The Wake of War, Obvious

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My big Choey Table

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: The Wake of War
Author: Lucy Hale
Characters: Chris, Joey, Lance, JC, Justin
Prompt: 16. Teamwork
Rating: Pg-13
Length: Longish
Brief summary: Historical AU, set right after the end of the Civil War. Lance is the last of his family, living in a ruined Jackson, Justin is a southern soldier who finds shelter in the remains of the Bass house. JC and Joey are Yankees who end up with them because they had to leave New York since Joey was friends with Booth and thus was suspect when Lincon was killed. Chris is a mulatto, who is looking to escape from Pearlman’s plantation. The situation is bad for the five, but somehow despite some very realistically portrayed prejudice and historical obstacles, they become friends, and together build something really beautiful. Besides the Choey, there’s a threesome of Lance/Justin/JC, but it doesn’t feel forced. Lucy Hale is a great AU writer, and The Wake of War is one of her best. Even if at moments you’ll want to kill Lance.
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Link to the story: The Wake of War

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Obvious
Author: Alexandria Brown
Characters: Chris, Joey, Lance, JC, Justin
Prompt: 10. Fandom Cliché
Rating: G
Length: Short.
Brief summary: Doing the rec thing I discovered popslash has a lot of clichés. Picking one for this was kind of hard. From the turn into girls!Cliche, to the Lanceisreallyreallygay!Cliche, to the Jcnevermakesanysense!Cliche, there are at least ten good stories for each. Finally, I choose the ‘theguysaskalltheothersaboutsomethingbeforedoingit!Cliche’. Which is a bit long for a cliché name. Joey is in love with Chris, Chris is completely clueless. So Joey asks JC about it. Then Lance. Then Justin gives him his opinion. Which is even the pattern of the cliché. But Alexandria makes it work, and she’s really got a good handle of their different voices, which is why I choose this, ultra-clichéd plot (It even has a bit of gay!Lance for good measure), but very good and sweet story. Because when the execution is good, the plot can be a little shaky. And this execution? Is really good.
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Link to the story: Obvious

What you got, Out of Reach

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My big Choey Table

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: What you got.
Author: Skeabs
Characters: Chris, Joey, Lance, JC, Justin
Prompt: 07. Love
Rating: Pg-13
Length: Medium.
Brief summary: Dani breaks up with Chris, and weeks later, Chris gets depressed. Joey has been in love with Chris for as long as he can remember, so when Chris shows in his doorstep, he gives Chris the space he needs to mend. There aren’t fireworks, and everything seems to proceed so naturally, that I can’t help but recommend this fic. Particulary for Joey’s point of view, which is really heartwarming. Another thing to note is that, even when it’s a romantic fic, the revelations are done in such a matter-of-fact way, that it’s a very refreshing change.
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Link to the story: What you got

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Out of Reach
Author: lilysaid
Characters: Chris, Joey, Lance, JC, Justin
Prompt: 32. Secrets
Rating: R
Length: Short.
Brief summary: Chris wants Joey, JC knows, Joey doesn’t. Joey is straight, but really flirty, and that’s the plot of the story in very broad strokes. It’s between funny and hot and sad and sweet, because Chris really suffers for his unrequited love, since Joey is completely clueless and the flirting is anything but harmless. And Joey _is_ straight. Which makes everything extremely complicated. The best part is that it works. The story works, and it doesn’t feel like it’s cheating by the time you get to the end.
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Link to the story: Out of reach

Once, The Old Apartment

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My big Choey Table

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: Once.
Author: lucylooo
Characters: Chris, Joey.
Prompt: 01. First Time
Rating: R-ish.
Length: Medium.
Brief summary: There are quite a few first time stories in popslash. There’s the both of them are virgins type, the neither of them had been with a man story, and so on. Lucy’s story is a surprise because not only Joey has never been with a man, he’s straight. He’s just caving to Chris’s seduction techniques because Chris is persistent. And he gives him one chance. Just one night to prove him he’s really good. Chris delivers.
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Link to the story: Once

Claim: *N Sync: Chris/Joey
Title: The Old Apartment
Author: visionshadows
Characters: Chris, Joey.
Prompt: 29. Oops
Rating: R
Length: Short.
Brief summary: This story is one of those that fit in like, three prompts. After a lot of thinking, I choose oops mostly because it’s about things that neither Chris nor Joey meant to say to the other and they end up saying them in the worst possible moment, which leads to a very strange situation that lasts for the whole duration of *N Sync, and ends up back when everything started, at an apartment that Chris and Joey used to share before *N sync. Told mostly in flashbacks, there are a couple of scenes that makes you want to reach out and bang their heads together, to see if they finally get it. It’s that good.
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Link to the story: The Old Apartment

"Patriotic Duty" + "The Saga of Godboy and the Freak"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Patriotic Duty
Author: Alexandria Brown, at Fiction by Alexandria Brown and alexandriabrown
Characters: AJ, Kevin
Prompt: 12 Humor
Rating: PG13
Length: short
Brief summary: AJ has an idea, Kevin is afraid. A very fluffy and funny little story.
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Link to the story: Patriotic Duty


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: The Saga of Godboy and the Freak
Author: Allecto, at The Wall and allecto
Characters: BSB and Nsync
Prompt: 15 Crack!Fic
Rating: -
Length: medium
Brief summary: This is an absolutely hilariously cracked-out story about Chris and Brian hooking up and how their respective bands dealt with it. Incredibly well-written, with wonderful dialogues and an irresistible underlying sweetness. The characterisations are exactly the right amount of larger-than-life for this type of story and both bands get equal time in the spotlight. A story to read and re-read for years to come.
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Link to the story: The Saga of Godboy and the Freak