No one had been more shocked than Brian when Melanie, of all people, had suggested that, since she didn't really celebrate Christmas, but J.R. was heading to Pittsburgh to be with her dads, perhaps Brian and Justin would rather come to Toronto to have a more subdued celebration with Lindsay and Gus.
"Lindsay never really gets to enjoy the decorations she puts up, since we're rushing around and then traveling during this time," Mel had explained. "I just thought it would be nice if you and Justin wanted to come to our place instead… You know, let Linds and Gus go all out, and then have a nice quiet holiday at home."
"Quiet" was all Brian needed to hear before he agreed.
***
Brian and Justin travel to Toronto to spend Christmas with a small part of their chosen family.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus
Tags: Christmas, Christmas Eve, Established Relationship, F/F, Family, Fluff, Friendship, M/M, Post-series
Genres: Angst w/ Happy Ending, Canon, Could be Canon, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Melanie/Lindsay
Series: Fatherhood
Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 33508 Read Count: 36694
Happy Holidays everyone. I have an early Christmas gift for you, and I hope you will enjoy it. This story is set a little over ten years after Justin headed off for New York City, leaving Pittsburgh behind. It seems that his plan didn't last long, and a decade later he is happily married to Brian. The only fly in the ointment of their happiness is how much Brian misses seeing his son, Gus far more often than the occasional visits back and forth to Canada. Justin's dearest wish is to arrange for Brian to receive the best Christmas gift ever, and he is willing to do whatever he can to make that happen
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor, Other Cast Regulars
Tags: Christmas, Family, Post-series
Genres: Fix-it
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5021 Read Count: 1203
A catch all for all the scenes, situations and shenanigans that don't fit into Britin: A Day in the Life or any of the currently being written or planned for stories in the Sunbeam Chronicles. Will include one-shots or scenes starting from the end of season five and onward; mainly focusing on the time before the start of 25 Days of Smutmas.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Blake Wyzecki, Brian Kinney, Carl Horvath, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, James 'Hunter' Montgomery, Justin Taylor, Michael Novotny, Original Character
Tags: Allergies , Body Modifications, Drug Use - Recreational, Friendship, M/M, Post-series
Genres: Alternate Canon, Humor
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Emmett/Drew, Michael/Ben, Ted/Blake
Series: Sunbeam Chronicles
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 14375 Read Count: 1086
Gus see Justin for the first time in years and regrets how he treated Justin the last time he saw him. Brian is dealing with keeping things from Gus while trying to be happy with the life he made away from everyone in Pittsburgh. Gus finds out those secrets and had to deal with the fact that not everything was what he thought was true.
Lorie, thank you for always checking up with me and being my beta. Without you theses stories wouldn't be what they are.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Blake Wyzecki, Brian Kinney, Carl Horvath, Cynthia, Daphne Chanders, David Cameron, Debbie Novotny, Drew Boyd, Emmett Honeycutt, Gus Marcus-Peterson, James 'Hunter' Montgomery, Jennifer Taylor, Jenny Rebecca Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Original Character, Original Male Character, Ted Schmidt
Tags: Anti-Melanie, Anti-Michael, Mental Health Issues, Out of Character
Genres: Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 21 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 119145 Read Count: 86258
Summary: The best night of Justin Taylor and Brian Kinney's life, even if it was ridiculously romantic, was shattered with the crack of a bat. But what will happen to the 'family' when they find out who wielded the bat?
STORY IS NOW COMPLETE. Once again, many thanks to Deb Tanner for the awesome plot bunny.
Categories: QAF US, Plot Bunnies
Characters: Brian Kinney, Carl Horvath, Daphne Chanders, David Cameron, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Ted Schmidt, Vic Grassi
Tags: Anti-Debbie, Anti-Michael, Bashing, Jealousy, Season 1
Genres: Alternate Canon, Angst w/ Happy Ending
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Melanie/Lindsay, Michael/David
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 18293 Read Count: 25381
Brian’s thoughts, and emotions during the greatest unification since Germany. Imagine the song Cha Cha is playing in the background.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: Getting Back Together, M/M, One-Shot, Season 3
Genres: Could be Canon, Drama, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 378 Read Count: 936
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Brian and Justin find themselves in the hospital trying to explain that things aren’t, as they seem.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: Anti-Michael, Getting Back Together, M/M, Real Life Issues, What if...
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10517 Read Count: 6929
Justin returns from working on Rage in LA and becomes depressed and must also face his largely untreated PTSD from the bashing. AU from 501. This series follows Justin and Brian as they navigate mental health diagnoses and treatment. Alternating first person POV with the focus always on Brian and Justin's relationship and their evolving dynamics - both as individuals and as a couple - as they navigate learning to manage chronic mental illness. Angst and Emotional Hurt/Comfort with themes of hope while challenging stigma around mental health.
Never in my life will I forget your presence. You found me torn apart and you took me back full and complete.
-Frida Kahlo
NOW COMPLETE!
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, M/M, Mental Health Issues, Rage, Real Life Issues, Season 5, Suicide
Genres: Angst w/ Happy Ending, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 25 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 124333 Read Count: 37961
Brian attends Justin's new opening.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Daphne Chanders, Justin Taylor, Original Female Character, Original Male Character
Tags: Brian/Other, Canon Divergence, What if...
Genres: Angst, Canon Divergence
Pairings: Brian/Other
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7962 Read Count: 3153
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor
Tags: 100k+ Word Count
Genres: Angst w/ Happy Ending
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: Can't Do Life Without You
Chapters: 17 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 139984 Read Count: 38118
Summary: After a harrowing experience, it turns out to be the best Halloween of Justin's life. The timeline has changed, so please just go with the flow.
This silly idea has been circling around in my head since Halloween and demanded to be written, so I can actually sleep at night.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: Halloween
Genres: Could be Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3280 Read Count: 761
What happens when you get everything only to find out you’re lost in a world where nothing feels real anymore? Brian and Emmett rise to the top of the music charts, and find out fame wasn't the only thing they wanted. And the lengths they went to for the men they loved, are no longer a secret.
Lorie, you are the best. No matter what I send you help me make it better.
Love ya for it,
Star
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Blake Wyzecki, Brian Kinney, Carl Horvath, Claire Kinney, Craig Taylor, Cynthia, Daphne Chanders, Debbie Novotny, Drew Boyd, Emmett Honeycutt, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Kiki, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Molly Taylor, Original Character, Ted Schmidt
Tags: Anti-Michael, Established Relationship, Out of Character, What if...
Genres: Alternate Universe
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Emmett/Drew, Melanie/Lindsay, Ted/Blake
Series: None
Chapters: 33 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 86557 Read Count: 132514
It’s funny how life works sometimes -- in cycles, repeating the same themes in different ways with different situations. Leaving it up to us to recognize a familiar situation and call on our past experience to get through it. But sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees.
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Justin decides to make a huge transition in his career, but things are not always what they seem.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor, Original Character
Tags: 10k+ Word Count, Established Relationship, Friendship, M/M, Mental Health Issues, Post-series, Real Life Issues, Tearjerker, Vulnerable Justin
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: Stories from the "Changed" Verse
Chapters: 19 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 65677 Read Count: 25575
Just a fun little Halloween story inspired by a plot bunny by Tuneesha Regu. She wrote"So, Brian is a wittle spooked by Justin's Halloween look. Is it just a Halloween makeover or his ray of Sunshine is possessed *evil grin*
This is what I came up with.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Justin Taylor
Tags: None
Genres: None
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2484 Read Count: 1126
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Michael Novotny
Tags: Anti-Michael, Bashing, Halloween, M/M, One-Shot, What if...
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Magical/Supernatural, Porny, Romance, Tragedy
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4815 Read Count: 3276
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: Halloween
Genres: Alternate Universe
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 556 Read Count: 932
Something I wrote as an exercise. Not beta'd and not great either. Just some fluff and a little angst.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney
Tags: Allergies
Genres: Could be Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 14487 Read Count: 6712
Hello, my dear readers. Today, I have something brand new for you. Before anything else, I want to dedicate this story to one of my dearest readers and friend, Vicki, for entrusting me with her plot bunny for this story. I couldn't have done it without her support. Also a big thank you to Judy, my fantastic beta, and Marika, my talented banner maker.
Now, as to this story, this is for all you animal lovers out there. What happens when Brian becomes the 'somewhat' reluctant (yet willing) rescuer of a pair of brutally abandoned dogs? How will this one act of kindness change his life and that of his beloved husband and son?
P.S. I've chosen Irish Setters in this case as a tribute to Vicki, a proud Irish lassie.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor, Original Female Character, Original Male Character
Tags: Family, Post-series, Real Life Issues
Genres: Drama
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10680 Read Count: 1318
I am writing this story, my first attempt at fanfiction, to avenge my voice for I have used it too many times to shout at my screen every time CowLip managed to screw their own story. In my opinion, for this is what it is, just my opinion, CowLip came up with great characters but failed in their development. I can't deny that their work was avant garde but I always wondered what would have happened if Brian wasn't so afraid of showing emotions. I changed a lot of things because I want to give the basic story a twist of my own and I hope you will like it.
For one of the twists, I got loosely inspired by "Can I come back home to you" and "And now we start on married life" by SammyScaDoo
I don't like Michael and Lindsay. They are the embodiment of parasites and I make it a duty to verbally beat down the Michael and Lindsay in the real world.
Some parts might remind you of something you have already read. As I can't remember every story I have ever read, and while I hope to limit myself to orginal ideas, apart from my disclosed inspiration, if I inadvertently borrow a storyline from anyone in the fandom, feel free to mentiion in the comments section and I'll make sure to give credit to the original author.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: Addiction/Alcoholism, Allergies , Anti-Lindsay, Anti-Michael, Bottom Brian, Business Brian, Canon Divergence, Dirty Talk, Drug Use - Recreational, Family, First Time (Sex), Fluff, Friendship, Homophobia, Jealousy, Language, M/M, Minor Violence, Oral Sex, Out of Character, Phone Sex, Possessive, Raw Sex, Real Life Issues, Responsible Justin, Sex Toys, Voyeurism, Wedding, What if...
Genres: Alternate Canon, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Canon Divergence, Could be Canon, Crime/Detective, Drama, Fix-it, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Debbie/Carl, Emmett/Drew, Melanie/Lindsay, Michael/Ben, Michael/David, Ted/Blake, Vic/Rodney
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 5531 Read Count: 16979
Continuation of the "Stripper" story. Brian and Justin are living in Pittsburgh and Justin is enjoying his success as a painter. Justin was ready for his life to move forward and enjoy his success, but now someone from his time as an exotic dancer is back in his life.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Cynthia, Daphne Chanders, Emmett Honeycutt, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson
Tags: 100k+ Word Count
Genres: Angst w/ Happy Ending
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 37 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 116984 Read Count: 60330
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A HALF-INSTALLMENT and companion to "Installment One: Clash Forward". Brian and Justin share their plans with a select few of the 'Family'. Between them all they will come up with a set of New Rules that will hopefully make Brian and Justin's transition from Pittsburgh natives to California residents a bit smoother.
As always a special THANK YOU goes to Lorie, who always asks the right questions to push my creativity that much further.
**COMPLETE**
HAPPY READING EVERYONE!
Categories: QAF US, Plot Bunnies
Characters: Brian Kinney, Cynthia, Daphne Chanders, Emmett Honeycutt, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Melanie Marcus, Ted Schmidt, Vic Grassi
Tags: 10k+ Word Count, Canon Divergence, Friendship, Language, M/M, What if...
Genres: Alternate Canon, Alternate Universe, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Canon, Canon Divergence, Could be Canon, Drama, Humor, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Melanie/Lindsay
Series: LEARNING TO SLEEP IN THE BED YOU MADE
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 35993 Read Count: 41890
The downfall of Michael and Lindsay and the start of a new life for the gang...
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Brian Kinney, Cody Bell, David Cameron, Gus Marcus-Peterson, James 'Hunter' Montgomery, Jenny Rebecca Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny
Tags: Anti-Lindsay, Anti-Michael, Family
Genres: Alternate Universe
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: Consequences
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 17644 Read Count: 42649
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Justin Taylor
Tags: Vulnerable Justin
Genres: Tragedy
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 20576 Read Count: 17410
Max is looking for a home, one that won't be taken away. Billy and Colton no longer try to believe it's possible anymore. One smile and their lives are turned upsidedown by the men of Liberty Avenue.
Lorie you are a true blessing in my life and my stories thank you for everything you do as my Beta and cheerleader
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Blake Wyzecki, Brian Kinney, Carl Horvath, Cynthia, Daphne Chanders, Debbie Novotny, Drew Boyd, Emmett Honeycutt, Gus Marcus-Peterson, James 'Hunter' Montgomery, Jennifer Taylor, Jenny Rebecca Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Molly Taylor, Original Character, Ted Schmidt, Tucker
Tags: Family, Friendship, Out of Character, Post-series
Genres: Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Debbie/Carl, Emmett/Drew, Melanie/Lindsay, Michael/Ben, Ted/Blake
Series: None
Chapters: 23 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 53676 Read Count: 87404
Life had changed a lot for Justin Taylor in the past year.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor, Other Cast Regulars
Tags: Anti-Michael, MPreg (Yup! Went THERE!)
Genres: None
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7184 Read Count: 20828