Here Is Where We Rest Our Hearts, by Maratonista (R)

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Fandom: The Losers
Pairing: Cougar/Jensen
Length: 1461
Author on LJ: maratonista

Why this must be read:
Maratonista is known for her epic series of angst and tragedy, but I tend to think that this is one of her best stories, full stop. With short bursts of imagery and feeling, the story is so obviously Cougar that it could've been written in bullets from his rifle.

It's so achingly bittersweet and filled with small joys and darkening clouds overhead that it just kills me a little every time I read it.

It's the kind of story that you cling to, tightly, fearing that it'll slip away one day. But while it's still here, you love it.

Excerpt:
It’s not perhaps the first night in their home that Cougar had always dreamed of, but he wakes up with Jensen drooling on his shoulder, and birds chirping in his ear, and the modest, white house with the deck and the porch and the pretty flower bed filled garden is his.

His and Jensen’s.

So maybe it is actually better.


Here Is Where We Rest Our Hearts