B or J with others.. but happy ending?

[catainahata.livejournal.com]

Good evening, I have a nasty cold and am hoping for some lengthy, stay-home-sick fics.

I recently read  Twenty-Ten by Morpheus http://qaf-fic.com/atp/viewstory.php?sid=1424&warning=NC-17 ( in case you want to read it - its brilliant) and also That Which Does Not Destroy Us Makes Us Stronger by Hephaistion-Lo http://qaf-fic.com/atp/viewstory.php?sid=5847&warning=NC-17  (also brilliant) and loved the angsty B/other and J/other elements. 

So I am searching for similar fics: angsty, one of them with other (not Mikey please!), but a happy ending? I liked that in both of the fics I read, it took time and hard work to get to a happy ending... Any ideas? I've been checking through the memories here, but was hoping someone had some favorites they could please recommend...

Thanks in advance,
Cata

Found! Lots of good ideas, links in comments! Thank you!

Comments

[revlisacat.livejournal.com]

My absolute favorite stories of Brian/Other are by the amazing Brian Hennessey. They are truly fabulous and they are also long (basically novel-length). The first is "Swamp Fever" and the sequel is "Burn." You can find them both here: http://www.brians-fiction.com/ I know you will fall in love with Boyd.

He also wrote a follow-up incorporating characters from another story that he just posted at Christmas, called "If the Fates Allow." That story is located on his LJ site here: http://big-brian-o.livejournal.com/#asset-big_brian_o-123882

All his stories are wonderful, and he is currently working on a very unusual vampire story (on his LJ with his other recent work -- read everything, he's that good!).

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Another good Brian/Other series can be found on the Moonshadow Tribe site. The author is Arwensong, and the series to start with is "Better Friends and Lovers." She has some other stories (including a Christmas story in progress) in this universe as well. They are here: http://www.mags-nificent.com/MSW/SFF12.htm

Happy reading! I hope you like these. I have actually read Brian's stories 4-5 times each.

[gander123.livejournal.com]

The story by Arwensong is good but unless I'm mistaken(which is entirely possible) B/J dont get back together in the end. So i guess that wouldn't qualify as a happy ending :(