The Gentlemen

[Will begin posting once the entire story is written]

Suit-wearing blond action star, black thin-rimmed glasses, 186 cm, 28-year-old director, straight and domineering top

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Double-standard, jealous, self-deluding "straight" black-haired actor, 192 cm, 22-year-old cool and alluring bottom

Blurb:

In Lin Tidu's camera lens, Xie Tiaolou's heart is always in turmoil.

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Lin Tidu won first place in a university short-film competition, sparking a small wave of short-film fever online.

Afterward, he mysteriously went into hiding, disappearing from campus and the internet. People gradually forgot the person who had briefly shone so brightly, until a suspense film he directed came out of nowhere, and Lin Tidu rose to fame along with it.

At Xie Tiaolou's first audition, his gaze fixed intently on Lin Tidu as he slowly delivered his character's lines:

"Time makes memories beautiful and dulls the pain. It seems loving you is the same. The longer I love you, the more I forget those sorrows."

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Things to know:

1. Your triggers aren't necessarily mine. I won't provide trigger warnings, so read at your own discretion.

2. No intrusive, obnoxious comments, such as "The top doesn't seem like a top" or "The bottom doesn't seem like a bottom."

3. The little English words on the cover are from Hermann Hesse.

4. This blurb was screenshotted and saved on October 15, 2025. The core won't change before posting begins, but everything else is subject to change.

Theme: Let love have a place to take root