i haven't read never let me go but this is still so good T___T A long time ago there had been a bump, he'd run his hands across it as his mother smiled down at him through tears, and then the flash of ambulance lights, and then his father, this time, crying, a pile of bills on the kitchen table, and Minghao had said, Ba, don't worry, and called the number of the entertainment company the next day and signed the contract and boarded the plane. Hope was a thing that money could buy, in this world, and even as a child Minghao had known that. is such a killer section of words, i love the way you can condense entire stories into a series of evocative moments. i love the mixed setting between idolverse + dystopia, it's very cleverly done!! esp because it's got roots in a real moment! i also love the hint of jeonghan and seungkwan bc it's such a joy to read characterization in those small appearances... ty for writing!