Don't Worry About It by Kriss (R)

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*waves* Hellooooooo! Erika here for another turn in the driver's seat of the popslash van sparkle bus! :D Woo! Like last time, I'm focusing on intra-Backstreet pairings, cause they so deserve the love. :D I'm going to try (can't make any promises), to rec every single intra-Street pairing there is (that's only 10!)

Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: AJ/Nick
Length: 20,269
Author on LJ: inahurricane
Author Website: saveyourvoice
Why this must be read: As always, I must start with a fic I have a leetle tiny bit of bias towards. This fic is another one that came out of the bittybang challenge, and as you can see, I did the artwork for it, so I got to read it first second! And, as she says in her author's notes, she wrote most of the story, like, days before it was due, so she was constantly emailing me with updates. And everytime I hit the end of what she'd sent me I was sitting here going, "WHAT? YOU STOPPED THERE?! NOOOOO I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!" It really is one of those "can't put down" fics.

“What the fuck were you guys talking about until four in the morning?” Kevin asked in disbelief. Lately it had become part of his daily routine to have dinner with AJ. As custom, he brought food from the outside world. Tonight it was sandwiches from their favorite local deli.

AJ picked a pepper out of his sandwich. “Everything. He’s the oldest of five kids, the youngest kids are fraternal twins. He’s all about traveling. He just came back from Italy a week ago or whatever. He likes his pizza with extra cheese. His favorite band is Journey. If he wasn’t a nurse, he’d probably be a marine biologist. He thinks—“

“So have you guys set a date already?” Kevin managed to smirk with his mouth full of food.

“I fucking hate you,” AJ remarked dryly while Kevin kept laughing.

Don't Worry About It