Jared. Except, one night, someone unexpectedly starts flirting with Jensen, sparking the bartender’s interest, and fueling his desire to be seen by someone who seems to have his pick of men and women, even if it isn’t Jared. Accepting a dinner date, Jensen soon discovers that it was a mistake and ends up being hurt by the man he thought was interested in him. Jensen is attacked by his date, but he finds the courage to fight back, leaving him covered in bruises, but determined to act as if nothing happened. Seeing Jensen hurt sparks something in Jared, making him protective of the bartender he’s teased, leading him to examine his feelings for Jensen, and hoping that he can get over his past, where he’d been hurt by his cheating ex, the woman he thought he was going to marry. He’d been honest with her about his sexuality, which she’d used against him, leaving him scarred and afraid to commit to anyone. Jensen and Jared begin an unlikely friendship that leads to them admitting their feelings for each other, and from there, they build a relationship together that their friends had been hoping for.
Warnings: Shy Jensen Ackles, Physically Hurt Jensen Ackles, Bartender Jensen Ackles, Artist Jensen Ackles, Art Therapist Jensen Ackles, Drummer Jared Padalecki, Musical Therapist Jared Padalecki, Tattoos, Bars, Drinking, Music, Scared Jensen Ackles, Angry Jared Padalecki, Non-Consensual, Sex Used as a Game, Driving, Top Jared Padalecki, Bottom Jensen Ackles, Unrequited Feelings, Teasing, Kissing, Bed Sharing, Masturbation, Emotionally Hurt Jensen Ackles, Emotionally Hurt Jared Padalecki, Bisexual Jared Padalecki, Cheating - Not Between Jensen and Jared, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Admission of Feelings, Happy Ending
Sam/Dean-1
Title: In The Company of Wolfen
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: NC-17
Summary:
Witch!Sam and Wolfen!Dean have been happily mated three years. While escorting some settlers to their new home they make a discovery that could change everyone on their Earth’s lives for the better. In order to share this discovery with others, they need to risk everything and travel into the heart of a monster filled, postapocalyptic city to find one missing ingredient. What they find there is not what they expected.
Images for artists: Dean learning magic and accidentally turning his tufted wolfen ears into flower petals. Wraith (tortured souls) coming into a mining tunnel through a hole from a cave in and get trapped inside a stream of light. A bottle tree, each bottle filled with a letter or memento of someone lost to the wraith storms. Dean and Sam add one to the tree and Sam casts a spell to make them all light up the night sky. A vintage bread truck they travel in to burned out Kansas City in. An attack by vampis, long toothed half foot tall monsters intent on drilling through their van and eating what’s inside. The bread truck turned neon yellow and green from a spell Dean cast to protect them. A herd of giant cockroaches rushing by their truck as they look on. A worm like creature rising up from of a dead man’s body, the eggs it was incubating now hatching and attacking the boys. A giant venomous snake that chases the boys into a building where they have to throw C-4 in its mouth to kill it. An evil Other!Sam from an alternative world that is looking for his ninth Dean to take home to his monster infested Earth. He kidnaps Dean and takes him in a tunnel infested with squid!rats. An epic battle with Dean shifted to a wolfen (like a werewolf) vs Other!Sam clad in a black high tech camouflage suit that can make him invisible. A wraith storm, a swirling storm filled with vicious spirits who can suck your soul out of your body being destroyed by Dean’s shotgun. And more : )
Title: The Fed and the Genius
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Summary:
Jared has moved in with Jensen leaving his leadership position and his FBI team behind. He knows living with Jensen will present challenges, but Jared feels he is up to the challenge because his superhero boyfriend, with all his quirks and idiosyncrasies, is worth it.
Jensen knows he can be difficult to live with and will always choose his own comfort over Jared's—and everybody else's. However, he is determined to try his best to keep Jared at least moderately happy. But there's only so much his autism will allow him to accommodate.
This is the next phase of their journey together as a couple, and as part of a brand-new FBI team.
For Artists: An FBI night search in a national forest, a rescue from a multi-story building, hospital and waiting room scenes, J2 walking their dogs and cats sleeping with Jensen
Warnings: Kidnapping of a vulnerable child, school shootings and shootings with mass casualties are all discussed and examined in this story. No on-screen deaths.
Sam/Dean-2
Title: The Tide Pool
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: NC-17
Summary:
Sam Wesson is the luckiest man on earth: a promising college career in marine biology, a beautiful, modern girlfriend, and access to the professor’s Model T. The latter gets him handily to the tide pools across the mountains from Stanford, where he discovers the oddest thing. His mind is swimming with possibilities until it’s just swimming, and he ends up briefly unconscious. His luck has taken a turn, but on some level, he continues to be charmed because he is found by the handsome and capable Dean Winchester. The only problem is: it’s 2005 instead of 1905. Scenes that could be illustrated: Sam and Dean at the beach, a beach cave with a strange pool, playing pool, many season 1 canon events, especially the Pilot, Wendigo, Skin, and Home, and Devil's Trap, road tripping, the amulet blazing light.
Warnings: Raised Apart AU, Time Travel, Internalized Homophobia, Bisexual Dean Winchester, Bisexual Sam Winchester, Soul Mates.
Sam/Jess-1
Title: Billie's Gift
Pairing: Sam/Jess
Rating: PG-13
Summary:
Set after 13.12 but before 13.13. Sam is in a dark place. Sam and Dean return to the Bunker to find a resurrected Jessica Moore waiting for them. She is dressed in the nightgown she died in with a plaid flannel overtop for warmth. Billie has brought her back to life to pass along a message to the Winchesters, particularly Sam who is struggling with depression at this point in canon. She has so many questions and wants to be with Sam, but 13 years have passed and Sam feels he is too damaged and his soul too tarnished to be with his beautiful young girlfriend. Plus he feels like he got her killed. Jess only has 3 days before Billie will reap her again. The boys tell her some of their experiences over the years she's been dead and she shares Billie's cryptic message. Eventually she and Sam make love and she absolves him of any guilt he might feel. Billie comes and takes Jess back to Heaven, vaguely threatening the Winchesters (because they don't know that Lucifer is back in their world yet.)
Some visuals of interest: Jess in the nightgown and flannel, barefoot in the library waiting for them. Sam pointing a gun at Jess (dressed in that nightgown & flannel combo), Jess and Dean having coffee as they discuss Sam. Sam, head bowed in sorrow while Jess has a comforting hand on his back. Jess and Sam making love. Billie as a menacing figure (dressed in her black leather duster and with her scythe.) Sam sitting on the edge of a bed, Dean on his knees in front, one hand on Sam's cheek with the two men touching foreheads, eyes closed (like they did in the show finale)
Warnings: Discussion of past suicide attempts and description of depression.
Are other people having trouble with LJ? I can’t pull up anything on my phone or desktop. It’s making things quite tricky!
Anyway.
First drafts of ALL FIC are due May 1.
Here's what you need to know about submitting your draft:
1. The deadline for submission is May 1. As long as it's May 1 wherever you are when you send it, you're on time.
2. Absolutely no extensions past May 1. We need to get things moving on May 2 in order to get ready for the art claiming part of this, which takes a lot of time, hence the deadline.
3. What I need from you by May 1:
Send an email to [email protected] with this information pasted into the body of the email:
1. Your LJ username:
2. Your final title:
3. Story rating:
4. What ONE pairing (or gen, if no pairing) do you want your story listed under for claiming?
5. Your story summary for artists:
6. Any warnings an artist might need to know before choosing a story:
Your complete first draft must be at least 20,000 words. No exceptions. Please send it in a word file attached to your email. (No one is going to see this but me, and I'm only looking for word count and story completeness.)
A word about story summaries...for this draft, the summary is aimed at piquing the interest of an artist during the claims process. It probably is NOT the same summary you should use to attract readers. You might consider emphasizing any visual elements in your story. This is not the time to be worried about spoilers! You're looking for a collaborator here, so entice them!
Be complete. Yet succinct. You should be able to do your summary in about one paragraph.
4. On May 6 I will post final titles and summaries (without the authors' names attached) for the artists to preview. Artist claims will open May 19.
5. Art/vids first drafts will be due by June 22.
6. I will make a staggered posting schedule starting July 13. Don't worry about this now, I'll make the schedule after I see how many stories have been turned in. You will have plenty of notice!
Because this is so important, I'm going to say it again, in all caps: THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS, FOR ANY REASON, TO THE MAY 1 DEADLINE.
A few more details:
I don't care what you put in the subject line of your email. Just send it!
If you need to drop out, just don't turn in a May 1 draft and you're out...see how easy that is
You don't need to tell me you turned in your draft. I will check you in, it just won't be immediate, so give me a bit, ok?
PLEASE be kind if it takes me longer than you think necessary to respond!
So that's it. Finish up, don't panic and have fun! There will be more reminders moving forward, so don't worry about forgetting or not having a chance to ask questions. You guys are doing awesome, KEEP GOING!
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1. You agree to create at least one piece of art or a vid to accompany one of the 2026 Big Bang stories.
2. Art can be of any type: original illustration, cover art, photo manip, etc. (Soundtracks and mixes do NOT count as art for this challenge.)
3. Art or vids can be of any rating you choose (but out of consideration, it would be a good idea to consult with your writer before creating anything too explicit). By creating and posting explicit art, you agree that you are of legal age to do so.
4. You must be able to post your artwork or vid at your LJ or website, and we'll create a master list of links and summaries at the community.
5. You have to choose to either write a story OR create art, not both. (We want to make sure everyone who's interested gets a chance to play!)
6. Art and vids cannot be posted anywhere prior to your assigned posting date.
7. Artists must agree to stay in communication with mods and with their assigned author. Disappearing with no explanation will result in being dropped from the challenge.
Important Deadlines:
On May 6 summaries and titles will be posted (anonymously) for an artist preview. On May 19 claims will begin on a first come, first served basis. Once you have claimed a prompt, you will be able to contact the author and review the story draft for additional inspiration.
The due date for artwork/vid rough drafts is June 22. You must provide me with either a live link to the art or vid, or the art file itself. You MUST give your writer a copy of your art draft on or before June 22, as well.
An assigned, staggered posting schedule will begin July 13.