Daily Drabble 8

[coffeebuddha]

Title: Change
Author: coffeebuddha
Rating: PG/FRE
Characters/Pairing: Justin Taylor/Brian Kinney
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me.
Word Count: 262
Prompt: "Brian/Justin post 513, Brian visits Justin in New York." Requested by edom56.

 

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Justin's smile is the same as it was just a few months ago when he left Pittsburgh. Brian doesn't know why, but for some reason that surprises him. A small part of him had suspected that once Justin was gone, really and truly gone, that he might become someone else. Like maybe that would make this easier-not that he would ever admit that this has been hard-to deal with. But, no, his smile is the same, as bright and wide as always. His hands, when they grab Brian by his belt loops and tug him through the door into the tiny, cluttered apartment, are the same hands that have grabbed and caressed and touched him a thousand times before. His toothbrush is still positioned on the left side of the sink, the brand of soda in his fridge hasn't changed, and the same generic pop record that Brian's loudly suffered through at least a dozen times is playing in the background. Justin's still Justin, which somehow makes all the changes that much more glaringly obvious.

​Some things are small, almost not even worth mentioning, like the way a new soap makes his skin taste just that much different when Brian licks his neck or the fact that none of his jeans are the same brand as they used to be. Those things, those tiny indicators that this Justin is constantly moving further and further away from him, ​hurt, but even he isn't prepared for the pang he feels when Justin answers the phone and thoughtlessly says, "Yeah, I'm at home."

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