solo for two, spinach bouquet, pirouette into my heart, cottage garden, a room without a window
→"born to love you" idk i love this author. this one is particular i fricking love.
"love plan" it's a smut-first kind of story but the seperation anxiety depiction in side story by seme just *chefs kiss* felt very mmhmm.
→"naked sword and the tree peony of black" truly one of its kind old men yaoi haha. well not old men, they're 37. it's a pining on first love type of trope. the backstory reveal in volume 2 is just too good. READ IT. seriously. it's my #1 fav yaoi for a reason.
→"love in orbit" not a short story, but midway through the story, when the 'parental trauma' reveal arc starts, it hit me in the feels. the dialogues become poetic. "i lived my entire life devoid of choice. now this being is filling all the void of emptiness. he's the only thing i chose of my own freewill. baek sohan....baek sohan....baek sohan.....i like you. i like you so so much baek sohan." when this dialogue came along i felt a shiver run through my spine i LOVE love.
→"murderer llewellyn's enchanting dinner invitation" the story becomes so good as it progresses. starts out slow.
→"unchanged man"/"yuwon everlasting" the peakest psychological BL going on currently. it's like looking at a car crash, you can't look away and you really don't know why to feel except you know whatever you're feeling is a big feeling. like it's a *gasp* feeling all the time. starts out rather cliche, a toxic presenting seme and a woe is me uke. but my S2, it picks up real quick and you're in for a ride. the backstories are just so sad and you'll want to hug them omg.
→"kotaete my drifter" catastrophic levels of angst, someone even said it's worse than 'home far away' so take it as you will. I loved it personally. that being said i really dont think I have the courage to read it again. it is painful oh my god. prepare to get your heart wrecked, keep tissues ready just in case you end up crying.
→"nameless flower" catastrophic angst pt. 2. just genuinely a painful heartwrenching long ass angst arc with crumbs as comfort. it's the epitome of 70%hurt/30%comfort.
At the Lake Where Waves Crash https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/on_the_lake_where_the_waves_reach/
I fell in love with the author cause of how beautiful her story was. It's so underrated barely anyone knows about it
you know when your heart does a little squeeze or ache when you read a particular scene, whether it’s sad or touching? yeah i’m looking for those :’) preferably a short one cause they somehow always got peak stories