It's been said before, but it bears repeating; I don't know these guys. Whatever you may glean from these stories, it's all a pack of damn lies.
A short history of my obsession: Sometime in the summer of 2000, I randomly turned on HBO and saw the better part of a show called *NSYNC: Live From Madison Square Garden. It had fireworks, lasers, a scary clown mask whose presence I still find baffling, a sea of screaming women and girls, and five rather dorky boys wearing the oddest assortment of costumes (exhibit A: one [1] bedazzled bandana) while dancing, singing and running about on a very large stage.
"huh. Weird," I said. A scant four months later I had written the first of the stories below. I'm blaming JC, myself.
Many of these were written in the first year or so of my involvement in the fandom--the most recent stuff is at the top. Most of them are less than 5000 words.
~last updated 07 Jan, 2003~
backstage at the vmas written for Cesperanza's Inappropriate Elf Challenge, which says it all, really.
a tree, some bells, and boys, skating A holiday card in prose, courtesy of the Pogues, and Currier and Ives.
green room Lance and Chris get to tell the truth. (Adult.)
makeup The early days.
tatami When it comes to foreign travel, Joey is the man, and Chris is a bit of a puzzle. (Adult.)
the switch These days, he sometimes felt someone had thrown a switch inside of him, and he would never be able to turn it off again. (Lambs. Adult.)
jelly roll Lance and Chris and new vocabulary.
tattoo Chris discovers some things about Lance.
sound check JC keeps waiting.
videotape Chris often said that he didn't know how anybody survived touring before the invention of the VCR, and Lance could see his point.
first aid JC takes care of Joey.
dressing room It was always the same, before a show.
spy!sync, aka mission 'npossible. (Sometimes I think this is a bit like calling the Hardy Boys "international men of mystery", but then I picture Chris in a black leather jacket, and my faith is restored.) Guns, explosions, disguises, sex, and if I could arrange for it, there'd be cheesy Lalo Schifrin theme music, too. (JC/Joey, Chris/Justin. Adult content.)
~last updated 30 Sept, 2002, with like it rough~
new guy>> perfectly clear>> joey's choice>> strange place>> like it rough
{posted 01 Feb, 2004: the commentary track. inspired by a meme currently going around livejournal, which is a working definition of "fannish ephemera". it was fun for me, but I make no promises to anyone else.}