Where the Ocean Meets the Sky (Summer Recollection Series #1)

SUMMER RECOLLECTION SERIES #1

In a world where certificates, medals, and trophies define your worth, where your value begins and ends with your achievements, he was taught that validation is victory. Walang puwang para sa pagkakamali, lalo na kung lalaki ka.

He grew up being told that a man is meant only for a woman. That to love another man is to taint your dignity. That strength comes in silence, and softness is a sin.

At sa bawat araw, kinukumpara siya sa lalaking halos perpekto, palaging nangunguna, palaging tama, palaging tama sa mata ng kanyang ama. A boy with pride, poise, and the kind of brilliance that blinds. A boy he was never allowed to be.

But what if he gets tired of chasing approval?

What if he falls for the same boy he was always compared to?

What happens when Evarian Michael Marsden, the boy who silences every storm just to be accepted, finds himself drawn to Aizine Raeil Valerio who's willing to break his own pride just to quiet the chaos in Evarian's mind?

What happens when the calm sky falls for the raging ocean? Do they clash and drown each other in ruin? Or do they find a horizon where the sky softens the waves, and the waves learn how to breathe?

In a world that measures boys by grades and masculinity, what will become of two hearts that dared to love quietly, in defiance of everything loud?