I often find myself reaching outside my favorite pairing of Brian/Michael in order to find good Brian characterizations. I'll put up with anything, even Justin, for a Brian who sounds like Brian.
valereix gives good Brian. So does seperis. Her website Illuminated Text also has a very good recs page, though again it's almost all Brian/Justin. My two favorites on that list are Julad's "The Importance of Being Brian" and Seperis's own "Stumble and Fall."
Julad's story is spoilery for Season Three, but I'm pretty sure Seperis's is not. The rest should have disclaimers.
The most comprehensive general archive is probably Across the Pond.
Hope these help. To be honest, I don't think you'll find the wealth of good fic you so famously found for Spike--Brian seems harder for many authors to capture. I s'pose he's rather like Angel in that respect.
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Julad's story is spoilery for Season Three, but I'm pretty sure Seperis's is not. The rest should have disclaimers.
The most comprehensive B/M archive is Always.
The most comprehensive general archive is probably Across the Pond.
Hope these help. To be honest, I don't think you'll find the wealth of good fic you so famously found for Spike--Brian seems harder for many authors to capture. I s'pose he's rather like Angel in that respect.