True Colors (Wei Fei, Political Marriage, Sentinel-Guide)

* Xiongnu chanyu sentinel × Central Plains peace-marriage guide; marriage before love + sentinel/guide; devoted, restrained gong × sensitive, perceptive shou.

* An ancient sentinel-and-guide story set at the end of the Qin and beginning of the Han. Han Fei takes his sister's place in a political marriage and is sent to the Xiongnu. He has heard the new chanyu is violent and bloodthirsty. He assumes that once his identity as a man is exposed, he will be in danger. But the Xiongnu seem to have a different idea, and the young chanyu on their wedding night seems even more... innocent than he expected. A devoted, restrained gong × sensitive, perceptive shou. One-on-one throughout, with all the smut and melodrama you'd expect.

P.S. This story was originally a standalone political-marriage novel called Consummate Passion. It has now been restarted as a new story. Aside from the first chapter, the plot that follows is different.

Theme: Giving and growing