The Detective and the Prosecutor
Part 5
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Brian was feeling a little lonely in his loft Wednesday night. How was it possible that after one night he was already missing Justin? The sound of the buzzer snapped him out of his thoughts.
“Yeah?”
“Brian, it’s Michael.”
Brian grimaced, he wasn’t ready to see Michael, but he obviously had no choice. Michael walked into the loft, looking sheepish. “Hey Brian.”
“Mikey.”
“Look, I wanted to apologize. I had no right making assumptions about Justin. It was not my place to tell him anything about you, and I’m sorry.”
Brian felt his anger towards Michael slipping away, “Thank you, I appreciate it. Michael, I’m not the same guy I was in our twenties. Don’t get me wrong, I still trick and fuck around, but that’s not all I am anymore. I’ve tried really hard to grow up. To be a good father to Gus, hell to be a good person in general. It hurts when the past is thrown up in my face.”
“I know Brian, and deep down, I know you aren’t the person you used to be. But it’s easier to think of you that way.”
“Why Michael?”
“Because if you are the same heartless bastard that doesn’t think about a guy after the condom is removed, then I won’t lose you.”
“Mikey, you will never lose me. You are my best friend. I will never lose sight of that, but I know you hope that we will be more.”
Brian lifted Michael’s chin so they were looking each other in the eye, “We were meant to be best friends and nothing more. I will always love you, but I will never be ‘in love’ with you. If that’s too hard or too painful for you to accept, then we should call it quits right now.”
“No Brian, I don’t want to do that.”
“Neither do I Mikey, neither do I.”
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Justin was on cloud nine when Brian dropped him off on Wednesday night. He was in love. The feelings he felt for Brian were so much stronger than he had ever felt for Steve. Admitting that was hard, he had adored Steve, but they never had a chance. Life got in the way of that.
Justin was sitting lost in his thoughts, when there was a knock at his door. He reluctantly got up and went to his apartment door. He looked through the peephole and saw his sister smiling back at him.
He threw the door open, and embraced Molly in his arms. “Mollusk, I am so happy to see you!”
“Well you’d better be! I flew from Milan just to see you.”
“I am honored.” Justin helped Molly bring her bags into the apartment. He dropped the in the middle of the living room.
“So, what brings you to Pittsburgh?”
“I was worried about you.”
“Why?”
“Well, the last time we talked, you were all up in knots about some guy.”
“So you decided to race in on your designer steed and rescue me?”
Molly smirked at him, “Something like that.”
“Well I’ll have you know, things are just fine between Brian and I.”
“That’s good to hear, I still want to meet him.”
“Molly!” Justin whined.
“Jus this is the first guy you have admitted any feelings for in 12 years, you’ll have to excuse me if I am a little bit protective.”
“Hey, who’s the older sibling here?”
“Years is nothing but a calendar bro!”
“Ok, ok, you win!”
“So what’s up?”
“Well, we’ve been together, and now we’re just seeing where it leads.” Justin’s speech was interrupted by the ringing of the telephone.
“Hey Sunshine!”
“Hey Bri!”
“Well, the queer patrol is out, you and I are expected at Debbie’s for dinner on Friday night.”
“Busted already huh?”
“Something like that.”
“Ok, but we need to have lunch tomorrow.”
“You’re demanding Sunshine.”
“You’re dragging me to Debbie’s on Friday, think of this as ‘quid pro quo.’”
“Ok Sunshine. What’s the plan for lunch tomorrow?”
“I’ll come by your office.”
“Ok, I’ll see you then.”
“Goodnight Brian.”
“Goodnight Justin.”
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Justin needed to go into the office on Thursday. He told Molly to meet him there at 11:30, and then they would go pick up Brian.
Justin was reviewing a deposition when Daphne paged him. “Mr. Taylor, your sister is here.”
“Thanks Daph, send her in.”
Molly walked in, dressed like she had just come from an Italian photo shoot. “Molly, this is Pittsburgh, not Milan.”
“Hey bro, one must live up to one’s reputation.”
Justin chuckled. Molly looked fantastic in the jeweled tank top and denim mini-skirt. She was a beautiful woman and she knew it.
Justin parked his car at the visitor’s parking lot in the Pittsburgh Police Department. He and Molly took the elevator up to the homicide division. Justin had never been to Brian’s office before. He found himself face to face with a lovely blonde woman.
“Can I help you?” the blonde asked.
“Justin Taylor to see Detective Kinney.”
“Oh my god, you’re Justin? I’m Cynthia, Brian’s partner. It is so cool to meet you.”
Justin didn’t know how to react. This woman obviously knew who he was. Cynthia paged Brian, “Bri, Justin Taylor is here to see you.”
“Send him in.”
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Justin and Molly entered Brian’s office. Brian looked up and was surprised to see another person with his lover.
“Bri, this is my sister Molly, she wandered into town last night.”
“Molly Taylor, it is a pleasure to meet you, I have admired your work for years.”
Molly was tempted to turn on her flirtatious charms, but she knew better, “It is a pleasure to meet the man who may bring my brother back to the land of the living.”
Justin blushed at that statement. Brian just smirked, “Well I hope I will pass the Taylor family test.”
“It looks good so far Detective.”
Justin was mortified.
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Lunch actually went very well. Brian and Molly hit it off very well. For that, Justin was thankful. It was important to him that his family be accepting of whoever he might have a relationship with. Molly being a high fashion model and Brian a label queen, they had plenty to talk about. Justin felt a little left out, but Brian’s reassuring hand on his leg kept him grounded.
Justin and Molly dropped Brian off at his office. Brian and Justin made plans to have dinner that evening. Molly bowed out gracefully, telling the two men she wanted to check out the clubs, as long as Justin gave her a key. Brian told Justin he would pick him up when he got off work.
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Molly was true to her word, and was scarce when Brian picked Justin up Thursday night. Brian rang the doorbell at 7:00 on the dot. Justin answered the door, and his breath was taken away. Brian stood there with a bouquet of roses in his hands. He offered them to Justin, who took them willingly.
“So where is Molly?”
“Oh, she’s going to prowl the clubs tonight. She supposedly has a boyfriend, but I know my sister, she’s always looking for the next person to come along.”
“Sounds like me” Brian muttered underneath his breath.
“What?”
“Nothing Sunshine. Hurry up, or we’ll be late for our reservation.”
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Brian and Justin stared at each other from across the table at Papagano’s. There were no words spoken between them, but volumes were spoken.
“I really liked meeting your sister today.”
“The brat incarnate?”
“She’s a good person.”
“Yeah, she is, she’s my best friend. As much as I could have.”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because I‘ve always been a loner. I’ve never depended on anyone. Molly is the only person I’ve ever entrusted anything to.”
“Well now you have me.”
Justin looked deep into Brian’s eyes, “Do I, detective?”
“Yes Counselor, you do.”
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Brian and Justin barely made it back to Justin’s apartment. They fell through the door, kissing passionately. Molly was sitting on the couch, watching TV. “Just because I’m cool with my brother being gay, doesn’t mean I need a full-fledged display thrown in my face.”
The two men laughed at her, and made their way to Justin’s room.
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Once they were inside the bedroom, Brian pushed Justin onto the bed. Justin looked up at Brian and licked his lips expectantly. Brian stood at the foot of the bed and began to remove his clothes. Justin’s gaze never left Brian’s. He began to pull off his clothes and presented himself to Brian. His cock stood erect above his belly. Brian immediately leaned down and began feasting on Justin’s cock.
He licked the underside, traced his tongue along the engorged vein. His tongue came to Justin’s leaking slit. Brian sucked hard, and drew the pre-cum out of Justin’s cock. He swallowed every drop. His own cock was straining for release, but he needed something more.
Brian rolled onto his stomach. He arched his ass into the air, and presented himself to Justin. “Justin, I need you to fuck me.”
Justin was terrified. Brian’s ass was in the air, presenting itself to him, and he didn’t know what to do. He decided to let his own instincts take over. Justin leaned into Brian’s ass cheeks and parted them. He spread the beautiful globs before him. He saw Brian’s hole, in all it’s glory. Justin slowly leaned down and placed his tongue at the entrance of Brian’s hole.
His tongue slowly began to prod at Brian’s hole. The muscles slowly relaxed to allow Justin’s tongue to enter him. Justin licked and nipped at Brian. He loved the taste of the man beneath him. Justin began to poke the head of his cock at Brian. His lover’s voice stopped him. “Condoms, in the right pocket of my jacket.”
Justin was jolted out of is sensual reverie. He blindly reached for Brian’s jacket. He found the foil packets there. Justin quickly unrolled one around his swollen cock.
When his cock was sheathed, Justin began assaulting Brian’s hole again. He slid into the tight orifice. Brian reached back, and held Justin’s hips to him. Suddenly, he let go.
“Fuck me baby, fuck me with everything you’ve got!”
Justin began to fuck Brian’s ass with wild abandon. He forgot where he was, he just thrust with everything he had. The two men came together in a blinding orgasm. Justin collapsed on Brian’s back. When his breathing returned to normal, Justin rolled off the man beneath him. Brian quickly turned, and gathered Justin in his arms. Contented the two men fell asleep.
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The alarm clock jolted the two men awake. Neither of them wanted to get out of bed, but they both had a full work day ahead of them. Brian still had to go home and get fresh clothes.
“You know Sunshine, if we’re going to keep having these sleepovers, I think we need to keep clothes at each other’s place.” Justin just laughed at him.
“What time to we have to be at Deb’s tonight?”
“Seven, I’m going to call her to add one more.”
“Who?”
“Molly, we ditched her last night, and she did come to see you.”
“Ok.”
“I’ve gotta run, I’ll call you later,” and with a quick kiss, he was out the door.
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Justin walked into the living room, and began making coffee. Molly came out from the other bedroom rubbing her eyes. Justin laughed at her disheveled appearance. If anyone saw this Molly, they would never believe she was the “face of Versace.”
“God morning Mollusk,” Justin handed her a cup of coffee.
“Good morning screamer.”
“What?”
“You don’t really think I got any sleep last night after the two of you got here.”
Justin’s face turned beet red. “It’s cool. I really like him.”
“So do I.”
Molly slapped her brother on the arm, “no kidding.”
He smacked her back, and soon they had embarked on an all out tickle war.
“Mol, you’re coming to dinner with us.”
“And intrude on your romantic interlude, I don’t think so.”
“No we’re having dinner at a friend of his, more like his surrogate family. I need the support, I feel like I’m going to be crossing enemy lines.”
“Ok, I’ll go with you, but you’re spending the night at his place tonight.”
“Deal!”
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Justin was sitting in his office reviewing testimony from a deposition he had taken earlier. His phone rang, and since Daphne was at lunch, he answered it.
“Justin Taylor.”
“Don’t you sound so professional!”
“Hey Bri! What’s up?”
“Aren’t I allowed to call you in the middle of the day for no reason?”
“Of course you can, so what’s up?”
Justin heard the soft laughter on the other side of the phone. “I talked to Deb, she’s cool with Molly coming. It’s going to be quite a party.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Well, everyone is going to be there. Deb, Vic, Emmett, Ted, Michael, the Munchers and Gus. The whole queer family.”
Justin immediately got nervous. Thank god Molly would be there. “Brian, are you sure this is a good idea?”
“Justin, if we’re going to be seeing each other, you’ve got to accept that I have the nosiest, most interfering people in my life that I call family. They’re very overbearing, but they’re good people with good hearts. You and Molly will immediately be adopted into the ‘family of Deb’ as I like to call it. I know it seems sudden, but if I show up there tonight without you in tow, Deb will cut off my balls.”
“Well we can’t have that can we.”
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Deb was putting the lasagna in the oven, and taking care of last minute details before “the family” descended. She wondered if it had been a good idea to invite everyone for dinner. She knew Sunshine had met everyone individually but Vic, but this family became quite formidable when together. “Tough shit,” she muttered to herself.
She had a feeling about Brian and Sunshine. She had been waiting years for someone to come along and knock Brian Kinney’s socks off. She had to admit, the beautiful blonde didn’t look like Brian’s normal type, but things move in mysterious ways. She just hoped Brian wasn’t too much of an asshole.
Michael came in the kitchen, “Hey ma!”
“In the kitchen Michael.”
“I got the bread you wanted.”
“Thanks honey, just leave it on the counter.”
Michael walked in and found the kitchen a disaster, “Geez ma, I don’t see what the big deal is, it’s just the gang over for dinner.”
“No it’s not, it’s Justin’s first family dinner.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Since Brian and Justin are a couple, Justin is a member of the family, simple enough for you?”
“Brian is not a ‘couple’ with anyone.”
“If you need to believe that go ahead. But why would Brian have reacted so strongly to what you said to Justin, if he was just a fuck? I’ll tell you why, that kid has knocked Brian Kinney’s world upside down. It’s not some trick Michael. I know how you feel about Brian, but honey it’s been 20 years, you’ll never be anything other than his friend. He does love you, but not the way you want him to.”
“I know Ma, it’s just hard. When he would turn tricks and party and fuck around, it was easier to pretend. Knowing that he may actually be interested in someone makes it real that we will never be together.”
“I know. Brian needs you to be his friend, and support him on this. And don’t take out your jealousy and frustration on Sunshine.”
Michael looked chagrined, “You heard about that?”
“I figured it out when I talked to Brian.”
“You talked to Brian about this?”
“Yeah he came over last week. For all intensive purposes, I am his mother too.”
Michael went over and kissed Debbie’s cheek, “You are mother to all that is queer.”
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Brian picked Molly and Justin up at six on Friday night. Molly looked like she just stepped out of Vogue, casual yet very chic. Justin looked great, dressed not quite as high style as Molly, but their Manhattan heritage was shining through. Brian could tell Justin was nervous. He thought about calling the whole thing off, but visions of Debbie with a meat cleaver aimed at his balls kept coming to him. Besides, what he told Justin was true, if they were going to be together, this motley crew was part of the package.
The three companions piled into Brian’s jeep, and they were off.
“So Bri,” Molly began from the backseat, “who’s all going to be at this dinner.”
“Well it’s at Debbie’s house, so Deb, she’s kind of mother to us all. She’ll probably freak you out at first, she can take some getting used to.”
Justin interjected, “That’s for sure.”
“Deb’s brother Vic, he lives there as well. He’s like the Obi Wan Kenobi, a very wise old queer. Michael, that’s Debbie’s son, he’s been my best friend since we were 14. Ted and Emmett. The accountant and the beauty queen, a stranger couple you will never meet. Melanie and Lindsey, or as I call them ‘The Munchers’ and my son Gus.”
“You have a son?”
“Yeah, he’s six years old. I was the sperm donor for Melanie and Lindsey, but somehow I got roped into being dad.” Brian chuckled after he said that, he loved being Gus’s dad more than anything in the world.
“Melanie, Justin is that your friend Melanie.”
“Yeah, you remember her?”
“Duh, I was 17 when you met her not two.”
Justin just rolled his eyes, Molly could sure act two sometimes. Brian laughed at the interaction between the siblings. It made him wonder what it would have been like if he and Clair had been close. He was sure they would never have the camaraderie that the Taylor siblings had. From everything he had learned from Justin, it sounded like he and Molly had been each other’s primary support right from the start.
Brian looked back in the rear-view mirror, and caught Molly’s eye just as she smacked Justin on the side of the head. Justin reached backed and popped her on the nose. “Children please! I thought I picked up two adults tonight, not toddlers.”
That earned him a pop in the back of the head from Molly and a smack on the arm from Justin. By the time they pulled up to Debbie’s, all three were laughing hysterically.
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Gus kept looking out the window for his dad. He truly “hero-worshipped” Brian. It annoyed Melanie, but she had to be honest, Brian was very good with Gus. The others were just sitting around chatting, wait for the guests of honor to arrive. Melanie didn’t understand why they had to make such a fuss. Well the fact that Brian Kinney was “dating” certainly had to be one of the signs of the apocalypse. She just hoped her friend didn’t get burned. If he did, there would be no place on Earth, Brian Kinney could hide.
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Lindsey sat next to her wife, and watched Melanie out of the corner of her eye. She knew how Mel felt about Brian, it’s never been any big secret. Brian was kind of an asshole when they met. Now it seemed the animosity was more out of habit than any true bad feelings.
Lindsey thought about Brian and this young man he was bringing tonight. He was certainly a nice young man, but not Brian’s type at all. Brian usually went for the very burly, masculine guys, not slight blondes that looked 18. She knew Melanie was crazy about Justin, and she knew Brian was too. Hopefully, this would be Brian’s chance.
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Emmett was sitting in the arm chair flipping through the latest issue of “Vogue.” He had to keep himself up to date on the latest styles, it helped him in his line of work. He was paging through the Versace layout, god he loved Versace. Maybe someday he would actually be able to afford the real thing instead of knock offs.
Brian was the only one in the family who could afford and wear real Versace and Armani. Emmett didn’t know how much detectives got paid, but based on Brian’s loft, wardrobe and spending habits, it must be a lot.
Emmett was happy things were working out for Brian and Justin. Even though he had only just met Justin, Emmett liked him immediately. He was very polite and kind, but there was a strength in him, that went right to the core. Emmett would never want to tangle with him in court, he had a feeling the young prosecutor never lost.
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Ted was flipping through the “Wall Street Journal.” He hoped the others would get here soon, he was starving. Brian Kinney off the market. Ted was surprised he didn’t see a headline. Although Brian had been laying pretty low for quite a while now, his throne was always waiting for him. Even though Brian pretty much treated him like pond scum, Ted had an admiration for the detective. First of all he was totally hot, something like that never goes unnoticed. Second of all, Ted was intuitive enough to know that Brian’s “asshole” persona, was just that. He’d collected enough information over the years to know that Brian had it rough growing up. Sometimes you erect walls in order to survive. Ted wondered if he would meet the “real” Brian Kinney now that Justin had come along.
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Michael sat in the kitchen. You’d think the president was coming over or something. He had to admit it was a big deal that Brian was actually seeing someone a second time and knew the guy’s name. He just felt that if Brian hooked up with this kid, all his adolescent fantasies would disappear, but maybe it was time.
Justin seemed nice enough. Michael knew he would have to apologize, he really had been a jerk to the young blonde. The moment he heard “I have a date with Brian Kinney” all Michael’s rational thoughts went out the window and he attacked.
Michael knew that Brian had had it rough, and he knew that his friend deserved to be happy. Why couldn’t it be with him? That’s the part Michael couldn’t understand. Well there was no use in overanalyzing it, the royal couple should be here soon.
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Vic surveyed the occupants of the house with an amused smile. What a crazy bunch they were. The love that bound these people together was astounding. Oh he knew they would all give Brian shit for falling head over heels, but deep down they would be very happy.
Vic had watched Brian stumble for years. He saw the scared kid that tried to hide his bruises. Although Vic lived in New York for many years, he visited Pittsburgh often. He and Brian hit it off, and Vic became Brian’s homosexual mentor. While in college, Brian visited Vic in New York several times, and after too many cocktails or some good hash, the younger man would open up.
He would tell Vic about not believing in love and not doing relationships, but he really wished they were something he could believe in. Vic was the only member of the family who had not met Justin yet. He knew the kid had to be pretty special though, Brian deserved it.
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Deb surveyed the kitchen. Everything was ready, now they just had to wait for Sunshine and Mr. Wonderful. Her favorite skinny Mick kid was growing up, at 35. Oh well at least it happened. Sunshine was good for Brian. He had a light inside of him that would help with Brian’s darkness. If Justin was the sun, then Brian was the moon, a better match would not be found.
From outside she heard a car door slam, and Gus take off out the front door.
“Dad!”