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How We Got Where We're Going

Allie

Disclaimer: All things QAF belong to CowLip. I take liberties but they own them, I don’t.
Characters: All Queer As Folk characters
Pairing: Brian and Justin
Warning: Entire Thing will be NC-17. Spoilers for like all Five Seasons.

XII - Heat

"Some people change their ways when they see the light; others when they feel the heat"
~ Caroline Schoeder ~

June 11, 2019 1:16am

Justin's POV

Brian is in the office down the hall, and I'm in the kitchen cleaning because I can't think of anything else to do. I have to do something to keep my hands busy. I thought about going to my studio but that's the last place I want to be right now. After we showed Gus his studio, which he loved, we came back to the loft, ordered some pizza, and watched some really old movie on TV. Gus went to his room about nine o'clock and when I went to check on him an hour later he was sound asleep in his bed. I wasn't surprised. He looked exhausted from the moment he got off the plane and I know that, despite sleeping issues, an attack can pretty much wipe a person out.

I feel restless. I feel…like I'm on edge without any reason to be. Maybe it's from seeing Gus today, pressed up against the wall panicking, looking scared, and just so fucking alone. It felt too familiar, too raw, too fucking real. I keep telling myself that this isn't about me, it's about Gus, it's about helping Gus, and that it was eighteen years ago and it shouldn't matter anymore. It shouldn't bother me. I shouldn't even be thinking about it. But it does, and I do.

I can feel the tightness in the fingers of my right hand as I scrub the sink. I ignore it. It's all in my head. Mind over matter. If I tell myself it's nothing it will just go away. I try. It doesn't work. My fingers curl around the rag involuntarily. It fucking hurts. I bite my lip to keep from screaming. I don't want to admit it, but the older I get the more my hand acts up. God forbid Brian find that out. Like he needs another thing to worry about.

I remove the rag from my fingers with my left hand and shake out my right one. Not like that helps, although sometimes it does. It's nothing, I tell myself. It's all in my mind…but I feel the pain clenching my fingers in a vice grip. I try to ignore it. Stop making it about you, it's not, I chastise myself. It's just the stress from today, the airport, fighting with Brian, thinking about how I'm going to tell Grady I'm adding another artist to the show, plus the whole thing with Gus. It's all just stress. That's all.

I turn on the water faucet and rinse out the sink. I think about cleaning it again, but five times seems a little excessive. Turning off the faucet, I ring out the rag and start wiping down the countertops. Maybe I should clean out the refrigerator. I haven't done that in a while. It probably needs it. I fold the rag into a square and place it on the sink next to the dish soap. Yeah, the refrigerator definitely needs to be cleaned out.

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June 11, 2019 1:20am

Brian's POV

He doesn't know I'm watching but I am. It takes everything I have not to walk in there when I see him shaking out his hand. He must have wiped down every surface in the kitchen at least a dozen times. It's all a little too fucking familiar. When I see him heading towards the refrigerator I decide it's time to make my presence known.

"Stop." I tell him.

He jumps a little at the sound of my voice. "I didn't hear you come in."

I lean against the counter crossing my arms. "I know." His right hand is clutching the refrigerator handle as he stares into the stainless steel surface, as if it holds the answers to all of life's problems. "Come here." I tell him.

He doesn't move, just shakes his head no. I go to him, wrapping my arms around his waist, pulling him to my bare chest. He's shaking.

"I'm fine." He mumbles.

I hate it when he lies. "No, you're not."

"It's just been a long day." I agree. It's been an incredibly long, incredibly tedious day.

I kiss his neck as I run my hand up his side, over his arm, and pry his fingers from the refrigerator handle. He moans a little when I do it. I feel this stiffness in his fingers. Turning him around, I begin to massage his hand, pressing my thumbs along his palm, up each of his fingers, trying to work out the cramp that has seized them. I look up and see him grimacing so I stop. "That hurt?"

He nods, dropping his chin to his chest. "Yeah, but keep doing it." I continue with the massage, working each digit until I feel him relaxing to my ministrations. "It's nothing," he mumbles.

I reach up and tilt his head until his eyes meet mine. "It's not nothing." He leans into my hand as I stroke his cheek. "You need to take a Flexeril."

He pulls away from me and moves toward the sink shaking his head. "I'm fine. It's just stress."

I watch him closely and choose my words carefully. "Would you let me get away without taking my medicine?"

"I didn't even paint today." He says instead of answering me.

"No." I say slowly. "But you were sketching before we went to the airport and you've been in here cleaning the kitchen for over an hour." I walk over to the sink and still his hands. "Stop it."

He looks up at me. His eyes are deep blue tonight. "It's just…seeing Gus like that today…"

I pull him to me, wrapping my arms around his waist. His hands are wet and cold when they touch the skin of my lower back. Kissing his temple I whisper, "I know."
I do know. I know exactly what he means. Seeing Gus like that made me remember seeing Justin like that. It made eighteen years just disappear, fade away, as if all this time had never transpired. The only difference is that it isn't Justin this time, and we aren't flying blind trying to figure out what the fuck to do. We've been there, worked it out, and made it through. It doesn't mean we've forgotten though. Knowing what to expect and how to handle it doesn't make it any easier to deal with, because despite our best intentions it transports us both back to a time we'd rather forget.

His hands stroke my back, giving me chills as the cool air dries the wetness. "I don't want Gus to think he can't tell us when something's wrong." He pulls back from me so he can look me in the eyes. "I don't want him to have to hide anything because he's afraid I'm gonna freak out."

"Are you afraid you're going to freak out?"

He looks away from me. "I don't know. I just…today…it just…" He looks up at me. "It was like being back there, you know?" Yeah, I do know. I caress his face and he leans into my touch.
"I'm sorry about earlier."

"I overreacted." I did.

He shakes his head and kisses the palm of my hand. "No, you didn't." He looks up at me and I know what he's going to say and I let him because I need to hear it. Sometimes I think he knows when I do. "I love you."

I stroke his cheek before cupping the back of his neck to bring his lips to mine. It's a soft kiss that says I love you too, because even now, even after all this time, those three words are sometimes still too hard for me to vocalize.

I suck his bottom lip into my mouth as I move the hand that's not in his hair under his shirt. A soft moan escapes his lips as my fingers stroke his side. Releasing his lip, I press my forehead to his. "Let's go to bed."

"Okay."

I take his left hand in mine, leading him out of the kitchen, turning the light off on the way. We stop by Gus' room. He's still asleep which is good because he looked fucking exhausted. I close his door and we continue down the hall to our bedroom. We enter the room, closing the door behind us, which we wouldn't normally do, but now that Gus is here we really have no choice. Justin lets go of my hand and moves around to his side of the bed as I move around to mine. We discard our clothes, turn off the bedside lamps, and meet under the 1500 count sheets.

I pull him to me until his body is covering mine. My hands stroke his back while his hands caress my face. He kisses my chin and I tilt my head back so he can kiss my neck. God it feels good, his kisses, his hands, his body. He slides down my body, his lips leaving wet marks as he goes. He's disappearing under the sheets. I don't like that so I toss them off of us. The cold air clashes with our heated bodies. His mouth never stops moving. He pauses to swirl his tongue around my navel before finally, finally sliding those warm lips over the head of my cock. I arch my back and push my fingers into his hair. He sucks gently on the head of my cock, gripping the base with his left hand while his right one cups my balls. When he runs his tongue along my slit I grip his hair hard.

"Fuck."

I pull him up and kiss him deeply, tasting myself. I move my mouth along his jaw line, down his neck, sucking on his earlobe. His hands are everywhere. My hands are everywhere.

"Brian." He moans against my neck.

I bring his mouth back to mine, running my tongue over his bottom lip before sucking on it. He loves that. I reach for the lube because I have to be inside him now.

"Let me." He takes it from me and I watch as he coats his fingers with it. Leaning back, he circles his hole with his fingers. I love when he does that. It's so fucking hot. When he pushes a finger into himself he throws back his head and gasps.

"Jesus Justin." So fucking hot.

My cock is dripping as I watch him insert another finger, stretching himself for me. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever fucking seen. I start to stroke myself in time with the rhythm he's working his fingers into himself. He grunts when he sees what I'm doing but I don't stop because I can't. Removing his fingers, he pulls my hand off my cock and takes it in his hand so he can guide it into himself. I grip his hips as he slowly lowers himself on my cock. Fuck, fuck, fuck. He's always so fucking tight. I arch up into him when I feel his ass on my thighs and my cock all the way inside him. It's tight, white, heat and nothing has ever felt so fucking good. Leaning forward, he circles one of my nipples with his tongue before sucking on it. He places his hands flat on the mattress on either side of me, lifting himself up and then back down in one long slow stoke. Fuck. I look up and his eyes meet mine in the city light darkness of our room.

"Just like that," I tell him.

He nods and does it again, even fucking slower. I reach for him, bringing his mouth to mine, my tongue stroking his. His mouth is hot, his ass is hot, he's pure fucking heat. He breaks from the kiss gasping for air. I slide my hands along his thighs as he continues to stroke me slowly with his ass. I reach for his cock and rub my thumb over the dripping head. He gasps and closes his eyes.

"Open your eyes," I tell him as I begin to stroke his cock.

He opens his eyes and even in this half-dark I can see how fucking blue they are. Everything is there in his eyes. They've been dark blue all fucking day. I want to close my eyes because the sensation of my cock in his ass, my hand on his cock, and just fucking watching him are almost too much, but I don't. He leans forward, pressing his chest to mine, forcing me to release his cock. He never stops moving. His cock rubs across my stomach leaving a slick trail of pre-come. I hold his face between my hands, just watching him.

"Brian." He wants to close his eyes, I can tell.

Throwing back his head he quickens the pace. Reaching between us I grab his cock again, stroking and squeezing it in time with the pace he's setting. We are sweaty. Our bodies drip heat. He pushes his body up, placing his hands on my chest. He's not playing games. He's ready. He thrusts himself down hard. I bite my lip to keep from screaming. He does it again and I just fucking let go.

I meet each thrust, angling myself to get him off. He gets louder and louder with each pass my cock makes over his prostate.

"Come for me Justin." I grunt.

I thrust into him once, twice and feel him explode between us. When he comes his ass clenches around my cock and rips my orgasm right out of me.

When he collapses on top of me I wrap my arms around him. He's all fire. It's all through me, all around me, the bright hot heat of this fucking beautiful piece of Sunshine that melts me from the inside out every single fucking time.

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