"You can't be with anyone else... because you're mine." That's what Perth said. But loving him has never felt like being chosen. Santa has always been the boy everyone protects. Soft-hearted, kind, and surrounded by people who love him. He has never had to fight for a place in someone's life. Until Perth. Basketball captain. Campus heartthrob. And his brother's best friend. The one person Santa was never supposed to fall for. For years, Santa kept his feelings hidden, surviving on stolen glances and fleeting moments that meant everything to him and seemingly nothing to Perth. Then one night changed everything. A night Perth refuses to talk about. A memory he pretends never happened. By day, Perth acts like nothing has changed. Like Santa is still just his best friend's little brother. But when they're alone? The distance disappears. Because Perth remembers. And the truth is even more dangerous than Santa imagined: He doesn't want to let him go. Now, caught between being hidden and being held too tightly, Santa is forced to ask himself one painful question: How long can you keep loving someone who refuses to choose you... But can't bear to lose you either? 🖤🤍🏀

After a childhood filled with abuse, abandonment, and neglect, twenty-one-year-old Santa Pongsapak Udompoch lives alone with his stuffed bunny, Momo, working at a small café while holding onto the innocent parts of himself the world keeps trying to crush. Gentle, and painfully trusting, Santa finds comfort in toys, drawings, and tiny moments of happiness after spending his whole life unloved. Then he meets Perth Tanapon Sukumpantanasan - a feared thirty-year-old mafia leader known for his cold heart and violent reputation. Perth has spent years surrounded by blood, power, and betrayal, until one rainy night changes everything. A broken boy with crayons in his bag. A dangerous man with blood on his hands. Neither of them expects to become the one thing the other can't live without.

Inspired by a tiktok comment In a world where innocence is guarded and love is a dangerous game, one boy's heart becomes the prize of a reckless bet. He is soft, sheltered, and adored. The other is a playboy who has never known love. What begins as a cruel challenge soon unravels into something neither expected stolen moments, fragile trust, and a love powerful enough to break them both. But when secrets come to light, protection turns into fury, and one mistake threatens to destroy everything. Shattered Halo is a story of fragile innocence, reckless desire, and the painful road toward redemption.

Santa had nothing left--no parents, no home, only debts that refused to let him breathe. At nineteen, he was forced to grow up too fast, carrying a burden that was never meant for him. Then came an offer he never expected. A marriage. Not for love, but as a way out. Perth never believed in love. Santa never thought he deserved it. Living under the same roof, their cold arrangement slowly turns into something neither of them can ignore. But some pasts don't stay buried. And when the darkness Santa tried to hide comes back to destroy everything... Will Perth still hold his hand... or let him fall?

Perth's eyes were dark, wounded. "So what?" he asked bitterly. "Should I get drunk too? Go kiss someone else and come home pretending it meant nothing?" Santa shook his head frantically, tears falling faster now. "No... please, no. I'm sorry, Phi Perth. I didn't mean to. I love you. I can't... I can't be without you." Perth laughed once, sharp and broken. "Ta," Perth said, his voice low. "Was it only Pond?" Santa's breath caught. "...What?" "When you were drunk," Perth continued, every word tearing him apart. "Was it only him? Or were there more?" Santa went completely still. "I didn't-" he started, but was cut off. Perth's voice broke. "Did you go further?" he whispered. "Were they... better than me?" Santa stared at him like the question had stabbed straight through his heart. "No," he cried, shaking his head violently. "Never. I swear. I've never been with anyone else. Only you. Phi Perth, please believe me." He broke down completely then, his hands covering his face. "I'm sorry," Santa sobbed. "I'm so sorry. I never wanted to hurt you." Perth stood there, watching the person he loved most fall apart because of his words... because he broke his silence. *** Was it really a drunken mistake? Even if Perth forgives him, will their relationship go back to what it used to be? What if Santa regrets begging Perth to stay because it starts suffocating him to the point he wants to die to end it all at once?

Santa isn't the jolly man people expect-he's cold, distant, and carries a bitterness no one understands. But beneath the sharp edges and cruel words lies a past he can't fully remember, a heartbreak he can't outrun. In the bustling streets of Bangkok, where Christmas lights flicker against the chaos of the city, a familiar melody reaches his ears, stirring memories long buried. His ex-lover, Perth, was the one he left behind when he disappeared. His best friend, Pond, stayed by his side, hiding feelings he never dared to confess. As fragments of Santa's past resurface-whispers of a lost identity, a family steeped in crime, and a love he abandoned-his present begins to unravel. And when the truth finally catches up, he must face the people he hurt and the life he was forced to forget.

Perth and Santa turned one wild Songkran night into pure chaos, losing keys, losing clothes, and definitely losing any sense of innocence, only to be brutally exposed by their friends the next day. And just when the chaos finally died down, they proved that for them, trouble doesn't end at the party... it just moves to the bedroom.

Santa has a problem. His name is Perth. As one of the only omegas in his college friend group, Santa has learned to survive his heats alone-locked in his room, crying through the pain, and praying it ends quickly. He's never asked for help. He's never told anyone how much he craves the scent of a certain tall, cold, and devastatingly handsome Alpha. Perth is everything an omega should want: dominant, protective, and fiercely territorial. He's beaten Alphas who looked at Santa wrong. He's glared at anyone who got too close. But he's never once made a move. And Santa is too afraid to ruin their friendship by asking for what he really needs. But when Santa's next heat arrives earlier than expected-right before Pond's birthday party-he decides to suffer in silence. No one will know. No one will find him. Until Perth shows up at his door.

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Perth is the campus bad boy everyone fears. Rich, reckless, and completely untouchable, he does whatever he wants, whenever he wants. Rules don't apply to him. Neither do feelings. Then he meets Santa. Quiet. Shy. A hopeless nerd who would rather disappear behind a stack of books than attract attention. Their worlds were never meant to collide. But somehow, the boy who breaks hearts for fun becomes obsessed with protecting the one person who never wanted his attention in the first place. Suddenly, the campus bad boy is following Santa everywhere. Waiting for him after class. Looking at him like he's the only thing that matters. No one can believe it. Least of all Santa. Because somewhere along the way, the quiet nerd everyone overlooked became the only person capable of taming the most dangerous boy on campus. And Perth has never wanted to be tamed so badly. 🖤🤍