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AN: This story is AU and has Mel and Lindsay bashing with mild Michael bashing. Mentions of child neglect.


Chapter Three

After settling Gus, Brian and Justin made their way down to the living room. Sitting opposite each other, Brian was the first to speak.

"There are a few ground rules we need to cover."

Justin nodded his agreement.

"First as Gus' nanny,"

Justin interrupted, "Child care provider."

Brian looked at him as if asking what the difference was before continuing.

"First is that you are never to leave Gus alone. Anywhere. Second I have full custody, however, when Gus wants to(,) he is allowed to see his moms, but only visits that are supervised by someone from the court. No unsupervised visits, and when he is going to be seeing him, I'll let you know a long time in advance," Brian warned him.

Justin hesitated before asking, "Why do you have full custody if you don't mind my asking."

Brian sighed, running his fingers through his hair. He barely knew the blonde but for some reason he felt he could trust Justin. Besides it would be nice to have someone who didn't have an opinion about what he should or should not have done know what had happened.

"It's a little complicated. Lindsay, Gus' biological mother, was a friend of mine from college. Although she professes to be a lesbian if I were even to consider turning to a woman, she'd be all over me in a flash. She met and married Melanie who's a lawyer."

Again he ran his fingers through his hair showing his exhaustion.

"A few years ago, they wanted to have a child. Lindsay still hadn't given up on her dream of having a happy hetro life with me. Unfortunately I didn't know about that until it was too late. To her the best way to keep me close and in her life was to have my child. I still don't know how they did it but they convinced me to be the father.

Once Lindsay was actually pregnant, I realised I was going to be a father and there was not a chance in hell I was going tobe like my old man. My life needed to change. I started my own advertising company, Kinnetik, and as the money came in, bought this house.

When Gus was born, Lindsay used him to gain my attention. Melanie used him as leverage to get as much money as possible out of me. After a while, I began to notice things. Small at first, then bigger. They neglected Gus. He was only important to them when they could gain something from me. The two of them often forgot to feed him, left him in the car when they went somewhere.

The last straw was when they went to some party and left him at the house by himself. He was barely a year old. I had gone to drop something off and found him. I took him home with me and filed for full custody the very next morning."

Justin was stunned. Gus was adorable. He couldn't understand how his mothers couldn't want him.

"They come here, slam the door in their faces, got ya," Justin stated completely serious.

Brian smirked. The blonde may have looked sweet and soft but he had a steel back bone.

"Do you have any objection to me taking Gus out to the park and some other places?" Justin asked wanting to get everything straight from the get go.

Brian was pleasantly surprised. The younger man seemed to genuinely like and want to make an effort with his son. Most people saw Gus as a way to get to Brian. Some of the old Brian came to the front.

"As long as they're not strip clubs. He's a little young for them."

Justin immediately went red and spluttered.

"Relax, Justin. It's fine as long as you're with him."

Brian watched as he tried to smother a yawn.

"We'd best get to bed. I have an early meeting tomorrow morning and Gus rarely sleeps late unless he's stayed up late the previous night."


Justin lay in his bed thinking over all that had happened. Brian Kinney was a gorgeous man that loved his son dearly. The young artist didn't have much experience beyond that of the occasional kiss and ahand job given under the bleachers at school.

He had been to chicken shit to go down to Liberty Ave. Then it had been prom, graduation, coming out to his family, his father throwing him out. He just hadn't had the motivation as well as the fact that he didn't want his first time to be a casual fuck. Come to think of it, he wanted someone like Brian Kinney.

Maybe you want Brian himself a little voice whispered in the back of his mind.

Justin realised that he was totally screwed. It would be all too easy to fall for the handsome ad-exec and then where would he be? Yip. Totally and royally fucked. That's where.

"Urrgh…" Justin moaned as he buried his head into one of his pillows.


Next door, Brian was having problematic realisations of his own. He wanted the blonde that was a given but he didn't want it to affect Gus. Justin also didn't seem like the kind of person that went for the occasional fuck. He was the relationship type. It would have to be all or nothing.

What scared Brian the most was the terrifying thought of being in a relationship didn't scare him. At least not in regards to Justin. Fuck! He needed to decidewhat it was that he wanted from the blonde but one thing was undeniable. He, Brian Kinney, was screwed.


AN: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed and thanks to my wonderful beta Elsa Kallan