You Call This a Substitute?

[The earlier chapters have been substantially revised, so some scenes in the newly published chapters may be the same as before (though the current full text contains no duplicate content). Revised chapters will be marked in the summaries. Those of you who were following the story before the hiatus don't have to subscribe again!]

T11 Sector's Lieutenant General, Yan Yu.

In the seventieth year after his first love died, he met a boy who looked exactly like him.

The boy was eighteen, tall and long-legged, with an unbelievably high pheromone level and mental strength.

One night, he cornered Yan Yu against a wall, his gaze burning. "Lieutenant General Yan, everyone says I look like your first love... Give me a chance?"

Yan Yu had been drinking. Looking at that face, identical to Pei Songlin's, he nodded almost without thinking.

Then the boy moved into his house.

"You're a Beta, so stop overusing suppressants. Isn't calming you down what I'm here for?"

"Your mental strength is damaged, so you can't link up with a mech. I'll pilot it for you."

"That colleague of yours obviously likes you. Why did you accept his drink?"

Yan Yu gripped the boy by the neck, his voice warning. "You're just a stand-in..."

The boy lifted him onto the bed without changing expression. "Right."

"Turn off the lights, be quiet, and no unnecessary kisses," the boy said, switching off the pheromone suppressor as he leaned closer. "Otherwise, I won't be like him, will I?"

Yan Yu, completely under his thumb: "...?"

*

At a drinking party, Yan Yu said calmly, "He has to manage my health, look into my missions, and even check the model of the mech I use... Are all today's kept boys like this?"

His friends exchanged looks and shook their heads. "He's taking advantage of your favor. You can't indulge him."

So Yan Yu, determined to stop indulging him, pushed open the bedroom door, only to unexpectedly find the kept boy's terminal logs:

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The tenth anniversary of Major General Pei's death: Suffered from a false heat and couldn't sleep.

The twentieth anniversary: Mental strength depleted, collapsed on an alien battlefield.

The sixtieth anniversary: Got completely drunk while holding his late husband's remains.

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Every single event recorded in the logs was something Yan Yu had done.

The boy stood by the door, his gaze profound. "Yan Yu."

Yan Yu looked at the increasingly familiar face. "You..."

"This stand-in's got something going for him."

Boy: "..."

-What do you do when your first love is too stupid?

-For a stand-in to be convincing, the original has to play the part.

[Note: Both are virgins and each other's first love. Their hearts and bodies remain true to each other throughout (emphasis). The seme really did die, and the stand-in is also him. There will be intimate contact before his identity is revealed. I won't say more to avoid spoilers. Extreme purity fans, proceed with caution!!!]

[An AO story. The shou will differentiate as an Omega.]

[All the settings and technology in this story are made up by the author. Don't take them seriously, ouo.]

[Screen-captured on 2022/03/22; revised to a sci-fi setting on 2022/09/24]

Theme: True love is never forgotten.