A Partner-free Week Getaway has sent relationships spiraling out of control. After a public altercation, landing the couples in front of Judge Marcus, four skilled counselors will have their work cut out for them to save the well-known couples of Liberty Avenue.

The question is: can they be saved... or do they even want to?

*This ambitious work is 5 stories in one fic! 

Before I Let Go: General and Counselors Povs

Staying or Going- Brian and Justin’s story

In or Out- Michael and Ben’s story

The Wife or the Mistress- Ted and Blake’s story

Fire and Ice- Emmett and Drew’s  story

Justin and Brian meet on a vacation. They continue to see each other until Justin gets tired of being a secret and begins to resent the barrier that Brian keeps between them. 

I chose this particular story because of the amount of detail and depth involved. The original characters that are introduced add intrigue and charm to an already compelling tale - Jazzepoet

Brian and Justin meet in New York city, in 2005.  Brian is an ad exec and Justin is an intern for Brian's company.    

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?

Brian Kinney is disturbed by the sounds of misery coming from the downstairs neighbor’s apartment. When he meets the apartment’s occupant, he finds that he can’t ignore what’s going on. Is there some way that Brian can help this apparently lost soul and maybe heal himself in the process?

“Ethan, we need the money. And it’s not like I’m going to go and see him anyway, I mean he’s a Partner now, and besides he never goes down to the art department anyway."

WARNING: This fic contains abuse and rape.