PBR 'Verse

The PBR 'Verse (or 'Professional Bull Riding 'Verse') is a series of Supernatural J2 AU stories written by drvsilla. The stories were written in 2008, 2009, and 2010 as part of the Supernatural and J-Squared Big Bang Challenge!.
The series was included on the sawedoff recs LJ community's final recommendation post. The 12-hour podfic by chemm80 was posted on the Audiofic Archive in June 2011.
==Story List==
* Into His Hand (2008)
* Seeing Daylight (2009)
* Gathered Up (2010)
==Into His Hand==
Author's Summary: "JR Ackles is a professional bullrider at the top of his game. He's got one thing on his mind: winning the championship belt buckle and the right to call himself the best in the world. His unwavering dedication and focus is finally put to the test in the form of JT Padalecki, an up-and-coming rider new to the professional ranks, who has his sights set on winning the PBR finals - and Jensen. Cowboys ride and get by on grit and tough determination - the question facing Jensen is if they have to do it alone."
About the title, the author writes: " Term to describe when the bull is spinning in the same direction of a rider's riding hand. This is an advantage for the rider: makes it easier to hold on, puts less pressure on the riding arm, and allows him to start spurring and dress up the ride. Means the rider has been given the opportunity to build a great ride on less effort."
To help orient her readers, the author included a "Bullriding 101" primer.
File:Rps drvsilla 001w7cfq.jpg|movie poster for Into His Hand, artwork by cathybites. A common theme in J2 fiction is to 'recast' the actors as if they were in a movie. In this AU story, Jared and Jensen are professional bullriders.The artist also played a practical joke on readers of the story, creating a bad photo-shopped cover for her main art post here. The real art is linked in small print at the bottom of the post. (WebCite)
File:Intohishandsoundtrack.jpg|Soundtrack CD cover, artwork by cathybites. Click to read the song titles.
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==Seeing Daylight==
Author's Summary: "Jensen Ackles retired from bullriding with everything he'd set his mind to, somehow managed to get even more along the way; he won the buckle, the million, and Jared Padalecki's heart. Now he's ready to get started on something more, something better with even bigger dreams, figures them to be right within his reach. So why is he putting everything at risk and leaving it all behind to start over again?"
About the title the author writes: " Term to describe when a cowboy comes loose from a bucking animal far enough for the spectators to see between the cowboy and the animal. This is a disadvantage for the rider: makes a buck-off more likely, strains the riding arm and increases the chances of a touch foul. Means the rider is in trouble, but they can still grit and bear down enough to earn a qualified ride."
File:Seeingdaylightsmaller.jpg|artwork by cathybites who writes: "Background was painted in ArtRage and futzed in Photoshop; the 'scrap' was created in Photoshop. It was originally supposed to be all painting, but I couldn't get the detail I wanted with ArtRage. But I liked the background too much to scrap it, so. I thought I'd make a book cover in the vein of those old paperbacks you sometimes see, the ones that are beat up and old but obviously well-loved.".
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File:Seeingdaylightsoundtrack.jpg|soundtrack cover, artwork by cathybites, click to read list of songs
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==Gathered Up==
Author's Summary:"The first time Jensen Ackles had been determined to quit the sport and walk away from bullriding, life had presented him with Jared Padalecki. The second time he'd tried, life had just gone wrong. So he'd gotten smart and quit, inside-out, figured whoever kept score of these things wouldn't be the wiser. Which just doesn't fair explain how he'd been roped into taking a team to Dallas--complete with cranky riders, job politics, family obligations, and all with Jared at his side--to compete in an inaugural event the PBR brass are certain he'll win."
About the title, the artist writes: "Term to describe when a cowboy has his rope and the bull securely under him, and the bull settles into in a tight, steady spin. This is an advantage for the rider: makes it easier to stay upright and square, has balance and centripetal force to his favor, and will actually find it harder to be bucked off than to just stick his seat. Means the rider is sitting pretty, and all but has a top-scoring ride on the books."
File:Gatheredupsmaller.png|cover, artwork by grayscaled
File:Gatheredsoundtrack.png|soundtrack cover, artwork by grayscaled, click to read song list
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==References==
Category:2008 Fanfiction‎
Category:2009 Fanfiction‎
Category:2010 Fanfiction‎