Title: Exploratory by Kelandris
Fandom: Askewniverse
Pairing: Jay/Silent Bob
Categories: Romance, sort of
Length: Medium (3418 words)
Warning: Potty mouth; mention of drug use. I should also warn for yellow-text-on-black-background on the author's website, but you can always copy-and-paste to read the story.
Rating: NC-17


Author on LJ: Unknown
Website: Pseudofluff 3.0


Summary: Bob finds himself with a lapful of Jay at a party, and wonders what to do with him.

Review: Written from Silent Bob's POV - and we all know he's just quiet, not inarticulate - this story shows him being overwhelmed when Jay suddenly puts the moves on him at an unspecified party. This is the usual uninhibited Jay, apparently high on something and desperate to get Bob's attention, whilst Bob himself is really only looking for a quiet life. But once it starts, all Bob cares about is that he survives it; he knows his mercurial Jay, and how quickly what seem to be sexual advances can morph into homophobic accusations and mockery.

And then ... it's all just hotness, and beautiful in-character sex, and some delightful moments of tenderness and insight into the nurturing side of Silent Bob's personality. He is, although he has been reluctant to admit it even to himself, head over heels in love with his aggravating roomie, and it looks as if Jay has known it all along. This being the case, their first getting together can never be anything other than extremely satisfying, both for themselves and for the reader.

The View Askewniverse is a murky world at best, and nothing is ever straightforward or simple and you wouldn't really expect it to be. Here, however, we have two people who obviously care for one another - in their own, very strange ways - enjoying one another to the full. It's great, warming, life-affirming stuff and I recommend it wholeheartedly.


Link: Exploratory