Hi all. I'm looking for a post-series fic; here are the plot points that stuck with me: Jim and Blair are living in a small town. I think something is wrong with Jim. He keeps trying different arts to keep occupied -- painting, sculpture, sketching. He goes to the park and sketches some kids playing ball, and befriends them. Jim and Blair throw a holiday weekend barbecue/picnic at their place. An old adversary from Cascade comes and kidnaps one of the kids to get back at Jim.

Sound familiar to anyone? Thanks!

ETA: Found by aerianya -- Evolution by D.L Witherspoon.

So, I've been looking around for probably two days for this fic, and I give up, and this is mostly from memory, so I might be off.

It's an AU, with Blair being a young professor from back east, who goes to live at his grandfather's homestead/ranch/logging area up in the Pacific Northwest.
Blair is bitten/infected by something that makes him a werewolf, but it won't be permanent until he eats human flesh, and Jim can shapeshift into a panther, I think?

Something with those points. Any help? Thanks.