Re: teacher.fic
Brian does see that in canon. Not like in this story, because in canon Justin isn't someone who's compromised most of his values and given in. But Brian sees that Justin can live a life that isn't cowering from his family in S1 and "takes" him away from that. He sees that Justin can still find a way to be an artist after the bashing when Justin wants to give up and buys him a computer to help him see. He pushes Justin to go to NY when Justin is willing to give that up to stay in Pittsburgh with him. My exact choice of the words "so much more" might be a bit excessive, I do overuse the exaggerations most of the time when I blabber in comments. But I think that Brian does always want Justin to be the best he can be and that translates to "being more than he is" to me.