Hey Guys, i'm back and i present to y'all, a brand new, shiny Cockles fic!
Please be patient with me on this one, i've written a handful of chapters in the past few months without uploading them all thus far and was going to wait until i'd finished the entire thing before uploading but i'm desperate to know what everyone thinks before i continue with the fic!
I will do my very best to update as much as possible but i do have a lot of works in progress right now so please please bear with me!
If you don't like Cockles, then turn back now because this is a Jensen/Misha fic! You have been warned.
Also apologies in advance because it will be a slow build up and Jensen is a bit of a dick in this particular story *hides*.
I felt this would be a good plot line to explore given a handful of people on tumblr seem to think that Jensen hates Misha in reality? Which is a ridiculous notion and my fic is slightly AU for this reason, we know the boys get on great in real life!
Just a quick side note to say that in my fic, both Jensen and Misha are very much single so that means no wives and no kids in my story. (I can't write too close to reality and get their real life families involved in my fics cause it's just not how i roll, hence the slight AU nature!) The entire fic is still based around them being actors on SPN etc and picks up during Season 4 filming!
Enjoy and please review so i know what y'all think!
The One Where Jensen & Misha Hate Each Other…Or Do They?
Jensen ackles hates Misha Collins.
Fact.
In Misha's eyes the feeling was entirely mutual and had been for the 6 months they had been working together.
When Misha landed the role of Castiel in Supernatural's fourth season, Jensen and Jared were looking forward to getting a new recurring guest star – that was always fun, having a fresh face around the set and yet it didn't turn out that way, not even a little bit.
If you asked him to this very day, Jensen could mouth off a hundred reasons as to why he hates Misha but if you asked him what started it all…Jensen still has no answer for that.
He puts it down to a clash of personalities, from day one he was taken aback by what Jensen calls Misha's 'Smug, self-indulgent attitude'. The two men were completely different; Misha was overly friendly, quirky, completely laid back and in Jensen's eyes just plain weird.
Jensen on the other hand was quieter, took his acting incredibly serious, of course he had his funny moments – mostly screwing around with Jared on set but otherwise he was fairly reserved.
Point is, they're opposites and definitely not a match made in heaven.
Every little thing Misha said or did seemed to annoy Jensen from the get go, that first day on set with his new co-star was so incredibly awkward and tense that even the crew had cringed, yet weirdly the two actors had a chemistry on camera that you definitely couldn't manufacture, it was unique, intense and downright electric. Talk about parallels.
"Who are you?"
"Castiel"
Jensen fought back the urge to roll his eyes as Misha's fake gravelly voice filled the set.
*What the hell is up with the voice, dude doesn't even sound like that*
"Yeah, I figured that much, I mean what are you?"
"I am an angel of the lord."
Jensen felt a shiver run up his own spine, despite the annoyance he felt at Misha's fake voice, he didn't know whether to laugh at the guy or cry…because *Seriously who the hell is he kidding with the voice? He won't be able to keep that up*.
Of course Jensen was wrong, Misha was still keeping up the voice and it's clear from fan reactions so far…they loved it; this only fuelled Jensen's dislike for the guy.
Then there was Jared, he had been questioning Jensen's hate for Misha for the past 6 months, he constantly grilled his best friend on why exactly he and his fellow co-star hated each other and Jensen usually brushed Jared off with a murmur of 'I just hate that guy'.
Jared loves Misha.
Fact.
He thinks Misha is hilarious, friendly, kind, outgoing and lots of fun to be around, of course Jensen hates how much his best friend of four years and his co-star of six months are suddenly 'bestest buds'…another reason to add to Jensen's list of reasons to hate Misha Collins.
Then of course there was Misha himself, he held a mutual hate for Jensen.
Fact…
Although that wasn't always the case.
Misha was actually a fan of Jensen's previous to getting the role on Supernatural; he had seen Jensen act since he was a teenager, watching the guy in earlier roles like Dawson's creek or days of our lives and even early episodes of Supernatural. Misha was a fan, he had always thought of Jensen as a great actor and truth be told, Dean was always his favourite Winchester. The idea of finally getting to work alongside this guy was out of this world, Misha couldn't wait to get started alongside Jensen and Jared too of course.
Problem was, it didn't last and once Misha had met Jensen face to face, everything turned sour.
He found the younger actor rude, stand offish and above all else, kind of mean too. Of course, Misha was disappointed and Jensen's clear dislike for him drove Misha up the wall. He had never done a thing wrong to the younger guy and yet here they were mortal enemies.
The hatred felt between the two actors was common knowledge these days, well amongst the cast and crew anyways, the fan base thought they were friends. Jensen hated Misha for a list of reasons, Misha hated Jensen for his attitude problem and his hatred for…well Misha and Jared was close to giving up on both of them, especially after having to step between them during a heated argument on numerous occasions.
It was fair to say, six months down the road and nothing had improved, if anything things had gotten worse. With the show now airing its fourth season as they continue to film, Misha's popularity with the fans was soaring and the tension between Jensen and Misha was at an all-time high.
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Jensen was late for filming; he had literally rushed through hair and make-up, now practically running through the studios to reach their set for the morning.
He collided heavily with another body as he ran; knocking the guy's iPhone to the floor and Jensen immediately picked it up, handing it back to the dude.
"I'm so sorry man…" Jensen's words died in his throat as his eyes clashed with fierce, extremely familiar blue ones.
"…On second thoughts." Jensen grumbled shoving the phone into Misha's waiting hand.
"Watch where you're going Ackles…" Misha snapped with a glare, tearing the phone from Jensen and checking it over for marks.
"…you could have damaged my phone and I swear to God, you would be paying out for a new one." Misha snarled, meeting Jensen's gaze square on.
"Yeah well, it's perfectly fine and if anyone should watch their step around here Collins…It's most definitely you." Jensen snapped, his voice lowering to a dangerous level and glaring right back at his co-star.
Misha rolled his eyes and stormed off in the direction of his trailer, Jensen watched him walk away with a confident sway of his hips. The younger actor huffed in distaste before the sound of the director practically yelling Jensen's name from a distance, snapped him out of his glare and he scurried off to the set.
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Despite his run in with Misha earlier and running late to set, Jensen was actually having a pretty good day.
They had managed to get a lot of scenes done in one morning; his favourite Mexican stand was in the studio for lunch hour and now they were currently filming some brotherly bonding scenes between Sam and Dean.
As they wrapped on the current scenes, Jensen spotted Misha sporting his full Castiel gear heading onto the set and his good mood was suddenly gone.
"Fucking fantastic." Jensen grumbled, grabbing a bottle of water from the table and taking a rather large gulp, all the while glaring in his co-stars direction.
Jared rolled his eyes, plucking his own bottle of water from the table and glancing between Misha and Jensen as they glared insistently at each other from metres away.
"Seriously, you two stare at each other more than Dean and Cas, get a room." Jared said with a smirk.
Jensen threw Jared an unimpressed, near enough evil look and Jared held his hands up in defence.
"Whatever dude, let's just get this over with." Jensen muttered, taking another long drink and slamming the water bottle down.
They two main stars headed back towards the set and Misha met them somewhere in the middle, with one of the hair and make-up girls fussing over Misha's mop of hair, trying to tame it as best she could.
"Oh I give up; the fan girls love Castiel's sex hair anyways." The girl said with a resigned sigh, strutting away from the three actors.
Jared chuckled and Misha nodded in agreement with the girl, a smile playing on his lips and Jensen found himself wanting to wipe that smug grin from Misha's face…
*If only* Jensen thought to himself, shoving past Misha and deliberately knocking into his shoulder, causing the guy to stumble slightly.
Misha glared at Jensen's retreating back, earning a sympathetic smile and pat on the shoulder from Jared.
"Just ignore him." Jared said with a sigh.
"Hard to do that when he's pushing me around all the time, aren't bullies supposed to be reserved for the school yard or did I miss the memo?" Misha quipped, brushing down a crease in Cas' trench coat sleeve.
Jared snorted, half shrugging his shoulders.
"Dunno what to tell you man, wish I knew what his issue was."
"So do I Jay…so do I." Misha said with a sigh and a small, forced smile.
The boys set up for their latest scene, unfortunately for both Misha and Jensen they had a lot of Dean and Cas moments to film this afternoon, which meant a lot of time spent together.
Jared stood back and watched them film from the side lines, the usual frustration was beginning to show.
Jensen was rolling his eyes and huffing in annoyance at Misha every time he fluffed a line and Misha was throwing Jensen his best Castiel bitch face when he would comment on Misha needing to choose another career path in life.
Aside from Dean and Castiel's dialogue, the only other words uttered between Jensen and Misha, were the usual snide comments and muttered insults.
They were in for another long afternoon of shooting.