by Zoicite

AJ wanted Nick. They all knew, even Nick. AJ had never actually said it, and Nick had never actually told anyone directly that he knew. It had just become common knowledge because it had been that way forever. That is, until AJ decided that he wanted Howie instead. No one saw it coming. AJ just stopped fawning over Nick and started ogling Howie. He didn’t get doe-eyed and sappy. That wasn’t AJ. But he watched and the hunger in his eyes was sharp and bright. Every night before performing they locked themselves in a dressing room for an hour. Bonding time. They called it ‘Lockin’ because they were locked. In a room. They played videogames, cards, and dominoes, laughed, joked, wrestled, fought and just generally spent time together, just he five of them. Only Backstreet Boys were allowed to enter. And no one was allowed to leave until the time span was up. They had both good and bad nights during Lockin. There was the time that Nick and Howie got into a little spat about what part they were supposed to be singing on More Than That and Nick ended up saying that he would be Howie and “That’s fine,” Howie shot back, “Guess that makes me Nick.” He then proceeded to slouch in his chair and whine about the fact that he was losing all of his fans to Justin Timberlake. Nick smacked Howie, but by then he was laughing and of course the others joined in and suddenly Brian was Kevin, AJ was Brian, and Kevin was AJ. Kevin took his role to heart and walked around for the next forty-five minutes thrusting, baring his torso and slapping ‘Nick’s’ ass. AJ was slightly offended and Howie said that he felt violated and they were all laughing so hard that they were in tears. That was a good night. There were not so good nights too, like the night that Nick noticed the change in AJ. Kevin was reading quietly on the couch. Nick was leaning over Kevin, trying his hardest to get Kevin to stop reading and pay attention to him. Brian, AJ, and Howie were playing dominoes. Nick pushed at Kevin’s book until he could read the cover. “Kevin, you’ve read that book a million times!” Kevin shrugged. “I know, Nick. I like it.” Nick plucked at Kevin’s well-worn copy of Interview with the Vampire. “Kev, come on. It’s Lockin. It isn’t a time to read. You can do that anytime! Bond with me!” Nick pulled Kevin’s hair a little but Kevin wasn’t taking the bait. He just swatted Nick’s hand away and went back to his book. “Fine. God. Fine, okay?” Nick pouted and vaulted over the back of the couch landing with a thud and slumped against Kevin. Kevin continued to ignore Nick and so he got up and went to bother AJ. Nick walked over toward the domino table in the corner of the room. Standing beside AJ he leaned back in a large exaggerated stretch, exposing a line of pale skin beneath his T-shirt. Normally AJ would have dropped whatever he was doing, made a smart comment about Nick’s clothes, his hair, his chin fuzz, his large ass, whatever. Then he would tackle Nick to the ground where they would wrestle around and laugh and then snuggle a little when they were both out of breath. This time, however, AJ didn’t even acknowledge that Nick was inviting AJ to touch him. Because AJ was busy. Busy watching Howie. Nick frowned and narrowed his eyes. Howie was contemplating his next move, chewing on his bottom lip and fingering his dominos. There was nothing special, nothing new. Howie was being Howie. Why was AJ so enthralled? Nick turned to look at Brian, but Brian was having a silent conversation with Kevin from across the room. Nick reached down and adjusted himself, grunting softly. Still AJ didn’t look up just ran his hand through his short blond hair and watched as Howie laid down his tile. He was saying something to Howie, something that was making Howie blush and duck his head, and Nick didn’t hear what he’d said. He didn’t want to know. He didn’t even want to be near them anymore. Nick turned on his heels and left the room, slamming the door behind him. Kevin and Brian looked at each other, then over at AJ and Howie. Howie was frowning and looking at the door. AJ was still watching Howie. That was a bad night. No one quit Lockin early. It translated into the show and the tension between them all was obvious. The next day, the local paper was full of rumors that the Backstreet Boys were nearing their end. Nick threw his sneaker at the wall, watching it hit with an angry thud and fall behind Brian’s bed. Howie was sleeping with AJ. Howie was an easy slut. Bastard. It had only taken two weeks of AJ’s attention and Howie hopped into his bed. Nick had had AJ’s attention for years. Years and Nick hadn’t done a damn thing about it. Why? Nick threw his other sneaker and Brian made a sound of protest. Why hadn’t he done anything? Because it was AJ and it would mess with the group and he had been young. But mostly because he hadn’t really known he’d even wanted it. He hadn’t known until it was gone and he was left with this hurt and jealousy and emptiness. He’d thought that AJ would keep loving him for years to come. At first Nick was just confused. After that night during Lockin AJ had hardly glanced at him. Nick thought that he had done something to upset him. Brian and Kevin ended up clueing him in. They couldn’t hide anything from Nick. They never could. Nick cornered Kevin, who told him that AJ’s intentions toward Howie were less than innocent. Nick was confused. How could that be? And wasn’t Howie straight? Wasn’t AJ straight with an exception only for Nick? Kevin just shrugged and walked away. Then the confusion turned to jealousy. Two days after the domino incident AJ and Howie had snuggled up together on the couch. Nick and Brian were making elaborate paper airplanes, seeing who could get theirs to be the most accurate. The aim was to hit the bullseye of a target across the room. The target was Kevin’s forehead. Kevin didn’t actually know he was part of the game, yet, because Brian and Nick weren’t very good at making aerodynamic paper planes. Brian’s plane spiraled around the room before landing behind the couch. Nick went to retrieve it, going a bit out of his way to knock the back of Howie’s head with his elbow. “Ow,” Howie exclaimed, rubbing his head. AJ turned to glare. Nick walked back toward a frowning Brian, not bothering to apologize. Needless to say, group dynamics were strained. Howie didn’t seem to know why Nick was upset with him, but he quickly got annoyed with it and avoided Nick all together. It was Brian that told Nick that they were sleeping together. “What?!” Nick burst out incredulously. He had just entered Brian’s hotel room and was in the process of removing his shoes. Brian just shrugged apologetically. “But. No! They can’t be. How do you know?” That was when Nick threw the first sneaker and decided that Howie was a whore. Brian flinched. “Howie had a hickey on his neck. Kevin asked him about it and Howie told us. He was glowing.” That was when Nick threw the other shoe. That could have been him glowing. It *should* have been him. Brian sat on the bed and watched Nick pace angrily about the room. “Nick? What’s the problem? I mean, really, you never even wanted AJ.” Nick just rolled his eyes. He didn’t need to explain it all. He wasn’t even sure if he could. He had to stop it. He had to get AJ back. If he could just- Nick stopped pacing and looked at his friend. “Brian, you’re going to help me.” “What? Help you with what?” “You’re going to help me get him back.” “You never had him in the first place.” “Yes I did. You know that I did. You have to help me.” Nick sat beside Brian and covered a hand with both of his. “Nick. I don’t know. They seem really –“ “Please, Brian. I need you.” Brian sighed. “Nick. Fine. I’ll help you. What are you going to do?” Nick smiled. Brian could never say no to him. That night when Nick walked in to announce that they could begin Lockin, Kevin dropped his pizza on the floor, his mouth hanging open. AJ and Howie, who had been whispering to one another in the corner, both turned to watch Nick. Brian, who had known it was coming, was having a hard time hiding his own reaction. Nick was wearing black leather pants and a white fitted sweater. Tight black leather pants. His hair was sticking out every which way, every strand perfectly placed to give it the appearance of unorganized disarray. It was what AJ called Nick’s JBF ‘do. Just Been Fucked. He smiled and bent over to pick up Kevin’s pizza for him. The other’s just watched in awe and longing as the pants stretched over Nick’s ample ass. Howie nudged AJ and reached over to close AJ’s mouth. Nick handed the pizza to Kevin with a wink before retreating to the sofa and sitting beside Brian, or practically on top of Brian. Brian was sitting with a pillow in his lap. Nick stretched a little placing an arm behind Brian and began playing with Brian’s curls. AJ rolled his eyes and went back to his conversation with Howie, but Nick noticed them both watching him out of the corner of his eye the rest of the night. Nick pulled Brian’s hair a little and Brian turned to look at him. Nick just pouted a little in apology and Brian smiled, sighing. AJ watched their interaction with narrowed eyes. This was going to be easier than Nick had thought. A few days later, Nick’s shower was mysteriously broken, so he went to AJ’s room. AJ opened the door and looked suspiciously at Nick, eyeing the pile of clothes in Nick’s arms and the towel slung over one shoulder. “Mind if I borrow your shower?” Nick asked with a shy smile. “What’s wrong with yours?” “It’s broken I think. There’s only a drizzle from the shower head and I don’t want to take a bath.” AJ frowned, “Yeah, sure, come on in.” Nick entered the room, acknowledged Howie with a nod and retreated to the bathroom. Howie looked at AJ pointedly and AJ could do nothing but shrug. In the bathroom, Nick quickly turned the hot water on in AJ’s shower and hopped in. He washed his hair and then began soaping up his body. He thought about AJ and Howie lounging together and watching TV. They probably hadn’t been watching TV for long. The bed was a mess. Nick began thinking about what else they might have been doing, and then he replaced Howie with himself and by the time he got to soaping his cock, it was already hard. Nick smiled to himself and began stroking his slippery erection. He leaned against the shower wall with one hand and let his head hang down as he pleasured himself. His thumb ran in circles around the swollen head and he moaned aloud, then thought about it and moaned louder. He switched positions so that his back was against the wall and used his now free hand to fondle his balls. “Oh, god, oooooh.” This was even better than he had thought it would be. AJ was right outside the door and he had to be able to hear Nick, and the thought was making Nick hotter than he had been in a long time. Then Nick had an idea. He massaged the head of his cock, covering his fingers in soap and precum and then carefully, while still pumping his cock with one hand, reached back and pushed his middle finger past the tight ring of muscle. He had never done this before, had never played with his ass at all. He moved his finger around a bit, and it felt good. He was still moaning but he wasn’t thinking about what was going on outside of the bathroom anymore, he was only thinking about AJ. He was thinking about AJ doing this too him, touching him, and he could tell that he was getting close to the edge. He slid his finger out and pushed two back in and it was a whole new sensation. He felt full and tight and he opened his fingers and stretched himself a bit, crying out as his cock drooled precum onto his hand. “Shit, AJ. Yes, oh god.” He twisted his fingers inside himself while pumping furiously, and it was then that he hit it. Nick screamed and he wasn’t sure what he yelled but it sounded like AJ’s name and he was coming harder than he had ever come while masturbating and he slumped against the shower wall, slipping his fingers out and closing his eyes. The spray washed the mess off as Nick exhaled heavily, collecting what was left of the mush that had formerly been his brain. He finished washing himself off and hopped out of the shower, quickly throwing on a pair of fitted well-worn jeans. He tousled his hair with the towel, collected his things, wiped the steam off of the mirror before smiling confidently at his reflection, and exited the bathroom. He entered the bedroom along with a whoosh of steam. Howie was still there. He and AJ were sitting on the bed, staring at him, their faces bright red. So they did here, Nick thought. Good. Nick wiped at some water beaded on his chest and then turned to meet AJ’s unsteady gaze. “Thanks for letting me use your shower, Bone. I owe you one,” he purred, before turning on his heals and heading back to his own room. AJ and Howie stayed well away from Nick for the rest of the day and Nick knew that he had finally made his intentions clear. He intended to have AJ. AJ was his. Howie was in the way. That night they all attended a party at a local club after their show. Nick was on and he was hot and he knew it. He danced up to everyone he could get close to, thrusting and grinding against them, touching himself provocatively. He sidled up behind AJ, placed two hands on AJ’s hips and pressed himself to AJ’s back, moving seductively and making sure that it was clear that AJ knew that Nick was hard, hard for him. AJ did know and he writhed against Nick, singing with the music. When AJ reached back and grabbed Nick through the front of his pants, Nick let out a full sexy moan right into AJ’s ear and felt AJ slump against him as though near to collapse. Nick glanced over toward their table, and there was Howie, glaring at him. Nick smiled and licked AJ’s neck with one long erotic swipe before pulling away and going to find Brian. Howie intersected him as he made his way toward the bar. He placed a restraining hand on Nick’s arm and Nick turned toward him and arched one shapely eyebrow, waiting for Howie to speak. “Nick, what do you think you’re doing?” “What do you mean?” Nick was talented when it came to feigning confusion. “You know exactly what I’m talking about, Nick. Don’t pull that shit with me. What is going on? The shower this morning, and then you practically tear AJ’s pants off on the dance floor. What’s gotten into you?” Howie’s words were harsh but he was running his hand softly up and down Nick’s bare arm, almost petting him. “I think you know, Howie,” Nick said, pulling his arm away. Howie blushed and dropped his hand to his side, “I think you know exactly what I’m doing. You know what I want and what I plan to take back, and the only real question here is what you plan to do about it.” Howie was frowning, his lips pursed together stubbornly and Nick glanced around to make sure that no one was watching, then leaned forward, placing a hand under Howie’s chin and softly bit the pouty lower lip, licking across it afterwards. Howie emitted what sounded to Nick like a squeak and then Nick spotted Brian at the bar and walked away from Howie without a second glance. Brian smiled as Nick approached, and reached out to pull Nick towards him. He swung his stool around and wrapped his arms around Nick’s waist, placing his chin on Nick’s shoulder. Nick watched as AJ saw them and stormed off the dance floor with Howie following closely. Brian was good at this. Brian was a lot better at his role than Nick had thought he would be. At first Brian was hesitant. He thought it was a stupid idea, he didn’t think they could pull it off and even if they did, why would AJ be jealous of Brian? Brian was married; no one cared if he touched Nick. He always touched Nick. Nick assured Brian that he knew what he was doing and it would work and all Brian had to do was act like they were a couple. Brian was surprised when he saw AJ’s reaction to him. AJ had absolutely no reason to be jealous of him. So he slept in Nick’s room once in awhile, sat in Nick’s lap when Nick pulled him there, fondled Nick’s chest and kissed him gently and chastely once in awhile. Nick hadn’t asked for the kisses, Brian just gave them. Nick wasn’t about to complain. AJ and Howie returned to the hotel early. Nick, Brian, and Kevin stumbled back up to their floor together. Kevin wished them a good night and retreated to his room. Nick was talking to Brian about his conversation with Howie when Brian opened his door and pushed Nick inside. “Bri, what the-“ And then Brian was on him, shoving him against the wall and the kisses weren’t chaste anymore, and they certainly weren’t gentle and Nick thought about pushing Brian off because this was supposed to be about getting AJ and he wanted AJ. But Brian’s tongue was sucking at his and then Nick was responding and it was hot and Nick had never actually kissed a guy before. He swung Brian around, and then Brian was against the wall, all hot and small and trying to get closer to Nick, pulling off his own jacket without breaking from their kiss. Nick pulled away for breath and Brian was panting, looking up at Nick with huge lust-filled eyes, and Nick wasn’t sure where this had come from. He’d never seen this from Brian before, and he was married and – whoa. Brian’s hand was dancing up underneath his shirt and Brian was still looking at him but now he was questioning, asking Nick’s permission. Nick could say no. He could. But this was Brian and Nick couldn’t claim that he wasn’t curious, that he didn’t want Brian. He loved him and he’d never really thought about it before but he wanted this. He wanted to try it. He slipped a knee in between Brian’s legs and leaned down to claim Brian’s lips again. Brian whimpered into the kiss and then he was clinging to Nick and he was saying something against Nick’s lips but Nick couldn’t catch it, could only make out the “oh gods” and the “pleases”. Nick pulled away and ran a thumb over Brian’s bottom lip. “What did you say Bri?” Nick asked softly and he was almost afraid to talk, afraid that Brian would come out of it and realize what he was doing. That wasn’t going to happen though because Brian looked Nick straight in the eye and said, “Let me suck you Nick. Please.” Nick wasn’t going to say no to that but he could only nod and then Brian was grabbing at Nick’s pants and going down to his knees and Nick did find words then. He found the words to say “No, Brian. No. Not like that. The bed.” He pulled Brian up and they collapsed on the bed and then it was all a blur but suddenly Brian’s mouth was on his cock and it was hot and wet and warm and Nick’s hands were in Brian’s hair tangled a bit. Nick was careful not to push, incredibly careful, but it was difficult because Brian was running a tongue along the vein and swirling around the head and palming his balls. Then there was a wet probing finger and it was better than his own, better when he wasn’t controlling it. Nick had a second to think about how strange it was that his sexual experience had quadrupled since that morning, but then his world exploded and he forgot what he had been thinking as he melted on the bed, pulling Brian up and reaching for Brian’s pants. But Brian shook his head. “No, Nick, I’m fine,” and he kissed Nick again and this time it was back to the gentle, loving kisses and then they fell asleep that way. Nick couldn’t get the smile to leave his face at breakfast the next morning. He was grinning from ear to ear and Kevin was looking at him strangely and Brian was smiling with him. AJ sat beside him and looked critically at Nick over his sunglasses. “What’s wrong with you?” AJ asked, spreading the cream cheese on his bagel. “Nothing,” Nick tried to stop smiling, but he couldn’t and he knew he looked silly and really it was messing with the sex god image that he’d been trying to create. AJ nodded. “You look like you got the blowjob of a lifetime last night. Did you take home one of those girls from the club?” Brian’s face turned bright red and Nick looked at his food. “Um, no. Not exactly.” Then Kevin looked up from his plate and almost choked when he saw that Brian was bright red and embarrassed and he looked from Brian to Nick and back to Brian and Nick groaned inwardly because Kevin knew. Howie came over and sat beside AJ, rubbing his back gently, but AJ ignored him because he was looking at Brian too now, which made Brian turn an even darker shade of red. Finally it clicked in AJ’s head and he shot Nick a look before jumping up from his seat, almost knocking his chair over and exiting the room quickly. Howie looked stunned. “Um, I’ll…yeah, just. Be right back.” He quickly followed AJ. Brian was looking at his food and Kevin was quietly eating his breakfast and staring at Nick, still surprised. “What?” Nick asked. Kevin’s gaze was unnerving. “I can mess around if I want to. AJ’s sleeping with Howie, isn’t he?” And Nick knew that was no excuse, but it was true. He thought that maybe he should feel a little more triumphant. He’d definitely gotten to AJ that time, but then AJ looked truly upset and Brian looked like he wanted to hide under the table in embarrassment and Nick really just felt kind of bad. Brian avoided Nick for a few days, and Nick knew that it wasn’t because Brian was ashamed. He didn’t need to worry about their friendship. Brian was just embarrassed that everyone knew about it. He’d get over it eventually. AJ was avoiding Nick too. As was Howie. Howie kept giving Nick strange looks and Nick was starting to wonder what exactly AJ had told him. So Nick had no choice but to spend time with Kevin. He’d abandoned his grand scheme to win AJ back for the moment, because AJ was mad, and Nick didn’t think that Brian would really want to be all touchy-feelly for awhile, and Nick was really sick of pretended that he was walking sex. The last weeks had just reminded Nick of how little he knew. Oh, Kevin had reminded him too. Kevin had reminded Nick of how little he knew many, many times in the last few days. Nick really didn’t like spending time with Kevin all that much. He was sprawled across Kevin’s bed, watching television and trying to ignore Kevin, who seemed determined to have another conversation about what had been going on. “So tell me one more time, Nick. What made you think it was a good idea to seduce Brian and then sleep with him?” Nick frowned and then rolled onto his side so he could see Kevin. “I did not sleep with him, Kev. I’ve told you. And I didn’t seduce him either.” Kevin nodded. “You have no idea what you’re doing Nick.” Nick rolled his eyes. “Jesus Kevin. Brian wanted to try something. I tried it with him. I love Brian, Kev. If it had been you or Howie or AJ, I’d have done the same. Especially if it was AJ.” Nick added that last part with a grin. Kevin opened his mouth to say something but then stopped as he processed what Nick was saying. “I know what you’re going to say Kevin. But really, who better to explore sex with than you guys? I know Brian won’t hurt me and I have to learn this stuff somewhere.” “You would have done the same if it had been me?” Nick rolled his eyes, but smiled at Kevin. “Yes, Kev. If you had asked to give me a blowjob I would have let you.” “Brian –“ “wanted to give me a blowjob. Right.” Kevin wrinkled his forehead while he thought about this new information. “Um, I just assumed that you would be, you know, doing…whatever.” Nick wasn’t sure if he had ever seen Kevin blush like that before. “No, I’ve never – Hey. Do you want to try? I mean, me try with you?” Nick had never given a blowjob, but he needed to learn somewhere and the conversation with Kevin was a surprising turn on for him. Nick felt like he was a teenager again. He’d practically been walking around with a constant erection for the past two weeks. “What?! No! Nick, we can’t,” Kevin protested, but Nick could tell that Kevin was getting hot just thinking about it. “Why not?” “I’m married, and you’re…. You’re Nick.” Kevin was standing from his chair and began retreating toward the wall as Nick rolled off the bed and approached him slowly. “It’ll just be this once, Kev. I know you’re curious. You haven’t wanted to talk about anything else for days.” Nick licked his lips and advanced on Kevin, who had run out of room for retreat. “I-” And then Nick was kissing Kevin, slowly, and Kevin was done protesting. Kevin could never say no to Nick. It was a lot different than kissing Brian. Kevin was the same height as Nick and then there was the facial hair that prickled against Nick’s skin. Kevin was tentative, reaching out and touching Nick’s face, and the urgency that had been there with Brian wasn’t present with Kevin. Kevin was ready to take this slow. Nick guided Kevin toward the bed and pressed a hand against his chest until Kevin settled onto it. Kevin looked up at Nick, waiting to see what would happen next. Nick was completely in charge here, and he wasn’t really sure what to do. He hadn’t thought that Kevin would just let him have control, because Kevin was always so…controlling. It was actually sort of intimidating. Nick climbed onto the bed, settling atop Kevin and began unbuttoning his shirt. Kevin watched, hands at his side, as Nick did this. It was almost frustrating, having Kevin just lie there and wait for Nick to make the next move. Nick pushed open Kevin’s shirt and licked Kevin’s left nipple, and suddenly Kevin was arching up into Nick and before Nick knew it he was on his back, and Kevin wasn’t so submissive anymore. Kevin began nuzzling Nick’s neck, sucking at his adam’s apple and nipping Nick’s skin with his teeth. He ground his hips against Nick’s and Nick gasped at the sudden pressure against his cock. Kevin was pulling off Nick’s shirt and running his hands up and down Nick’s sides and Nick wanted nothing more to let Kevin do anything he wanted. He moaned when Kevin pinched his nipples and then he pulled Kevin back up to his mouth, opening Kevin’s mouth with his tongue and licking at his teeth. “Kev, do you want me to…” Nick murmured against Kevin’s lips. “mmm, Yes. Niiiiick.” Kevin moaned Nick’s name and his voice was deep and throaty and sounded like pure sex. Nick needed to get out of his confining pants soon. Kevin let Nick flip them back over and Nick trailed down Kevin’s body, licking as he went and then cupped Kevin through his jeans, pleased when Kevin shouted and thrust into Nick’s hand. Nick quickly undid Kevin’s pants, pulling them down roughly along with Kevin’s boxers. There he was. Face to face with Kevin’s erect cock. Nick wasn’t sure what to do. Kevin was right, he didn’t know anything. He tentatively stuck out his tongue and swiped at the angry swollen head, causing Kevin to whimper quietly and fist his hands in the sheets. Pleased with the saltiness, Nick carefully popped the tip into his mouth, taking extra caution to keep his teeth out of the way. Kevin moaned and tried to thrust up into Nick’s mouth, but Nick saw it coming and held Kevin’s hips down. Nick took more of Kevin in, tried to take more, but didn’t get very far before his gag reflex kicked in. It wasn’t as easy as it looked. That couldn’t possibly have been Brian’s first time, Nick thought. He was too good at it. Nick was awful, but Kevin didn’t seem to think so. Nick began sucking and running his tongue along the underside of the shaft. He brought his hand up and wrapped it around the base, letting go of Kevin’s hips so that he could bring his other hand down to his own erection. Kevin was moaning incoherently, and then his hands were in Nick’s hair and for a second Nick was afraid that Kevin would try to force his head down, but Kevin just wrapped his hands in the blond strands and let out a groan. Nick felt Kevin’s precum leak onto his tongue and it was salty and bitter and Nick was surprised to find that he liked it. He brought a hand up and began massaging Kevin’s balls in time with the pumping of his fist and his rapidly moving tongue. “Oh god, I’m close, Nick” Nick gently squeezed Kevin’s balls and Kevin shouted and came into Nick’s mouth. Nick’s first instinct was to swallow and he did so without a second thought, coming up to lie beside a dazed Kevin. “How was I?” “Wow, Nick. Um, good, you were good.” Nick grinned because he could tell that Kevin thought that he was not just good, but fucking fantastic. He would never tell Nick that though. Then Kevin was leaning over and kissing Nick, tasting himself in Nick’s mouth and undoing Nick’s pants. Nick hadn’t expected this. Hadn’t expected Kevin to get him off at all. Kevin rubbed Nick through his damp briefs and then those were gone too and Kevin had Nick’s cock in his hand and he was milking it and sucking on Nick’s neck, and Nick was moaning and thrusting into Kevin’s hand and then he was coming hard, leaving a sticky mess on his stomach. Kevin kissed Nick one more time before getting up and heading into the bathroom for a wash cloth. He wiped Nick off and then sat beside him on the bed, running his fingers gently through Nick’s hair, damp with sweat. “So, that was a little weird,” Kevin murmured quietly, and Nick just nodded sleepily. Kevin rubbed a thumb over Nick’s neck and frowned. “Hmm. Nick, I…I left a mark.” Nick brought his hand up and rubbed his neck, not really caring at the moment that he had a hickey. “It’s okay. And Kev?” Nick propped himself up on his elbows to look at Kevin. “Thank you for letting me do that.” Kevin laughed, “I think I should be thanking you!” Nick blushed and got up to retrieve his clothes. Howie was the first to notice the angry red circle on Nick’s neck. He came up behind Nick and fingered it gently before frowning and raising his eyebrows. Nick just shrugged and went back to eating his burger. Three hours later AJ came to Nick’s room, knocking loudly on the door. Nick opened it and stood aside as AJ barged into the room. “Well?” “Well, what?” Nick asked. “Let’s see it. Howie says you’re letting Brian mark your neck now and I want to see for myself.” Nick was about to protest but then AJ was right there, up against him, fingering Nick’s neck. It tickled and Nick squirmed away, flinching and laughing nervously. “So, it’s true. Jesus, Nick. You and Brian?! He’s married for fuck’s sake!” AJ started pacing the room. “It wasn’t –“ “What are you doing Nick? I don’t understand.” AJ sat down on the bed. Nick came further into the room and sat beside AJ. “I don’t know what you mean,” Nick mumbled, because he knew exactly what AJ meant. “I wanted you for years, and you were so unattainable. You seemed so oblivious to me. Then I get with Howie, mostly because I think I can never have you, and also because I love him of course, and all of a sudden you’re psycho sex fiend Nick. That’s what I mean,” AJ pulled off his sunglasses and rubbed his eyes, his sinewy arms flexing. Nick reached out and traced the tattoos on AJ’s left arm with his finger. “I was jealous. I don’t think I even realized how much I’d miss you until suddenly you weren’t there anymore. Brian and I had this whole plan to make you jealous so you would forget about Howie and come back to me.” “Was part of the plan to come masturbate in my bathroom while moaning my name and then to fuck Brian all in the same day?” AJ leaned back on his elbows and glared up at Nick. “You can’t be mad AJ, you’re with Howie. And god! You guys all think alike. I did *not* fuck Brian! We just messed around a little. It was one night, that was it.” Nick rested his head in his hands and looked at the floor. “Only one night? It was not only one night. The hickey sort of proves that.” “The hickey wasn’t from Brian.” AJ shot up into a sitting position again. “What?! Then, who…?” “Kevin.” Then it was AJ that had his head in his hands. “Kevin?! You fucked *Kevin*? God, Nick. What happened to you?” Nick threw up his hands in disgust. “No! I didn’t fuck anyone! Stop saying that!” “Fine, Nick. Whatever. I don’t even want to know anymore.” “AJ-“ “It’s just that you always led me to believe that you were something I couldn’t have, something that I couldn’t claim. And now you go giving yourself to everyone. Everyone but me.” Nick placed a hand on AJ’s back, rubbing softly over the black mesh shirt that he wore. “Not everyone but you. You can get in on the deal.” AJ looked up, eyes wide with surprise. “Nick, I –“ and then AJ was quiet because Nick was kissing him. Nick was finally kissing the one person he’d wanted to kiss all along. He’d won. AJ would be his again, not Howie’s. But that didn’t matter so much anymore. Nick had learned something in the events of the last month. He’d learned that he didn’t need all of AJ’s attention for himself. He had three other friends that deserved it as much as he did, and although he knew that they thought he was spoiled and selfish, he could prove otherwise. AJ pulled away from the kiss and quickly licked the tip of Nick’s nose, causing Nick to grin. “I need to talk to Howie, Nick. I need to tell him.” Nick nodded. “You don’t need to break it off with him AJ, you can still be with him, and with me.” Nick might be selfish sometimes, but he did know how to share. AJ and Howie were the last to arrive for Lockin. They shut the door behind them and Howie bolted it. Brian and Kevin were already playing some card game and Nick was reading a magazine on the couch. AJ sauntered over to Nick and settled in his lap, moving the magazine aside. He nuzzled Nick’s cheek, nipping gently before tenderly kissing him. Howie walked over and sat beside the two of them, tentatively placing a hand on Nick’s shoulder. Nick turned toward Howie and his animosity toward his friend in the past few weeks was forgotten because Nick really did love Howie and there was nothing to be jealous of, not anymore. He leaned down and then he was kissing Howie and Howie tasted like cinnamon and Nick smiled into the kiss because it didn’t surprise him at all. AJ began pinching Nick’s nipple lightly. Kevin cleared his throat from across the room and AJ, Howie, and Nick looked up. Brian and Kevin were staring at them incredulously. “Come on, Kevin. It’s not like it’s anything you haven’t done before,” AJ snorted. Howie and Brian shot Kevin shocked glances and Kevin’s eyes were wide and then he was blushing fiercely. Brian shook his head and began to laugh but stopped when he saw Howie pushing AJ off of Nick and moving onto Nick himself, straddling Nick’s hips. “Sounds like you’ve been pretty busy, Nicky,” Howie said with a smile. Nick shrugged and reached up to pull Howie toward him and then he was kissing Howie passionately, thrusting his tongue into Howie's mouth and Howie was moaning and Nick could feel Howie’s growing erection against his stomach. AJ watched in fascination, then turned and walked over to Brian, reaching out a hand and pulling him up out of his chair. Nick eyed them hungrily over Howie’s shoulder as Howie licked at the fading red mark on Nick’s neck. AJ was pushing Brian a little and Brian moved toward Nick and Howie. “AJ, what are you doing?” “Lockin’s an hour long, Brian. We might as well make the most of it.” AJ turned and cocked his head at Kevin, but Kevin just gave him a look and remained in his chair. “AJ, I don’t think-“ “That’s right Brian, don’t think. This is going to be good for you. We all know you like it, so why bother protesting?” Brian’s knees knocked against the back of the couch and Brian fell onto it and then AJ was there, licking into Brian’s mouth and that was all it took for Brian to grab AJ, pulling him onto the couch with him. Nick was trying to lick Howie’s tonsils when suddenly Kevin was standing beside him, a hand on Nick’s shoulder. “Brian and I, we shouldn’t do this. We’re married.” Nick thought that it sounded less like Kevin was trying to convince Nick of this and more like Kevin was trying to convince himself. AJ stopped kissing Brian and looked over to Kev. “Kevin.” He reached for Kevin and Kevin came willingly, running his hands over AJ’s tattooed arms. “We’re Backstreet Boys, Kevin. This is between you and your boys. We need this. It’ll never leave this room.” Nick smiled against Howie’s mouth. Tonight was for them, the Backstreet Boys. AJ was leaning back against Brian and Kevin was leaning over AJ, kissing him. Nick reached out to caress Kevin’s ass through denim and then Howie shifted on his crotch and Nick moaned and then suddenly Howie was gone and AJ was there again and it was AJ kissing him, grinding against him. Brian was there too, pulling up Nick’s shirt, licking his nipples. Nick reached out and yanked at AJ’s shirt, he wanted it off, now. AJ broke the kiss and then his shirt was gone and Nick had seen AJ’s chest millions of times, but this time he wanted to touch it and he could and he couldn't get enough. He pushed AJ and Brian down to the floor, kissing Brian deeply on the way, and then he had AJ on his back and he licked down his chest until he came to the 69 tattoo. He looked up at AJ and grinned and then began tracing the tattoo with his tongue while his hand cupped AJ’s erection, pressing firmly. AJ arched his back crying out Nick’s name when Nick plunged his tongue into AJ’s bellybutton, licking and tasting and fucking it with his tongue. Nick kissed his way back up AJ’s chest and that was when he noticed that Brian was gone, and he looked over his shoulder and Brian was kissing Kevin. He was kissing Kevin while Howie slowly licked Kevin’s balls and Kevin was already completely naked. Nick had to get moving. AJ pulled at Nick until Nick turned his attention back to kissing AJ and removing their pants. He kicked off his shoes and waited while AJ did the same before reaching down and unbuttoning AJ’s jeans. He slid them over AJ’s slim waist and then AJ was completely naked because he wasn’t wearing underwear that night. Nick ran his thumb over the tip of AJ’s cock and grinned at him. AJ grinned back, a Cheshire cat grin that transformed his whole face, and Nick removed AJ’s sunglasses, throwing them aside, and then he could see the smile in AJ’s eyes too. “I want you to do it to me. Fuck me, AJ.” AJ looked at Nick with wide eyes, then began nodding enthusiastically and reaching for his pants. Nick frowned and moved off AJ, who grabbed his pants and began searching through the pockets. He smiled and pulled out some condoms and a small bottle of lube and Nick smiled too because AJ and Howie had really planned this out. Speaking of Howie, he looked over just in time to see Howie lower himself onto Kevin’s shaft, his face contorting in pleasure as Kevin entered him completely. Nick groaned and felt his cock jump as he watched and couldn’t help but think that that would be him soon and when he turned back, AJ was already wearing the condom and lubing up his fingers. Nick sank back onto the floor and then thought better of it, standing up he grabbed AJ’s arm and moved onto the now empty couch. AJ watched Nick quietly and then bent down and engulfed Nick’s cock in his warm mouth, taking it all the way in until his nose rested in Nick’s pubic hair. Nick cried out and thrust up into AJ’s mouth and AJ didn’t stop him, just let him thrust. Nick was fucking AJ’s mouth and suddenly AJ had a finger inside of him and then two and he was repeatedly triggering Nick’s prostate. It was better than Nick had imagined it would be in the shower. AJ’s fingers were long and thin and hit his prostate with every movement. The pumping, stretching fingers and AJ’s constricting throat were too much for Nick and he grunted and moaned AJ’s name right before coming down his throat. AJ backed off of Nick’s cock, licking it clean. He kept his fingers working and then added a third and Nick thought he would scream if AJ didn’t stop soon. It was too much, too good. “AJ. Please, I’m ready. Oh, shit. Do that again.” And AJ did do it again, twisting all three fingers inside of Nick before pulling out completely and placing the tip of his condom clad penis at Nick’s opening. Nick spread his legs further, urging AJ to get moving all ready and then he felt a hard pressure and the head of AJ’s cock popped into Nick. Nick cried out in pain, but then AJ was kissing him and moving in slowly and it did hurt but the pain was already diminishing. “god, Nick. wanted you for…ugh. so long. Finally.” AJ began thrusting into Nick and Nick moaned and whimpered, clawing at AJ’s back. AJ pushed into Nick until his balls were resting against Nick’s ass and he was just about to pull out when his face went slack for a moment and then he began quivering and shaking inside of Nick, moaning incoherently. Nick looked up to see what had happened and it was Brian and he was licking AJ *there* and making small pleased noises in his throat. Nick couldn’t believe that Brian, *Brian* was doing that and AJ was moaning into Nick’s neck and then he began thrusting again. Nick was still watching as Brian kept his face in AJ’s ass, licking and tongue fucking lustily, even as AJ resumed slamming himself into Nick. Brian reached up and wrapped a hand around Nick’s cock and “Oh fuck, Brian. Oh shit, yes,” because that was all it took before Nick threw his head back and came between himself and AJ. AJ cried out Nick’s name when he felt Nick’s ass constrict with Nick’s orgasm and emptied himself into the condom before slowly easing out of Nick. Nick whimpered at the loss and was about to sit up when all of sudden Brian was straddling Nick’s chest, pushing him back and looking down at him. “It’s your turn this time, Nicky.” Brian murmured and then the tip of Brian’s cock was at Nick’s lips and Nick opened his mouth to take Brian in. He wasn’t in control at this angle and he wasn’t sure if he’d be able to take Brian. He relaxed his throat and breathed deeply before urging Brian in further. Nick’s gag reflex threatened but he concentrated on pleasuring Brian and relaxing and then Brian was all the way in and Nick was breathing in Brian’s musky scent. Brian moved and gripped the armrest of the couch as Nick’s throat and tongue worked at his cock. Brian moved back a little and then forward, down Nick’s throat again and Nick was near panic, because oh god, Brian was going to fuck his mouth. Brian did it again, still gently and Nick calmed down, because he could take this, he wanted Brian to come and so he kept sucking and licking and then finally Brian moaned and came down Nick’s throat. He backed away from Nick and kissed him gently on the lips and then moved to settle with Howie and Kevin who were spent and dozing on the floor in a tangle of limbs. Nick felt empty but then AJ was there, curling up against him on the couch, and Nick curled his fingers into AJ’s short blond hair and sighed, happily. Nick had what he wanted, more even. He had AJ, but also Brian, Howie and Kevin. They were all his. He looked at his watch and smiled when he saw that they still had fifteen minutes of Lockin remaining. He wrapped himself around AJ and shut his eyes. The Backstreet Boys had both good and bad nights during Lockin, but no matter what they always ended up closer because of it. And this had definitely been a good night. Back/Home/Feedback/