After a life spent surviving alone, Lawren finds an unexpected refuge in the Agricultural Department-a place of dirt-stained hands, quiet routines, and one man who never asks for more than Lawren can give. The man offers help without conditions, presence without pressure. It should be enough. But in a world where safety has a price and futures are rationed, wanting a place to belong means risking attachment. As old instincts pull Lawren toward danger and self-sacrifice, he must face a harder truth: survival is no longer just about staying alive, but about choosing who to stay with. A post-apocalyptic story about slow trust, unspoken care, and the fragile courage it takes to let someone stay.

One storm. One stranger. One choice that changes everything. Law's dream of becoming an idol shatters the night he refuses to give in to the industry's darkest demands. Stripped of his chance, his home, and his future, he wanders the sleepless streets of Manila with nothing but a broken suitcase and a fragile sense of hope. Then, on one rain-soaked night, he meets him-a man in a black suit whose calm, piercing gaze unsettles Law more than the hunger clawing at his ribs. The stranger offers no warmth, no promises, only words that cut deeper than the thunder overhead. And yet, Law can't shake the feeling that their encounter wasn't a mere coincidence. As Law struggles to rebuild his life between failed auditions and sleepless shifts at a convenience store, he finds himself haunted by the memory of that night-and by the enigmatic man who seemed to know exactly who he was. That One Rainy Night is a poignant tale of ambition, survival, and the fragile line between desperation and dignity. (Law, a struggling trainee, met the all-stable, all-good Woo that one rainy night.) A SEOJAY AU | JLxJEONGWOO

SteJay AU Jive (JL) escaped. The island healed him. Stefan changed him. But even paradise has a way of unraveling. Jive feels the shift first-the quiet, the space growing between them, the unspoken things heavier than the waves. Love brought him here...but will it be enough to make Stefan stay?