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Britin ([info]_alicesprings) wrote in [info]qaf_challenges,
@ 2008-02-25 19:14:00

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THE REALITY OF EMPTY SPACES
Title: The Reality of Empty Spaces
Written By: [info]testdog65
Timeline: Post-306
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Angst
Summary: This is a gap-filler which picks up directly at the end of 306 when Justin is drinking at Woody's after leaving Ethan's concert. He has had a brief encounter with Brian but ends up sitting alone watching a burning match as the scene fades to black.
Author's Notes: A huge and heartfelt thank you to my beta, [info]xie_xie_xie!
Theme: What If... Challenge



Justin continues to watch the flicker of the match flame as its small pyre of orange light distorts the air in a shimmer of heat. He's been trying to clear his mind all night, but the universe is conspiring against him. The swirl of his thoughts form incongruous patterns as he raises his glass to his lips, remembering too late that it's empty.

Justin imagines the warm weight of a hand on his shoulder before the actual contact. He thinks about not turning around, but only after he's already done it. Brian's expression gives almost nothing away, but there's something in the set of his jaw that creates a rush in Justin's chest, and the cold air and rough scrape of brick against the fabric of his jacket register before he's even aware that he's left the warmth of the bar and the solid reality of his stool.

Brian's lips on his are warm, insistent and urgent in a way that gives Justin all the opportunity he needs for an arguable defense. The rough silk slide of Brian's hair through his fingers grounds him in the moment as Brian presses against him in full body contact. They're fused from knee to groin to chest to mouth, and Justin parts his lips and feels himself shatter and re-form at the familiar taste and touch and sweep of Brian's tongue.

The murky darkness of night surrounds them like a veil, and Justin uses the metaphor as a blanket of protection against the last shred of reticence that he's only now realizing he doesn't feel. Time shifts and doubles back, and Justin isn't sure when the kiss ended, but he loses the thread of the thought as he feels Brian, now behind him, lean the full warm weight of his body against his back. Justin's hands are flat against the coarse surface of the wall and he barely registers the scrape of silver against brick before his focus shifts to the familiar hardness of Brian's cock against the curve of his ass. The only thing that separates them now is denim.

They're both breathing hard, and Justin catches the ghost of an exhale against the skin of his neck just before the brush of Brian's fingers push his hair aside. Brian's lips are surprisingly gentle on his skin, and Justin stretches into the tug of Brian's hand, now entwined in his hair.

Another shift and Brian is sliding Justin's pants below his hips and running his hands along the newly exposed skin. Justin recognizes the need in Brian's touch, and tries to stay with the moment. But it slips away like water, and suddenly he's arching back against the cool slickness of Brian's fingers. And before he can fully appreciate the pressure and stretch, he feels the blunt hardness of Brian's cock pressing forward with unrelenting force. The fullness overtakes him, and there's nothing left in his world except strong arms, gasping breath, hard cock and burning need. Justin rocks back into the urgency of Brian's thrusts and turns to meet his lips for the kiss that completes their connection.

He moans as Brian shortens his thrusts, barely pulling back before pushing deeper still, hitting every one of the tight, hot, needy places that Justin has almost forgotten. Brian's touching all of him now with skin and breath and lips and cock, and Justin can't remember anything else but this moment, this reality, this present tense of need. Everything else in the world is as lost to him as his own name, until he hears the whisper of the word as Brian breathes it out on an exhale of desire. "Justin."

And suddenly it's all too much when he feels the final push and swell of Brian's cock as his arms tighten and his breath hitches and his hips falter. Justin answers with his own shudder and pulse and final gasp as the intense electric need of release uncoils from the core of him in repeating waves. He feels the brush of Brian's fingers through his hair as he turns his head into a kiss that isn't there.

The harsh sting of heat registers a split second before Justin blows sharply on the flame, extinguishing the match as the sounds and sights and stale warm air of the bar abruptly reform his reality. He blinks against the sudden brightness and fights a losing battle to hang onto a moment that's already receded beyond his ability to recall it with any kind of clarity.

Justin gives a final, absentminded clink of silver against glass before he tosses a few bills on the shining surface of the bar and heads out into the cold, still press of night, alone.


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[info]pendulumchanges
2008-02-25 08:56 pm UTC (link)
Oh god! You totally tricked me! *pouts* There were so many wonderful lines in this:

They're fused from knee to groin to chest to mouth, and Justin parts his lips and feels himself shatter and re-form at the familiar taste and touch and sweep of Brian's tongue.

Justin's hands are flat against the coarse surface of the wall and he barely registers the scrape of silver against brick before his focus shifts to the familiar hardness of Brian's cock against the curve of his ass.

Everything else in the world is as lost to him as his own name, until he hears the whisper of the word as Brian breathes it out on an exhale of desire. "Justin."


Awesome fic. Thank you so much!!

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:34 pm UTC (link)
And thank you for your awesome and quote-y feedback! I love knowing what parts stood out for you. :)

~Ellen

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[info]luceononuro
2008-02-25 09:28 pm UTC (link)
This is exceptionally well written - I loved the cadence of it. I wondered at first if this was AU and then I wondered for a minute if it was Justin lost in the moment and then I didn't think of anything else except the picture you painted and the flow of the words.

I just loved this.

XO

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:36 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so very much for your wonderful feedback! I'm truly pleased that you enjoyed this. :)

~Ellen

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[info]xie_xie_xie
2008-02-25 10:16 pm UTC (link)
I just had to comment on the beauty and purity of this story. Even though I beta'd it, and probably shouldn't. But it took my breath away.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:38 pm UTC (link)
♥ ♥ ♥ Thank you so much - for everything!

~Ellen

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[info]randysgirl_645
2008-02-25 11:54 pm UTC (link)
that was short but hot :D

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:38 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! Glad you liked it.

~Ellen

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[info]secretsolitaire
2008-02-26 01:02 am UTC (link)
Mmm. Very sensual.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:39 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

~Ellen

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[info]xmaniac1x.myopenid.com
2008-02-26 01:06 am UTC (link)
Beautiful, beautiful!!!!!! The ending is what made it for me, and not because of the obvious.

Truly, in this timeline, as much as I hated, HATED, HAAAATED Ugly Ethan, I enjoyed watching Brian appearing in Justin's focus every now and then. It also made me (weirdly enough) happy that Brian never tried to do anything with Justin while he was dating Ethan, you know? I mean, as much as I would have LOVED to see a scene like that, it still made me smile knowing that Brian had enough morals and enough love for Justin to not "woo" him that way... and well, nvm I could write a novel, and I wouldn't be able to finish writing what I'm thinking right now.

But anyway, because I enjoyed it just the way it was, it was still a unique view for me when I was reading through it, but in the end, knowing that it was just Justin's fantasy... YES. That totally made it for me. It didn't negate what happened, and it didn't make it so that Justin would feel guilty himself for cheating on Ethan 'cause then he and Brian would like never get back together, and it was a fuckin fabulous fantasy! lol Loved it.

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[info]xmaniac1x.myopenid.com
2008-02-26 01:07 am UTC (link)
:S Sigh. My thoughts are so disjointed... Obviously not all of us are good writers, but this is just pathetic.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:42 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so very much! I agree with everything you said about the sanctity of the breakup, so I'm very pleased that the fantasy angle worked for you here. I appreciate reading your thoughts on this. :)

~Ellen

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[info]sexy_pumpkin
2008-02-26 01:34 am UTC (link)
Another beautiful fic, God how lucky are we, could see it all, the end was sad of course, I always loved Brian sitting there next to Justin, the look on his face said it all, lovely, congratulations.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:44 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much! :)

~Ellen

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[info]_alicesprings
2008-02-26 12:08 pm UTC (link)
Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. The heat and the need was palpable, and Justin thinking that, in that moment, rings completely true. Thanks for writing.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:55 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for your wonderful feedback! And I'm so glad you found this plausible. :)

~Ellen

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[info]singlewoman
2008-02-26 01:37 pm UTC (link)
You had me fooled. I was sure that it was really Brian and Justin and hot reunion sex. But that was one hell of a fantasy.

I loved the wasy Justin was rationalizing to himself:The murky darkness of night surrounds them like a veil, and Justin uses the metaphor as a blanket of protection against the last shred of reticence that he's only now realizing he doesn't feel.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 02:59 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! I'm so glad you liked this. :)

~Ellen

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The Reality of Empty Spaces
(Anonymous)
2008-02-26 02:07 pm UTC (link)
Oh, very nice. Love the twist at the end.

This is the sort of language that makes this fic special: "the present tense of need." Oh, yes. FanSee

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Re: The Reality of Empty Spaces
[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:01 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for your wonderful comments!

~Ellen

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[info]cindybaby
2008-02-26 04:15 pm UTC (link)
Urgh, my heart!!

Well done!!!

Really well done!!!

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:01 pm UTC (link)
Thanks so much! :)

~Ellen

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[info]besamislabios
2008-02-26 05:51 pm UTC (link)
wow, absolutely beautiful. Wonderful writing, thank you. :)

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:04 pm UTC (link)
And thank you for your awesome comments!

~Ellen

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[info]sjmpets
2008-02-26 06:12 pm UTC (link)
dream vs reality. beautifully done.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:06 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much!

~Ellen

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[info]bodleian
2008-02-27 06:17 am UTC (link)
This is so well written and your imagination to conceive is is incredible. I really enjoyed reading it.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:07 pm UTC (link)
And I really enjoyed your comments. Thank you so very much!!!

~Ellen

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[info]rosy5000
2008-02-27 07:26 pm UTC (link)
That was so incredibly painful but so beautiful. So well written, I didn't know it was Justin's imagination until the very end.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:09 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!!! I'm sorry it hurt, but I'm glad that it worked for you. :)

~Ellen

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[info]herefordroad
2008-02-27 11:05 pm UTC (link)
the look on justin's face combined with the music at the concert hall still haunts me and i got lost in your fic imagining that it was real.

poignant, sensual, sensitive:

"Justin can't remember anything else but this moment, this reality, this present tense of need. Everything else in the world is as lost to him as his own name, until he hears the whisper of the word as Brian breathes it out on an exhale of desire. "Justin."

i've watched that match burn many times but it has never had as much meaning as it has here:

"The harsh sting of heat registers a split second before Justin blows sharply on the flame, extinguishing the match as the sounds and sights and stale warm air of the bar abruptly reform his reality. He blinks against the sudden brightness and fights a losing battle to hang onto a moment that's already receded beyond his ability to recall it with any kind of clarity."

beautifully, painful.

jeannie



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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:10 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much for your lovely, quote-y feedback! :)

~Ellen

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[info]notreallyme10
2008-02-28 12:07 am UTC (link)
GUH! This is stunningly beautiful. Short, but I feel like you painstakingly picked every word - and yet it still has a completely natural flow to it. It really is just perfect.

I think I know who wrote this... as I have said before you MUST write more ;)

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:12 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! Your feedback has left a huge smile on my face, and I appreciate your comments so very much. :)

~Ellen

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[info]happier_bunny
2008-02-28 12:26 am UTC (link)
Oh god that hurt but I loved this take on what Justin was thinking. It felt like I was there in the daydream with him. Beautiful descriptive writing!

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:13 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so very much! I'm sorry for the hurt, but I so appreciate your comments. :)

~Ellen

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[info]kimberbaby
2008-02-28 06:17 pm UTC (link)
Gorgeous. The words just floated by and I still want more.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for such lovely feedback! :)

~Ellen

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[info]xanister
2008-02-28 10:30 pm UTC (link)
Beautifully written!

... stale warm air of the bar abruptly reform his reality. He blinks against the sudden brightness and fights a losing battle to hang onto a moment that's already receded beyond his ability to recall it with any kind of clarity.

The writing is tragic and yet heartfelt and wonderful. Your ability to describe the scene without over describing is amazing. So wonderful and yet sad.

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:17 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! Your wonderful feedback has made me so happy. :)

~Ellen

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[info]noteverything
2008-03-01 12:26 am UTC (link)
He blinks against the sudden brightness and fights a losing battle to hang onto a moment that's already receded beyond his ability to recall it with any kind of clarity.

Wow. Beautifully written. Beautifully...

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-01 03:18 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so very much!!! :)

~Ellen

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[info]libra2
2008-03-03 06:06 am UTC (link)
OMG, I don't know how I missed this last week :0 I thought I read them all...

I'm honestly about to weep! This was beautiful and tortured... just the way I love them!

Justin imagines the warm weight of a hand on his shoulder before the actual contact.
**Really like the before/after sentences together!
He thinks about not turning around, but only after he's already done it.
The concept of this one's fantastic!


Justin's hands are flat against the coarse surface of the wall and he barely registers the scrape of silver against brick...
the ring on brick is brilliant! Not only the sound, but mental image, silver getting scratch marks while part of the brick falls to dust.

Everything else in the world is as lost to him as his own name, until he hears the whisper of the word as Brian breathes it out on an exhale of desire. "Justin."
*clutches heart*

He feels the brush of Brian's fingers through his hair as he turns his head into a kiss that isn't there.

*aches* Wow! Fantastic gap filler Ellen, I can't imagine a better one for this episode!

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-08 03:40 am UTC (link)
Thank you so very much! What awesome feedback. I appreciate every word, and I'm so glad you liked this. :)

~Ellen

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[info]pye_wacket
2008-03-05 12:44 pm UTC (link)
*jaw smashes keyboard* WoW!! this was so awsomely breathtaking!

"Everything else in the world is as lost to him as his own name, until he hears the whisper of the word as Brian breathes it out on an exhale of desire."Justin." OMG *is ded*

Thank you for sharing:)

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[info]testdog65
2008-03-08 03:41 am UTC (link)
And thank you for reading and commenting! Your feedback made me very happy. :D

~Ellen

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