The real world skins you alive. It's a hazard of growing up in rural Suffolk... or possibly, it's a hazard of growing up. Either way, the Dorian Andrade and Isaiah Matalon who reunite at a party in Oxford have become equally disenchanted imitations of the boys who used to spend summers eating apples on the riverbank. A lot has changed in the six years since they saw each other. One thing is still the same: the longing for each other's company. But aren't the objects of our yearning so much easier to encounter in the imagination than when they're standing in front of us? GENRE: literary fiction, queer romance TROPES: second chance romance, friends to lovers, mutual pining COMP TITLES: A Little Life, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Call Me By Your Name, basically Wolfstar Muggle AU featured in Ambassador Reads featured in Ambassador Recommendations: Living Beyond Labels Dec 24 featured in Ambassadors: Slice of life featured in ContemporaryLit: Ambassadors' Picks featured in ContemporaryLit: LGBTQ+ Contemporary featured in ContemporaryLit: Literary Fiction featured in Chicklit: Ambassadors' Picks featured in lgbtq: ManxMan (NA/Adult Fiction) featured in FreeTheLGBT: Diverse Literature featured in WattpadLitFic: Novels featured in WattpadMulticultural: September 2023 Reads of the Month

"Explain to me why this not right baby, please." "Nyzir I'm not suppose to feel this way about you."

【Ancient times transmigrated to modern times, little bodyguard and film emperor, where first comes marriage then comes love, struggling in the entertainment circle】 Yang Anyu was originally a little personal bodyguard for a general. As a result, his soul transmigrated to a second-generation young master in the modern era, then met his 'general' Yi Chenyan again. The general had especially respected and worshipped unexpectedly became a performer? (Actually, he's a popular film emperor) What made Yang Anyu even more astonished was that- he had been 'married off' to Yi Chenyan. A few years later- Fan A: Our Xiao Yu is good-looking and skilled in acting, able to sing and dance, and is really, really handsome when filming action movies! He's completely like Mr. Perfect! Fan B: Is there any meaning to life if I can't sleep with Yang Anyu once in this life? Fan C: But rumours say that he's already married. His wife must have saved the world in her last life ah! Yi Chenyan: ... (Great film emperor Yi looked at a certain Yang person under his body. He's recently becoming increasingly "megadere" over himself, what should he do?) ①Yi Chenyan x Yang Anyu, (Indifferent and cool, later becomes deeply in love loyal dog gong x optimistic, lively, and only megadere to his gong shou) ②Modern times impracticality, extremely serious entertainment circle novel; sweet and naive, has a golden finger and a very Sue novel!

Trey been grindin' since he was a kid. At 23, he tryna leave that street life alone, workin' at a car shop and keepin' his circle small. He don't trust easy, don't talk much, and damn sure don't got time for drama. Zay, 21, is the type to say whatever on his mind. He loud, got a bad attitude, and stay outside-hustlin', fightin', and talkin' shit. He known in the neighborhood for runnin' his mouth and gettin' into trouble.