manipulations

Everything changes the summer of 5th year when a mere letter causes Harry's magic to react wildly and he finds out that Dumbledore has been controlling him and his friends a lot more than first thought. With the truth revealed to him, Harry shows everyone he isn't the Gryffindor Golden Boy everyone thinks he is and he isn't the only the one with masks.

At a discussion conference, Wen Ruohan sees a face that he'd thought lost to the impenetrability of Baoshan Sanren's mountain. He will not lose something so precious again. Not when being a Grandfather suits him so well, and his Grandson is as wonderful as Wei Wuxian.

At 19, Akihito doesn’t have a mate yet, and wonders who it is when he keeps going into heat without finding out who his setting him off.

Ryuk tricks Light into accepting a Deal while being vague on the true price. Yaoi Ryuk x Light, future L x Light

Severus has always been a smart man. His latest accomplishment can testify to that. A passing glance into his - rather shorter than hoped for - future shows him that he has made wrong decisions about more than one thing in his life. He now knows that the rapidly upcoming war is going to bring about a devastation like the world has never seen and death to hundreds of people, including himself. Dumbledore continually tells him that Harry Potter needs the love in his heart to save the world. That isn’t normally a problem, since Potter has a crippling Hero Complex, but now the Wizarding World is turning against their saviour and Harry Potter is losing what love he had fast. He’s not so sure he wants to save it anymore. Therefore, Severus gives him something to save.