crack_van | Just Take What You Need by kel (R)

This will be my last Brian/Justin rec for a while. Next time we begin with the rarer pairings of the fandom.

Fandom: QUEER AS FOLK US
Pairing: Brian/Justin
Author on LJ:

throughadoor
Author Website: through a door
Why this must be read:

Just Take What You Need is a post season 4 fic about Justin finally graduating from college, and deciding what to do with his life afterwards. But that makes it sound so boring when it's really poignant and funny and incredibly true. kel taps into a universal feeling of confusion that can come at times such as these, plus every character that makes an appearance, even if only for a moment is so spot on.

There are speeches, but you don't hear them. There's some kind of musical interlude, but it barely registers. You almost forget to cross the podium and accept your empty portfolio equivalent of a diploma when they call your name. It's like you're still asleep except that it's all so real that you expect the air to have sharp points. It's too real, even. It's like believing that you weren't quite really going to graduate meant that you could completely block out thinking about anything that was going to come next and now what's next is here and you are so completely fucked.

Just Take What You Need