#an elaborate emotional trajectory for 'why would a guy kiss a guy he hates beyond reason'

[screechfoxes]

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“Would you paint me?” “Yes. Why?” The immediacy of your answer isn’t a surprise to you. Mo Xuanyu’s suffering at the hands of his family is something that you’ve made no effort to spare him from, but there are some kindnesses you can afford to grant in the dwindling time before he gives up his life.

An angsty Nie Huaisang/Mo Xuanyu character study, set in the time before Mo Xuanyu's death, through the lens of a painting.