spn_j2_bigbang: We Used To Be The Loners

Fic title: We Used To Be The Loners
Author name: roxymissrose
Artist name: hazelnut917
Genre: RPS
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R
Word count: 26,072
Warnings: underage OC death by drug overdose(the body), mild drug use, mild sexual activity between underage characters, cursing, physical abuse of a minor hinted at.

Summary: This about four boys—Jared, whose parents haven't quite managed to deal with the death of his older brother, Jensen, abandoned by his mother to an abusive father, Tommy, suffering youngest child syndrome in a family of incredible overachievers, and Mike, trying to stand out in his crowded family while dealing with a sort of benign neglect from his over-stressed parents.
It's a story about what happens over a few days in summer, in an unnamed state somewhere on the east coast, when the boys undertake to find a body abandoned in the woods.

This J2 AU is based (oh so loosely) on Stand By Me, which in turn was based on The Body, by Steven King

Written for the 2012 spn_j2_bigbang
Link to art:
I'd like to thank hazelnut917 for choosing this story, and for the *lovely* art she made for it! Please be sure to stop at her LJ and give her love.
Thanks also to toldthestars, for once again helping me get this story into readable shape, shoring up the weak spots and for listening to me wibble. A *lot*.

Part one + Part two + Part three + Part four
Art + AO3