Still Queer As Folk

Episode 6

"Justin, I was there too you know, from the beginning. Brian is right, you have nothing to be ashamed of. I know I would not have pulled through half of what you have." Michael smiled fondly at Justin. "We are family, let us help you." My best friend was an amazing man. He may not have always liked Justin but he always supports me.

Justin smiled and nodded before looking down at our hands. I looked at Michael and mouthed 'thank you'. He nodded in reply.

"So why the fuck can Brian touch him and why is Brian touching him? I thought they broke up, like almost two years ago. What the hell?" Everyone laugh and even Justin shook a little from quiet laughter.

"To be fair we all thought that, not just you Hunter." Ben added in to clarify. I nodded, yeah they assumed.

"Well first, we never said that. You dumb asses assumed that. So to answer your questions I will start with this." I raised my hand and showed my ring. Hunters mouth dropped open and he looked at Justin. Justin smiled his biggest smile to date and raised his hand wiggling his fingers. I laughed at his antics.

"How? What?" Hunters was looking at everyone, waiting for an answer.

"We married over a year ago in secret. No one knew until yesterday." Why drag it out, simple, to the point. "Now on to more important matters. Justin is recovering from almost being killed by an ass hole, for the second time." Justin grabbed my hand again only this time to calm me. I smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss. "The ass hole that hit Justin with his car, is the same ass hole I watch hit Justin in the head with a bat 6 years ago at his prom." I closed my eyes as the memory of that night ran through my mind.

"It was horrible. When I got to the hospital and saw Brian." Michael paused and shook his head. "I have never seen him so broken. He was covered in Justin's blood, tears running down his face. He wouldn't even look at me or talk, just sat there and waited for news on Justin."

Justin shut his eyes and shuttered slightly at the image Michael painted. I couldn't say anything, he was right. Justin opened his eyes and looked at Hunter. "I suffered brain damage that makes it difficult to use my right hand for long periods of time. I also had bad anxiety and freaked when people got to close to me or touched me." Justin looked at me with love in his eyes. "Brian was the only one that did not put me on edge. He could touch me and be close to me without me freaking out. I lived with him and he worked with me and got me through it. I am afraid the anxiety is back in a lesser form. Hunter, you only set me off because you caught me of guard. Really I'm fine now, just need a little time to recoup. You know with just waking from a coma and all." I kissed him again, then nuzzled the side of his head behind his ear.

"I am so proud of you." I whispered in his ear. He put himself out there without a second thought.

"Wait." We all look at Hunter. This should be good. "That happened at you senior prom? You too were involved when you were in high school. How old were you?" I went to talk but stopped when Justin put his hand on my leg.

"How old was who when? The prom or when we first got involved?" I choked on a laugh at Justin's taunting of Hunter. I should intervene, but this was too good to pass up and the looks on Michael and Ben's face says they agree.

"What, there is a difference?"

"Well, yeah." Justin leaned forward with his arms on the table. I couldn't resist I started playing with his hair. For some reason I have always had a thing for his hair, don't know why. So blonde and soft, I find my hands in it more then I realize. "Well I was eighteen at my prom and that happened right after Brian's birthday, so he was thirty. When Brian and I first meet months before that I was only seventeen and he was twenty-nine." Justin pause and put his hand up to stop Hunters next question. "Yes before you ask, he fucked me the night we first met for the first time." He looked at me with a sinister smile. "And many times since then. Well into the quadruple digits." I laughed at the reference.