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crack_van2004-04-04 12:30 pm
hnix.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2004-04-04 12:30 pm
Shift by Pet (R)
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Howie/Nick
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
apetslife
Author Website: Bury Me Deep
Why this must be read:
Howie/Nick is one of my favorite Backstreet pairings, and Shift perfectly captures everything that I love about them - they obviously love each other so much, they have such a good time together, and they can't keep their hands off each other. Looking at the canon from the era that it's set in, there's a clear sequence of events: Brian met Leighanne, he and Nick drifted apart a little, and suddenly Nick couldn't be pried off Howie with a crowbar. This is one of those stories that have become, in my head, How It Happened.
He and Howie had been spending a lot of time together, just hanging out on the bus, curling up on the couch and talking about everything and nothing. Howie was quiet and calming, sure, but he had an unexpected and completely sarcastic sense of humor that only seemed to come out when it was just him and Nick, hanging out. He could say the most cutting, catty things, and get away with it, just because he had that whole innocent image going for him. Most of the time, Nick would find himself howling, leaning on Howie, laughing too hard to breathe. They'd almost gotten kicked out of the VMAs when Howie'd started a whispered running commentary on N Sync's wardrobe choices.
He told himself firmly that the fact that Howie had the most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen, and hair like dark silk, and small clever hands, had nothing to do with it. Howie was his best friend, a funny guy. That was all. It didn't mean anything that Howie's hand in his hair made him want to purr, that Howie's head fell naturally to his shoulder when they were talking.
(Oh, and, because I didn't mention it in the overview, and it comes up a few times in this story: Yes, Brian and Nick really did call each other, and were referred to as, Frick and Frack. They even had hats.)
From left to right: Nick, Howie, Brian
(Um, and Elmo at the front. He doesn't appear in the story. *g*)
Shift
Pairing: Howie/Nick
Author on LJ:
apetslifeAuthor Website: Bury Me Deep
Why this must be read:
Howie/Nick is one of my favorite Backstreet pairings, and Shift perfectly captures everything that I love about them - they obviously love each other so much, they have such a good time together, and they can't keep their hands off each other. Looking at the canon from the era that it's set in, there's a clear sequence of events: Brian met Leighanne, he and Nick drifted apart a little, and suddenly Nick couldn't be pried off Howie with a crowbar. This is one of those stories that have become, in my head, How It Happened.
He and Howie had been spending a lot of time together, just hanging out on the bus, curling up on the couch and talking about everything and nothing. Howie was quiet and calming, sure, but he had an unexpected and completely sarcastic sense of humor that only seemed to come out when it was just him and Nick, hanging out. He could say the most cutting, catty things, and get away with it, just because he had that whole innocent image going for him. Most of the time, Nick would find himself howling, leaning on Howie, laughing too hard to breathe. They'd almost gotten kicked out of the VMAs when Howie'd started a whispered running commentary on N Sync's wardrobe choices.
He told himself firmly that the fact that Howie had the most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen, and hair like dark silk, and small clever hands, had nothing to do with it. Howie was his best friend, a funny guy. That was all. It didn't mean anything that Howie's hand in his hair made him want to purr, that Howie's head fell naturally to his shoulder when they were talking.
(Oh, and, because I didn't mention it in the overview, and it comes up a few times in this story: Yes, Brian and Nick really did call each other, and were referred to as, Frick and Frack. They even had hats.)
From left to right: Nick, Howie, Brian
(Um, and Elmo at the front. He doesn't appear in the story. *g*)
Shift
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Excellent, sweet recommendation. I'm not a big BSB fan, but I do have one favorite favorite story and now I get to guess if it makes it into your recommendations.
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Thanks! I love that story a whole lot.
I do have one favorite favorite story and now I get to guess if it makes it into your recommendations.
Well, now I'm curious. *g*
antica...
pation.
;)
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