Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Backstreet Boys
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Nick Carter/Brian Littrell
Characters: Brian Littrell, Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys), Kevin Richardson, AJ McLean, Howie Dorough, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Psychological Thriller, Dark Drama, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Character Study, Emotional Manipulation, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Stalking, Gaslighting, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Non-Consensual Touching (Mild), Mind Games, Voice as Identity, Internalized Trauma, Love as Salvation, Brian Littrell Needs a Hug, Kisses, Romance
Summary:
Brian Littrell had always been the strongest one; the unbreakable anchor and foundation that Nick Carter relied on. Hidden underneath the mask of a warm and reassuring smile, though, there was a fifty-year old man slowly undoing himself, as his own identity and self-worth were slipping away along with his fading voice. The strength and resilience that Nick praised and admired so much in Brian covered, on the contrary, still bleeding wounds and a cracked soul. And no one, not even Nick, ever dared to ask Brian what the price of always pushing through struggles was.
Eliah was a collector of hidden pain. Overlooked throughout his childhood; admired for his silent resilience but haunted by the ghost of acknowledgement, this dark prophet started to craft his revengeful mission: to sanctify buried pain bringing it to the altar of public spectacle and let it bleed.
Brian and Eliah’s paths crossed on a fateful night and Eliah finally found in Brian his chosen martyr, the one whose blood would finally force the world to see, and acknowledge, the suffering it applauded from the shadows.