Fate's Given Grace: Chapter 2 (NC-17; Brian/Justin)

[etharei]

Title: Fate’s Given Grace, Act I - Chapter 2
Author: Etharei
Fandom: Queer as Folk (US)
Timeline: post-513 (future)
Rating: NC-17
Betas: My heartfelt gratitude to shadownyc and beathen. All remaining mistakes are mine alone.
Disclaimer: Queer as Folk and all the characters and situations featured therein are the property of Showtime, Cowlip Productions and their

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Chapter 2 grace

[foreverfolked]

Great chapter!

I went back and read the pro. and ch.1 because I loved it so much the first time I read them, and loved getting myself pcyced up for what was going to happen next.

The direction you are taking our boys is really interesting and I love the dialogue. The snappyness totally grabs my attention!

Really awesome, please update soon and I wish you luck with school and hope your health is better too.
Forever,Rory

Re: Chapter 2 grace

[etharei]

Thank you so much, Rory, for the lovely feedback and the kind wishes!!! School is good, have settled into my new classes and can remember most of the rooms now, and the cough is on its way out.

I'm very flattered that you even went back and reread the previous chapters, and I'm so happy that you're enjoying the story, especially since Brian!muse has been quite problematic recently.

Have a nice week!

[niquita_gia]

i adore this fic.. justin and brian seem so strong together.. i hope that doesnt change.. the world could end around them but id be happy as long as they're together.. i cant wait for Justin's NewYork life to collide with Brian.. he'll overwhelm them all..
eagerly anticipating the next chapter

[etharei]

Thanks very much! LOL, I know the feeling, B/J love is my food and drink sometimes. I'm glad you felt that their relationship is strong, as that was what I was trying to communicate. And I personally think that anyone with any trace of sentience would be overwhelmed by the utter hawtness of Brian Kinney. I hope you continue to like the story and where I take it ♥

[hydrangeaceae]

Like everyone else, I'm really enjoying this fic - your vision of Justin's life in New York is fun and believable, even if Grace needs to ditch Jared like, last month or something, and I like the part where she and Justin also have lots of learning about each other to do - it's fun, as the reader, to know more about one of the characters than another character does, and to get to experience (I hope) getting to know that first character again. If that makes any sense at all. Getting back to the easy - your dialogue is great, too, and I like some level of meta ("it occurs to Brian that maybe the club had saved him") like you do that doesn't go over the top into being Deep.
And, this being your nanowrimo fic means that it will never be an incomplete wip, right?
Sweet!

[etharei]

Thank you so much! There are lots of angsty post-513 fics out there, so I decided that I wanted something light and fun, at least to start with. Act II will be more angsty, but not in the usual scenarios.

even if Grace needs to ditch Jared like, last month or something
LOL! Yes, the crazy things people put up with when they're in love ;-)

I really appreciate your insightful words, and wow, you've just sent a couple of plotbunnies bouncing through my brain. You're making perfect sense, dear, and something you've said just clarified something for me, so thanks! *glomps hugely

[duffy_60]

I just love this. You have the voices down perfectly and are spot on. I'm loving the analogy of Grace and her sometimes boyfriend to Brian and Justin's past life together. Well done.
I went back and reread everything before chapter 2 just to bring it all back (too many things running through my tiny brain) and am so impressed with your writing.
I've friended the community and your LJ. I hope that's all right.

Stay well,
Daphne

[etharei]

Wow, thank you very much! I'm relieved that you found the voices IC, and that you liked the parallel between the two relationships. I'm also quite flattered that you reread the previous bits, though I have to do that before writing because with all the stuff I've moved around and re-written I forget what I've actually posted.

Have friended you back, and look forward to getting to know you better ^_^ Though I have to warn you, my LJ can contain some pretty random stuff. *hugs*

[duffy_60]

No worries about the randomness. Random is my middle name! ;-)

Peace,
Daphne

[penguin_dodger]

Dammit I gotta run, I'll give you better feedback later. For now I'll just say that you have an amazing way with words. You just captivate me in the images you create. Fave passage:

For so many years, Babylon has been the perpetual lover, a kingdom of conquests and adventure, Peter’s Neverland. It gave him his pulse; it was the balance, the freedom-place, to his days spent working for corporate America and being a slave to avarice. It’s so easy, like a sailor on a ship that’s sheltered him through storms and borne him to distant and uncharted places, to think of the club as a living thing

[etharei]

Wow, this more than enough feedback, sweets! *HUGS* Thank you very much for the compliment; I'm glad that you were able to envision the scene from my words. That bit's a personal favorite of mine from this fic, actually ^_^ so I'm all a-squee that you like it.

And LOL, well, I think that by 513 she's pretty much accepted that Brian and Justin will be together forevah *grins* And she does like Brian by then :-D Thanks again!