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Someone Else's Other People by Zoicite (PG)
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: AJ/Brian
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zoicite
Author Website: Commoner's Tales
Why this must be read: Any day someone posts new AJ/Brian is a good day for me. Any day that Zoicite does it, it practically gets a special mark in the calendar. In this story, Brian's on the verge of separation (which is one way to deal with Brian's marriage) and has gone to stay with AJ while he figures out what to do. It's filled with wonderful quirkly little things, like The Great Sponge Experiment, but more importantly Zoicite makes AJ and Brian's friendship such an integral part of the story, which is what really gets me. The story is all about choices, and right up till the end I had no idea what Brian's decision would be, because Zoicite is such a great storyteller. The whole thing just flows. There's emphasis on the fact that these guys are a family in their own rights, and that they love each other, which is another thing I love about it. This story is fun, thought-evoking, even heartbreaking at times, and the characterizations of both AJ and Brian are absolutely brilliant. Can't recommend this enough.
“I have good instincts,” Brian insists, tilting his head back to look at AJ over the back of the couch.
AJ nods indulgently and pokes Brian’s forehead. He thinks he’s going to have to ask. Brian is the type that would wait it out, wait for AJ or Nick or whoever to crack and share when they’re ready, but AJ and Nick are weak and crack in ten minutes, half an hour tops. This is getting long and every night AJ hears the arguments over the phone and each one just adds more questions to the mix and soon –
“It’s the same as last time,” Brian says suddenly, still looking up at AJ over the back of the couch. “The same as every time.” He shrugs as if to say “So what am I supposed to do?”
AJ leans down and presses his forehead to Brian’s, his nose in Brian’s hair. He doesn’t know why he does it and Brian’s probably sitting there thinking AJ’s weird, but Brian’s hair smells like AJ’s shampoo and AJ gets why Brian didn’t tell him because AJ already knew.
The thing is, Brian knows exactly what he’s supposed to do. If it’s the same as every time then Brian’s supposed to quit. Not music. Nope, Brian’s just supposed to quit the fellas. Settle down, finish that solo album and then maybe do one or two more. Leighanne is all over the solo album stuff, probably because a Christian record from a Backstreet Boy is guaranteed to be pretty low maintenance. More likely it’s because Brian will be away from the rest of them.
Someone Else's Other People
Pairing: AJ/Brian
Author on LJ:
zoiciteAuthor Website: Commoner's Tales
Why this must be read: Any day someone posts new AJ/Brian is a good day for me. Any day that Zoicite does it, it practically gets a special mark in the calendar. In this story, Brian's on the verge of separation (which is one way to deal with Brian's marriage) and has gone to stay with AJ while he figures out what to do. It's filled with wonderful quirkly little things, like The Great Sponge Experiment, but more importantly Zoicite makes AJ and Brian's friendship such an integral part of the story, which is what really gets me. The story is all about choices, and right up till the end I had no idea what Brian's decision would be, because Zoicite is such a great storyteller. The whole thing just flows. There's emphasis on the fact that these guys are a family in their own rights, and that they love each other, which is another thing I love about it. This story is fun, thought-evoking, even heartbreaking at times, and the characterizations of both AJ and Brian are absolutely brilliant. Can't recommend this enough.
“I have good instincts,” Brian insists, tilting his head back to look at AJ over the back of the couch.
AJ nods indulgently and pokes Brian’s forehead. He thinks he’s going to have to ask. Brian is the type that would wait it out, wait for AJ or Nick or whoever to crack and share when they’re ready, but AJ and Nick are weak and crack in ten minutes, half an hour tops. This is getting long and every night AJ hears the arguments over the phone and each one just adds more questions to the mix and soon –
“It’s the same as last time,” Brian says suddenly, still looking up at AJ over the back of the couch. “The same as every time.” He shrugs as if to say “So what am I supposed to do?”
AJ leans down and presses his forehead to Brian’s, his nose in Brian’s hair. He doesn’t know why he does it and Brian’s probably sitting there thinking AJ’s weird, but Brian’s hair smells like AJ’s shampoo and AJ gets why Brian didn’t tell him because AJ already knew.
The thing is, Brian knows exactly what he’s supposed to do. If it’s the same as every time then Brian’s supposed to quit. Not music. Nope, Brian’s just supposed to quit the fellas. Settle down, finish that solo album and then maybe do one or two more. Leighanne is all over the solo album stuff, probably because a Christian record from a Backstreet Boy is guaranteed to be pretty low maintenance. More likely it’s because Brian will be away from the rest of them.
Someone Else's Other People