Waiting for the stars to align

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• Stars Made of Paper by rinmonsterer

  Fandoms: Queer as Folk (US TV 2000)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  20 Mar 2025

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  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Brian Kinney & Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk)
  • Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk)/Other(s)
  • Brian Kinney/Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk)
  • Brian Kinney (Queer as Folk)/Other(s)
  • Brian Kinney (Queer as Folk)
  • Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk)
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Developing Friendships
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Alternate Universe
  • Roommates
  • Slow Burn
  • Pining
  • Unresolved Sexual Tension

  Summary

  AU. Slow burn.

  Justin is 17, crashing on the couch at Brian's place, hiding from his parents and struggling with PTSD. All Brian wants is to not get roped into babysitting him and to enjoy his last months of college. That's not how it works out.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Waiting for the stars to align

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  32,919

  Chapters:

  7/7

  Comments:

  36

  Kudos:

  76

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  2,023

• Chalk Outlines by rinmonsterer

  Fandoms: Queer as Folk (US TV 2000)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  13 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Brian Kinney/Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk)
  • Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk)/Other(s)
  • Brian Kinney (Queer as Folk)
  • Justin Taylor (Queer as Folk)
  • Original Characters
  • Alternate Universe
  • Pining
  • Friendship
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Explicit Language
  • Enemies to Friends to Lovers

  Summary

  Why did he even come here? Did he just want to stare at the chalk outlines of the dead whatever-it-was that he and Justin had before he fucked it all up?

  In which Brian will have to do Things That Brian Kinney Never Does and fix what he broke between himself and Justin.
  Sequel to Stars Made of Paper.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Waiting for the stars to align

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  23,340

  Chapters:

  4/4

  Comments:

  52

  Kudos:

  62

  Bookmarks:

  10

  Hits:

  1,423