"Not An Intervention" + "Taking Control"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Not An Intervention
Author: Kate & Mercutio, at Index of Stand Alone Stories & Mercutio's Stories and sirkate & bard_mercutio
Characters: Kevin, AJ
Prompt: 25 Kink
Rating: explicit sex
Length: medium
Brief summary: AJ has been out of sorts for a while and Kevin tries a novel way of finding out what is wrong. It works, but it also leads to significant changes in their lives. I like this story very much, it has good dialouge and hot sex, and I especially like how it shows that liking kinky sex in no way prevents you from being a dork.

"So. Why're you hurting?" Trying the direct route seems like a good way to start.

"Because some asshole tied me up and stuck me in the back of a truck and then bounced me around for a couple of hours!"

"Don't be a dick, you know what I meant."

AJ gives him a level look. He hasn't stopped glaring yet; Kevin's given him no reason to. "No, I don't know what you mean."

"You've been touchy and lashing out at us for weeks. You're clearly hurting about something."

"And the best way to fix that was to give me a reason to be angry?" AJ's scornful.

"Nope. Abduct you and make you talk. Torture it out of you if I have to. Would you like a massage?"

"No, Kevin, I would not like a fucking massage. You wanna know what I'd like? To beat the shit out of you." He really would like that, but he and Kevin both knows there's about as much chance of that actually happening as Nick actually dating a girl who's good for him.

Kevin cocks his head to the side. "That's not gonna happen. You beating the shit out of me, I mean. Even if I let you, you couldn't. Not sober."

"Thanks for pointing that out, cocksucker," AJ says from between gritted teeth.

"That a request or a threat?"

AJ stands. He isn't steady on his feet; he feels light-headed and dizzy. But he isn't staying here. He pushes past Kevin and outside.

Kevin sighs and watches AJ stride away. Sometimes discretion really is the better part of valor. But that doesn't make it easy to let AJ go.

Link to the story: Not An Intervention


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Taking Control
Author: Carrie, at Storycart and kikiduck
Characters: Howie, Kevin, the other Boys
Prompt: 45 Trapped
Rating: PG
Length: very short (500 words)
Brief summary: A tightly controlled Howie and and silently determined Kevin are the protagonists in this short, intense piece that gives us a glimpse into the Boys' situation in 1998.

When Howie's bodyguard calls and says he's waiting, Howie considers saying no, turning his back on all of it and just staying with his family, but he doesn't. He says his goodbyes, and he leaves, and he tries not to think about any of it. He's still wearing his dark suit when he checks in for his flight, and the woman behind the counter compliments him on how nice he looks.

Kevin is waiting in the lounge and Howie is surprised, shocked really, to see him. "What are you doing here?" he asks, "I thought you guys left yesterday."

"I waited," Kevin says and leaves it at that.

Link to the story: Taking Control