"Untitled" & "Eyes to Grow Old"

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Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Untitled
Author: Loey, Deliciously and thisisthestory
Characters: Nick, Brian.
Prompt: 30 Seduction.
Rating: PG-13.
Length: Short.
Brief summary: Brian does what he does best to make Nick feel better. Just - ngah. This is one of the most wonderfully sensual stories I think I've ever read. Brilliant characterization, delightfully playful, and the build-up is exactly right. This one left me feeling like a wee puddle of mush.

"Sometimes, I hate you." Nick mutters but it's hard to make it sound sincere when Brian's leaning against him, fingers running over the inside of his wrist and Nick's all but fucking purring.

Nick pokes at Brian’s cheek, then his nose, trying to get Brian to stop looking at him like that. His eyes are bright and there’s a calm sort of look there that scares Nick a little because crazy, frightening, thrilling things can happen when Brian gets that look.

Brian's so close that Nick can count his eyelashes.

"You don't hate me," Brian says and he’s smiling a little, like it’s a secret that he’s careful about sharing. His voice is lowered, almost a whisper and he’s fucking doing that on purpose because he’s ruthless. It’s a sort of husky murmur that makes Nick shiver a little. Nick really hates him.

Link to the story: Untitled


Claim: Backstreet Boys: general
Title: Eyes to Grow Old
Author: Zoicite, Commoner's Tales and zoicite
Characters: All, Leighanne.
Prompt: 31 Discovery.
Rating: PG-13.
Length: Long.
Brief summary: Brian is a family man with two families. This remains one of my favorite Backstreet stories to date. It's full of self-discovery, fear, acceptance, but most of all, love. It focuses mainly on Brian, and it's done brilliantly. If you haven't read it already, I would urge you to do so immediately.

“Leigh?” Brian’s palm brushed the front of his jeans, and if he could just stop thinking about them together. AJ’s mouth on Nick’s neck.

“Hey, baby. What’s wrong? You sound funny.”

“I love you,” he said. But it wasn’t that simple. Because even when they weren’t together, even when he was vacuuming and playing basketball with Tyke and making pickle ham rolls, even then he loved them just as much.

“I love you, too,” Leighanne said.

“I’m going to call Angelina Jolie for you when I get home.” He was a family man with two families.

“Okay,” Leighanne said slowly, confused. “Brian, what is this –“

Brian hung up just as there was a knock at the door to his back. He scrambled to his feet and glanced out the peephole. AJ was lifting his hand to cover it and as Brian watched the view went dark. Brian opened the door.

“Don’t you know not to open hotel doors when you can’t see who’s there?” AJ asked.

“I’m all in pieces,” Brian said. “You can have your choice.” And then he kissed AJ.

Link to the story: Eyes to Grow Old