[ COMPLETED ] Sports Series #2: Breathe Before the Fall Note: You can read this story as a standalone novel. ----- Elaine Aurora "Elora" Salvador is a ballerina chasing perfection. Suffocated by her mother's expectations, she learned that even on surface, she feels like she's forever drowning---forever sinking, with no one to save her. Until she met the one who makes her feel like she can breathe again. River Kyle Callahan is a champion swimmer desperate to escape his past. To him, Elora is completely off-limits. But getting closer to his bestfriend's sister makes the walls he built around himself slowly crumble, and he never expected to fall for the one person forbidden to him. Drawn together by a pain they both understand, they begin a secret love that could heal them or shatter their fragile worlds. But as they find solace in each other's broken pieces, they must learn that healing is a slow and painful dance. To survive, they'll first have to learn how to breathe before the fall. Start: June 11, 2025 Finished: December 17, 2025

Venice Aurielle Lortieza, an only child of divorced parents. When the separation happened, she stays with her Father while her Mother moved to Spain with her new family. Despite her past, she's the most loving, caring, and the most genuine person someone could've ever meet. Her life only revolves around her Dad, academic, her two friends, and her love in books and modelling, no men, literally NO MEN, until... She met a guy who's two years older than her, not just a random guy, but that guy featured everything she's looking for in a man. He's Conrad Brailé Grant, an Oncologist. In the heat of Spain, their connection grows into something deep. Conrad becomes her anchor, the only person who truly understands the weight of her loss. But when the time comes for Venice to return to her hometown and reclaim her old life, she finds herself paralyzed. The home she once loved is calling her back, but the "Velvet Trap" Conrad has built around her heart is too tight to break. Can she really leave the man who saved her, or is she destined to stay forever in a life that isn't hers?

‎Sunshine Amara Sarvante once had a dream she was brave enough to chase. She wanted to fly. To leave the ground. To become a flight attendant and build a life that felt alive and free. ‎ ‎But somewhere along the way, that dream turned into something she stopped talking about. For reasons she learned to bury, Sunshine chose a safer path. A corporate job. A quiet routine. A life that looks stable, even when it does not feel complete. ‎ ‎She tells herself she is fine. That some dreams are meant to be left behind. That growing up means choosing what is practical over what once made her feel alive. ‎ ‎Then she meets Wave Elias Salviero. Calm, playful, and impossible to ignore, he does not push, but somehow he makes her notice the parts of herself she thought she had left behind. ‎ ‎Can a dream she buried long ago find its way back? Can the life she built hold the person she is meant to be? ‎ ‎Will the waves finally embrace the sun, or will the sun stay grounded, afraid to shine again? ‎

CASA ALUBIHOD SERIES #1 Scarlet Veronica Ilustre thought she was doing everything right. She graduated, got a corporate job in Manila, and worked hard to build the life she always believed she was supposed to have. But somewhere along the way, the pressure became too heavy, the expectations kept growing, and she slowly found herself exhausted in ways she couldn't explain. When everything finally becomes too much, Scarlet decides to leave the city for a while and take a break in Guimaras. She isn't looking for anything special. She just want a place where she can breathe without feeling like she has to prove herself every second. But adjusting to province life isn't as easy as she thought. Everything moves slower, the days feel longer, and the silence forces her to face how tired she really is. Then she meets Roderick Nathaniel Arguelles, a mango farm owner who lives a calm and simple life. He's reserved, distant, and clearly not interested in letting a city girl disrupt his peace. Scarlet finds him cold, while Roderick assumes she won't stay long enough to matter. At first, they clash. But when preparations for the Guimaras Manggahan Festival bring them together, Scarlet starts spending more time on his farm than she ever planned.

🍊 Spectrum of Becoming #2 Past bruises could haunt you into the limits of your limbic system--triggering memories, emotions, and survival responses. Solara Kalista Villorente has been living with her lingering marks; it aches quietly, weighing on buried thoughts that stays in the parts she doesn't talk about. She arrives in Manila carrying more than just her bags from the province; together with it is a heart that is too soft, too fragile for the noise and haste of the city. With that, she learned to survive by becoming invisible. In that way, no one could hurt her--just like the bruises hidden on her back. Dahil ang pagiging biktima niya sa karahasan ay nagbigay duda sa sarili niyang tinig. Tila napakaliit ngunit napakaingay ng mundo para sa mga tulad niya. Kaius Jovan Alvarez notices the things others overlook. He observes and understands the silence that surrounds him. Higit sa lahat, kinasusuklaman niya ang hindi makatarungang pangmamaliit ng ibang tao sa kapwa nila. As the sky turns orange, their eyes will capture an epiphany of ending and beginning within them. Learning that they can be enough on their own, that change doesn't have to be loud; sometimes, it's as quiet and powerful as the sky changing colors.

Esperon Series 1 On-going | Unedited Kung siguro gaya lang ng mga librong binabasa natin ang buhay, maybe life would have been different. Palaging mayroong what if sa buhay. At kung si Alianta ang pagtatanungan kung ano; what if she wasn't born like what she is right now? Fragile. A topic. Quite. Fatherless. And that isn't even enough to describe her life. May ama siya, pero simulang no'ng hindi siya nagpaka-ama, it was best for her to live without a father. Life is a living hell, that's how she describes it. But then, Red is a total opposite. His world was loud, so loud you could drown in it without ever touching water. His life runs on rhythm and noise, while hers depends on logic and order. Kung pwede lang sanang sabihin na maaari niyang ipahupa ang ingay sa paligid, at gawing tahimik kahit sandali para makasabay siya sa kanya. They are like fire and ice, each burning in their own way while never melting into the other. Pero, ika nga, destiny likes to play. Just when you think things are settling down, something always shakes everything up again. An issue crept into their lives like a shadow stretching across a sunny room. Something that left Alianta no choice but to decide. To stay with him with a ring, or to walk away. "If only you had noticed, maybe, the ending would have been different." background from pinterest.

SCRUBS & SPARKS SERIES #1 Setiannie Alessia Ravena has always believed in hope. In the ER, where everything moves fast and nothing is guaranteed, she tries to be the kind of person who keeps others steady. She's warm, hardworking, and a little stubborn, something her patients actually love about her. But when she starts her internship at San Lorenzo Medical Institute, she gets assigned to the one doctor she wished she wouldn't meet this early: Dr. Connor Iver Moreno. Dr. Connor Iver Moreno is brilliant, strict, and completely closed off. People respect him, fear him, or avoid him, but sometimes all at once. Connor came back to Manila carrying a quiet shame he refuses to talk about, and he's convinced that the safest way to work is to keep everyone at a distance. But then, Setiannie enters his life like this unexpected sunlight he didn't ask for. She's too kind, too bright, too hopeful, and for Connor, that makes her a risk. A risk to his routine, his rules, and the walls he's spent years building.

🍏 Spectrum of Becoming #4 Aya and Chloe were inseparable, until one unspoken mistake quietly drove a wedge between them. Now ABM seniors, they're paired for a long-term project, forcing them to confront the distance, the unspoken words, and the trust they once took for granted. Boundaries are drawn, emotions run quietly deep, and every interaction is a careful negotiation. As they work together, they begin to rebuild what was broken: learning to forgive, to listen, and to trust again. Along the way, Chloe discovers new feelings for someone else, but the heart of the story is the fragile, beautiful journey of two best friends finding their way back to each other. This novel is a tender, heartfelt story about friendship, healing, and the quiet courage it takes to grow.

This is a BL story. Nico never expected to fall in love with someone. His life had always been focused on studying and doing his best to excel-until a carefree guy named Axle unexpectedly bumped into his life. Would his journey be a road filled with dips and bumps, or would this person become the light at the end of the tunnel?

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