I don't own Queer as Folk sad to say.

Justin walked down the street in pain and feeling dizzy. It was a constant feeling since he had moved out of the loft. Ethan had stopped him from taking his meds. That meant that on top of his allergies, he had the extreme pain in his hand and head from the bashing. He turned the corner that led him to liberty diner and entered to start his shift. He froze in his tracks when he saw that everyone was there. Michael gave him a dirty look and turned his back on him. Emmett smiled at him and so did Ted. Brian just ignored him. Ouch. Deb gave him a bone crushing hug and it took everything in him not to cry out in pain. He managed that, but he hadn't managed to keep his face completely blank. Emmett had seen his facial expression and his eyes held concern and confusion.

Justin got on with his shift, not talking to anyone only to take their order. He hated the situation that he was in and it left him with a heavy heart. Brian was not dealing with his departure very well and Justin knew that. Unfortunately Ethan had found out that Justin knew that, so Justin knew that tonight's beating would be so much worse, Ethan had wielded a knife at him that morning. He decided to write a goodbye note and leave it somewhere noticeable ish. After he had done that, he thought back to happier times. When Justin had been with Brian, he had been so confident, now he bowed his head whenever someone looked at him. After his shift had ended he left the diner feeling so much worse than when he came in. He was dying; he could feel it, feel his life force slowly ebb away from him. He knew that he would not survive what tonight had in store for him. His only regret was that Brian didn't know how much he loved him, and that thought made the tears that had been gathering in the corner of his eyes fall freely down his gaunt cheeks.

BPOV

Justin walked in to do his shift and I froze. I didn't want to look at the face that had made me so happy and now so broken. I couldn't even trick anymore, my body refused to let me have the release I so desperately wanted, but then, life refused to let me have the person I so desperately needed. Why didn't I tell him that I loved him when I had the chance? I let him slip away from me and I was the worst thing I have ever done in my life. I watched him secretly and noticed that he looked like shit. Maybe the fiddler wasn't everything that he hoped to be. I hoped so, and then maybe he would come back to me. God I miss him so much... and to make matters worse I have turned into a lesbian!

Sunshine was walking stiffly and his breathing was shallow. I looked around to see if anyone had noticed it and saw that Emmett had a frown on his face whilst looking at Sunshine. I turned back around and saw him walk off with a piece of paper in his hand.

After his shift had finished, he took one last glance at us and saw the death glare that Mikey gave him. He looked in pain and close to tears. It made my heart clench. I wasn't supposed to care though, he wasn't with me anymore, and he was Ian's responsibility. And that fact hurt more than anything else.

"Hey guys, anyone notice anything wrong with Sunshine?" Debbie asked

To my surprise, everyone nodded, even Mikey. We all looked on with an expression of worry on our faces. Maybe life in paradise wasn't so perfect after all.

MPOV

I hate the little twink with everything in me for what he did to Brian, but I love him with the same intensity for the fact that he is my brother. I also felt a little guilty; I had told him that since he wasn't with Brian anymore, he should just stay out of all of our lives. My thoughts were broken by my mom coming out of the kitchen with a letter in her hands; she had gone white and was shaking.

"Ma, what's wrong?" I questioned her. She just held the letter out for me to read aloud.

Dear everyone who used to care about me,

I have something that I need to tell you before I leave. First of all I love you all, especially Brian. I have never loved anyone as much as I do him. Second, I fear that I will be dead soon. I am dying anyway but I'm sure that Ethan will make my time come faster than I expected. You see, when I left Brian at the party, and went with Ethan, he was standing behind Brian with a gun pointing at his back, having told me beforehand that if I didn't leave Brian for him, than he would shoot Brian in the crowd. I'm so sorry but I couldn't let that happen, so I went with him.

When we got "home" Ethan ripped off my clothes and filmed himself raping me. The tapes are in the top left drawer of the filing cabinet. Please make sure that he is convicted because it wasn't just me who was his victims. I have been getting beatings as a nightly occurrence and now I am dying, I can feel myself get weaker everyday as Ethan has also stopped me from taking my medication, all of it. I'm so sorry and I hope you can forgive me, please try to remember me as I was, not what I had become. Though, I can see that none of you love me anymore, which puts my mind at rest because then no one goes through any pain when I do die. I'm sorry that I let you all down and please, no matter what you feel towards me, could you all look after my mom and Molly?

I'll love you all forever

Your ray of Sunshine

I finished the letter and I felt the tears running down my face. I had called him the most selfish prick to exist when I found out. My brother was dying; I was going to lose him. Then I looked at Brian, and wished that I hadn't. He was shaking and white as a sheet, but what disturbed me more were the huge tears that were falling down his face. I looked around and that was the state of everyone who had heard the last words of the kindest boy – no man ever to exist. Emmett was sobbing into Ted's shoulder and Ted was trying desperately to hold himself together. Ben stood up and wrapped his arms around me. The tears that leaked down his face mingled with my own. I had never felt so guilty in my life. He had made the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep Brian safe and we had done nothing but be horrible to him. Even Hunter was in tears. He stood up and wrapped his arms around me and Brian. I stroked his hair whilst trying to stay strong for the rest of them

HPOV

Oh my God, I loved Justin so fucking much, he was my role model and now some son of a Bitch was going to take him from his family. I stood up and hugged Michael I cried that it wasn't fair and he shushed me. I looked across at Brian and he looked devastated. I made my mind up then that we were going to save Sunshine. I unwrapped myself from my surrogate father and went over to Brian. I looked into his eyes and they were haunted with pain.

"Let's go and get him before the fucker has any time to do anything to him," I whispered into his ear. He looked at me and gave me a small smile before breaking out into a sprint. Me, Mikey, Ben, Em and Ted weren't far behind him.

BPOV

I felt empty. We had treated him like shit and yet he was suffering for me. I felt like crying, and it was only then that I noticed that I already was. I saw Hunter, Ben and Mikey hug each other and Emmett sob on Ted's shoulder, but none of it registered. Then I heard Hunter's voice

"Let's go get him before the fucker has any time to do anything to him"

I looked at him and gave him and appreciative smile before getting up and fucking legging it out of the door.

Chapter two will be coming up shortly – will they be in time to save Justin or not?

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