He Became Just Like You

My new novel, 99% of Male Insects Are Human, is a top-focused insect-people story. If you're interested, please visit my profile and add it to your reading list! * [Apocalypse + wasteland elements. Daily updates, one-on-one, no angst, very sweet. Please give chapters two and three a chance too, and keep reading a little further, please!] To survive in an apocalypse filled with zombies and surrounded by monsters, the rich rely on technology, while the poor rely on mutation. Shen Shanwu looks thirteen but is actually thirty-one. He's a mutant whose outward appearance and true nature don't match. Though he looks like a child, he isn't exactly the brightest. One day, while walking down the road, he's suddenly forcibly adopted by a major general who appears out of nowhere. He refuses to go along with it at all costs, but when he looks up, he recognizes an old acquaintance. The little boy who used to hide behind him and cry has grown into the stern, cold, and powerful man standing before him. It's just that his constant expression, as if he'd lost the love of his life, is hard to look at... Shen Shanwu: “Can you smile a little?” Jiang Huan: “I haven't smiled since Shanwu died.” Shen Shanwu: “...Who? Who did you say died??” Much later, Jiang Huan finally realizes that Shen Shanwu himself has been watching him do it all along: crying while clutching Shen Shanwu's nameplate, waking in the middle of the night and calling his name, telling their adopted child how wonderful Shen Shanwu was... Jiang Huan (raising his gun): “Since you've seen me at my most pathetic, I can only either marry you or kill you.” Shen Shanwu: “...” Shen Shanwu: “Marriage, marriage, marriage!!! I'll summon eight hundred zombies to carry you home right now!” A mutant top who can grow taller or shorter (in height) and has high standards for quality of life, Shen Shanwu × a powerful, brooding, devoted major-general bottom who's had a crush on him for years, Jiang Huan Warnings: 1. The top has an ex-boyfriend who betrayed him. The top no longer considers him human, but the ex will keep pestering him. (Not many scenes.) 2. Please don't leave a long dissertation in the comments. If you don't like it, click away. The characters' views aren't necessarily the author's. If you argue with me, I'll just get helplessly furious. 3. Entirely fictional. All the numbers are made up, so please ignore anything that doesn't make sense. 4. More warnings may be added later. Theme: When faced with different cultures and different peoples, we should seek common ground while respecting differences, embrace and acknowledge diversity, and build a united front that allows us to live together without being the same.