The Right Way to Care for a Skin-Hungry Patient

30,000 words drafted

Also known as "Want Cuddles, Want Kisses" and "The Neighbor's Temptation"

[A self-indulgent work based on my personal tastes. Don't expect logic. Every detail is there to make way for cuddles, kisses, and sex.]

Blurb:

Jian Han has a curly-haired teddy bear with glasses named A Beibei. He calls it Baby Bear, and he has to hug it every night to fall asleep.

But lately Baby Bear has gone missing. He has no idea where it went.

Jian Han spends every night sleepless, and he can't even eat.

Just as he reaches his breaking point and decides to see a doctor, his family hires a physical therapist to help treat him.

The therapist is named Cheng Yi. He has naturally curly hair, wears glasses, stands six foot three, and has broad shoulders and a narrow waist. Jian Han has to look up just to meet his eyes.

During their first session, Jian Han falls asleep under his hands in less than half an hour. By the time he wakes up, it's already the next morning.

*

Cheng Yi's massage techniques are professional and effective. His hands know every bone in Jian Han's body, and can greatly ease his symptoms.

But Jian Han isn't very comfortable with massage therapy at first.

"It's very tense here." Cheng Yi gently presses a knuckle against Jian Han's right shoulder blade.

Jian Han groans. "Could you... go a little easier?"

"Sorry. Please bear with it." Cheng Yi doesn't ease up. Instead, he slowly moves his thumb in circles.

Breathless, Jian Han says, "I don't think this is working. Are there any other treatment options?"

"There are. Clinical studies show that deep, sustained skin-to-skin contact, especially contact that activates the brain's reward system, is more effective than massage alone."

"...What does that mean?"

Cheng Yi: "Sex."

*

After a period of treatment, Jian Han's assessment results are far from ideal.

Cheng Yi: "The scores show your symptoms have gotten worse instead of better. Is something wrong with the treatment?"

"Um, maybe there's still a barrier between us."

Cheng Yi looks at him. "A barrier?"

Jian Han nods.

"You mean the fact that I'm still wearing clothes?"

"No," Jian Han says, his ears turning red. "I mean, maybe we could try without..."

Blurb written on May 9, 2024

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When they were young, Lu Quezhi thought of Lin Zhenyan as a distant, cold moon in the sky. He would whisper in his ear, "A Yan, I'll love you for many years."

As Lu Quezhi neared thirty, he cheated.

The boy was as young as Lin Zhenyan had once been, and more passionate and lively.

Lu Quezhi wanted to have it both ways.

"Zhenyan, you're dull and rigid. Who else would waste seven years on you if I left?"

Lin Zhenyan knew he wasn't a romantic partner, and that he wasn't very likable.

But he knew when to advance and when to retreat, and when to walk away. He realized in time that their relationship was doomed.

So he turned down Lu Quezhi's compensation, accepted an overseas assignment from his company, and ended things with Lu Quezhi once and for all.

*

In a foreign land, someone else passionately pursued Lin Zhenyan, calling him the moon, high in the sky and never setting.

Lin Zhenyan merely lowered his gaze, wearied by love. He pressed a hand to the man's lips and turned down his advances.

"Lu Hao, I don't want to play games with you on a whim."

Lost in those cool, tired eyes, Lu Hao let the truth slip. "Brother Yan, this isn't a whim. I've loved you for years."

*

Ever since the day Lu Quezhi brought you home.

I've loved you for years.

*

Two years after their breakup, red roses left Lu Quezhi's hands full of thorns. He'd been around the block and back, but in the end, that gentle moon from his youth was still the one he wanted.

When he heard that Lin Zhenyan had finally returned to the country, Lu Quezhi eagerly went to see him and beg for forgiveness.

He made a grand show of picking Lin Zhenyan up at the airport, only to find him acting intimately with another man.

Stunned, Lu Quezhi was then overcome by anger at this betrayal. He grabbed Lin Zhenyan's wrist and demanded, "You... you found someone else just like that? What does some kid have that I don't?"

Snow fell thickly on a winter night. Lin Zhenyan smiled faintly, his charm dazzling. "He's young, knows how to have fun, and is willing to stay by my side for years."

The man took off his baseball cap. Lu Quezhi's eyes widened in disbelief.

Lu Hao put an arm around Lin Zhenyan and smiled brightly at Lu Quezhi. "Uncle, you're old. Let me have him, okay?"

#Both leads are virgins

#Lin Zhenyan is the bottom; Lu Hao is the top

Theme: All things have a spirit. Love is the foundation of feeling, and it makes us human.