Three Sleeps Among the Willows

Straight-laced, rough-around-the-edges police-station social butterfly bottom x possessive, sharp-tongued, potential control-freak top

Song Chuncheng

Graduated from Beijin First Police Academy.

He was the top student in his program, a handsome and famous figure on campus.

After graduating, he earned three commendations in his first year on the job and was promoted straight to captain of the First Criminal Investigation Brigade in Beidian District.

In short, his life had always gone smoothly. He had basked in the limelight from childhood onward.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he had the life of a criminal-procedural leading man.

Until that summer monsoon season,

when a horrifying family murder left a child with no one to rely on.

Lin Zhi entered his life and changed the rest of it.

"I've never been with a man before. This is my first time."

Lin Zhi picked up where he left off. "And it'll be your last."

Song Chuncheng had never met anyone so hard to handle, or anyone his body liked so much.

The problem was, he wasn't a woman.

This bastard was practically his son.

Ever since he was a lanky kid, he'd followed Song Chuncheng around, showing up at his place to mooch food, drinks, and a bed.

Song Chuncheng struggled and ran from it, even seriously considering castrating himself with a knife.

But whenever he saw Lin Zhi, he was at a loss.

All he could do was curse himself: "You're a real bastard, Song Chuncheng."

Even the slightest bit of guilt was enough for that brat to exploit.

He pinned Song Chuncheng down and kissed him fiercely. "Feel bad for me?"

"Then let me take the lead."

Song Chuncheng: "You're a bastard too."

Lin Zhi stayed calm, coaxing and coercing him. "A big bastard and a little bastard. Neither of us gets to walk away innocent."

One day, a straight man turned gay, and his whole life was on the line.

Damn it.

Younger man, age gap tentatively set at 11 years.

Criminal investigation x intense bond x fated love x a story of redemption [HE]

A sweet and satisfying romance-focused story

Theme: Tentative