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Material Boys by Arsenic (PG-13)
Material Boys by Arsenic (PG-13)
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Howie/Kevin
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
arsenicjade
Author Website: Most Dangerous Poison
Why this must be read: It starts with a purple shirt on Howie's twentieth birthday and ends with an eight-by-eight feet quilt six years later. In between are the Boys' journey to stardom and the evolution of a special relationship between two of them. I love Arsenic's stories, they're intelligent and lovely in a quiet, understated way and the characterisations are always first class.
Excerpt: AJ had threatened to open all of Howie's presents for him if the birthday boy didn’t get on top of it right that very moment. Howie had acceded to AJ's demands. There hadn't been anything particularly special, a few CDs that Howie had mentioned wanting, a set of pots and pans from Angie, who was tired of having to ask the people next door for cookware every time she wanted to make something for her brother and his roommates and an easy-travel sewing kit from Brian, who was the only one of the guys whose masculinity wasn't threatened by Howie's somewhat odd choice of hobbies.
Kevin's gift had ended up being last by random luck; Howie had started at the top of the pile, working his way down. The gift had been in a department store box, unwrapped. Kevin had commented, "Hey, I took the time to tape it shut."
Howie had opened his Swiss Army pocket knife and cut each piece of tape. "My appreciation of your effort will last me a lifetime, I'm sure." Howie had tossed the top of the box aside and gasped.
Material Boys
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Howie/Kevin
Author on LJ:
arsenicjadeAuthor Website: Most Dangerous Poison
Why this must be read: It starts with a purple shirt on Howie's twentieth birthday and ends with an eight-by-eight feet quilt six years later. In between are the Boys' journey to stardom and the evolution of a special relationship between two of them. I love Arsenic's stories, they're intelligent and lovely in a quiet, understated way and the characterisations are always first class.
Excerpt: AJ had threatened to open all of Howie's presents for him if the birthday boy didn’t get on top of it right that very moment. Howie had acceded to AJ's demands. There hadn't been anything particularly special, a few CDs that Howie had mentioned wanting, a set of pots and pans from Angie, who was tired of having to ask the people next door for cookware every time she wanted to make something for her brother and his roommates and an easy-travel sewing kit from Brian, who was the only one of the guys whose masculinity wasn't threatened by Howie's somewhat odd choice of hobbies.
Kevin's gift had ended up being last by random luck; Howie had started at the top of the pile, working his way down. The gift had been in a department store box, unwrapped. Kevin had commented, "Hey, I took the time to tape it shut."
Howie had opened his Swiss Army pocket knife and cut each piece of tape. "My appreciation of your effort will last me a lifetime, I'm sure." Howie had tossed the top of the box aside and gasped.
Material Boys
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Librarian!AJ *orgasms*
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(And this is sadly my last sparkly-boy-in-glasses icon :-)
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