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Marking It Down to Learning by Juli
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: JC Chasez / Lance Bass
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jewelianna
Author Website: Missed Opportunities
Why this must be read:
I love AUs and this is one of my favorites. JC is the new music teacher at Orlando Middle School where he meets cute math teacher Lance. It is a long, hot story that just hits the spot. The school setting is wonderfully fleshed out and JC's trials and tribulations trying to get the Christmas concert organized and having his eardrums bleed from sixth grade chorus are fantastic. The other thing I like about this story is that it is a story about not getting what you dream- being a film composer for JC and an astronaut for Lance- but still getting what you want and need from the outcomes of your fall-back choices. It is a mature yet sappy in a good way theme and one I enjoy seeing explored.
He managed to survive the day, and loaded everything up to go home. He struggled to carry his lunch bag, musical instrument sign out slips, “get to know you” sheets the students had filled out for him, and several pieces of music borrowed from the school’s library he was considering for the first concert. While digging for his car keys, he managed to drop everything. It figured, he thought, as he bent to retrieve them.
A shadow fell over the papers littering the ground and a pair of hands reached down to help him gather them up.
“Here, let me give you a hand.” JC glanced up to see a pair of glittering green eyes, attached to a gorgeous blonde man wearing a goofy tie.
“Thanks.” JC took the stack of papers from the other man’s hands, smiling. “I guess I need to get a bag or something.” Suddenly, the day had taken a turn for the better.
“I’m Lance Bass. You’re… I have no idea. You look familiar but I’m all named out for the day.” He had a genuine smile, JC thought. He was a little bit shorter than JC, and a little stockier, but that didn’t take much. JC was commonly compared to a toothpick by those nearest and dearest to him.
“JC Chasez. New music teacher,” JC said. This man was cute, he thought. Very cute.
“Welcome to Orlando, JC. How’d the first day go?”
JC made a face, and Lance laughed. “Don’t worry, it’s not usually this chaotic.”
JC relaxed a little. That was the first piece of truly good news he’d had all day. “Can I take your word for that?” he asked, smiling back.
Marking It Down to Learning by Juli
Pairing: JC Chasez / Lance Bass
Author on LJ:
jeweliannaAuthor Website: Missed Opportunities
Why this must be read:
I love AUs and this is one of my favorites. JC is the new music teacher at Orlando Middle School where he meets cute math teacher Lance. It is a long, hot story that just hits the spot. The school setting is wonderfully fleshed out and JC's trials and tribulations trying to get the Christmas concert organized and having his eardrums bleed from sixth grade chorus are fantastic. The other thing I like about this story is that it is a story about not getting what you dream- being a film composer for JC and an astronaut for Lance- but still getting what you want and need from the outcomes of your fall-back choices. It is a mature yet sappy in a good way theme and one I enjoy seeing explored.
He managed to survive the day, and loaded everything up to go home. He struggled to carry his lunch bag, musical instrument sign out slips, “get to know you” sheets the students had filled out for him, and several pieces of music borrowed from the school’s library he was considering for the first concert. While digging for his car keys, he managed to drop everything. It figured, he thought, as he bent to retrieve them.
A shadow fell over the papers littering the ground and a pair of hands reached down to help him gather them up.
“Here, let me give you a hand.” JC glanced up to see a pair of glittering green eyes, attached to a gorgeous blonde man wearing a goofy tie.
“Thanks.” JC took the stack of papers from the other man’s hands, smiling. “I guess I need to get a bag or something.” Suddenly, the day had taken a turn for the better.
“I’m Lance Bass. You’re… I have no idea. You look familiar but I’m all named out for the day.” He had a genuine smile, JC thought. He was a little bit shorter than JC, and a little stockier, but that didn’t take much. JC was commonly compared to a toothpick by those nearest and dearest to him.
“JC Chasez. New music teacher,” JC said. This man was cute, he thought. Very cute.
“Welcome to Orlando, JC. How’d the first day go?”
JC made a face, and Lance laughed. “Don’t worry, it’s not usually this chaotic.”
JC relaxed a little. That was the first piece of truly good news he’d had all day. “Can I take your word for that?” he asked, smiling back.
Marking It Down to Learning by Juli
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