The Ends Justify the Means - Chapter 4

[shadownyc]

THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS

Title: Chapter 4 - Heating Up
Written By: shadownyc
Timeline: Post-513
Rating: PG-13 to R for language and sexual references
Warnings: Some angst
Summary: The lives of the QaF Family move forward. This fic was written for the NaNoWriMo 2007 challenge
Disclaimer: Don’t own the characters, Cowlip does…but wish I owned some of them

Comments

[herefordroad]

i'm worried about ben...i love his character and i was touched by this:

"He didn’t want Hunter to have to resort to tens of thousands of dollars in loans just to get the education he earned and deserved. This was how Ben could take care of the only child he knew he’d ever have."

"His child...Somehow fate had stepped in and returned with a son. One who he could bond with and love more than any other child."

and now brian can use the "r" word without cringing and justin can mention it without brian freaking out:

“Back then if you had used the word ‘relationship’ when referring to us, just once, Ethan wouldn’t have ever happened. I’m glad to see that some things really do change for the better. You don’t even wince when you say it now.”

the correlation between brian's cancer and ben's condition is very interesting..and brian actually recognizes it:

"As Brian drove off he thought to himself, he’s a fucking asshole-let’s no one help him and thinks he can do it all himself. Then Brian laughed at the irony of his thoughts, sounds like someone else I know. He had a bittersweet smile on his face as he remembered past choices that only delayed his happiness"

i love your fic!

jeannie

[shadownyc]

Thank you so much for all your comments and supportive feedback. It means a great deal to me.

I love Ben too. By the end of the series I saw him on a par with Brian, Justin & Michael. I think he parallels Brian in so many ways and the two can learn from each other if they really allowed it.

I also think it's very significant that Hunter, as an adopted child is as much Ben's as Michael's and therefore is a central focus for Ben. This is the opportunity Ben could never dream of and that Hunter once remarked in canon was the thing that would keep him from ever finding someone to love.