Brian had no idea how Justin could live this parallel life. How was it possible for Justin to split himself in two like that? To live with him, whilst stealing away to someone else, then returning home as if nothing had happened? Brian had never felt so betrayed, full of rage, and painfully manipulated in his life.

Gapfiller for 219, in which Brian and Justin descend towards a confrontation over Ethan, and follows through 220.

Co-written with ebbj9891 (on ao3)