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Just to explain:

These form a single, if somewhat episodic, story in the form of 37 drabbles. To be honest, I'm kind of double-dipping here. I was stuck for an idea for the Moonshadow Tribe Holiday challenge “The Real Meaning Of..." I hadn't been able to come up with anything, except a vague feeling that I wanted this to be a new Justin!Rage story. Then yesterday I found Xie’s 37 Days of Gusmas Drabble challenge which had 37 prompts - one for each day from Thanksgiving to New Years. Some of the prompts are single words, some are quotes or song titles, some are images. I looked through the prompts and suddenly all my disjointed ideas just flowed together. So, a classic case of two birds with one stone. As Xie’s challenge was part of a fund-raiser for The Trevor Project, I figured The Tribe wouldn’t mind.

For those who are interested, other Gusmas drabbles can be found here on IJ:

37 Days of Gusmas

And the other Tribe Holiday Challenge fics can be found here:

The Real Meaning Challenge

This story picks up pretty much where Christmas Lights left off, but you probably need to read the other stories in that universe for it to make sense. They start with “Never Have, Never Will”, and are all listed here:

Justin!Rage Stories Index





Now let the drabbles begin!




( The Real Meaning Of ... )

Well, only one day later than I'd hoped to be.

Blame it on the fact that the story kept writing itself. More bits wanted to be added than I'd bargained for.

Anyway, here it is.

As usual, clicking the link to the stories signifies that you are legally adult in the country in which you reside.

If you haven't read part one, that is here:

Always Have, Always Will - Part One

If you need a recap of that -

Last time, Brian and Justin visited the girls in Toronto. After a rocky beginning to the visit, they agreed to bring Gus down to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving, and to let him spend a night or two with Brian at his new house.

They were due to arrive on Wednesday night, but right at the last minute they canceled. Brian went off on a pain management binge, and arrived home after a two night absence (on Friday morning) to find a note from Justin which gave him some reassurance that Justin was ready to forgive him for behaving like such a twat.

I'm actually adding a note here because people seem confused by Justin's superpowers. This is a sequel, remember, to Never Have, Never Will. It's therefore set in what I am calling to myself at least the Justin!Rage universe. Remember how he got rid of Mikey's ghost in NH, NW? Well, now the girls are pi... annoying him.

Now, read on:



( Always Have, Always Will - Part Two )

It's not exactly been beta'd, so please forgive any errors. I take all the blame, but I promised it would be up this weekend, and it's Sunday night here now.

Oh, and if you're looking for Part One, it's here (slightly tweaked to fix up lines I wasn't entirely happy with - no real changes):

Never Have, Never Will - Part One


So without more ado here it is ...



( Never Have, Never Will - Part Two )

The Justin!Rage universe came about in a strange way. I had been planning my usual Halloween fic, and had an idea about basing it on a really old (and creepy) story called God Grant That She Lye Still. Brian, of course, would have been the hero, and Justin the damsel in distress ... struggling against being possessed by the spirit of an evil person who'd died some time before. But I've never been any good at writing victim!Justin, and as I wrote it, the story morphed into this.

It's an AU where Brian and Justin meet much later and comes with the strongest possible warning to Mikey fans - don't read it! I don't like Mikey, and you will not like what happens to him in this story.

Never Have, Never Will: Part One

Never Have, Never Will: Part Two



Next story is another long one. It's set immediately after Never Have, Never Will and became an expression of my anger at the two women who took their young children to another country driven by stated motives which I consider spurious and with unstated ones I suspect are almost purely selfish and ego-driven. Again, a warning ... if you like the lesbians (especially Lindsay) you are unlikely to enjoy this fic.

Always Have, Always Will: Part One

Always Have, Always Will: Part Two


Ironically, given how edged the first two stories were, the following two are both Christmas stories, and they involve Gus. It's an almost certain recipe for a certain sugar level.

The first follows on directly from Always Have, Always Will

Christmas Lights

The next is in an unusual format. It was written in response to a drabbles challenge and takes the form of 37 linked drabbles - each written in response to a specific prompt.

The Real Meaning of ...




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