General, How Does It Feel to Be in Someone's Sights?

Interstellar ABO, Alpha-Alpha romance, strong leads, mutual devotion, coming-of-age

Cold, obsessive schemer with blurry moral boundaries x arrogant, unruly, lawless spoiled brat

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[As told by the protagonist's long-suffering brother]

I am the younger brother of Lu Zhizhou, the youngest admiral in Federation history and an elite Alpha among elite Alphas.

My brother was born a commoner. At just 27, he had earned four stars on his shoulder and a chest full of honors. The old vultures in the Senate and military feared him, yet had no choice but to rely on him.

But even my perfect brother...

At 25, he was matched by the Federation's central AI with an Alpha, a military aristocrat from the capital planet who was still in suspended animation.

You've got to be kidding me. My brother is an Alpha, and he's supposed to marry another Alpha?

Damn it, those nobles must have had it in for my brother and set him up.

But what I never expected was that my brother actually agreed to it!!

Me: ?

Even more unbelievable was my brother's sleeping-beauty spouse, Xie Chujiang.

Before falling into suspended animation, he was said to be the notorious devil of the six star regions, the Federation's strongest individual combatant, an SSS-rank humanoid weapon and an Alpha.

The first thing Young Master Xie did after waking up was shoulder a sniper rifle and publicly try to assassinate the Federation admiral who was also his future spouse, in front of thousands at a speech!

Me: He's that wild?

And yet my usually rational brother didn't press charges. Instead, he signed a statement of forgiveness and took the man straight home to "keep a close personal watch on him."

Me: ...Has this whole damn world gone crazy?

Then, one day, I happened to see an old, yellowed photograph from ten years ago.

In it, my 17-year-old brother was acting intimately with a black-haired, purple-eyed Alpha. They were practically glued together, and my brother even had an arm around the Alpha's waist.

And that black-haired, purple-eyed Alpha was my brother's current spouse.

My whole worldview shattered.

Damn it!

Lu Zhizhou, you were going after Alphas when you were 17?!

Only later did I learn the truth:

What the hell was this forced pairing by Noah?

My brother had been plotting in secret for six whole years, determined to bind Xie Chujiang to his side at any cost.

#Are there even any straight Alphas left in this galaxy?!

#Whatever, my brother and his boyfriend are madly in love

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[Brief, serious version]

He came from beneath the aurora, and met someone born above it.

Lu Zhizhou was from a frontier planet on the edge of the Aurora Star Region, an orphan from a shantytown in a mining pit. His dream was to blow up the Federation and become the leader of a rebel army.

At 15, he crossed hundreds of millions of light-years to reach the Federation First Military Academy in the distant Alpha-2 star region, all for a proper meal.

On his first day at the academy, he ran into an aristocratic young master who was arrogant beyond belief.

At their first meeting, Lu Zhizhou wanted to kill him.

At their second, he set him up. At their third, he double-crossed him again.

But at the end of the new cadet assessment, in the foul, dangerous nest of the Zerg, the black-haired Alpha casually leaned against his enemy's shoulder and fell asleep.

And even complained that it wasn't comfortable enough.

Xie Chujiang's purple eyes were half-lidded. His black hair fell in a tangle over Lu Zhizhou's shoulder as he said without a hint of shame, "Raise your shoulder a little more to the right."

Lu Zhizhou expressionlessly lifted it, unable to understand how this man dared to act like that.

The young man's body was hot, his breath scorching. Their hair intertwined, and their bloodstained collars rested close together.

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[Reader's guide]

● 1v1. Lu Zhizhou is the top. No switching or reversal. Both are pure and devoted only to each other, and they are absolutely crazy about each other!

● Coming-of-age story, with a mountain of original worldbuilding

● Neither protagonist is perfect, and neither is a good person in the traditional sense

● The main story is told in third person

● Not suitable for readers with extreme character preferences

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[A little scene]

Xie Chujiang was born untamed. As his name suggested, he was like a newborn river, flowing endlessly, free and fearless.

When he was 16, he stood casually in the riverbed and looked down at the water, clear as polished crystal.

Rumor had it that this river of time could reflect visions of what everything would look like ten years from now.

The water was clear, reflecting a false starry sky, the glowing plants on the riverbank, and Lu Zhizhou, who always wore a cold expression beside him.

Only Xie Chujiang was missing.

The clear stretch of water was utterly empty, as though a corner of the world had been cut away.

Xie Chujiang raised an eyebrow, unconcerned.

He turned to see what Lu Zhizhou would look like ten years later, only to find that the other boy had turned his gaze toward him at some point and was staring in a rare daze.

Suddenly, Xie Chujiang felt like being cruel.

He tilted his head, his purple eyes shining brightly, and teased him with playful interest. "Lu Zhizhou, do you think there's something wrong with this stupid river, or did I... just not make it to 26?"

He'd always known Lu Zhizhou wanted to kill him. He knew it from the first time they met.

But that time, Lu Zhizhou just kept his head down and said nothing.

Xie Chujiang found him boring and turned to leave.

He didn't care what the lack of a reflection in the river meant. He never believed in such intangible nonsense. He would be the one to decide his own fate.

After Xie Chujiang left, Lu Zhizhou stomped on the empty, featureless patch of water.

Water splashed everywhere, ripples spread, and everything blurred.

[Synopsis saved and screenshotted on February 13, 2026. The title will be changed a little when the story launches.]

Theme: Roaming the stars.