For about a week now the idea has been flitting around in my head to attempt a romance story. YIKES!
I think I have a couple of stories that have
small amounts of romance, but not enough to even think about calling them romance. Anyway...
How could I
possibly write this story without making it sound cheesy and overdone? I'm not sure if I want to do it as an AU or as BSB.
It's not a town where everybody knows everybody, but it sure feels that way. What few people in that town know is that Brian Littrell (yes, Brian; if you read my stories, you'll realize that) came to this town (to be named later) to escape/hide from his life, to change. I don't know if I want him to go by another name while he lives there, but I think I might; course, i'll need to do something to prove that it's Brian and not just some random 5'7" blond-brown, blue-eyed country boy.
And of course, Unnamed Woman enters town for one reason or another, whether in travel, or esaping herself, unsure. She ends up staying for a while (maybe she's visiting a relative?), meets Brian, and over time they become close.
Close, not the kind of romance where you meet, fall in love and get married in one week/month. Which probably means I'd need to jump forward in time a lot.
Eventually, an older woman - for now I'll call her Esther - who Brian is good friends with tells him to stop being afraid of falling in love and take the chance.
Now I'm wondering... why is Brian in this town? The idea briefly crossed my mind that maybe he's in the Witness Protection Program, but I'm not so sure. ( I mean, I did read a book blurb at the library that starts off something like this: "He knew he was falling in love with a woman in the Witness Protection Program." Hoo-wee. How's that for a suspense? (And I didn't pick up the book, nor do I remember it's title!) )
And why is the woman in town? Do Brian's friends (yes, Nick, Howie, AJ, Kevin) look for him? Should I do something for their POV?
Wow, this was a long rambly post. I don't know if any of that made sense; but if it did, I could sure use suggestions to make this one flow right and be uncheesy and done in a way that doesn't seem like "Oh, another one of
those stories; I've read so many I'm sick of them. Moving on."