The Rusty Blade, the Shattered Snow [Interstellar]

[A beautiful, gloomy crown prince top x a cynical, unhinged, sickly bottom] Out of humanitarian concern for the survivors of the apocalypse, Xiu was adopted by the Empire’s most powerful dictator. The decadent life of the imperial capital works wonders. The pitiful little dumpling from back then grew into a long-legged, slim-waisted, womanizing playboy of the Empire. Instead of taking care of his health, he roamed the slums, fought underground boxing matches, flirted with everyone, and racked up a mountain of romantic entanglements. At last, on his eighteenth birthday, his adoptive father kicked him into military academy to straighten him out. No matter. As long as you keep your cool, every place is a good place to fish. The little prince from the countryside had golden hair, blue eyes, fair skin, and a pretty face with a curvy backside. Even his affected southern aristocratic accent made people’s hearts itch. One “Your Highness, I have a headache” was enough to get two military cadets, each over six feet tall, crammed into the same single bed. “You’re not well. I can’t bear to let you overexert yourself.” The gentle voice lingered by Xiu’s ear. In a moment of heated foolishness, he traded places with the other man. After their night in the dorm, Xiu couldn’t get enough. He rubbed his aching lower back, picked a strand of soft golden hair off the rumpled bed, and thought it over. “It’s all the Empire’s fault.” In the twenty-first year of the New Calendar, the fortress fell and war spread. Xiu’s life or death was unknown after a dangerous mission. When they met again, one was the Emperor of the Empire, the other the leader of the rebels. In the interrogation room, while everyone carefully wondered what sort of torture this unpredictable ruler would use, Luensi’s gaze had already grown as resentful as that of an abandoned husband. “What about the military theory online course from the late king’s hunting lodge beneath Cuishan? I stayed up night after night to help you get through it!” Facing his former fling, Xiu swallowed and secretly sped up his efforts to cut the rope. “Does it... mean you didn’t learn the material properly?” For many years, Luensi couldn’t understand how his first love had suddenly betrayed him. In his memory, his lover was quiet and gentle, with an unyielding spirit beneath a fragile body. The harshest thing he ever said was on the day they broke up, during a dazzling fireworks celebration. He casually accepted the token of their love, smiled, and narrowed his eyes. “A beautiful but useless sword, just like you?” * Lost Intelligence [1] Planet Ruxiate, codenamed Dead Planet #8736864 in the secret archives of the First Expedition, vanished into the boundless cosmos ten years ago. Given current astronomical technology and the distance involved, it is estimated that the full image of its explosion will not be observable for another hundred years. “If we’re still alive and still in love by then, I want to show you my home.” P.S. The first three chapters are from the top’s perspective. The main story is from the bottom’s perspective. Happy ending. Coming soon from the author next door: The Sickly White Moonlight of a Possessive Villain [Quick Transmigration] As the sickly white moonlight of a possessive villain, Zhou Yanling’s mission is to pretend to accept the top’s confession before he develops an antisocial personality. He must reduce the top’s growing darkness by clutching his chest and coughing blood, then sacrifice himself to ensure the original couple get their perfect happy ending. [I often imagine how things might have been if I’d said yes to you back then.] [Fool, I was lying. You didn’t actually believe me, did you?] [Cough, cough. I just think you should give someone who loves you more a chance, instead of wasting your time on someone who’s about to die.] Zhou Yanling would call it a tactical retreat. Ding! System notification: Hate: 100% Love: 100% All achievement CGs unlocked. As death approached, the beautiful invalid decisively pulled out his IV and left. Goodbye. The next one will be more obedient. Planned worlds: A gentle younger uncle with a heart condition and a disability, and a possessive younger CEO A rural art teaching assistant with autism and a delinquent school bully A cold prince with amnesia and his usurping elder brother, unrelated by blood A high-and-mighty clan leader breaking off an engagement and a destined hero who insists poverty won’t keep him down A Cthulhu Mythos world: a novelist with tuberculosis, a heart higher than the sky, and an alchemist An artistic-film male supporting character with allergies and a drama student who later becomes a movie emperor One-on-one, melodramatic, letting loose. The bottom has no feelings at first. Theme: Defend our homeland