Heart-Branded, Qi An

A Guide to Caring for a Snow-and-Ice Beauty

To Zhou Qi, Han Luo was a flower of ice he had stumbled upon by chance on an unbearably hot summer day, crystalline, pure, and beautiful. Curious, he wanted to possess this flower sculpted from snow and ice, but he never expected it to be so cold and fragile. The slightest touch might make it shatter or melt away...

So how should he care for such a beautiful, delicate flower? How could he take good care of someone so cold and sensitive?

Zhou Qi would have to give it some thought.

The Sun's Rays Don't Burn

To Han Luo, Zhou Qi was a sun, forever bright and warm in the distant heavens, a blazing, brilliant light. And he was an unknown little asteroid drawn to the sun, orbiting around it, or a moth circling a flame.

He watched Zhou Qi from afar, yearning for him and looking up to him, but never daring to get close.

Until that summer, when he mustered all his courage, crashed into the sun, and flew into the flame.

But his sun was warm, and his flame was gentle. He was not burned to ashes.

He found himself a whole, warm person, no longer distant, abstract, or imagined...

Zhou Qi × Han Luo

Warm, dazzling sunshine seme × insecure, fragile ice-and-snow beauty uke (in each other's eyes)

Scheming, mean, and calculating seme × brave, resilient, but prone to uncontrollable tears uke (in reality)

Theme: Love can melt snow and ice, and drive away the gloom