At seventeen, good fortune smiled on Xu Linjin.
A fresh start: he transferred to Nanting and found sincere classmates, a best friend, a club he loved... Everything that had once seemed out of reach was suddenly his with ease.
How could a bird that had escaped its cage ever go back?
With his family behind him, his friends and lover at his side, and his companions ahead, he cherishes the happiness he has now. From this day forward, he will neither retreat nor submit to fate's designs.
When he sees strangers in trouble, he reaches out to help.
When he witnesses abuse, he calls the police.
The Alpha-Omega hierarchy may be considered the one true path, but he chooses to follow his heart.
He may be slow to catch on, but he isn't cold. Though he was once a high-risk Alpha restrained by strict laws, and though he has suffered and struggled, the soul beneath that pale skin has always been warm and free.
"A Chen."
"What?"
"Your eyes are beautiful..."
He had noticed it the first time he saw that photograph: eyes filled with ice and snow, yet with glimmers of light deep within.
They could speak.
The vast, unyielding glaciers melted into flowing streams in Xu Linjin's eyes. He saw the clouds shielding the sun above, the fine snowflakes falling and melting in the fading light, gathering into the deep blue currents of an underground river, and finally rushing toward the end of time.
From then on, he no longer looked back to check his direction each night.
Because a gentle moonbeam had fallen upon him.
Character profiles: seemingly gloomy and antisocial, actually frail, gentle, slow-witted, and unlucky Alpha bottom (Xu) VS seemingly aloof and untouchable, actually gorgeous, cool on the outside and warm inside, lucky Alpha top (Ge)
Note: Contains many personal worldbuilding details.
Theme: True love can endure bitter years, and deep affection needs no words.
