Curate, connect, and discover
Pre transmigration cumplane where:
Shen Yuan is an avid cosplayer because hell, he's got money and time to burn and he's got a hyperfixation, abeit a bit questionable.
Airplane who sometimes goes to fan events and cons undercover to spy on what fans are saying and brainstorm ideas for new chapters, and since no one knows what he looks like he can get away with it. (He based LBH off himself so.. revealing that would be embarassing)
Now imagine, SY knows he can pull off Shen Qingqiu best because he looks a bit like him and screw him, he likes the scholarly look, it looks good on his slight frame. Airplane on the other hand, is built like LBH, dorito waist and all, curly hair that goes past his shoulder and the prettiest (pathetic crybaby) brown eyes to ever brown eye.
Airplane is listening into a heated group discussion when the speaker turns around and bumps into him. "You're hot." Airplane says panicking because holy fuck. Shen Yuan looks exactly how airplane envisioned SQQ, there's even a mean glint to his eyes, the posture is ridiculously perfect. Mean scholarly teachers is ver much his type. Besides mobie jun.
"I like your take on Binghe-" Shen Yuan responds because goddamn, that's clearly a Luo Binghe cosplayer and in modern clothes too??????? Clothes that cling to his figure? Good shit.
Cut to them fucking nasty style before exchanging socials. Real ones and not the accounts they use for PIDW stuff. Nope. Not doing that because they both got embarrassing fandom/authorship secrets to keep.