Overdrive and Velvet Night Series #1 Shadows In The Fast Lane BL || On - going He lives to endure and to survive, because at the end of the day, the only thing he has ever truly had is himself. He has long since grown used to being alone. He fills his own emptiness, silently protecting the peace he has built and hopes to keep for the rest of his life. But somewhere along the fast-moving shadows, something shifted. Even in his monochrome existence, he began to notice traces of color. It happened so quickly he barely caught it, like a moment lost between blinks. Will the future offer him a better life? A hopeful tomorrow? It is uncertain. But perhaps there is someone watching from the sidelines, quietly hoping he does not walk that road alone.

Two men. One secret conversation. A truth that broke everything. Tyler hated Mikael long before he fell for him, and falling for him might be the one thing he can't charm his way out of. *** Tyler Coast Alderidge Cervando has always had everything, except genuine connection. Charming and privileged, he returns to the Philippines for college carrying ambition and old grudges. Chief among them: Mikael Jasver Chua, the last person Tyler expects to matter to him. What begins as rivalry quietly shifts when an anonymous late-night conversation strips away titles, wealth, and walls, and two people begin to see each other clearly for the first time. But when the truth surfaces, so does the damage. Tyler & Mikael is a story about what happens when two people who were never supposed to fall in love... already have.

What begins as an attempt to move on turns into an unexpected pull Yohan can't ignore. Caught between the familiar love he's held onto for years and the quiet warmth blooming with someone he never expected, he finds himself torn in ways he never imagined. Now, Yohan must confront the question he's avoided all his life-is it wrong to let go of the love he wished for and to choose the love that finally chooses him back?

What will happen if a privileged man meets someone who's doing anything to survive in this world? Will their worlds collide, or will they stay on their own?

Dylan has always had a one-sided rivalry with Yno, the class top student since elementary that he could never beat no matter what he did. It wasn't until they graduated and went to separate colleges that he finally got over it. But an SK election reignited his rivalry for him. Now, Dylan is determined to make sure the tables turn in his favor. Yet fate has other plans and it catches him off guard, leaving him defenseless against what he never saw coming.

In a cutthroat pre-law program, Jackson clashes with Kenzo, the arrogant classmate he can't stand, until he discovers that the very man who infuriates him holds the key to his freedom to become who he truly wants to be. *** Jackson Ramirez is done with broken promises-his mother's sacrifices, his father's prison sentence, and the suffocating pre-law program he never wanted. The last thing he needs is Kenzo Adachi, the arrogant classmate who gets under his skin. But when animosity sparks into something deeper, Jackson must deal with a past that ties their families together in betrayal. In the wreckage of secrets and pain, will Jackson and Kenzo choose each other in the end? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano ILLUSTRATOR: Ri Ot