Everything's Jake by Alyjude (NC-17)

[magician113.livejournal.com]

(this icon is from Lorraine Brevig’s original art, created for the Jake Universe. Isn’t it gorgeous?)

I have a guilty pleasure. I might need a 12-step program. I just love stories where Blair or Jim are parents. Both of these men are loving, giving, intelligent, wise, sensitive and well-rounded. Wouldn’t it be a shame if they didn’t pass any of that on to another generation? They both have parental issues – I’m sure that would make them aspire to be better parents. And, of course, if they were the biological fathers, would we see little sentinels and guides? LOTS of potential here. So, have I convinced you to join me? *g*

Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length: 409K
Author on LJ: alysbasement
Author Website: Alyjude’s stories at The Kennel  and at her LJ above
Why this must be read:  Because Aly shows us what great parents Jim and Blair would be. 

“Everything’s Jake” (also a slang term meaning “everything is great”) is a terrific story of love and growth. Typical Aly, it’s funny and warm but not without angst. Post series, Blair has become a detective. He’s moved out of the loft to quell the rumors that he and Jim are lovers, even though that’s what he would like them to be. He moves into a great place and makes friends with the landlady, who is raising her small grandson. Jake is precocious and quickly helps fill the void Blair is feeling in his life. Just before Halloween, she asks Blair to watch Jake for a few days. They visit Jim’s place on Poker Night, where Jake is introduced to all of their Major Crime co-workers and Blair’s parenting skills are put on display. Jim, missing Blair and loving him in secret as well, starts hanging around Blair’s place and, in fact, likes it better than the loft. Tragedy places Jake in Blair’s custody, and Blair decides to raise Jake with Jim at his side.

This story might be a little sweeter than you’re used to; after all one of the protagonists *is* a four-year-old. But Aly based Jake on one of her nephews, which lends authenticity to the situations, and her other original characters are well developed.  Blair and Jim are mature here – not without insecurities, but prepared to make life-changing decisions. I hope you will give it a try.

Father’s Day Bonus: Behind the cut are the rest of the Jake stories, in chronological order, covering about a year’s time. Aly engages a village to raise Jake, including the MC gang, Naomi as a cool grandma and William as a doting grandfather. In the Full Circle trilogy, Blair’s father’s identity is revealed. How’s that for a Father’s Day extravaganza!   Happy reading!

Everything’s Jake

Edit 3-3-2012: The entire Jake series is now at Artifact Storage Room 3 here:
http://asr3.slashzone.org/archive/viewseries.php?seriesid=55

We Gather Together - Thanksgiving
We Gather Together – Christmas and Chanuaukah
The Bestest…Valley Times Day Card Ever
Fireworks
Junior Guppy
Full Circle Trilogy
Full Circle trilogy (alternate site) 
A Day at the Zoo
The Big Five
A Special Anniversary 
  (previously named A Strange Anniversary
Road Trip
A Case of Hearth & Home
Find Me
Surrounded

Comments

[xsnarkasaurus.livejournal.com]

thank you for the rec, but could i make a request? could you not force font color formatting, please? My flist is set to a black background, and I very nearly missed this entry because I couldn't read it. :( which would be sad because HELLO GIGANTICALLY LONG JIM&BLAIR AS DADDIES FIC! WOO! so. uhm. please?

[betzz.livejournal.com]

This hasn't been recced before????? Unbelievable! This is, like, THE Jim/Blair have a kid series!

..... and, yeah, I totally love Sentinel kid!fic, too. I mean, seriously... how could I not?

[magician113.livejournal.com]

I would love to comply with your request but
1) I don't know what force font color formatting is (I'm a real newbie at LJ) and
2)I don't think it's up to me. When I post to Crack Van, I type in just the words/links, plus with this one I did the LJ cut. CV sets the formatting and coloring. As an example, CV preferences have anything that's a link show up red. I looked at my entry compared to others and they all look the same to me. Sorry, I'm not even sure what an flist is or how you set the background!

If other Crack Van entries for you look different from mine, perhaps you can explain it so I can understand. I definitely would not want you to miss anything, especially this series which I love a lot. If you haven't read them, you are in for a real treat. I'm very happy that you *didn't* miss this entry! Enjoy!

[magician113.livejournal.com]

>>This hasn't been recced before????? <<

Incredibly, no. Aly has five previous recs, which is pretty good representation. She just has so *many* stories to choose from so it's really not surprising that some of her classics haven't been mentioned yet. Also, I know some people don't care for kid fic at all. My mom used to say "Each to his own". *g*

I'll plan to rec some more Jim & Blair as parents stories the next time I get a chance to drive the bus. As I've mentioned, I'm definitely an addict!

[magician113.livejournal.com]

::sighs:: yeah, I'm in the process of compiling alternate links now. I'll probably revamp this when I drive the van again next month. Thanks.

[joyeuce01.livejournal.com]

Thanks for collecting these together and organising them. Unfortunately, none of the links for the first? story Everything's Jake work. Do you know where else it might be found? THanks.

[magician113.livejournal.com]

Nowhere at the moment. The archivist at 852 prospect put robots in place to prevent the WBM from working on any links to the site. I've written Aly and she will work on getting it on another site.

In the meantime if you write me at
merlin dot 113 at hotmail dot com
I will send you a copy. I have a zip with htm and Word formats of the story. The offer is open to anyone who wants a copy.

[magician113.livejournal.com]

Good news on the original Everything's Jake story. It is now located at the Artifact Storage Room 3 archive, along with many of Aly's other stories. Here's the link.

http://asr3.slashzone.org/archive/viewstory.php?sid=1339

When I next am given posting access to CV (my next turn), I'll update all the links. :)