"Punctae" + "Milk and Toast and Honey"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Punctae
Author: Zoicite, at zoicite and zoicite
Characters: BSB
Prompt: 07 Love
Rating: explicit sex
Length: medium
Brief summary: This is one of Zoicite's older stories, but it's still among my favourites. It's a classic Zoicite GSF (Group Slut Fic) with Kevin and Nick as the main pairing. Kevin thinks he knows Nick so very well, but there are still things he doesn't understand about the youngest member of the band.

"I have to have rules for myself," Nick had said, and Kevin had nodded, kissing up Nick's spine. "Everyone should have rules for themselves."

"What are your rules?"

Nick shifted beneath Kevin, turning into him and kissing the corner of Kevin's mouth.

"I don't fall in love," Nick began, and Kevin smiled a little, because that was complete bullshit. "I don't fall in love," Nick said, "and I don't mess around with anyone over thirty." It had been a year. Nick was in love with Brian. He was sleeping with AJ and Howie too, of course, but mostly with Kevin, and he was in love with Brian.

"Good thing I'm not thirty." Kevin had said, lips moving against Nick's warm skin.

"Good thing."

Link to the story: Punctae


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Milk and Toast and Honey
Author: Genee Li, at sparkle and shine and geneli4
Characters: Nick, AJ, Kevin
Prompt: 09 Hurt/Comfort
Rating: -
Length: short
Brief summary: This is a story about the relationship between Nick and AJ and how it changes, from the beginning of Backstreet's career until now, with Kevin playing a wonderful supporting role. It is the kind of bittersweet-with-a-good-ending that has you almost in tears while you read it and leaves you feeling impossibly happy afterwards. Genee Li has a way with language that is uniquely her own and it makes this story even more worth reading.

Nick remembers the first time, back before they hit big, back before AJ started drinking and Brian got sick and everything went to shit and back again, he remembers waking up one afternoon, pale sun streaming through the hotel windows and a tiny black cat curled up on Kevin's lap, purring. Nick remembers Kevin's long fingers scratching softly under the cat's chin, remembers Kevin almost purring, too, his voice so soft, coaxing. "It's okay, babe," he'd said, "I got you," and Nick knew right then, because Kevin only used that voice with them and he could see Howie by the windows, phone pressed to his ear and Brian was sleeping behind him, one hand splayed on Nick's hip, soft breath on the back of his neck.

"AJ," Nick whispered, and Kevin looked up, green eyes narrowed so sharp Nick almost felt like a stranger. Almost, but the cat jumped down from Kevin's lap and stretched, blinking at Nick and meowing loudly.

Link to the story: Milk and Toast and Honey

Comments

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It's a wonderful story! I love the way Genee write so very much.