Raflea Stories

When rising actor Rafael De Torre - the sharp-tongued, soft-hearted transman the industry can't stop talking about - gets cast opposite Broadway icon Lea Salonga, he tells himself it's just work. A May-December romance on screen, nothing more. He's there to learn, to prove himself, to stay professional. Lea, on the other hand, has seen it all - the lights, the applause, the loneliness that comes after curtain call. She doesn't expect her newest co-star to challenge her, much less remind her what it feels like to be seen beyond the spotlight. But as rehearsals turn into late-night conversations, and the script starts to sound a little too familiar, the line between acting and feeling begins to blur. What was meant to be a film about love across years slowly becomes a story of two people finding it for real - messy, beautiful, and impossibly human. An original concept fanfiction from the Spectacular x Hey, Gorgeous universe.

Lea Salonga can run Manila's most influential fashion magazine in six-inch heels and one icy stare. But she cannot book her own appointments, remember to eat, or survive a single week without Rafael De Torre. What she doesn't know is that her impossibly patient secretary is a single father, a hidden heir to one of the country's most powerful families, and the only reason her life has never fallen apart. And when the world starts noticing him too, Lea may realize too late that the man she took for granted was never just part of the background. An original concept fanfiction from the Spectacular x Hey, Gorgeous universe.

They've built an empire together. Now, they must keep it from falling apart. After the proposal that stopped the industry cold, Rafael De Torre, the transman CEO of Transcend Vision Network, and Lea Salonga, Broadway legend turned co-chairwoman, finally step out of the shadows and into the spotlight. But love under lights has its cost. With the entire country watching, TVN's "power couple" must juggle engagement headlines, corporate wars, and ghosts from the past that refuse to stay buried. When an old rival resurfaces and a scandal shakes their empire, Rafael and Lea learn that marriage isn't just a union- it's a battlefield where every secret becomes a weapon. As loyalties shift and power is tested, they'll have to decide what matters more: the empire they've built... or the love that built it. Because when the curtains rise, not everyone backstage wants a happy ending. When The Lights Fade Book 2, an original concept fanfiction from the Spectacular x Hey, Gorgeous universe.