Jade Alana Cuesta Proud, loud, and unapologetically sexy, salon girl in the morning and queen of the street at night. She survived her mom's death, she survived the corner, and she survived every man who tried to price her. She doesn't cry - she curses. She doesn't hide - she struts. She is every man's fantasy and every insecure boy's nightmare. Kane Tatum Aguilar Rich, handsome, football player. The golden boy of De La Salle with a perfect smile. Playful with his friends, arrogant to everyone else, and proudly transphobic when his boys are watching. He gets everything he wants - until he wants the one girl he was taught to hate. She is the woman he swore he'd never touch. He is the man she swore she'd never want. But hate has a funny way of feeling like attraction when it's too close. ---

"I built my walls so high to keep everyone out... that I ended up trapping myself inside, unable to find a way out." "I kept chasing finish lines, thinking they'd finally make me enough. Somewhere along the way, I forgot how to stop running." Seraphina Montehermoso-Lim has spent her entire life believing that love is a risk she can never afford. A disciplined third-year Hotel and Restaurant Management student, captain of Eastbridge International University's Dancesport Team, and a proud transgender woman, she's determined to build a future on her own terms-without depending on anyone. Sebastian Wei-Cruz is the confident captain of the university's Basketball Varsity Team. A charming Engineering student and star athlete, he's used to winning both games and admiration-until he meets the one woman who refuses to be impressed by him. When a rivalry between the Dancesport and Basketball teams forces them to work together, constant clashes slowly turn into respect, and respect begins to bloom into something neither of them expected. But love is never simple. As prejudice, misunderstandings, and Sera's fear of opening her heart threaten to pull them apart, they must decide whether to keep running from the rhythm-or take a chance on a love that could change them both. A heartfelt college romance about healing, acceptance, and discovering that love isn't about changing who you are-it's about finding someone who chooses you, every step of the way. This is a Trans Woman × Straight Man story. Start: End:

Silk And Stone Series Story #1 Roz Lualhati

Chesca enters college hoping to leave behind the shadows of her past and finally live as her true self. Armed with a new name, a new identity, and quiet determination, she blends into the background-careful not to draw attention, not to invite judgment. All she wants is to survive her classes, finish her degree, and exist without question. But one small accident in a busy hallway changes everything. When Kyle, a quiet engineering student, stops to help her-not out of pity, but with an unexpected gentleness-Chesca feels something she hasn't in a long time: she feels seen.

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Blaire knew love could be messy pero hindi niya inasahang mahuhulog siya sa isang taong halos hindi marunong magmahal. Zagreus is the campus golden boy confident, untouchable, at laging may kasamang babae. Pero sa likod ng mga smirk at tahimik na titig, may lalim siyang hindi basta-bastang mababasa and somehow, Blaire saw through it. What started as harmless teasing turned into late-night calls, lingering glances, and a tension neither of them wanted to name. Sa bawat "wala 'to," mas lalo silang nahulog. Until secrets, pride, and timing got in the way. Kung minahal mo ang isang tao sa paraang buong-buo... paano mo siya bibitawan nang hindi nawawala yung sarili mo?

They always say love is simple. But babe, I've never been anyone's "simple." I'm the color they skip when they're too scared to paint outside the lines. The shade that makes them squint, not because it's ugly-but because it's undeniable. I'm the softness they never learned to touch right-just stare at, or worse, try to mute, edit, correct. I walk these hallways like they're mine-heels clicking like commas in a poem they'll never have the courage to finish. They stare, they whisper, but none of them know how heavy it is to wear your truth like perfume-sweet, unapologetic, impossible to ignore. I am Elian Reyes. Not your phase. Not your curiosity. Not your headline. Just a girl who's loud, dreams too fiercely, and lives too boldly to be simplified.

"He used to bully me for being different. Now he burns at the thought of losing me." She was the poor, shy, effeminate boy he humiliated every summer in Limasawa. Now, she's a brilliant transgender woman who got everything he said she never would-beauty, brains, and a life that doesn't revolve around him. Aurelia Ysabelle Villamonte thought she had buried the past with the name Esten. But fate had other plans. At UP Diliman, she crosses paths with Leonardius Santiago Madrigal III, a powerful, arrogant Atenean and heir to one of the country's richest old-money families. He doesn't recognize her at first. When he does, his shame turns to obsession... then jealousy... and something dangerously close to desire. He hates that he wants her. She hates that he still has power over her. This isn't a fairytale. This is a story of revenge that turned into longing. Of survival becoming love. Of a woman who rose despite the cruelty and a man who fell because of it. What happens when the boy who broke you becomes the man who begs for your love? Would you forgive him... in spite of everything? This is a Transwoman × Straight Man love story