Okay, I'm a little drunk, but bear with me.

I saw a fic not too long ago that ascribed the reason for Dom telling Brian about his father to a method of asserting his dominance over Brian. Heh. Appropriate name for the guy, isn't it? Very. It's something like, "Okay, so you're going to date my sister. Here's what you're dealing with. Also, I'm going to make you pay attention to me."

I agree with that theory, very much. The only other theory I've seen is that Dom sees his sister really likes the guy and is trying to 'bring him into the family,' so to speak, by testing him to see just how gun-shy he is. Brian, of course, doesn't flinch. So if I break up with/cheat on/piss off your sister, or make her cry, I'll have to ride the short bus for the rest of my life. All right, no big deal, I don't have any plans that way Dom, here's my pinks.

Rule One: Brian never ever ever EVER panics. Not when people are bleeding, not when there are guns pointed at his nose, not when his car is on fire. Not when his heretofore best friend* is nonverbally threatening to kill him when he blows his cover.

So Brian passes the test. There are any number of ways to go with that theory, any number of emotional levels. Dom could assume Brian's not interested, Brian could assume Dom's just being protective of his sister, they're both ignoring the mutual magnetism, etc. etc.

The one thing I can't ignore is that after reading "Inevitability" by lucylooo, suddenly I see Mia trying to get Brian and Dom together. There's more chemistry between those two boys than between Mia and Brian, even when they're tangled up in the sheets together.

Gah, they're so young in the first movie. It's going to be a long, long and boring wait until Fast & Furious comes out on DVD, once it's out of the theater.



*I get the feeling Brian doesn't have any many friends. Dom's the closest he's got.