Midnight Whispers
QAF Brian and Justin Fanfiction
Penname: TrueIllusion [Contact]
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Member Since: August 12, 2018
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I first started writing fan fiction before the internet was really much of a thing, and way before fan fiction archives existed. My best friend and I didn't even know that's what we were doing when we started crafting stories starring our favorite TV characters alongside original characters we'd created. I wrote *NSYNC fan fiction in high school, that bit the dust when the site I'd posted it on decided to no longer host RPF. Then I dabbled in Harry Potter fan fic in college. Then all of the reading and writing I had to do for grad school all but killed my love of reading, and it's taken me a long time to truly get back into it. Ten years later, I think I'm finally fully there, and I'm back to writing again too.


I've been a fan of QAF since college, in the early 2000s. Brian is my favorite character, because he's so complex, and I truly believe we owe a lot of that to Gale Harold and the way he interpreted the character. I'm a B/J shipper all the way. I'm not a Michael hater. And I love all of the hurt/comfort and the angst.


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Stories by TrueIllusion
Summary:

One shot. Standalone fic. Post-513.

Justin comes home for the holidays. For good.

Plot bunny by BritinManor.


Categories: Christmas, QAF-U.S. FICTION, Angst With a Happy Ending, Canon, Could be Canon, Brian/Justin, One-Off Fic, Post-513 Fic Characters: Brian, Justin
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 4108
[Report This] Published: December 25, 2018 Updated: December 25, 2018


Summary: Feature

One shot. Set 25 years post-series. Standalone fic.

How do you feel your way through the darkness once the sun has gone out?

Brian's journey into the light.

Major character death. You'll want some tissues.


Categories: FEATURED STORY, QAF-U.S. FICTION, Angst, Brian/Justin, Could be Canon, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Major Character Death, One-Off Fic, Post-513 Fic Characters: Brian, Justin
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 4552
[Report This] Published: December 03, 2018 Updated: December 03, 2018


No Carbs After Seven by TrueIllusion Rated: PARENTAL GUIDANCE -13 [Reviews - 0]
Summary:

One shot standalone fic.

There's more than meets the eye when it comes to Brian's ever-present food rule, "no carbs after seven."

Plot bunny by Sally. Thanks to SandiD for beta reading.


Categories: What If, Abuse, Angst, Could be Canon, Child Abuse, Family, Drama, One-Off Fic, Real Life Issues Characters: None
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 3229
[Report This] Published: November 26, 2018 Updated: November 26, 2018


Summary:

Sickfic without plot. Justin gets sick. Brian takes care of him.

One-shot.

Set late season 4, post-cancer, pre-Liberty Ride.


Categories: QAF-U.S. FICTION, Brian/Justin, Canon, Could be Canon, Fluff, Gap-Filler, Hurt/Comfort, One-Off Fic, Season 4 Characters: Brian, Justin
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 3610
[Report This] Published: November 01, 2018 Updated: November 01, 2018


Three Days by TrueIllusion Rated: R [Reviews - 7]
Summary:

An account of the three days Michael and Brian spent at the hospital, after Justin was bashed. Takes place right at the end of episode 122 and moves forward from there.


Categories: QAF-U.S. FICTION, Angst, Brian/Justin, Canon, Friendship, Gap-Filler, Hurt/Comfort, One-Off Fic, Rape, Real Life Issues, Season 1 Characters: Brian, Justin, Michael
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 11622
[Report This] Published: October 17, 2018 Updated: October 17, 2018


The Lost Boy by TrueIllusion Rated: PARENTAL GUIDANCE -13 [Reviews - 3]
Summary:

The first time Debbie Novotny heard about Brian Kinney, Michael was in the eighth grade. It was just after spring break. He’d come home from school chattering away excitedly about the new boy in his class who’d just moved to Pittsburgh from some town she couldn’t remember. All through dinner it was Brian this, and Brian that. Michael was clearly enamored with this Brian kid.


Categories: QAF-U.S. FICTION, Abuse, Could be Canon, Child Abuse, Family, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, One-Off Fic, Christmas Characters: Brian, Debbie, Michael
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 9353
[Report This] Published: October 16, 2018 Updated: October 16, 2018


Summary:

What if, after overhearing the doctor leaving a message on Brian's machine, Justin had confronted Brian, instead of going to Michael? How would things have been different?

Canon divergence begins midway through episode 408. Plot bunny by Deb. Thanks to Sandi for being my beta.


Categories: QAF-U.S. FICTION, Angst, Angst With a Happy Ending, Brian/Justin, Canon Divergence, Gap-Filler, Hurt/Comfort, Real Life Issues, What If Characters: Brian, Justin
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Completed: Yes Word count: 61756
[Report This] Published: September 07, 2018 Updated: October 09, 2018


Changed by TrueIllusion Rated: R [Reviews - 22]
Summary: Feature

Justin returns to Pittsburgh for Christmas after his first year spent away from Brian in New York, and discovers that Brian has been keeping something from him.


Categories: FEATURED STORY, QAF-U.S. FICTION, Angst, Angst With a Happy Ending, Brian/Justin, Hurt/Comfort, Post-513 Fic, Real Life Issues Characters: Brian, Justin, Michael, Other Canon Characters
Challenges: None
Series: The Changed Series, Stories from the "Changed" Verse
Chapters: 12 Completed: Yes Word count: 77165
[Report This] Published: September 02, 2018 Updated: September 07, 2018