I don’t know any BL where they’re separated for that long (yk with the way bl is) but listen. My sister been obsessed with that musical to the point of spamming it so I had no choice but to listen to it and compare it to BLs I’ve read so here’s what I think. (Also Little mushroom and HENVY Rainbow City Spoilers)
“Little mushroom” only halfway through the second volume of the novel they get separated and realize they want to see each other again but realizes it’s unlikely due to the apocalyptic situation they’re in. (There’s 2 reunions, I’m not spoiling)
“Rainbow City” I would say the manhwa but it’s ongoing and the main story of the novel ends in this BIG REUION after 5 months of not seeing each other and there are a bunch of mini separation arcs throughout the novel but 5 months is the longest. It may not seem like much but the buildup of their relationship and with how obsessed they are with each other towards the ends, it makes 5 month seem like A LONG TIME. I actually got quotes look (I love it so much but I don’t think it’s as enjoyable if you didn’t read the entire thing) (also sorry for the ending spoiler I don’t know how to explain what the main story ending means to me without you having read it yourself) the separation scene was also cinema ╥﹏╥
“From the moment their eyes met, the man walked directly towards Seokhwa without looking away. The blanket fell from Seokhwa’s shoulders as he stood up from the chair. He didn’t even think of picking it up, just staring at him. Was he seeing an illusion now? Or had he come to grant him permission to stop living and die?
Kwak Soohwan stood in front of Seokhwa.
Seokhwa didn’t dare reach out. He feared that if he did, Kwak Soohwan would turn into a mirage, and he would wake up from a dream.
“I’m here, Hyung.”
He took a breath.
Was this his voice? Seokhwa remembered it as always being clear, but now it was heavy with sadness. His face was obscured by longing, blurred vision making it hard to see him clearly. Blinking to clear the tears did little; they just kept coming.
“I’ve been really sick. Can you believe it?”
He smiled somewhat sheepishly.
“Sorry for being late.”
“…”
“Sorry for leaving you alone.”
“…”
Speaking nonchalantly, Kwak Soohwan smiled, but his face soon turned serious. As if he couldn’t hold back any longer, he breathed in deeply and contorted his face like a child about to cry.
“Dr. Seok, Seokhwa, Seokhwa Hyung.”
He called Seokhwa by every name, as if every possible name for Seokhwa was his own.
Only then did Seokhwa embrace the crying Kwak Soohwan. He brushed his own cheek against Soohwan’s, cold from the Russian air, and wrapped his arms tightly around his solid body, as he remembered. Unable to hold back, Kwak Soohwan also enveloped Seokhwa in his arms.
They were wrong. Pain is not the beginning of evolution.
Even if one is free from all viruses, that does not make them the true new humanity. Viruses will mutate again, and even the one called a perfect mutant nearly lost his life. There is never perfect evolution in the world.
The beginning of evolution stems from survival.
Those who want to survive have various reasons. Family, friends, or lovers—they clung to life for them, and the people of the city also fought off death to live with them. Because I was alive, I could meet him, and because he lived, he could return to me.
For Seokhwa, Kwak Soohwan was the reason for survival. For Kwak Soohwan, Seokhwa was the reason for survival.“
Can somebody recommend me BL similar with Odysseus and Penelope's EPIC Musical? I want both ML and MC be in this deadly situation where the two are fighting to survive just to see each other again? I want a grand reunion with them two! Their will to live thru is to see their lover