Making Ends Meet- AU series Part 2/14

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Author:guavejuice
Pairing:Brian/Justin.
Other Characters:Lindsay, Mel, Ted, Gus, Micheal, Emmett.
Summary:
A freak injury forces 40-year-old Brian Kinney to do something he never thought he would ever do: seek unemployment benefits. When he loses his job as a mechanic, will he ultimately wind up gaining something else much more precious?
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Part 2

"What's your social security number, Sir?" a nurse asks him curtly.

"I can't remember," Brian answers. The pain in his finger is unbearable at this point which is why he's asked his friend Michael to spend his Friday night at the emergency care clinic with him instead of cruising for guys at Woody's and Babylon.

"Health insurance?" The nurse asks monotonously without even lifting her head from behind the counter

Brian clears his throat. "I don't have any."

"Fill this out." The nurse doesn't seem impressed as she slams a few forms onto the counter.

Brian picks up a pen and the papers with his left hand and sits back, leafing through the forms; he's barely scribbling a few words here and there. Then he stops abruptly and grits his teeth.

"What the fuck?" he raises an eyebrow and shows Michael the page. "Note your sexual preference," he reads, feeling his anger mounting. "What the fuck does that have to do with anything? I can't fucking believe this." He writes 'gay' on the dotted line.

"Don't…" Michael tries to calm him down just as the nurse calls "Mr. Kinney? The doctor will see you now."

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"I can't afford not to go to work for six months. I can't!" Brian huffs as he and Michael leave the clinic.

"Don't think about it right now. You heard what the doctor said. You've got a multiple tendon fracture, whatever the fuck that is, on your finger. You need to take it easy. Not to mention you need to keep wearing that thing." Michael points at Brian's heavily bandaged finger.

"I can't take it easy! I might lose my job at the auto repair shop. You know how badly things are with the economy and all that shit." Brian grunts. "Fuck! I can't believe it happened during a soccer game with Gus!"

Michael doesn't answer. He stops the car just in front of Brian's apartment complex.

"You can ask Lindsay's girlfriend to help you. She works at this unemployment agency. Maybe she would know what do to?" Michael suggests as Brian struggles to get out of the car.

"Smelly Melly? Hell, no." Brian shrugs. "But I might go down there tomorrow morning to see if I can at least sign up for unemployment. Lindsay and Gus need that money more than I do."

"Call me if you need anything," Michael says after a slight pause before he takes off.

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Brian slowly manages to undress and takes a quick and painful shower.

"Fuck, I can't even jerk off!" a thought crosses his mind. On his way to his bed, he stares at the digital numbers of the microwave clock in his tiny kitchen. It's 3a.m. It's when he's usually coming back home from Babylon, Woody's, or both on a Friday night. He's too tired and agitated to do any of it at this point of the night anyway.


TBC…