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I've been looking in all the usual tags for any fic wherein Justin is the one causing problems between he and Brian. It seems like all the stories under B&J fight and the similar tags have Brian as the one causing problems, but on the show it was a bit more complex than that and Justin certainly wasn't always an innocent (pretty much most of the end of S2, for example, but primarily Ethan and the trip to Vermont, the latter being probably the character's nadir for me - though certain parts of early S4 are a close runner-up for that). It doesn't have to be anything huge, I'd just like a story or two where Justin has to apologize to Brian, rather than the other way around, and apologize in a genuine sense not in that 'say I'm wrong just to pacify the big jerk' sense.
I've also been unable to find many fics that deal with Brian's victimization at the Prom. The emphasis on the show and in fic has been on Justin's issues, but not Brian's when Brian can clearly remember it. It's always bothered me that Justin regularly throws the bashing at Brian ("you wouldn't think it was funny if you'd been bashed" and things like that) when Brian really was bashed in a sense as well - there is clear evidence that witnesses can also experience PTSD and other issues, especially if said witness might feel guilt for the event.
To summarize, I'm basically a sucker for any story where Brian ends up the victim/injured party/comfortee rather than the jerk/aggressor/comforting (oh, how I love those tags). Somehow I doubt if Brian Kinney were a real person he would appreciate this....
ETA: Thanks for the great recs! I'm already working my way through them.
I've also been unable to find many fics that deal with Brian's victimization at the Prom. The emphasis on the show and in fic has been on Justin's issues, but not Brian's when Brian can clearly remember it. It's always bothered me that Justin regularly throws the bashing at Brian ("you wouldn't think it was funny if you'd been bashed" and things like that) when Brian really was bashed in a sense as well - there is clear evidence that witnesses can also experience PTSD and other issues, especially if said witness might feel guilt for the event.
To summarize, I'm basically a sucker for any story where Brian ends up the victim/injured party/comfortee rather than the jerk/aggressor/comforting (oh, how I love those tags). Somehow I doubt if Brian Kinney were a real person he would appreciate this....
ETA: Thanks for the great recs! I'm already working my way through them.