R-18 | Like leaves drifting from rival branches, we fell-unexpectedly, silently-into a season neither of us could name. Each glance was a wind-shift, each argument a storm we thought we could weather alone. But under the weight of unspoken feelings and unplanned truths, something tender grew between us, hidden like spring beneath a harsh winter. The child we kept in the shadows wasn't a symbol of failure-it was a fragile seed of everything we weren't ready to admit, everything we didn't yet know how to hold.
Now, in the scattered hours when the world is quiet, we gather the fallen pieces of who we were and press them into something new-something that might bloom. The days ahead are uncertain, but isn't that what tomorrow always is? What happens when the future is built not on plans, but on feelings we never dared speak aloud? And if love can grow in secret, what might happen when it's finally brought into the light?
"Our batch valedictorian got me pregnant. He's a future medical doctor..."
Start: June 28, 2025
End: August 21, 2025
Eros Soledad de Merced was born to lead, rule, and dominate. Born as the eldest grandson of Soledad de Merced, everyone knew the weight of the crown he was born to carry.
He was a man destined to lead.
A boy who was born to rule.
A man who carried the weight of his responsibilities with excellence and perfection.
Eros knew what was expected of him at a very young age, so everything was carved into his mind. He knew his life, and he knew his future. For him, there was no room for failure.
It was perfect, it was good... until it wasn't.
One summer.
A girl named Winter.
Cold as her name might sound, yet she was able to set fire to his perfectly drawn life. The plans that were carefully built along his path suddenly became unclear. And amid his crumbling life was her, Winter Eloise Cojuangco.
The woman who owns the pair of the most perfect forest green eyes he'd ever seen.
The woman he left behind to fulfill what was expected of him.
And the very same woman also happens to be the mother of his son.
Date Started: December 2024
Date Finished: February 2025