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  1. Rec 40

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    "I'll pretend," Hao whispers, drinking him in with his eyes like he'd never seen anything shine with a luminance so forbidden. "You'll pretend too."

    Hao falls asleep with his head on Hanbin's shoulder.

    Soon, the sun will rise. And when it rises, they will keep their promise. They will pretend. But in the quiet hours preceding dawn, when Hanbin wakes from sleep once again to Hao's warm breath caressing his neck, he imagines that they don't have to.

    In some universe far away from here, the two of them were born loved. Hao was created free to find his happiness. Hanbin was created free to watch.

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    12 Jun 2025

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    caught up!! (chapter 17)
    A story where the words themselves become embedded emotions in my mind, lingering for serval days later. I find myself immersed when reading this, as if I’m feeling the weight of the suffering of each character. The emptiness this fic holds resonates. I’ve never read anything like it, in a good way. The writing itself is like a blanket engulfing the reader, so well written that it makes me question whether or not there are limits to the English language.
    Please, give this fic a shot, anyone who hasn’t read it is missing out, you won’t regret it.

  2. Rec *

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    “Right person, wrong time – would that be the right way to describe what we had back in our college days?”

     

    When Hanbin moves in to a shared apartment with Hao, neither of them knew how there would come a day when they wouldn’t be able to fall asleep without having the other by their side.

    In between cooking meals for each other, sticking sticky notes to bedroom doors, smiling over text messages, having long conversations, sharing secrets and sharing achievements – two hearts growing closer, it happened so naturally, so inevitably. But it wasn’t enough, because wounds of the past may disappear from sight, but can never be forgotten.

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    22 May 2025

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    caught up!! (chapter 49)

    thoughts: honestly one of the best fics on this site ngl. this is what I mean when I say I like slow burns—it took like over 200k words for them to say they loved each other and im not complaining! The writing is just beautiful and the lack of fluff makes it even better. i could never begin to describe the emotional turmoil this fic makes the reader feel. despite the fic being romance centric I was never once bored. never thought i would consider reading a 300k+ fic over again. if this were a real novel it would be too good for the public eye, they aren’t ready for amazing fanfic writers like this one to meet the published author world. Tbh I would recommend this fic even if someone didn’t know who haobin were.