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I was recommended this fic Papa Needs Daddy's Help by A_Million_Regrets, and it was one of the most beautiful things I've read this year. Seriously, the longing, the yearning... my God. I cried so much during the last few chapters because I could feel Harry's and Draco's pain and how desperately they wanted to be together.

Please, I'd love more Harry/Draco recs where one of them has their child and the other doesn't know, only finding out years later.

NO cheating!

That's basically it, guys. I've already read Paint it Black by Cassiopeias_shadow and Finely Drawn Lines by The_Sinking_Ship and Thorns by shushu_yaoi_lj, and I absolutely loved how they (Harry or Draco) expressed their feelings through art. I especially love it when, at some point, the other one discovers the artwork and is just like 😯

Bonus points if there's a sketchbook full of drawings or paintings of the other.

NO cheating and other love interests

I'm looking for a book where one of the MCs is an artist and expresses his feelings for the other MC through his art, whether by painting pieces inspired by him or painting the MC himself.

I'd love for the artistic aspect to play a significant role in the story and reflect the development of their feelings for each other.

I've already read {His Lethal Desire by Leighton Greene} and {God of Fury by Rina Kent}.

NO cheating, poly relationships, or sharing, please.

I want to start reading this story, but the tags are scaring me a bit. I've already read two of this author's works, but they were fanfics, and now I'm finally starting their original work. I'm honestly obsessed with the fanfics, I absolutely loved them!

But the tags for Underline the Black are making me nervous.

So my question is: does everything mentioned in the tags, especially the non-consensual content, happen because of Dr. Gary, or is Efnisien actually forced to be with other Alphas?

Normally, the possessive character is the "alpha": the big, muscular, CEO-type guy who's confident, protective, and always the one staking his claim. And I absolutely love that dynamic when I'm in the mood for it.

But right now, I want something flipped. There’s the confident MC—the alpha type who naturally takes up space—and then there’s the other MC, who is the one actually being possessive. The one who gets jealous, who notices every little interaction, who quietly (or not so quietly) claims his place and makes it clear who his man belongs to.

A character who looks at his partner and thinks, “He’s mine,” and doesn’t hide it—whether it’s in the way he acts, the way he speaks, or the way he reacts when someone gets too close.

NO cheating, poly relationships, love triangles, sharing, open relationships, or outside romantic/sexual interests for the MCs.

I'm new to danmei and I only read MM romance, so I'd like to get into this genre. The only danmei I've read so far is Mo Dao Zu Shi, and I thought it was great, but I also felt it focused a lot on the plot. I tend to prefer stories that put more emphasis on the romance and the relationship between the male leads.

Basically, I enjoy dark romance (I'm not sure what the equivalent term is in danmei), and I also love dubious consent/non-consent themes, as long as there's a happy ending!

NO Love triangles, Other love interests for the MCs, Sharing, Menage, Poly relationships

Lately, I've noticed something: a lot of authors know how to write sexual tension, desire, and chemistry, but seem to forget about intimacy.

And I'm not talking about sex.

I'm talking about the kind of affection that makes a relationship feel real.

Where's the hand-holding while walking down the street for no reason? Where's one of them sitting in the other's lap while they talk? Where are the absentminded fingers running through hair? The lingering hugs? The knees brushing under the dinner table just because they want to feel each other's presence?

Where are the hands resting on a thigh, the back of a neck, or the small of a back in public? Where's the instinctive pull to bring the other closer? The head resting on a shoulder during a long trip? Falling asleep wrapped around each other and waking up the same way?

Where's the nose tucked into the curve of a neck just to breathe in the scent of the person they love? The forehead kisses? The kisses at the corner of the mouth? Fingers intertwined beneath the table?

And most importantly, where's the aftermath?

Where are the conversations after an intense moment? The lazy cuddles? The gentle strokes across someone's back? The fingers combing through hair? The soft smile when one of them realizes the other is still looking at him?

I miss characters who express love not only through desire, but through tenderness.

So please, recommend the MM books with the most affectionate couples you've ever read.

NO poly, no ménage, no sharing, and no love triangles.

That’s basically it! Lots of non-sexual intimacy, cuddling, scenes of them sleeping together and waking up tangled around each other!!

Extras:

insomnia + comfort

lots of cuddling

touch-starved

sleeping together before any romance

waking up tangled together

“stay until I fall asleep”

NO cheating, poly, sharing, or love triangles.

I’ve already read {Scarface by Luna Lay}

I want to read this fanfic, but I’d like to know beforehand whether Regulus and James ever get separated at any point. Not in the sense of breaking up, but physically being in different places and going many chapters without interacting.

What worries me most in long war AU fanfics is when authors separate the characters midway through the story. Then the reader ends up going through multiple chapters without any interaction between them.

I don’t need the story to focus only on romance, but I really enjoy seeing the characters together—discussing battle plans, attending meetings side by side, going on missions together, interacting with other characters together. Not spending long stretches apart, one on each side doing their own thing.

(I read a Drarry war fic where about 50% of the story had Harry and Draco separated and not exchanging a single word even after they were already in a relationship.)

So that’s my question: at any point in the fic, do Jegulus get separated to the extent that they spend many chapters apart? And what’s the general ratio of romance versus war-focused plot in this fic? Does this story focus only on the Jegulus couple, or is it one of those multi-ship fics with chapters about different couples?

I want to read this fanfic, but I’d like to know beforehand whether Regulus and James ever get separated at any point. Not in the sense of breaking up, but physically being in different places and going many chapters without interacting.

What worries me most in long war AU fanfics is when authors separate the characters midway through the story. Then the reader ends up going through multiple chapters without any interaction between them.

I don’t need the story to focus only on romance, but I really enjoy seeing the characters together—discussing battle plans, attending meetings side by side, going on missions together, interacting with other characters together. Not spending long stretches apart, one on each side doing their own thing.

(I read a Drarry war fic where about 40% of the story had Harry and Draco separated and not exchanging a single word even after they were already in a relationship.)

So that’s my question: at any point in the fic, do Jegulus get separated to the extent that they spend many chapters apart? And what’s the general ratio of romance versus war-focused plot in this fic? Does this story focus only on the Jegulus couple, or is it one of those multi-ship fics with chapters about different couples?

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What I'm basically looking for is that these two MCs can be enemies/strangers/rivals/don't like each other, and they go through a traumatic event that brings them closer and almost creates a codependent relationship.

Example scenarios: they were kidnapped and need to work together, which consequently brings them closer. Or they end up on an island together. They get trapped somewhere together.

BUT I don't want it to be a long thing like SIX months lost on an island or kidnapped and all that, I want it to be two weeks at most. This event serves simply to bring the two MCs closer when they didn't like each other before.

NOT for cheating, poly, sharing, or love triangles.

The perfect example of what I'm looking for is in these books {Just a Bit Heartless by Alessandra Hazard} {Trigger by Luna Lay}

I saw this fanfic and I'm sure it's Bakudeku, but I don't remember the name.

I remember that in the synopsis Izuku was a teacher and had this student who was very stubborn, and his father was Bakugou.

I remember it was long, like over 150k words and explicit.

Cheating is a big no for me, but I read Sweat and it made my rereads list because I loved it so much, so I really wanted to give Salt a chance but I need to know some things before deciding if it is a definite no for me.

1. From the moment the MCs get together/share their first kiss, does the MC who has a girlfriend continue having sex with her?

2. Does the single MC have relations with other people?

3. Who ends the relationship, the MC or the girlfriend because she finds out about the cheating?

{Salt by Jonah Yorke},

I read {Charming Puckboy by Eden Finley, Saxon James}, and what I loved most was the ache of missing each other after they separate; them trying to make the long-distance work and the pain of wanting to be together.

For those who don't know, in this book the MCs have a summer romance (and okay, they always knew it would only be that), but they fall in love. One of the MCs is about to sign a million-dollar contract to live in another city for 8 years and literally cannot move to his family's city, and the other MC can't just drop everything and move either, so they each go their separate ways. But they miss each other terribly and decide to try long-distance, and there's STILL so much angst because of all those feelings of longing, wanting to see each other, wondering what the other is doing. The relationship is very new and very fragile, you know.

What I'm looking for is something like this: the MCs have a fling/summer fling thinking it'll only be that since they live in different cities, but they can't stay away from each other and miss each other so much. Focus on the longing and yearning.

Another thing I want to mention is that I'd like the focus to be more on the part where they try the relationship, not on the fling/summer fling itself, okay? I really want to see the angst of missing each other. The insecurities that come with being apart.

NO cheating, poly, sharing, or love triangles.

You know that MC who in real life would be unbearable, but in books is super hilarious?

They look like a ten year old child who throws a fit when they don't get the candy they want. He stomps his feet, screams and throws things during fights, is extremely jealous and possessive, likes to be babied, and is clingy. In short, a bratty from head to toe.

I read {Bazooka by Luna Lay} and the MC Luz is ALL of that, I absolutely loved every single one of his meltdowns. I also already know about Gareth from RK, I won't tag it so my post doesn't get removed.

NO cheating, poly, sharing or love triangles.