What's a girl to do... when the world keeps reminding her she isn't one? When every smile feels like a joke waiting to happen, and every compliment feels like it has sharp teeth underneath. When you spend your whole life trying to be soft, but people insist you were born to be hard. So what's a girl to do? When she wants to be happy but happiness feels illegal? When she wants love but love always comes with conditions? When she wants to exist but existence is treated like rebellion? She survives. She fixes her lipstick in the mirror even when her hands shake. She walks with her chin up even when people stare. She laughs even when the laughter sounds like it doesn't belong to her yet. She becomes the girl they tried to bury. And she learns to bloom anyway. Because if the world won't give her permission... then she'll take it.

Their relationship, from the beginning, was unclear. No labels, no promises, only stolen moments behind closed doors. Her apartment became their escape from the noise of the world, a secret haven where they could simply be together. In public, they were strangers. Juancho was a storm Harlow couldn't resist, and she was the calm he kept coming back to. But beneath the comfort they found in each other lay a truth she couldn't ignore. She had no right to ask for more, no right to demand clarity. Because from the start, nothing between them had ever been certain, except the feelings neither of them dared to name.

Sa mundo kung saan normal ang iwanan, lokohan, at paasa-doon matatagpuan ang Heartbreak Avenue. Isang kalsadang punong-puno ng kwento ng mga pusong nasaktan... at mga taong hindi na muling naniwala sa pag-ibig. Gabby Villafrancia learned the hard way na hindi lahat ng pagmamahal ay para sa kaniya. Bilang isang transgender woman, sanay na siya sa tingin ng iba-sa panghuhusga, sa pagdududa, at sa linyang paulit-ulit niyang naririnig. Kaya ginawa na lang niyang panuntunan sa buhay-no attachments, no expectations, no heartbreak. Pero paano kung dumating ang isang taong sisira sa lahat ng pinaniwalaan niya? Justine Edison Arellano-a straight man na sanay sa simpleng buhay at walang balak pumasok sa komplikadong relasyon. He's the type who loves safe, who chooses what's easy... and Gabby is anything but that. Will Gabby risk her heart one last time? Or will she choose the easier path... and leave him behind? Sa dulo ng kalsadang ito, may dalawang posibilidad lang-magmamahal ka... o masasaktan ka. And either way... She always ends up on Heartbreak Avenue. Started on: April 01, 2026 Ended on:

Note: This is a transwomanxman story. Kinailangang lumipat nila Avery ng bahay dahil nadestino ang tatay niyang pulis sa ibang lugar, at kailangan niyang simulan ang senior high sa isang bagong paaralan. Doon niya nakilala si Rolex--ang chinitong 6-foot-tall na may malalaking biceps, gwapo, malalim ang boses, amoy Eros Versace na sigma-sigma boy, at higit sa lahat, laging tambay sa tindahan sa tapat ng bahay nila. The guy seemed to live to annoy her--yet, somehow, he turned her world upside down in ways she never expected. Isusumpa kaya ni Avery si Rolex, o baka siya ang isumpa ng pag-ibig? Because in this game called love, you don't always choose who you fall for. Sometimes, they choose you.

This is a Man x Transwoman story. __________________________________ Rowan Encarnado has always been the fierce girl that she is. Ni minsan ay hindi niya hinayaang maging talunan siya sa kahit na ano at kahit na sino. Ngunit nang tumapak siya sa probinsya ng Alfuente at mapilitang mamuhay roon ng simple ay nabago ang pananaw niya. Pananaw niya sa buhay, kaibigan, at pamilya. Ngunit sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay babaguhin din pala ng lugar ang pananaw niya sa pag-ibig. (former: The Sound of the sea, @Indienics)

This is a Trans x Man story. The first installment to Montecarlo Heir Series. --- R18 This is a work of fiction. Names or the characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Do not distribute, publish, transmit, modify, display or create derivative works from or exploit the contents of this story in any way. Please obtain permission. PLAGIARISM IS A CRIME. 03/23/2023 - 07/16/2023 All rights reserved 2023.