Can I say "Behind story" instead? Also, without the preposition "about" still makes sense?
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Rebecca
No, you cannot say "behind story" here, because this is not grammatically correct, since it would change "behind" to an adjective instead of a preposition. "Story behind" is used to refer to a story about something, and the word "behind" is used as a preposition. You can replace "behind" with "about" and it would still make sense, although "behind" is more commonly used in this case.