Oooh, this did heat up quickly! Loved it! You may be making a slash fan of me because I didn't giggle or cringe at all reading the last scene. I like how, once Brian actually got with Nick, you made Nick seem not so perfect - saying he wasn't a great kisser, his hair wasn't as soft as Brian had expected, etc. That made it so much more believable - reality doesn't usually live up to the fantasy. Not that Brian seemed to mind much. ;) Going back to earlier in the chapter, it was weird reading Brian singing Nick's lyrics and remembering that Nick isn't in the group. I liked Nick joking around about Backstreet's Back and "where'd y'all go?" I remember being confused about that too when that song became popular in the States because I didn't know, at the time, that they'd already released another album in other countries. I also liked the beginning of the chapter with slap-happy AJ; I think you were spot on with how you wrote him there. I was watching his Instagram story yesterday where he was making chocolate bars with his friends, and I decided AJ might be kind of annoying to hang out with in real life LOL. At least that's how he always seems to come across in his social media videos. Anyway, I think you showed the side of him well in this chapter!

Author's Response: Yeah, I didn't really want to go for much of a slow burn LOL. I'm glad you liked the kissing scene and thought it was believeable because I really didn't know how I felt about it when I was writing it. I feel like Backstreet's Back definitely would have been weird to you guys in the US so it's nice to know I wasn't totally off the mark with that. Poor AJ lol - I agree that he seems like he'd be sort of annoying to hang out with in real life. Thanks for the review! x