BARELY
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Last published Tue, Jun 10, 2025
BARELY
(WRITTEN IN TAGLISH)
Sapphic Romance | Slow burn
Sofia Lux Salazar is a 19-year-old girl everyone seems to admire--smart, warm, and dependable. She's the type to lead a group project and comfort a friend in the same breath. But beneath that glow is someone shaped by a heartbreak. At sixteen, she fell for her best friend and got left behind. Since then, she's learned to be everything for everyone... without ever letting herself be fully seen.
Professor Cassandra Katrina Velarde is a 26 year old Philosophy professor, known for her sharp words and cold silence. Raised to believe emotions are distractions and control is survival, she chose logic over longing, even if it meant pushing people away including the one who almost broke her walls.
Sofia, who smiles too easily but hides so much.
Cassandra, who longs to feel but fears losing control.
When their worlds collide, silence says more than words ever could.
And love begins... barely.
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