Struggle
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The year Grand Prince Lee Taerok turned thirteen, his nephew Lee Nanyoung was born.
A Grand Prince who, like himself, would never become Crown Prince and would never become King.
Yet apart from that, Lee Nanyoung was an entirely different being from himself.
Entrusted by his brother the King to teach him, but Nanyoung had no talent for swordsmanship, his nature was frustratingly gentle, and he trusted people to a pitiful degree.
Even as a Grand Prince, from Nanyoung, no one expected anything.
Not even surviving as long as the age of a young man.
“Uncle, I want to become a man like you.”
To Nanyoung, from the moment he first saw him, Taerok was an object of admiration—the entirety of the man he wanted to become.
His uncle Taerok alone was peerless and singular to him.
But when his feelings toward him surpassed admiration, confusion set in.
And the kiss with another man, meant to confirm his own feelings, is discovered by Taerok—
“Nephew, you become my scandal. And this uncle will become yours as well.”
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Setting/Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Story Keywords: Forbidden relationship, Uncle top, Nephew bottom, Morally-lacking top, Puppy bottom
Top: Lee Taerok
He detests things that are weak, lovely, and fragile. Monsters dwell within the palace, and to avoid being devoured by them, he can become a monster as much as necessary.Yet from some moment on, he seems to be sinking into a quagmire—unable to tell if this is a treasonous plot to take the throne, or a treasonous plot to have Lee Nanyoung. But he cannot pull himself out, nor does he have any intention of doing so.
Bottom: Lee Nanyoung
As his name suggests, he is like an orchid. Protected and cherished, yet lonely. He is periodically ill and bedridden, yet there is much he wants to do and much he wants to see. But no one expects such things from him. He wanted to become a man like his uncle. He thought that when he grew up, he would become a man like his uncle. But he grew into a being who is weak, lovely, and fragile—everything his uncle detests.
Read this when: You want to see a dangerous and precarious love between an uncle and his nephew.
Quote: “Nephew, you become my scandal. And this uncle will become yours as well.”
