Day Nine

One of my favorites. He's blushing about whatever the handsome, broad-shouldered football gentleman is whispering to him! I don't have any clear much less well-articulated opinions about the speculation as to RPS!Lance's top/bottom preferences, but the idea of him bottoming for these sort of well-built guys and still being the one in complete control of the action I like a lot. "" a lot. I like Lance wanting things, and not just getting them but having them his way.

Wait For It by Tiffany Rawlins

"My mom sent these teething things, you bite down and it gets cold, or, I don't know, hot. One of 'em. They're in the car, remind me to bring them in later."

Later. After. After dinner and making out and deciding to stop making out and it turns out Joey can be taught, he's just as likely to be seduced by repetition as he is to become a slave to routine. Joey steps up into the kitchen and it's really only two or three good long paces until he can spin Lance away from the stove and press him up against the butcher block island and kiss him.

Lance smiles and frowns and then smiles into the kiss again, rubbing a hand along Joey's forearm. "Joey, it's. Dinner. We're making dinner."

Joey bites into Lance's neck, pulls his waist closer so their hips bump, runs one hand down Lance's back and then holds him even tighter with fingers caught in his beltloops. Lance makes a noise like a choked sigh and Joey says, "I set the timer."

Lance laughs at that, low and hungry, and slides one hand into Joey's back pocket. "I don't really give a good goddamn about the steak."

Warned you she'd be back. There really aren't quite-right words for how much I adore this story. Lance compartmentalizing first his own emotions, then their interactions, all because Joey can't make up his mind about his sexuality, about personal boundaries, about being with Lance. It just isn't easy with them and maybe it says something about me that I like that beyond the fact that, well, it's a fact. Relationships are never easy, especially when they're your friend first. Also, as a general note, people don't take kindly to being slept with as a favor, so try not to lie to anyone about that. Go read Tiff, she does it all so much better than my stammering.

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From mtv.com: What do hotel heiress Paris Hilton and Lance Bass have in common? Well, besides being blonde and getting invited to socialite-stuffed shindigs, the 'NSYNC vocalist and the younger half of the model/actress Hilton sisters are teaming up for the latest Hollywood take on an F. Scott Fitzgerald classic.

"[It's] a remake along the lines of 'The Great Gatsby,' but younger," Bass explained at Wednesday's "Matrix Reloaded" premiere in Los Angeles. Bass will star in the currently-in-development flick, one of many he has on his plate.

Heh. The discussion that followed.