"So this is your head..."

Lin Wenzhi wasn’t sure what he expected from Shao Xinyuan’s mental landscape, but this wasn’t it. While he and Gu Luhan shared a high compatibility in the novel, Shao Xinyuan’s mind remained an unexplored territory and seeing it like this was jarring.

It felt less like a conscious mind and more like the deep reaches of outer space, where he stood perched on a massive asteroid while surrounded by a silent, drifting graveyard of stone.

A weight dropped against him.

"Hey!" He sucked in a breath as Shao Xinyuan collapsed forward. The body pressing into him was heavy, burning, and solid.

Shao Xinyuan was built like a soldier, tall and broad with the kind of dense, lean muscle that felt overwhelming as he went limp. He was easily 6’4, and compared to Wenzhi’s leaner frame, the sheer size of the man was enough to knock him back.

Wenzhi reacted instantly. He grabbed him, hooking an arm around Shao Xinyuan’s back to steady them both before they hit the ground. He adjusted his stance and braced himself, grounding his weight against the heavy press of the other man’s body.

Shao Xinyuan didn’t respond.

Instead, he buried his face into the crook of Wenzhi’s neck. His breath was hot and uneven against Wenzhi’s skin.

"You came back..." The voice was low and rough, sounding almost disbelieving.

Wenzhi’s jaw tightened. "I was dragged back."

His fingers slid to Shao Xinyuan’s neck anyway, feeling that violent, unstable wavelength. It wasn’t just chaotic; it was cracking, like something constantly on the verge of tearing itself apart.

Fuck. A kiss isn’t fixing this.

"Let’s just get this over with, sleeping beauty," Wenzhi muttered.

"Does that mean..." Shao Xinyuan lifted his head slightly. "...I can touch you?"

Wenzhi blinked once.

He felt annoyed and cornered, fully aware of what this meant. He could feel the mounting pressure in the space around them. One wrong move and this whole place could collapse.

"Don’t ask stupid questions." He grabbed Shao Xinyuan’s collar and pulled him up, forcing eye contact. "Take what you need."

That was all the permission Shao Xinyuan needed.

His hand locked around Wenzhi’s waist, pulling him in hard as their lips crashed together. There was no gentleness here, and no care, only a raw, desperate hunger.

Shao Xinyuan didn’t just kiss him. He took, like a man who had been starving and had finally found the only thing that could sustain him.

Wenzhi’s breath hitched despite himself, fingers tightening in Xinyuan’s collar as intense heat rushed through him.

At that moment, the floating rocks slowed and the pressure eased. Wenzhi felt it instantly, his eyes going half-lidded as Shao Xinyuan’s fingers hooked under the hem of his shirt, slipping against the bare skin of his waist and stomach.

Shao Xinyuan was too busy devouring him to notice anything else, acting like this was the only thing keeping him together.

And it was.

Wenzhi kissed him back, the kiss quickly turning lewd, breath dragged from his lungs. His hand slid from Xinyuan’s collar into his hair, fingers sinking deep, tangling in the dark strands as Xinyuan devoured his mouth, licking, sucking, claiming every inch like he couldn’t get enough. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

When their lips finally parted, a thin silver thread stretched between them.

Shao Xinyuan was a dangerously good kisser, enough to send sharp shivers down Wenzhi’s spine, his pulse thundering in his ears.

Before he could steady himself, Shao Xinyuan’s lips dropped to his neck, pressing hot, open-mouthed kisses along his skin, nibbling, licking, leaving marks in their wake.

It was overwhelming.... intense.

Wenzhi’s fingers tightened in his hair, a heavy gasp slipping from his lips as Shao Xinyuan found that sensitive spot at the side of his neck, sucking just enough to make his breath hitch. The sensation burned through him, sharp and addictive.

Then Shao Xinyuan’s hand slid down, pressing firmly against his hardness through the fabric.

The contact was blunt and heavy, a sudden jolt of friction that made Wenzhi’s breath hitch.

"Mmmh.." Xinyuan held the pressure there, his palm molding to Wenzhi’s shape, claiming every inch he could reach.

Wenzhi’s head tipped back, breath catching, because really, only a machine wouldn’t react to this.

Shao Xinyuan was devastating. He was gorgeous and fully aware of what he was doing. His tongue traced along the line of Wenzhi’s throat, mapping the scattered freckles with slow, deliberate attention and then he dropped. Straight to his knees.

At the same time, he yanked Wenzhi’s pants down in one sharp motion, the fabric straining like it might tear.

Wenzhi’s already flushed face burned deeper, lips parted, swollen from the kiss as he looked down.

Shao Xinyuan fisted him confidently.

There was no hesitation in the grip and those eyes were anything but soft now. They were fixed on Wenzhi, dark with a heavy, focused intensity that made it clear exactly who was in control.

His hair fell loose around his face, framing that dangerously beautiful expression as a slow, seductive smile curved his lips.

Wenzhi parted his lips, but no words came out.

Shao Xinyuan lifted his shirt with his free hand, eyes lighting up as he continued stroking him with a slow and possessive rhythm.

"You have freckles everywhere," he murmured. Then his tongue flicked out, licking the tip of his cock, eyes glinting with something dangerously pleased. "Even here."

Wenzhi’s teeth clenched as pleasure dragged sharply through him, his voice coming out strained, rough, "If you want it, take it properly. Don’t fucking... tease me."

Shao Xinyuan looked up at him, calmer now, studying him. He took in the sharpened grey eyes, the flushed, freckled face, and those parted lips. He was utterly fascinated.

His tongue traced lower this time, slow along the base.

Wenzhi’s eyes snapped wider and then Shao Xinyuan took him into his mouth all at once.

His hands locked around Wenzhi’s hips, pulling him forward as he sank deeper, swallowing him down with unsettling ease.

"What... wait..!" Wenzhi’s voice broke, breathless, his knees nearly giving out but Xinyuan held him unyieldingly.

He started moving, the friction slow and measured at first. Then he took him deeper, the heat turning urgent as he began sucking with a practiced intensity. He moved like he knew exactly what he was doing, as if he’d done it a thousand times before.

"Uh..." Wenzhi’s head spun.

His grip tightened in Xinyuan’s hair. He couldn’t tell if the dizziness was from the rush of pleasure or the sensation of something being hollowed out inside him.

If this kept going... he could actually...

"...fuck..."

The thought shattered as a groan tore from his throat, his head falling back. His fingers tightened, forcing Shao Xinyuan deeper.

Shao Xinyuan choked, the sound muffled, throat tightening around him and that was it.

Wenzhi came hard.

Shao Xinyuan took it all, every spark, every frayed nerve, without wasting a single drop.

To Wenzhi, it felt like his very soul was being siphoned out. The world narrowed to a blinding flash of white as his energy reserves hit zero.

He had nothing left to give.

The light swallowed him, and he blacked out.