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

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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.

Justin never goes to NYC (OR he moves back to Pitts) doesn't tell Brian

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Read a fic aquite awhile ago. Just either never goes to NYC, nut Brian thinks he did. Instead Justin moves into a studio/ apartment and paints. Finally he and Brian get together Justin proposes, they have sex on the roof while the family parties....I thought it was Edom but none of the titles look familiar. Any ideas?




FOUND BY WOULDBEDOROTHY. Whose comment I accidentally deleted. Dorothy pointed out that I had rec'd it a some point in the past !!

The fic is Happy Birthday Brian by Violette7.