*I love playing with contrasts. Still a double-Alpha power couple, in a medium-length novella
*The green-tea, pitiful little thing who can barely look after himself in front of the recipient is actually... behind the scenes
Xiao Jin showed astonishing talent from a young age. He presented as an Alpha at fourteen and was hailed as a once-in-three-centuries genius of the Empire.
To preserve its superior bloodlines, the Empire arranged for him to marry a child from the Raphael family, a prestigious Omega clan. One winter, Xiao Jin returned from training camp for vacation and met the child, who was delicate and adorable as a cake. The child took his hand and softly called him big brother.
Xiao Jin: Not bad. At least he’s not ugly.
Xiao Jin had been firmly opposed to the arranged marriage out of teenage rebellion, but in the end, he still took the child for a walk around the garden.
The second time they met, the child had just presented. Now an adult, Xiao Jin felt it was his responsibility as the child’s future husband to comfort him. So, as soon as he came back from military school, he took the child to the seaside.
Xiao Jin: He’s just a little clingy.
Later, the Empire went to war with an interstellar race. Xiao Jin headed to the front, winning battle after battle and earning the name War God. Meanwhile, word came that his little fiance had traveled from the shores of the North Sea to the capital, ready to set a date for their wedding.
Xiao Jin had just stepped through the mansion gates when he saw a nearly six-foot-four man. “Bro, who are you?”
The top: “Big brother!”
Xiao Jin: ...
The top looked aggrieved. “Big brother, do you think I’m too ugly?”
Xiao Jin: ...You’re not ugly. You’re very handsome.
The top’s eyes reddened. “Everyone says I’m too tall and don’t look like an Omega at all. Nobody at school wants to hang out with me, either. They say I’m not good enough for you. T_T”
Xiao Jin: No, being tall is great. It’s healthy...
The top quietly wiped away his tears. “If you don’t like me, I’ll leave right now and never bother you again. No one will want an Omega who looks like me anyway. Q_Q”
Xiao Jin: W-wait.
Later, Xiao Jin was pinned beneath him on the bed, gazing helplessly at the ceiling. He’d tried it. The guy was more than healthy. He couldn’t do it again, or he’d die.
*
The brothers and sisters of the Raphael family are tearing their hair out over their little brother.
Sister: Oh, no. What if you’re so tall that no one will marry you?
Brother: There’s already a line of people hoping to become Mrs. Xiao that stretches from the capital to the North Sea. Little brother, you need to make a move.
Sister: You can’t eat any more. Look how tall you are already!
Brother: And your weight, too. Weren’t you 160 pounds last year?
Sister: He’s coming back from the front soon. What if he sees you like this and breaks off the engagement?
The young man, who had been sitting at the table, abruptly stood up and folded the letter. His nearly six-foot-four frame was imposing, yet his delicate features were surely unmatched by few in the Empire.
“Break off the engagement? He won’t get the chance.”
This man will be mine.
PS: Nothing to avoid. Happy ending, both are virgins, no children. The top undergoes a second presentation. Planned as a 300,000-character novella.
Blurb written on 2025.8.9
Theme: When fate arrives, nothing can stop it