There are so many stories and scenes that have made me cry over the years, but I've gotten so cynical in my old age that stuff that made me cry as a teenybopper now seems cheesy to me (like the DWLYN coma scene in Where Can We Go From Here that I make fun of all the time, even though I love it). One scene that can still make me cry is the epilogue of "Cover Me With Dreams." I just tested this theory and read it cold, having not read the whole story in several years, and it still got me teary-eyed. I love that ending so much that I may have borrowed the idea for the end of By My Side... I'd like to think of it as a homage more than flat-out copying, but it is what it is LOL.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are also many parts that have made me laugh, but the first one to pop into my head was The Backstreet Baby series, specifically the part where the guys are talking about what they would name their kid, and AJ says he's going to name his kid ShaTed BoNathan, and the other guys all scream, "Shithead?!" And then Nick says he wants to name his kid Kahb after the other guys' initials, and the other guys are like, "Cob Carter? OMG, how many beatdowns would this kid get? You know you'd make fun of a kid named Kahb." Cracks me up every time!
For our newer members who maybe haven't heard me gush about these stories a hundred times before...
Cover Me With Dreams:
http://www.dreamers-sanctuary.com/dwlyn/cmwd.htmlBackstreet Baby Series:
http://www.dreamers-sanctuary.com/dwlyn/bsbbaby.htmlWhere Can We Go From Here:
http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/perfect_fans/wcwgfhintro.html (Chapter 11... classic!)