with all the love that never occured between us by kel (R)

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Alright! I'm [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and I'll be driving the QAF US van for the month of March. I'm a Brian/Michael shipper with a soft spot for rare pairings and gen fic. So that's what you'll be seeing from me. Hopefully there will be a little something for everyone. So let's get started.


Fandom: QUEER AS FOLK US
Pairing: Brian/Michael (unrequited)
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author Website: Obsessive Tendencies
Why this must be read:

The fic is very much in line with how the show turned out, in terms of Michael's development. And I do love this fic, despite my shipping tendencies. It's the quiet angst that gets me every time. It's a story where the ending doesn't have to be happy, and love doesn't have to be requited because that's what's realistic. Life doesn't work the way Michael expected it to and he learns to accept that. And maybe it's better for him that he does.



Michael was pretty sure that he was gunning for sainthood after all the times he'd pushed Brian away when it was clear that he was making his move under false pretenses. When Brian's father died, and the one time a year he allowed himself to do acid, and the night Justin got hurt, lying together in Brian's bed after he'd forced Brian into and out of the shower to remove the metallic stain from his skin.

He used to carry these moments around inside him as little proofs of the strength of their friendship, but after he found out that Brian slept with Ben, he stopped, because after that it didn't really seem like something to be proud of anymore.




with all the love that never occured between us