Breakneck (16/18)

[methylethyl]

Title: Breakneck
Author: methylethyl 
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Justin watches the last vestiges of support crumble beneath his feet, sending him into freefall. He can only close his eyes and pray he’ll land somewhere soft.
Disclaimer: QAF & Co. does not belong to me.

Comments

[lacrimio]

Oh my God, the end was .... totally Justin! Curious for Brian's reaction :)) and when will Justin ask him for "money guardianship". I'm glad that Jennifer finally took a stand, a little too late, but maybe, just maybe , as Justin thought...It would be awesome for Justin to still have his mom sometime down the road. And I think Justin should have done something official to protect himself from Hobbs - but maybe I'm just naive, and his reasoning it's true.

[methylethyl]

I'm soooo sorry for the delay in response. RL has been absolutely mad these last few days.

Justin's message at the end went through a whole bunch of incarnations, getting progressively kinkier and kinkier... But in the end, I went with simplicity. As for Jennifer, I definitely think that her relationship with Justin is pretty fractured right now, but is on the road to recovery. They've taken a few steps in that direction.

There are a couple of reasons that Justin didn't take formal action against Hobbs, the foremost one being that there would have been no way to draw the story to a good end--to the ending that I want to draw it to--if he'd done that. But the reasons that Justin gives are also valid. *g*

New chapter up in a few hours--it's our last one, and then we'll have only the epilogue!

[snapegirlusa]

I couldn't comment for a few chapters because I was so nervous about all the Kip trouble and how Justin had to put off helping because Luke. It was so nerve-wracking

[methylethyl]

Lol. It's okay! It was a very tense situation, I understand.

Initially, this story was intended to cover all the way to prom, but then I realized that that was way too much, and that I only really needed to go to Christmas. Michael does redeem himself nicely in the Chris scene--I never intended to make him as nasty as he was, but... we are seeing this through Justin's eyes.

I intensely dislike stories in which Brian is secretly this huge softie, but only Justin (and progeny) bring it out in him. Brian is not a family man. Brian and Justin will never even consider the idea of marriage in this 'verse, and probably won't live together for at least a decade or two. It's just not going to happen.

End rant. Sorry. That's kind of why I wrote this story, really.

Overall, this is an uplifting chapter that just ascends into the next, equally happy chapter, which makes for a very happy ending indeed!

[adoringaudience]

I've been reading your story at work because that't the only time where I can do it. I just had to stop and comment on this chapter. I loved it so much. Your take on the Kip situation was far more believable than in canon.

[methylethyl]

Lol. I know all about reading fic at work, so you'll find no judgement from me.

I'm glad you liked this slightly-altered version of the Kip fiasco. It certainly gives it in a lot more detail than in canon, which I think helps makes it more believable.