this is so lovingly fragile and porcelain, like a cross-section sliver of something precious. I am eternally weak for the uniqueness of 8Jun and how they find themselves (willingly or unwilling) together. And it's so interesting how you added the soulbond element, I'm rereading this again and again superimposing different ways this could work and how it would change things (if this is Jun's unique power in the world, if this is involuntary and spontaneous, if -).

I love the lines about Jun and MingMing (gosh what a throwback) and the truthism of If you want to influence Wen Junhui, it has to be subtle. (thinks about dinosaur stomping) and this line, this one hurt my heart with homesickness--

Minghao can't remember much else, or exactly how the conversation went but he'd remembered carrying it, just because. He was lonelier then, and Jun speaking was a reminder of what he'd left, not knowing when he'd come back to it.

thank you for writing and filling my prompt <3