Finally, Justin is out of the hospital and goes looking for Brian. Gap-filler for Episode 2-01.

This story is the result of the request by a wonderful reader of mine named Lorie.  It begins in 2005.  Justin is a young man in NYC who makes his living as the writer of gay porn and adult fiction.  He has bigger goals for himself.  He dreams of publishing the great American gay romance novel, but he has little to base it on.  Justin does not do relationships and has little trust of others due to a painful childhood.  Brian Kinney is the owner of his own ad agency which has taken on Justin's publishing house as a new client.  What will happen when Brian and Justin meet eventually...two lost souls afraid of commitment.  I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my Granddaughter, Amy, for the banner and my friend Pat for beta help.  I also want to thank Lorie for trusting me with her idea.  So enjoy and remember that comments are always welcome.   

Brian Visits Justin's Therapist.

Everyone has advice for Justin about choosing a college,but he must make his own decision. Gap-Filler for Episode 18.

Episode 17 Gap Filler: Brian struggles to make a decision about Gus.

Brian indulges in some late night thinking: He never thought he’d be this calm, relaxed and satisfied at this point of his life, and he wonders what he has achieved so far, what the world one day will remember him by.

Some words wound. Others heal.

How much life can change in Ten Minutes, Ten Hours, Ten Days, and Ten Years… Story Sub-plot: Countdown to the Best Christmas Ever…

Several months after Brian and Justin part ways, a private airing of their dirty laundry results in a night of passion that neither one can forget or stop. But what happens when Brian is tired of playing second 'fiddle' to the fiddler? And how the hell do they keep the Gurus of Gossip aka the 'family' from finding out about their affair?
Based on the plot bunny from TAG!

*This is a bit outdated now (Yay! Thank you SCOTUS!), but I wrote this as an homage to the striking down of Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage ban by the U.S. District Court. It still feels gooood! 

There comes a moment of seemingly cruel realization, a moment in which you come into ownership of a parenthetical knowledge about your identity. It should pale in comparison to your diagnosis. But it doesn't; it supercedes it. Runs past all the cautionary information relayed to you by physicians and counselors and rushes to the finish line. It's an insidious understanding that you are now not only Positive - you are Appositive. Your identity will forevermore be placed into brackets, qualified and added to and amended. If only within yourself. No longer are you John. You are now, John +. - Benjamin Bruckner, R-U-1-2 *

A series of drabbles about coming of age, and dealing with real life issues…