Membership status: Member
Bio:
QaF devotee and avid fanfiction reader. I'm an old broad who came late to the table where fanfiction was concerned. I didn't even know it existed until about five years ago. When I found it, a whole new world was laid out before me!
The creativity and ingenuity of the writers I discovered inspired my own creative juices and I began posting my first fanfiction story, Alterations, in April of 2012. It's been a marvelous exploration of my own psyche, pulling out my own fears and foibles and foisting them upon my characters. For myself, at least, the best fiction often comes from the most painful of realities.
A Justin - Gus ficlet. On Christmas Day, Justin rationalizes his feelings for Brian's son.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus
Tags: Christmas, Established Relationship, Family, One-Shot
Genres: Could be Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Melanie/Lindsay
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1183 Read Count: 1165
Summary: And with the end of Brian Kinney came the end of all that existed around him.
(Not *really* a death fic, but... well, you'll see.)
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: M/M, One-Shot
Genres: Fantasy
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1335 Read Count: 1214
In the wake of losing a crucial political battle, Brian and Justin discuss how to go on. My retake on the Stockwell arc and the processing of my own current grief.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: One-Shot
Genres: Alternate Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 616 Read Count: 846
Post 513: Under all circumstances, Justin will take care of Brian.
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation to any of the principles of Cowlip or Queer as Folk, nor do I own any of the characters.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: Major Character Death, One-Shot
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2557 Read Count: 1819
I am a sucker for "Brian in Peril" stories and this is one of the best I've read. The author does a great job dissecting Brian's complex mind. Phenomenal writing, interesting premise, and a satisfying ending. Can't ask for much more! -charming1
After Justin leaves for New York, the remaining members of the Liberty Avenue family go about their everyday lives, never suspecting that something serious is happening to Brian. When the realization hits, they find that everyone's lives are irrevocably altered.
Categories: QAF US, Admin Pick
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Brian Kinney, Cynthia, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Lindsay Peterson, Melanie Marcus, Michael Novotny, Original Character, Original Female Character, Original Male Character, Other Cast Regulars, Ted Schmidt
Tags: Abuse/Child Abuse, Anti-Debbie, Anti-Lindsay, Anti-Melanie, Anti-Michael, M/M, Mental Health Issues, Out of Character, Post-series, Real Life Issues
Genres: Angst, Could be Canon, Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 29 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 73327 Read Count: 121647
Welcome to the Kinnetik Dreams Featured Author Q&A. This month's author is NoChaser, a long-time QAF fandom favorite. Come on in and find out all about this veteran fanfic writer!
Categories: KD Author Interviews
Characters: None
Tags: None
Genres: None
Pairings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1783 Read Count: 1464
*This is a bit outdated now (Yay! Thank you SCOTUS!), but I wrote this as an homage to the striking down of Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage ban by the U.S. District Court. It still feels gooood!
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: One-Shot, Post-series, Real Life Issues
Genres: None
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1054 Read Count: 884
Post 510.
Brian and Justin both have encounters in the wake of the Babylon bombing and face their fears.
Includes a very minor canon character.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Other Cast Regulars
Tags: Minor Character Death
Genres: Angst, Could be Canon, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9606 Read Count: 4616
Brian thinks he finally has Justin figured out. A drabble.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney
Tags: Drabble
Genres: Humor
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 104 Read Count: 969
There comes a moment of seemingly cruel realization, a moment in which you come into ownership of a parenthetical knowledge about your identity. It should pale in comparison to your diagnosis. But it doesn't; it supercedes it. Runs past all the cautionary information relayed to you by physicians and counselors and rushes to the finish line. It's an insidious understanding that you are now not only Positive - you are Appositive. Your identity will forevermore be placed into brackets, qualified and added to and amended. If only within yourself. No longer are you John. You are now, John +. - Benjamin Bruckner, R-U-1-2 *
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: HIV/Aids, One-Shot, Real Life Issues
Genres: Alternate Canon, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1619 Read Count: 1210
Their lives were little paper boats, like the ones Gus folded and shaped and set out to sea at the park, no particular destination in mind.
Post 513, heavy on the angst.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Daphne Chanders, Debbie Novotny, Emmett Honeycutt, Justin Taylor, Michael Novotny, Ted Schmidt
Tags: Anti-Michael, Minor Character Death, Post-series
Genres: Angst
Pairings: Brian/Justin, Brian/Michael
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 8122 Read Count: 14923
Sometimes fantasy can point you to the truth.
Not a cross-over fic.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney
Tags: One-Shot
Genres: Could be Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 814 Read Count: 750
Justin doesn't survive the bombing. Dark and not an ounce of fluff. MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney
Tags: Death, Implied Death, Major Character Death, One-Shot, Suicide
Genres: Alternate Canon, Angst
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 377 Read Count: 1807
Just eight little letters.
One powerful word.
And life can change forever.
A little drabble fic in nine months...erm...parts.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: Drabble, MPreg (Yup! Went THERE!)
Genres: Alternate Universe
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 918 Read Count: 3678
SUMMARY: That damned Showtime channel and their time limits. Due to circumstances beyond their control (I'm sure), Cowlip et al were exceedingly surprised when the finale of QaF was cut short by a few minutes. It changed everything and, boy, were they pissed. But... what were a couple of rich, influential producers of a successful ground breaking hit show to do? Apparently, nothing. The milk had been spilled, the cart overturned, the bridge burned... But, here is how the ending was ACTUALLY filmed. (I swear, this is true. I heard it from a friend who has a cousin who works with this guy who dated a celluloid vault-keeper's sister...)
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Ben Bruckner, Brian Kinney, Emmett Honeycutt, Justin Taylor, Michael Novotny, Ted Schmidt
Tags: One-Shot
Genres: Could be Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 942 Read Count: 1819
SUMMMARY: Justin realized he could get a lot more with the effective use of peroxide.
(Stepping way out into the realm of pseudo-sexism and stereotyping with this little piece, folks. Justin's hair changed color, darkened, a lot over the course of the series. I figured he had a little help with it in S1. I just made him a bit more blond.)
An absolutely silly little ficlet.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Justin Taylor
Tags: M/M, One-Shot
Genres: Could be Canon
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 732 Read Count: 814
Cpt. Justin Taylor-Kinney goes missing in Afghanistan.
Part of the "Be All That You Can Be" universe. (Sequel to BATYCB and Moonbbow)
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Molly Taylor, Original Male Character
Tags: Family, One-Shot, Out of Character, Real Life Issues
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: Be All That You Can Be
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7329 Read Count: 2606
"There are just some things that should never, logically, exist in this world, Brian Kinney. Good kids kicked around or tossed away for being who they are. Hate-filled Christians. Diseases that eat away at the very soul of a being. They just don't make sense. Then again, we have the platypus. Flying fish. A midnight moonbow. Trained soldiers with soft touches and artistic souls. They make not a shit's worth of sense, either. But exist they do. And I'll deal with the bad if I can find that little bit of good, and thank god for it."
Two weeks in the 'Be All That You Can Be' universe. (Sequel to BATYCB)
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Gus Marcus-Peterson, Justin Taylor, Original Male Character
Tags: One-Shot, Real Life Issues
Genres: Alternate Universe
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: Be All That You Can Be
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 9230 Read Count: 2691
After that one night stand and haunting promises of ‘seeing me in your dreams', the lives of Brian and Justin took divergent routes. Justin ends up at a place in life no one ever thought he would be, and ultimately no one is happier about that than Brian.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Brian Kinney, Daphne Chanders, Emmett Honeycutt, Jennifer Taylor, Justin Taylor, Michael Novotny, Vic Grassi
Tags: Anti-Michael, M/M, One-Shot, Real Life Issues
Genres: Alternate Universe, Angst w/ Happy Ending, Drama, Romance
Pairings: Brian/Justin
Series: Be All That You Can Be
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 8991 Read Count: 5082
Emmett has a deeper, darker side.
Categories: QAF US
Characters: Emmett Honeycutt
Tags: Bashing, One-Shot
Genres: Angst, Could be Canon
Pairings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1654 Read Count: 1236