The Forgotten Rhythm

ᴀʟᴄᴀ ᴘᴇɴɢᴜñᴀ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ
ꜱᴀᴘᴘʜɪᴄ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ-ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴛᴀɢʟɪꜱʜ

Duvessa Alexis Galician finds herself enrolling in law school for reasons that feel almost trivial. Anything to keep herself moving, anything to avoid standing still with her own thoughts. Along the way, a friendship blooms- one filled with warmth, laughter, and fleeting moments of light. She was once someone who loved so freely, who danced and sang as if tomorrow was never promised. Soft, kind, and alive.

Ingrid Rhipley Alva, burned out after graduation, drifts into law school with deception in mind. Tired, unmotivated, and quietly empty, she never expected to find something worth holding onto. But then she meets someone- someone who changes the way she understands love. Someone light, easy to laugh, and full of life.

Torn between holding on and letting go, between love and self-preservation, they are forced to face a truth neither of them is ready to accept:

the most painful battles are not fought against each other, but within themselves.

Once bound by a love that felt certain, they now stand at the edge of something fragile- as one begins to lose herself, and the other refuses to let her go.

But how do you love someone who is slowly disappearing? How do you stay when the person you love no longer believes she deserves to be loved?

And when the weight becomes too much, when healing feels like breaking, and love begins to feel like a burden-

Will they still choose each other?

Or will the rhythm they once shared fade into forgotten-

until all that remains... is silence?

Date Started: June 5, 2025
Date Ended:
Status: Ongoing