Before the Bitter Cold Has Passed

Lu Linchuan (rebellious, roguish, and protective seme) & Jiang Xuhan (cool, restrained, and attentive shou)

Boys' Love / School to city life / Reunion / Tragic ending

The moment the fountain pen's nib bent from the impact, the characters for "Chuan" and "Han" on the rooftop railing were veiled in an unshakable gray.

He kept that ginkgo leaf for seven years. Its edges had worn smooth, and the red cord had left a faint mark in his palm. He waited seven years with a broken MP3 player, the unfinished song always freezing at 1:32.

When late-autumn rain swept into the Waiting Bar, the MP3 player suddenly broke free of its stutter:

"I wrote your name three times on the back of my application form."

The keepsake grew warm in the rain, but their youth was already seven years too late.

Some winters last seven years, still waiting for a passage to spring.

Theme: Face every hardship, and overcome every hardship