Exceptional B/J stories

[el-wing.livejournal.com]

I'm new to this fandom and would like some people to point the way to some exceptional fics with Brian and Justin as centrals in the following areas. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love personal top lists of fics. What I'm looking for is great plot, sex, characterization. All around top-notch writing.

Could people suggest one fic that's a stand alone and one longer work that sticks close to original characters?

Next would be AU.

Thanks,
el

Thanks so much. I've gotten loads of recs on this. It will take me months to read them all (but believe me, I'm going to read each one).

Thanks again,
el

Comments

[csmars.livejournal.com]

I'm going to second the rec of "The Things I Cannot Change" by Suzvoy. It's S1 AU so pretty early on but the characterization is perfect.

Another Suzvoy fic is "Inescapable" a S5 AU where brian and justin meet for the first time at the babylon bombing. I recently re-read both fics (for I think the 9th time).

From those mentioned above, I really love these: Allie_quixotic's "After the Smoke Clears," Xie's "Only Time" series, plumsuede's "Framed" (I don't like beyond the yellow brick road as much).

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is "Choices" by England13, a 510-AU story that has on-spot characterizations.

Other authors who you MUST check out:
Jans (Painting lessons, many many AUs),
Arlad (The Space Between, many many one-shots),
Julad (Like Having Sex, Love of His Life),
and R.C.McLachlan

I'm constantly amazed by the depth of QAF fic writers, so I've saved all the stories worth re-reading (and re-re-reading) on my delicious site: http://delicious.com/csmars/favorite

You'll find everything I mentioned there. Feel free to wander.