Wonderful. So wonderful and real. There are just times when you feel sort of off and can't really put your finger on a particular reason. And you showed how it effects even "our super-couple". And I love how you describe it, and the path you take them back to normal.
“Don’t,” he said, cutting Justin off. “I have Michael and Ted and two offices full of people I pay to make life easier for me. I don’t need that from you.” I love that Brian admitted how much he needs Justin to call him on his bullshit.
“You tell me. All I know is that Ted is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and you really don’t want to know what Justin suggested for the next issue of Rage.” lol Yeah, Justin had a way of channeling his real life through the comic ...
“You aren’t having a midlife crisis are you? Because with the life you’ve led, a midlife crisis should involve finding Jesus and marrying Lindsay so Gus can have a “real” family.”
“Promise me you’d shoot me before you’d let that happen.”
“Pinkie swear,” Michael laughed.
This friendship moment between Michael and Brian was wonderful.
Maybe it was nothing more that they were both busy doing what they loved instead of thinking about what was going wrong, but slowly the tension began to fade. It was suddenly easier to laugh than shout, to touch instead of turning away. *sighs* Marvelous. If you don't let go, eventually the pieces fall back into place again. They are good at that.
Although Brian had a healthy ego, he knew most of Justin’s work wasn’t about him. lol This line made me laugh.
Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful story.