Date: 06/22/16 11:49 am Title: But I Can Carry You
He can carry me too if he wants lol good story a86;
Date: 06/03/15 06:27 am Title: Five Degrees of Separation
I love the "Kevin Bat Signal" comment - lol. I wonder what he did too that made Kevin take the collar away.
I also love his and Brian's conversations. They're interesting and touching all at the same time.
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Lenni~
Date: 05/24/15 06:19 am Title: But I Can Carry You
Love the interaction between Brian and Howie that you included in this one. Arok is my fav pairing, but Drok is probably my 2nd fav. There just aren't that many stories out there with those two. Looking forward to the next chapter!
Date: 04/29/15 08:04 pm Title: But I Can Carry You
Just like the other chapter, I loved this. To me the timeline seems just fine, and the way you describe everything really sucks one into the the story. Can't wait for the next chapter!
Author's Response: :D Thank you! I'm working on the next chapter right now, so it should be up soon, :)
Date: 04/29/15 03:13 am Title: Five Degrees of Separation
I'm sad too that Kevin didn't show up, though I didn't expect him too. I like that A.J. wrote to Howie, though Howie may never see it.
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Lenni~
P.S. Nick's hugs are pretty great!
Author's Response: I keep telling myself that someday I will get to meet them, and then I'll actually know what Nick's hugs are like in person, XD They look amazing though...*sigh* (...in case you can't tell, Nick is my favorite, lmao I mean, it's hard to pick one because I do love them all so much, but Nick's been my favorite since 1998 so I'm always gonna be a little partial lol)
Thank you!! I really appreciate you reading this and leaving comments, <3
Date: 04/27/15 02:53 am Title: Five Degrees of Separation
This chapter was super good. Almost made me cry a few times. I love that Nick is sticking up for A.J. I do feel bad for Kevin though - I'm sure he's having a rough time of it. I do hope A.J. does call him soon. I'm looking forward to the day they come to visit. I'm sure they'll all squeeze the life out of each other - lol.
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!
~Lenni~
P.S. I feel bad for Nick too since he trusted them all to not fall apart like his own family did.
Author's Response: Thank you; I'm really glad you're still enjoying this! :) I definitely bad for Kevin here, too...it's not like things between him and AJ got like this overnight. He's had to see a lot that's hurt him deeply and he's been terrified of losing AJ for a long time now and those things take their toll on anybody. He doesn't really WANT things to be done between them, no matter what he's threatened. (...but then yeah I also feel bad for Nick too, because it's so fucking scary for him to face the possibility that this family he's found may not be entirely bulletproof. Basically, I just want to wrap them all in blankets, lmao)
Date: 04/21/15 04:36 pm Title: But I Can Carry You
lol
After that picture of Brian almost kissing Kevin, this chapter couldn't be more fitting and perfect. lol
I just... I just love this story. Seriously. Maybe because it's one of the few Brian's stories out here, maybe because you capture him as much as I see him and, maybe, because I really really love your writing.
So, yeah, I love this story.
And I love this chapter, from that sweet moment between Brian and Nick (though Nick was asleep), the conversation between Brian and Kevin that is so on spot about literally everything (especially Brian's feeling like he had failed Nick and how he hadn't been the one that saved him) and that fact about Nick listening to Brian's voicemails just to hear his voice.
I can't seriously wait for Nick's chapter. LOL
Author's Response: haha I thought about that last night when I saw that picture! I was like "Oh that's lovely boys I was just thinking about a scene like this." lmao
as;dljfk Thank you!! I'm just so happy you love this, really, because I wasn't sure if there'd be anyone other than me and the friend who inspired this one who'd want to read it, lol It's kind of funny, Nick is my favorite so I kind of would have expected I'd be writing from his perspective first/most often but I haven't actually written anything from Nick's perspective yet? lol I've done Brian and Kevin and AJ but I seem to be gravitating toward writing Brian and AJ centric stuff the most and I don't mind that at all because I'm loving doing it, it's just a little funny to me because I'm like "...but Nick, I need to get to writing for Nick. You know. Eventually. After I write twelve things about Brian." XD
...I want to keep rambling but I should really get ready to go to work, haha BUT I think Nick's chapter will be next? I have two ideas for what to do for his and I keep going back and forth on which one I want to use though I think I've almost made up my mind. So I think he'll be next, ^^ (Well okay, I'm gonna work on the next chapter for my sad AJ centric thing from this world first, but then Nick and Brian, promise, lol :) )
Date: 04/17/15 01:52 am Title: Five Degrees of Separation
This looks interesting and I think you're off to a great start!
UPDATE!!!!!
~Lenni~
Author's Response: :D Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed this first part, and I should have more up pretty soon. I'm gonna update my other WIP first but I'm working on that chapter tonight so I may have that one at least up tomorrow and this one Saturday? I'll see how it goes, ^^
Date: 04/12/15 09:19 am Title: But I Can Carry You
I'm so glad to find this story! I love that it's Brian-centric and slash, with all of the boys, no less. ;)
The story might be fairly emotional, but it's so genuine and sensitive and even raw that I can't help but enjoy it. You do a great job of describing Brian's thoughts, reactions and interpretations of the other guys' actions, which nicely expands the narrative beyond just him. And the intense descriptions of his experiences show how intrinsically he is connected to the others and really draw me into the story.
Favourite line: "Brian already knows how much he’s worth; he’s known for ages
I hope you'll post more soon! I'm so curious to know if this will be a retrospective piece over a longer time frame, and interested to see if it will incorporate some aspects of the shifting group dynamic. I read your hint in the comment beow about the next chapter and am most intrigued!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I wasn't sure how well the slash was gonna go over around here, so I'm really excited to see people enjoying this, :D Tumblr enticed me to start falling in love with poly shipping a while back and now that I have I keep seeing potential for it all over the place...I just love the idea of having all five of them as this inseparable whole. It makes me really happy, too, that you like my Brian ^^ I'm really enjoying writing from his perspective, so I'm sure even after I finish this one I'll be doing more of it.
(...to give one more hint about the next chapter, it definitely does take place much farther along in time than this one, and it definitely does have to do with shifting dynamics. I'm working on it today but I'm also sick so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get it finished as soon as I want or not lmao ^^)
Thanks again for commenting; I really appreciate it!
Date: 04/05/15 08:24 pm Title: But I Can Carry You
This story goes directly to my favorites. *__*
I've been waiting for a Brian's story for ages. And I've ready in your bio that you write slash so... *jumps like a little girl who has just found out she's going to Disneyland* I'm not alone! *__*
Gettin a little serious now.
I really love this type of stories and I've been really want to write one. It's really hard to decide the best 4 scenes and the one that it's totally the opposite so kudos.
It's probably best if I don't start talking about Brian's arms *ehm* so I would like to point out that I love the metaphor of carrying. It's not only the physical act to carry someone but also the pushing him through the hard times, the taking care of someone who is in his weakest point and hasn't got any energies left for the fight. To me Brian's really a caring figure, he's so good at taking care of people and doing very silently and you only realize how much he has helped you only years after, when you look back at things (and here I'm more talking about his relationship with Nick, as I'm a FrickNFrack lover.).
Okay, enough of my ramblings. Amazing job and I can't wait for the next chapter! *And I'm interested in that "incest" part. lol*
Author's Response: :D :D :D I'm so happy you liked this, and really glad to find another slash fan because I think I'm only just now realizing how rare that seems to be in this fandom? lol It's kind of funny because it's been about a decade now I've been writing fic and so much of that time I've spent in fandoms that are overwhelmingly dominated by slash fic that it's honestly been years since I've even seen slash used as a warning...I'm more used to het fic being tagged as a warning, lmao So for me, as soon as I started getting back into this fandom it was the most natural thing in the world for me to immediately think "...oh my God I never thought of shipping the boys before but that's FANTASTIC!" aaand then I got super excited and wanted to read/write all the BSB slash fic I possibly could, haha Anyway, I will stop flailing over that now, but it's very nice to meet a fellow slash fan here, ^^
I definitely see Brian as a really caring figure too; he's so good at being a steady comforting presence. The funny thing is, serious as this became, discussion of Brian's arms over texts with my friend is how this fic came about. We were discussing how ridiculously strong he is and I mentioned a picture of him picking up Kevin and then it just sort of snowballed from there into different circumstances where he might pick up each one of the others, but the more we talked about it we started thinking of circumstances like this one with AJ that really require far more emotional strength than they do physical strength. After that, I knew I had to write this, though every chapter definitely won't be as emotionally tough as this one. (I am also definitely a Frick and Frack lover :D I have an intense love for all of them together, but if I had to pick just one ship between two of them, those two would be my favorite, absolutely.)
Anyway, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy the next chapter too! (In which there is incest, because cousins, haha)
Date: 04/05/15 07:36 pm Title: But I Can Carry You
this is really well written. i haven't read any of the old stories, so i have nothing to compare to, but nonetheless i really liked it, and when you update i will be coming back for more. please do write more!
Author's Response: Thank you! It really does mean a lot that you think this was well done; I promise there's more coming. :)
Date: 04/05/15 07:13 pm Title: But I Can Carry You
Liking this story so far, hope you update soon!
Author's Response: :) Thank you! I'll be sending the next chapter to my friend either tonight or tomorrow, so I should be able to get it up here soon after that, ^^
Date: 04/05/15 04:33 pm Title: But I Can Carry You
Wow. I am loving this! I'm so looking forward to more. :)
Author's Response: :D Thank you so much!
