[closed post] aftermath

[protagonisthalo]

More than anything, Luo Binghe wishes this weren't so familiar. He is well accustomed to people drawn in by his beauty and charm, who turn away when they see what he is truly like. It has happened with nearly all of his wives, except Liu Mingyan. (He would love to see Liu Mingyan right now; how she would laugh at the idea that barely a day of torment inflicted on an enemy has caused all this trouble.)

It is still hard to believe Shen Yuan will not someday reach his limit and discover something that repulses him. But so far, no matter how deep he digs into Luo Binghe's darkness, he only fills it with light. Luo Binghe wants that feeling now. He wants to bathe in Shen Yuan's love and forgiveness; to transform under the light of his smile into someone worth loving. (A dose of sharp pain as he remembers the wish he involuntarily expressed to Claudius under the truth spell: I want to be proven wrong. I want someone to see some good in me that I did not recognize, and show me what it is. Shen Yuan has not yet convinced him, but he has come closer than Luo Binghe thought possible.) He is looking for Shen Yuan, following the pull of the blood they share, but if he passes by anyone else he counts as a friend, he will want to see them too.

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[peaklordshen]

"Oh, I don't think it was well-written tension," Shen Yuan says archly, and leans down to kiss Binghe's sweet head. "It's just one of many things that could have been explored in the hands of a competent writer." He kisses him again. "I'm starting to think there are a lot of heterosexual love triangles that have a little bit of queerness to them, you know?" A kiss between every sentence, just because he can. "Like, not all of the aggression is really about jealousy." Kiss. "Sometimes a guy is obsessed with fighting another guy because he's obsessed with that guy, not the love interest they share." Kiss—and a little nuzzle to his temple. He smells so good. "On the other hand, sometimes a love triangle is so toxic that nobody there can be anything but straight." Kiss. "Like in..."