Yours to Keep

A silent boy. A persistent smile. A fragile hope that breaks the darkness.

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Gin has learned that silence protects him more than words ever could. At sixteen, he hides behind quiet walls built by a painful past. Mas pinili na niyang manahimik, kasi doon siya mas ligtas.

But then Lukas arrives.

Bright where Gin is dim. Soft where he is sharp. A boy whose smile cuts through the darkness Gin thought he was born to bear. With him, silence feels less like a cage and more like something he's finally ready to break. Even if it means risking heartbreak, rejection, and holding on to the fragile hope that someone could ever love a boy as broken as him.

So he tries to stop it. The feeling. The warmth. The way Lukas makes the world shift in small, terrifying ways. Before his shadows reach Lukas. Before he ruins something that feels too good, too kind. Gin tells himself it's a passing feeling, just another longing he can bury. Another useless hope he doesn't need.

Pero kahit anong pilit, some truths refuse to stay buried. They surface in silence. They ache in stillness. They ask to be felt.

And Lukas is too persistent. Too gentle. Too lovable to be ignored.

Now, Gin is left with a choice: stay in the silence that kept him alive, or risk everything for the boy who made him want more.

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Yours to keep by Chelsea_13

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