First of all YAY to having a Mare story in the featured story of the month, esp. "Why" because to me the way you wrote it, minus some sillier things here and there, was exactly how I pictured some of those things happening. I especially enjoyed the whole B-day cake scene in the studio, the club scene and the aftermath of that with Kevin and Kristin, the push and pull with Brian and Nick's relationship, etc.
^ oh and the AJ and Nick question, in an interview One of them briefly mentioned that they were staying together when they first got to LA so I decided to play off that idea and make them actual roomies! LOL
One of my favorite concepts of the story was that Nick and AJ lived together, and the fact that it actually happened is really cute, I wish I had heard that interview.lol One of my favorite scenes was the whole thing where AJ kicked Nick out at the studio, I literally felt that crappy feeling in my stomach that you described Nick as having in that story.
I totally agree with the way that the Behind the Music thing turned out as well, because I was so excited to find out all of the stories we had never heard before, and none of that happened. A) I already knew all of that stuff B) I felt that it could have been way longer, more in depth C) I thought it focused A LOT just on AJ and not really ALL of the guys. I was glad that they didn't bring up the Paris thing, but I thought there would be more about the BS that went on with Nick's family, and how the guys each dealt with themselves and each other during the height of it all.
I had some questions too:
- Do you really think that even during the beginning promo of NG that Kevin wanted to leave? It always seemed to me that he was enjoying himself until about the time they toured through Europe.
- How were you able to even remotely think about writing the beginnings of a Paris/Nick sex scene? (If there was a throw-up smilie I'd use it lol )
There were others, but I have to think about it. lmao