exsequar: (poor brian (paddies))
exsequar ([personal profile] exsequar) wrote2005-03-08 08:25 pm

QaF drabble

So I was in chemistry class, thinking about Brian and Justin (duh) and just starting scribbling... this is what came out!

Title: Something Missing
Author: Anne (starlight1013@hotmail.com)
Word Count: 244
Fandom: Queer as Folk
Pairing: Brian/Justin
Rating: PG (13?)
Timeline: Placed right after 301, since that's what I've watched up to; Brian and Justin are split up, and Justin's with Ethan. In order to understand the last line, you have to know why they broke up.
Summary: Lying in Ethan's arms, Justin automatically begins thinking about Brian.
Disclaimer: If I owned Brian and Justin, I would lock them in a room together and keep them ALL TO MYSELF! Bwahahahaha *cough* Therefore, I do not own them. Alas.
Feedback: Much appreciated, of course!


In Ethan's arms, Justin feels somehow wrong. He's relaxed and comfortable and loves the feel of Ethan's warm breath ruffling the hair on the nape of his neck – yet there's something vaguely unsettling about the whole situation.

He tries not to think about it, but he can't help it. The youthful leanness of the arm draped over his waist is just too strange and unfamiliar – he misses the mature strength and power inherent in Brian's presence, a sort of fortitude that rolls off of him in waves, radiating from his skin when they’re spooned together and enveloping Justin in its reassuring warmth.

He misses the unearthly blue glow of the lights over their bed... Brian's bed.

He misses the cute grumpiness of bed-head Brian in the morning.

He misses the gut twisting jealousy he feels whenever Brian gets home after 1 AM.

He misses the cocky arrogance that oozes from Brian's every pore, whether he’s lounging in a robe or devouring Justin's mouth with his own.

He misses everything about living with Brian: his blunt honesty, his insistence that Justin always drink out of a glass and never the carton, his resonant voice whispering dirty words mixed with tender endearments in Justin’s ear while making love.

A wave of grief washes over Justin, physically painful in its intensity, and he fights the sudden urge to wrench himself out of Ethan’s arms, arms that are wrong simply because they aren't his.

Romance is overrated anyways.

[identity profile] ringwench.livejournal.com 2005-03-09 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Guh.

That was awesome! Love the attention to detail about the subtle things Justin misses about Brian.

The last line rocks!

[identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com 2005-03-09 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for reading it hun! I'm so glad you like it :) Much more productive than doing chemistry problems, yes? hee hee.

[identity profile] the5thmarauder.livejournal.com 2005-03-09 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
*pets you*

Two words.

Wonder. Woman.

[identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com 2005-03-09 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughs* Thanks sweetie! *feels all super-hero like* I'm almost done beta-ing your fic, btw! I'm sorry it's taking so long, I'm totally in thesis mode >.

[identity profile] theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com 2005-03-10 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
*huggles the Justin*

That was lovely!

[identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com 2005-03-10 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D *gives a cookie*

[identity profile] theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com 2005-03-10 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
*munches on the cookie and waits for more drabbles :P* lol.