Looking for a Pretender fic

Love this community! Looking forward to expanding my fandoms through the requests and recs here.

Years ago, I read a slash or pre-slash story of the Pretender that I'd like to read again. My memory of the details may be off, but here goes. He was in an Eastern seaboard town, possibly the hometown of one of his parents. I believe Jared was there searching for info on his parents, probably his mother. The town had a mysterious, secretive feel to it, but not in the creepy sense, more Us vs. Outsiders. Jarod meets a guy, whose description I recall comparing to James Horn (a guest character on Millennium played by James Morrison). There was repairs or remodeling happening to this guy's house. There was no red notebook, or case. Ms. Parker and posse never appeared. Eventually, Jared left to pursue his course, with the intent of returning. The fic definitely wanted a sequel. Does this ring anyone's bells?

I would also be interested in other Pretender stories. I like crossovers, but am not into het with Ms.P or slash with Lyle or Sydney.

Thanks for helping