I chose this story because it is not your typical Brian and Justin story. Also it deals with a subject that is very important to me. I lost a friend due to the lack of a donor -Lorie
Life has always been a constant struggle for eighteen year-old Justin Taylor, until one fateful day at the diner when he meets the man known as the Stud of Liberty Avenue, Brian Kinney. Both of their lives are changed forever in a way that neither of them ever anticipated.
Categories: QAF US, Admin Pick
Characters: Brian Kinney, Craig Taylor, Daphne Chanders, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Original Character, Original Female Character, Ted Schmidt, Vic Grassi
Tags: Anal Sex (Lots of it!), Anti-Michael, Coming Out, Language, M/M, Real Life Issues
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Porny, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 28 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 61594 Read Count: 153549
Chris Hobbs' life has sucked ever since his first encounter with Justin Taylor. Five years later he's living in a crappy apartment and working an even crappier job and he blames it all on Taylor. Because of Taylor he lost his football scholarship, didn't graduate from college and is estranged from his family and former friends. Now he wants revenge!
The story starts the night of the bombing of Babylon. . . .
****Many Thanks for my new Banner to Marny - the Banner Goddess *****
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: 10k+ Word Count, Mental Health Issues, Other Character Death, Violence
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 66541 Read Count: 41991
Brian receives a phone call from his Sonny Boy asking about "boy stuffs"...
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor
Tags: 1k Words or Less, Bisexual, Coming Out, One-Shot, Post-series
Genres: Humor
Pairings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 851 Read Count: 1640
Flip a coin... any coin! But what happens when two sides of the same coin meet? Brian Kinney and Justin Taylor are about to find out. And what happens when the two aloof men find themselves breaking all of their self-imposed rules? Guaranteed mayhem!
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Blake Wyzecki, Brian Kinney, Claire Kinney, Craig Taylor, Cynthia, Daphne Chanders, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, Gardner Vance, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Jack Kinney, James 'Hunter' Montgomery, Jennifer Taylor, Joan Kinney, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Michael Novotny, Molly Taylor, Original Character, Ted Schmidt, Todd (Backroom), Tucker, Vic Grassi
Tags: Abuse/Child Abuse, Addiction/Alcoholism, Anal Sex (Lots of it!), Anti-Lindsay, Anti-Michael, BDSM, Bottom Brian, Brian/Other, Drug Use - Recreational, Homophobia, Justin/Other, Kink, Language, M/M, Mental Health Issues, Minor Character Death, Minor Violence, Non-Consent, Non-Monogamous Pairings, Orgy (plays well w/others), Out of Character, PTSD, Rape, Real Life Issues, Rimming, Role Play, Self-Harm, Substance Abuse, Threesomes, Toppy Justin, Voyeurism
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Brian/Justin/Other, Brian/Other, Debbie/Carl, Justin/Other, Melanie/Lindsay, Michael/Ben, Ted/Blake, Vic/Rodney
Series: None
Chapters: 17 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 98855 Read Count: 64844
Seasons 1& 2 Hybrid with emphasis on the bashing and the recovery from it as I think it could have/ should have happened.
Initial Plot Bunny from Deb Tanner: What if Michael had tried to stop Brian from going into the prom and had witnessed the attack?
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Blake Wyzecki, Brian Kinney, Carl Horvath, Claire Kinney, Craig Taylor, Cynthia, Daphne Chanders, David Cameron, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, Ethan Gold, Father Tom Butterfield, Gardner Vance, George Shickel, Gus Marcus-Peterson, James 'Hunter' Montgomery, James Stockwell, Jennifer Taylor, Joan Kinney, Justin Taylor, Kenneth Reichart, Leda, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Molly Taylor, Original Character, Ted Schmidt, Vic Grassi
Tags: Abuse/Child Abuse, Anti-Lindsay, Anti-Michael, Bashing, Bottom Brian, Brian/Other, Drug Use - Recreational, Hatred, Homophobia, Justin/Other, Language, Mental Health Issues, Minor Character Death, Non-Consent, Non-Monogamous Pairings, Orgy (plays well w/others), Out of Character, Prostitution, PTSD, Rape, Real Life Issues, Self-Harm, Threesomes, Toppy Justin, Torture, Voyeurism
Genres: Alternate Canon, Angst, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Could be Canon, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Tragedy
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Brian/Justin/Other, Emmett/George, Justin/Other, Michael/David
Series: None
Chapters: 53 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 285328 Read Count: 211844
Justin Taylor is a former marine, discharged after three tours in Iraq. He’s struggling to find his feet in the civilian world he has returned to and decides to go in search of the unknown man whose photo he believes was his good luck charm during the war. His search takes him to Pittsburgh where he meets Brian Kinney, who’s busy dealing with his own demons. Together the two men might be able to heal each other. Inspired by the movie/book of the same name.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: 10k+ Word Count, Out of Character, Violence
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 58362 Read Count: 34823
Summary: Justin and his friends are off on an adventure to Wine Country to try and meet up with the man of his dreams!
*****Thanks to Marny for her Incredible Banner Magic!!*****
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Daphne Chanders, Emmett Honeycutt, Justin Taylor
Tags: 10k+ Word Count
Genres: Alternate Universe, Humor, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 20912 Read Count: 13691
Justin is living in NYC with his boyfriend, Connor James, who is an actor. He comes home from a trip to Pittsburgh to find a 'Dear John' letter from Connor who's gone to LA for a movie part. The next morning Justin wakes to find Brian Kinney pounding on his door, apparently thinking he's sublet the apartment. Brian is just starting a new job in NYC. Justin has nowhere to go either. It seems like the best solution is to just share the apartment, at least for a while. It pretty quickly becomes apparent though that these two men aren't exactly compatible roomies. But there's a definite attraction between them too. How are these two very different men going to handle cohabiting in a small apartment? A QAF Fanfic Novella very loosely based on the classic movie, The Odd Couple.
***All Hail Marny, The Banner Goddess, for my wonderful Banner!***
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Daphne Chanders, Justin Taylor
Tags: 100k+ Word Count, Out of Character
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama, Humor, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 41 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 165183 Read Count: 119395
Ad man Brian Kinney meets talented young artist Justin Taylor at the gallery where the younger man lives...and works. Sparks fly leaving both men shocked and uncertain about their newfound working relationship. How will they ever be able to get any work done?
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Cynthia
Tags: Other Character Death
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 19834 Read Count: 25694
3 years after Justin left to take the NY art world by storm, Brian and Justin encounter each other during a crisis with the one person, other than each other, that really rocks their world, their son Gus.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: Anti-Michael, Unsafe Sex
Genres: Angst
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9543 Read Count: 13068
Justin has been back from New York for a week and in that time the "family" just wouldn't leave him and Brian alone to enjoy their reunion. There have been countless calls demanding Brian produce Sunshine, unannounced visits and several walk-ins performed by Michael, of course.
On one such evening, as Brian and Justin are in the middle of foreplay, Michael barges in and without regard to what he interrupted demands that they join him and the guys for a night out at Woody's. When Emmett suggests a "couple's pool game," Brian and Justin have to decide if the stakes are too high -- Freedom from Family vs. Learning to Share. Who will win the Tawdry Tournament?
Categories: QAF US, Reader's Choice Award
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Blake Wyzecki, Brian Kinney, Drew Boyd, Emmett Honeycutt, Justin Taylor, Michael Novotny, Ted Schmidt
Tags: 10k+ Word Count
Genres: Alternate Universe, Humor
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Emmett/Drew, Michael/Ben, Ted/Blake
Series: ALL IN
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 14290 Read Count: 6405
Watching the Rise and Shine Convention on youtube, I heard Randy say that he pictures Justin still being in New York today, having made a success of his art. He went on to say that he pictures the relationship between Brian and Justin as completely changed.
So, after I got over my initial screaming fit, bellowing nooooooo at the computer screen, much to the chagrin of my family...this is where my muse went with this new stimuli...
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: None
Genres: Could be Canon, Drama, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6729 Read Count: 1876
Brian and Justin understand each other. The rest of the world does not, even though many of them think that they do.
This one-shot, set long after Justin has moved to New York, shows that things in the lives of those around us are not always what they seem
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: Underage Sex
Genres: Could be Canon, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3497 Read Count: 2647
Brian had been restless. For the first time in his life he found that he was growing tired of the same old routine. He wondered, with the change of seasons, if something - or someone - new might be possible in his life as well. Still, he knew it was unlikely that the type of man who could make the difference that had been on his mind was actually out there - and he was quite certain that if he was, it was more than a little improbable that such a man would just simply drop into his life...
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: None
Genres: None
Pairings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3356 Read Count: 2324
Brian and Justin live in different worlds. Brian is still based out of Pittsburgh, while Justin is in New York. Yet, they still have a great deal in common. Both are successful...both are respected in their fields...both are wealthy...both feel like they should feel on top the world….and...both feel like there is something missing in their life. It’s been five years since they have seen each other. Will a chance meeting bring them together, or will they remain as far apart as ever?
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: None
Genres: Angst, Could be Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 31605 Read Count: 46610
The first episode of season 3 was unbelievably off the mark for me - and for so many reasons.
First, Justin made the biggest mistake of his life by choosing Ethan over Brian, showing just how far he had strayed from the ability he once had to read the man who had thrown away his rule book, and was scrambling to write a new one as he went along.
Worse still, in my book however, is that while Brian had plenty to answer for to Justin regarding his behavior, it was his family that once again blamed Brian for all the wrongs in the world, never once considering the fact that hitting Michael was so far out of character for Brian that something really huge must have triggered it.
Once again the golden child could do no wrong, only Brian knowing how far out of line his so-called best friend's comments about Justin had been, and everyone quickly rallied around Michael with love and support, while directing nothing but anger and disgust at the one man who had always been there to pick up all the pieces in their lives.
Ok...so now that I got that off my chest
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: Anti-Michael
Genres: Angst, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3483 Read Count: 4703
Brian has been known to throw his friends off that now famous cliff, always with the best of intentions, but leaving the other party with absolitely no control in the matter. As much as I LOVE Brian, I thought perhaps he should feel the pain of being pushed off that cliff, with all the angst and heartache that accompanies the leap.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: None
Tags: Out of Character
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 32411 Read Count: 16230
After eight years of marriage, The Taylor-Kinneys are about to find out they really DON'T KNOW each other at all. Danger, Intrigue and at the bottom of it all the TRUTH. Loosely based on Mr. and Mrs. Smith, WELCOME to Assassination Nation!
***THE STORY IS NOW COMPLETE***
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Brian Kinney, Carl Horvath, Daphne Chanders, David Cameron, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Michael Novotny, Ted Schmidt, Vic Grassi
Tags: Anti-Dave, Minor Character Death, Violence
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Drama, Humor, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 71074 Read Count: 24693
What was supposed to be the best night of Molly's life takes a turn for the worst when four young men fail to understand that No means No. in an attempt to help Molly through this difficult time, Justin seeks the help of Brian Kinney, one of Pittsburgh's most successful lawyers. Can these two head strong men keep their relationship strictly professional once they've met? Read and find out :)
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Molly Taylor, Original Character
Tags: Real Life Issues
Genres: Alternate Universe, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 14387 Read Count: 7191
What happens when the life you know is all a lie?
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Blake Wyzecki, Craig Taylor, Daphne Chanders, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor
Tags: Abuse/Child Abuse, Addiction/Alcoholism, Real Life Issues
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 13 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 18097 Read Count: 20069
Brian Kinney had a terrible childhood and a difficult, lonely life as an adult. Before the age of thirty he's already become so jaded that he doesn't believe in love or even in true happiness. After years of dealing with a dysfunctional family and an uncaring world, it seems like he's just about ready to give up completely. But, the guardian spirit that's been watching over him since Brian was a baby decides to save him, teaching him that true love does exist and that it can even transcend the laws of space and time.
***Thanks for the beautiful Banner to the Incomparable Marny!***
*****STORY IS NOW COMPLETE!*****
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: 100k+ Word Count, Abuse/Child Abuse, Anal Sex (Lots of it!), Underage Sex, Violence
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 33 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 154729 Read Count: 80033
Our Sunshine family awaits the news about Brian.
Story #26 in the Sunshine Files
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor, Original Character, Other Cast Regulars
Tags: Family
Genres: Alternate Canon, Drama
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: The Sunshine Files
Chapters: 17 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 45292 Read Count: 76928
Right before its time for advertising executive Brian Kinney to create the campaign for fashion designer Monsieur Honeycutt’s spring collection, Marty Ryder decides to retire. After the company is bought by Gardner Vance, Brian finds that he is no longer top dog and must now contend with Brandon Greene, one of Vance’s partners. As Brian fights for supremacy against Brandon at work and at play, Brian also becomes interested in the new director of the art department, Justin Taylor.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brandon, Brian Kinney, Cynthia, Gardner Vance, Justin Taylor
Tags: Anal Sex (Lots of it!), Bottom Brian, Brian/Other, Language, M/M, Toppy Justin
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Porny, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Brian/Other
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 16811 Read Count: 8761
Summary:
POST SERIES AU chronicling the highs and lows of Brian and Justin's attempt to keep their long distance romance going. Will they find out that they are stronger together or more productive apart?
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Blake Wyzecki, Brian Kinney, Cynthia, Daphne Chanders, Debbie Novotny, Drew Boyd, Emmett Honeycutt, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Jennifer Taylor, Jenny Rebecca Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Molly Taylor, Original Character, Ted Schmidt
Tags: Post-series
Genres: Canon, Could be Canon, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Brian/Other, Justin/Other
Series: TIME'S UP
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 97391 Read Count: 31304
High school senior Justin Taylor has two passions in life: literature and Brian Kinney. Unfortunately for Justin, Mr. Kinney happens to be his English teacher at St. James Academy, making their relationship even more forbidden than Romeo and Juliet’s. After signing up as stage manager for the school’s holiday play, which Mr. Kinney is directing, Justin learns that his teacher’s life is more tragic than anything Shakespeare ever wrote.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Brian Kinney, Chris Hobbs, Claire Kinney, Craig Taylor, Daphne Chanders, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, Jennifer Taylor, Joan Kinney, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Ted Schmidt, Vic Grassi
Tags: Addiction/Alcoholism, Anal Sex (Lots of it!), Anti-Michael, BDSM, Birthday, Coming Out, Drug Use - Recreational, Language, M/M, Minor Violence, Rimming, Slow Burn, Substance Abuse, Thanksgiving
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Drama, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 48 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 118031 Read Count: 170097