Rei, on my first read, I was two or three sentences in and I stopped dead and went back to the master author list to check and see if it was really true. And it was. My Rei, one of my favorite fic authors in the world had written for my graphic! I love you now more than ever. Not just because you chose it, but because we engaged in a type of communication so different than any we've ever engaged in before, one that's so damn satisfying and comforting. I'm having trouble expressing how I feel and will come later when I've thought it through. :)
The graphic was conceived as a dreamscape from Justin's POV and there are so many elements of this in your fic - Justin's obvious exhaustion, his thoughts, the subtle, layered, somewhat stream of thought narrative to the brilliant, brilliant Vic dream. Jesus, I almost fell out of my chair when I read this: "I could give you a straight answer, but a smart boy like you deserves to have one he can work with. Where is the disco ball? Consider, then, the possibility that we are inside it." With that one sentence, you summed up so much of what I was trying to convey.
The theme will be one word, one word only: Truth."
I've already told you that you spoke my truth, but way more important than that, you spoke Brian and Justin's truth as well.