These are my favorite of my favorites, as of today, in no particular order. All on AO3. Enjoy!

Yours by Any Other Name by Nyxocity: 3491 words, the first J2 fic I read that made me a fan for life. Non-AU, character bleed. Jensen gets jealous after watching Jared make out with an actress on set most of the day. Jensen then proceeds to show Jared he belongs to Jensen no matter who he is--especially if he's Dean Winchester.

What You Should Know by sonofabiscuit77: 16412 words, amazing AU with so many gorgeous feels. Jared is a mechanic in a small Texan town with a big secret. Jensen, a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps, is that secret.

Full Service Firm by rivkat: 11881 words, maybe my actual favorite J2 fic of all time. AU and extremely hot but with the most satisfying ending. Jared thinks Jensen’s a sex worker and Jensen just goes with it, for...reasons.

I Kind of Liked It Your Way by Chash: 10027 words, I love a good virgin story, and it’s a college setting, to boot. Chad gets Jared a hooker for his birthday, assuming (probably rightly) that Jared will never manage to get laid on his own.

we're still more in love than you think we are by forallthewords: 24824 words, one of the best high school J2 stories there is, and I’ve read A LOT of them. Jensen Ackles is not perfect. The thing about Jared is he never wanted him to be.

Homework verse by Nyxocity: 200K, 10 works, every story deepens the relationship. Toppy!Teacher!Jensen in glasses and Student!Jared.

Screw You, We're From Texas by makeit_takeit: 74894 words. Angsty but amazing J2 roommates-to-friends-to-lovers with lots of Texas culture. This is what could have happened if fate twisted differently, if they never got those big Hollywood breaks and instead ended up living the lives they grew up expecting to lead. More or less.

One Small Step series by sandymg: 62,750, 3 works, made me think a lot about space. Jared has had a secret crush for months. But it’s not like publishing genius and gay activist Jensen Ackles is going to notice the tall, weird guy pushing the mail cart.

There is indeed a pronunciation guide included in both the ebook and the printed book! I’m also happy to give you the pronunciations of the two protagonists right now: 

I went a teeny tiny bit into Blaine's romantic/sexual backstory in the Dirty Chai chapter of the main story.  Mostly Blaine has no romantic backstory.

Jeremiah happened in Blaine's junior year of high school. He went to a different school, but they often ran into each other around the neighborhood.  Jeremiah was the one to ask Blaine out.

Before that Blaine hadn't really been interested in dating; hadn't felt worthy of being anyone's boyfriend and hadn't bothered to even try.  He found other boys attractive, sure, and thought about them at night when he couldn't help it, but he kept his eyes down in the hallways and made himself small and out the way. If anyone ever took notice of him, he never knew about it.  He wasn't bullied for his sexuality - not specifically - but he still never wanted to bring attention to himself.

Blaine focused on his schoolwork instead - which worked out just fine for him. His junior year he applied for a theatre scholarship - submitted a screenplay he wrote - and he won.  It's how he got into NYU on a full-ride.  It's why he ended up in New York with a part-time job at a Starbucks and not in LA with Cooper.

He went on a few dates here and there during his undergrad years.  Mostly with guys from the musical theatre program, and once with a boy who approached him at a show, but it never came of anything. He was never comfortable enough to open himself up to them, not in any significant way, and it never took long for them realize that Blaine would never be theirs.

I know, I know.

He thought he knew her.  And she thought she knew him.  But they weren't even reading the same book.  To be honest, Cooper should probably have realized that Nina wasn't the marrying kind.

If I may offer you a quote:

Make sure to download the song mix to go with it ****Available in PDF as well****

When Jared meets an incredibly handsome green-eyed stranger in a bar he thinks it’s his lucky night. But Jensen has a secret. He’s not exactly human. And oddly that’s not even the biggest problem as very real bullets start ricocheting past them. Jared makes a split-second decision that will forever change his world. Can Jared keep his new friend alive long enough to unravel the mystery of who made this incredible machine? Who wants it back? And is it really a good idea to let his best friend Chad bond with it?