I Heard the Captain Was Kept as a Pet by Deep-Sea Aberrations

Trending post on the Awakened Forum:

[Gossip] Heard a certain S-rank captain in the Special Task Force is living off his lover??

1L: Which captain made it to S-rank? Didn't that one die seven years ago??

2L: Is the person above living under a rock? Shh, he didn't die. He's back.

3L: Word is he's with a bounty hunter whose skills and fees are both outrageously high. They've got so much money, they've equipped everyone in the Bureau from top to bottom!

4L: They're so wild, I love them. Captain, are you hungry? Let me feed you.

5L: The person above is from the Bureau, don't run away! Leave us some gossip before you go!!

The forum was buzzing with discussion, but no one could tell what was true.

Only Ling Bai knew the post was telling the truth.

His younger boyfriend was handsome and fit, good at making money and fighting, equally at home in the boardroom and the kitchen, and hadn't let him spend a cent since they met.

Ling Bai used his boyfriend's money to buy equipment and save the wounded, leading the Special Task Force to carve out a safe zone in a desperate apocalypse.

Then a high-level aberrant exposed the fact that Ling Bai's body was about to mutate. Humanity's faith crumbled, plunging the world into crisis once more.

In the dead silence, the bounty hunter revealed his true form and wrapped Ling Bai in his tentacles. "Big brother, I didn't let you die back then. I won't let you die now, either."

The Awakened Forum lost it on the spot:

[So we've been raised in captivity by deep-sea abominations all along!??]

[Bah! Who cares about the rest of you? I'm only raising my big brother!]

Cthulhu-esque sunshine puppy top x gentle, patient civil servant bottom

Reader's guide:

1. The couple are devoted only to each other. The top isn't human and is rather cold toward humans at first.

2. Includes a pregnancy and childbirth plotline. No children appear in the main text. Please avoid if that's not your thing.

3. I'm a new writer, so please bear with me. Corrections and friendly discussion are welcome. I'll read every comment carefully.

Theme: Live on in the face of death, and dawn will come at last.