old, new, borrowed, blue - the engagement party

TBH, I think this is a good scene to dissect as the inaugural ONBB director’s cut. It has delicate and precarious RenLe (my favourite flavour of them), 7Dream, people’s princess Daegal, and the works. The assessment of RenLe being the most distant from each other here out of the whole fic is definitely accurate, because all three major story arc points (the engagement lie, Renjun’s struggle with adult stability, and Chenle’s fear of commitment) coalesce in the messiest way possible. In my outline, it’s the scene in the direct middle of the fic, and the brickwork path for the ending are all set in place here: let’s walk down it!
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