Title: Broken dreams

[guavejuice]

Author: guavejuice
Pairing: Brian/Justin
Timeline: Season 5 episode 7 (kind of a gapfillar )
A/N: Written for Prompt #196 @ Drabylon
The Prompt:

Word count: 400
Beta: mander3_swish thank you so much, darling!!
Disclaomer: I own nothing.
Comments are most welcome.



"Thanks for meeting me, Daph," Justin whispered, letting his breath create small frosty circles in the air. "I couldn't possibly meet you over at Michael and Ben's."

"I know."

"Brian came to the house yesterday. He must have heard I was there. He didn't know I was standing at the top of the stairs. He didn't realize I heard him talking to Michael. Well, it was impossible not to hear - they were both shouting."

"Why were they shouting?" Daphne asked, reaching out to hold Justin's hand.

Justin's voice sounded shallow. "Because of me. Michael blamed Brian for my leaving.”

"Well, don't you?" Daphne asked gently. She and Justin barely saw each other nowadays, but she still knew him well.

"I do, actually, but it still hurt to hear. I still love Brian even if we're not going in the same direction anymore." He paused. "Brian said that I was perfectly happy until Michael infected me with his ideas about a husband and a home," Justin whispered under his breath.

"Oh, wow, that was rather harsh," Daphne commented, "But… you’ve always had those dreams, haven’t you? I'm sure Brian knew that."

"I thought I was over those dreams, but when I saw how happy Michael and Ben are in their new home, I felt… well… why can't Brian and I have that?"

"You know I love you Justin, and I want you to be happy, but let's face it, maybe you and Brian can never have that."

"So… you're saying we're … over?" Justin shivered slightly.

"I'm not saying that, and don't you ever think that. I know you two still love each other, but maybe you need to find something that’s right for you."

"That doesn't sound too comforting. Brian and I might never reach a compromise." Justin took a deep breath.

"When the time is right, you'll know." Daphne hugged her friend.

"Why do I have to carry all the weight in the relationship? I want him to be a part of it too…" Justin lowered his eyes.

"He is. He just needs more time to realize that."

"How can you be sure? I'm not even sure how long I'll be able to wait for him."

"Something tells me you two will find a way. I don't know when or where, but I know you will, eventually. Now… let's go have some coffee. It's fucking freezing out here."

Comments

[manueladb.livejournal.com]

Very nice Vered! I've always felt it was strange Justin didn't talk with anyone about Brian and Michael's fight over him. I love you had him talk to Daphne.

[guavejuice.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your feedback, Manu. So glad you liked it. When I saw the prompt I remember how many times we talked about that ;)

[soulmatejunkee.livejournal.com]

Actually I think he talked to Michael about it, more or less...

[guavejuice.livejournal.com]

He might, but I think at that point in S5 Brian and Micheal didn't exactly see eye to eye, esp not in comes to committed relationship *sigh*

[rainbow1907.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful gapfiller, sweetie! A lovely little piece of fic, thank you very much :)

Warm hugs from Rena ♥

[guavejuice.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your feedback, my darling Rena, So glad to know you liked it.
*Warm hugs back at ya*

[balrogtweety.livejournal.com]

Daphne didn't get enough credit in the show and it's nice that Justin had this talk with her.

Nice job. *HUGS*

[guavejuice.livejournal.com]

I agree.
She was very present during the first break up, but not as much during S5. I thought that's something Justin would share with her.
Thank you so much for your comment, Jane.
*hugs you back*

[soulmatejunkee.livejournal.com]

Well done V. :)

[guavejuice.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, LS, I'm so glad you think so :)
*hugs*

[pam81.livejournal.com]

Great gapfiller sweetie ♥
It would have been amazing to see this on the show.

Thanks for sharing =) *hugs*

[guavejuice.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much,sweetie.
I always thought Justin needed to talk to someone after he overheard Brian *sigh*
*hugs you back*