FOUND: Long post-513 fic where Justin doesn't make it in New York and goes back to Pittsburgh

[inboots.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for a a long post-513 fic where Justin doesn't make it in New York and goes back to Pittsburgh.

I don't remember a lot of details to narrow it down more, except that Justin took up a job drawing a cartoon character that he hated and that he felt a bit embarrassed asking Brian for help. It's a tad angsty, but has a happy ending.

I feel this is a reasonably well-known fic, too, but I haven't read in this fandom for years and going back in the first few pages of the post-513 tag, nothing's clicking for me.

eta: FOUND, "Treading" by Comedownstairs, link in the comments.

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[luvenck.livejournal.com]

I saw your post and looked through your rec post, and found "A Wave Unfurled, by darlulu".

Queereyes doesn't have posts anymore, so do you know where I could find this story?

Thanks so much,
Cathy

[court1429.livejournal.com]

I guess "keewick" changed her user name to "darlulu." Anyway, you can find that fic, and a bunch of other good ones in the qaf_anon challenge (http://qaf-anon.livejournal.com/14950.html) comm reveal list.

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