I absolutely loved this story. One of the best things I’ve read in a while :)

And I can see this exact situation happening in the future- and I don’t think Brian noticed the issues because he’d never known what a true best friend should act like- Micheal never acted like a friend unless it suited him- and I always wondered how much of everyone else’s view of Brian as the “arsehole” was influenced by Micheal- right from the first episode we see him tell Emmett that Brian begged him to come to the hospital rather than stay with the the trick, when in fact it was the other way around. I always wondered how often things like that had happened. 

Im just so glad Gus was able to make Brian see the truth and remind him what really mattered. And I’m so happy to see Brian finally set Micheal straight once and for all- i wanted to cheer during the bar scene! Because it never happened on the show, Micheals bad behaviour always got overlooked and he never had to answer for anything- even the punch resulted in Brian being seen as the evil bully and Micheal never told anyone what really happened... when in fact Micheals behaviour toward Justin in that entire episode was absolutely unforgivable-  and yet it was Brian that apologised then too- Micheal would never have made the first move to set things right, because he never accepted he ever did anything wrong thanks to Debs coddling all his life and making Brian the scapegoat.

This entire story was absolutely brilliant- I loved the whole plot and all the characterisations were perfect. It also had me wondering how much more had gone on behind the scenes that Brian didn’t even find out about- how did Micheal always seem to know when he got home to call at the exact right time etc. What else was he up to?  I could honestly see this all playing out like this in every way, so glad Justin got Gus away from the girls- in the show I always thought that environment was really toxic for those kids, as both of the girls were completely selfish in all their actions. And we all knew Micheal would expect Brian to be there for him at the expense of his own life whenBen died- i wonder if that was in the back of Micheals mind all along, that he could play his happy hetero white picket fence fantasy with someone temporary, and then after Ben dies Brain might be over the club scene and finally he and Brian would be two queers living together in Palm Springs like he always wanted.

Thank you both so much for writing and sharing this wonderful story- you’ve totally made my day :)

A-Mazing! Two of the things that bugged me so much in season 2 was that Brian also broke their deal by kissing Mikey on the mouth, and that everyone barged into the loft all the time with no respect for the fact that Justin lived there too now- this story is exactly how 206 should have gone down, absolutely perfect :)