#davejadejohnrose

AUTHOR: Semianonymity CAST: John/Rose/Dave/Jade RATING: G WORD COUNT: 3510 ADDITIONAL TAGS: created for jadefest SUMMARY: After the game, Jade and Rose and Dave and John end up in a new world, strange and painful after what they've been through, without their guardians but with each other, and eventually it will be enough. EXCERPT: Jade still couldn't keep normal hours. It was five in the morning, the sun was just rising, light beginning to filter through the window, and she'd crept out of her bed to the kitchen. She'd thought—hoped, maybe, maybe just assumed—that her sleep would be more normal, after the game, but she still took naps at odd hours, woke up when the time was right and fell asleep again when she needed it—and now the sun was up and shining! She couldn't sleep through that. Sunlight, yes, but she wasn't used to days this long, she'd lived too close to the equator. Her seasons had been different, marked by rain and humidity, not temperature and length of day. And she was jittery from the nightmares. The kitchen felt dark and crowded, even though it was big and empty—more than she knew what to do with, really! John liked to tease her about her cooking. But she made good bread, and it was... Easy, to open up all the windows—and then pull on a second sweater, shivering in the chill morning. Rose and John teased her about that! And then her and Dave could yell at them, because they were from warm places and they weren't used to freezing, and anyway, John, you whined all winter about the cold! But the light coming in helped. And she had bread started, so she pulled it out, dusted flour on the counter, began to knead—punching down the dough, shoulders working, rhythmic and steady. Less likely to cause a disturbance than shooting practice. Comforting and alive. rec'd by astralazuli

“I can’t fuckin’ believe this,” he murmured. To everybody else it was too quiet to hear, but he was talking to her, so she heard it loud and clear. “Dave,” Jade said tenderly, though he wouldn’t hear it, “You’re being a huge goob.”

AUTHOR: Semianonymity CAST: Jade/Dave, John/Rose/Dave/Jade RATING: G WORD COUNT: 3510 ADDITIONAL TAGS: post SBURB AU, created for jadefest SUMMARY: After the game, Jade and Rose and Dave and John end up in a new world, strange and painful after what they've been through, without their guardians but with each other, and eventually it will be enough. EXCERPT: Jade still couldn't keep normal hours. It was five in the morning, the sun was just rising, light beginning to filter through the window, and she'd crept out of her bed to the kitchen. She'd thought—hoped, maybe, maybe just assumed—that her sleep would be more normal, after the game, but she still took naps at odd hours, woke up when the time was right and fell asleep again when she needed it—and now the sun was up and shining! She couldn't sleep through that. Sunlight, yes, but she wasn't used to days this long, she'd lived too close to the equator. Her seasons had been different, marked by rain and humidity, not temperature and length of day. And she was jittery from the nightmares. The kitchen felt dark and crowded, even though it was big and empty—more than she knew what to do with, really! John liked to tease her about her cooking. But she made good bread, and it was... Easy, to open up all the windows—and then pull on a second sweater, shivering in the chill morning. Rose and John teased her about that! And then her and Dave could yell at them, because they were from warm places and they weren't used to freezing, and anyway, John, you whined all winter about the cold! But the light coming in helped. And she had bread started, so she pulled it out, dusted flour on the counter, began to knead—punching down the dough, shoulders working, rhythmic and steady. Less likely to cause a disturbance than shooting practice. Comforting and alive. rec'd by diatorre, lantadyme

AUTHOR: vanillarouge CAST: John/Rose/Dave/Jade RATING: T WORD COUNT: 15910 ADDITIONAL TAGS: incomplete, illustrated, no SBURB AU, polyamory, slice of life SUMMARY: let's try to stop growing up and just go with the flow. we're going mad in slow motion, babydoll. EXCERPT: On Friday, Jade suggests they play spin the bottle. It’s kind of a silly idea because she and John are cousins, Dave and Rose are twins, and John and Dave are wusses so they only make it past a few tame pecks before it turns into less of a kissing game and more of a truth or dare spin off, ironic pun not intended – the four of them sprawled out on the old dusty rug of Jade’s basement. rec'd by nightpool42

AUTHOR: Phrenotobe CAST: John/Rose/Dave/Jade WORD COUNT: 5828 ADDITIONAL TAGS: created for jadefest SUMMARY: “I can’t fuckin’ believe this,” he murmured. To everybody else it was too quiet to hear, but he was talking to her, so she heard it loud and clear. “Dave,” Jade said tenderly, though he wouldn’t hear it, “You’re being a huge goob.” EXCERPT: Being dead wasn’t quite so bad, Jade thought, once she’d been divested of her mortal coil. There’d been some weird bits at the morgue - where they sewed more things up than cut them open, which was sort of the opposite to what she expected from that kind of place. She supposed it was kind of important to make sure everything was stuffed back in - not her, though. When it came to being a beautiful corpse she guessed she looked pretty okay. It was weird again at the funeral home, where she just sort of hovered nearby, tugged uncomfortably around as her body was moved. She didn’t spend as long there, though she appreciated the comings and goings of everyone. A lot of the guests looked sad, but the people in the back rooms were pretty interesting, and joked with each other in between putting on gentle, reassuring smiles for their guests. “Hey,” she said to her peers in the prep room. Unfortunately, they were all dead. rec'd by diatorre

rec'd by vsimon-the-captain

AUTHOR: Stripe CAST: Jade/Rose/John/Dave RATING: T WORD COUNT: 8335 ADDITIONAL TAGS: complete, post SBURB AU, created for jadefest SUMMARY: Four years have passed since the game, and John, Rose, Dave, and Jade go to college and live in a house together. Everything should be perfect. But Jade can't shake the feeling that something's missing. EXCERPT: The wind whips Jade’s hair about her face, and she holds down the hat over her head to keep it from flying off. On the one hand, she appreciates the coming winter, allowing her to wear a hat constantly without attracting attention, but after thirteen years on a tropical island, she can’t pretend to be fond of the cold. She still loves the snow, but this kind of weather - chilling winds and grey skies - can go kick itself in the butt as far as she’s concerned. Luckily, their house is only a couple of blocks away from the bus stop, so Jade doesn’t suffer long. It's not the largest place, but it's perfect for the four of them. It was billed as a single-story, three-bedroom, two bathroom house when they bought it with some of Rose's mother's left over money, though only the master bedroom is actually used as a "bedroom." The second one has become a study, where Rose keeps her books and where they can all plug their laptops in and relax for a bit, and the third is simply a "work room," whenever somebody (usually Dave) needs some open space for a project. rec'd by lantadyme

AUTHOR: ribbontype CAST: John, Rose, Dave, Jade, Jane, Jake, Roxy, Dirk RATING: G WORD COUNT: 18041 ADDITIONAL TAGS: currently updating, no SBURB AU, polyamory SUMMARY: It's April when Jade builds her machine and they start talking to the kids in the other universe. EXCERPT: GT: is it working??? GG: yeah!!! i just sent it through like two seconds ago omg im so excited john! GT: me too!! GT: wow, i can’t believe that we’re going to see what life is like in a whole other dimension. GG: it’s a breakthrough for sure! GG: so the probe is designed to locate the nearest major form of life and do a full scan of it, so we know just what kind of life were dealing with. GG: who knows, we could even discover non carbon based life! GT: or maybe it’s like a weird alternate reality of earth where things are pretty much almost the same but kind of different. GT: that would be totally sweet. GG: totally!! rec'd by ashippersbrokenheart