_CYTHELIGHT
A one-shot BL story.
Salem Augustine Grey has long forgotten what it feels like to be seen. Trapped in a cycle of brutal bullying, suffocating expectations, and emotional neglect, he drifts through each day carrying wounds no one bothers to notice... or chooses to ignore. For Salem, survival is not living, but enduring.
On the edge of surrender, at the silent rooftop where broken souls gather, he meets Elliot Adonis Mercedes-a loud, reckless, infuriating boy with laughter too bright for a world so cruel. Beneath Elliot's playful arrogance lies a grief as heavy as Salem's own, tied to a past neither of them can escape.
Two shattered hearts cross paths in the place where hope is often lost. As Elliot stubbornly inserts himself into Salem's guarded world, fragile walls begin to crack. Between shared pain, sarcastic banter, midnight confessions, and stolen moments of warmth, Salem is slowly reminded that even the most exhausted souls deserve rest and refuge.
Tahan, Tahanan is a raw and tender story about trauma, healing, and the quiet courage it takes to choose life, told through the fragile bond of two boys learning how to become each other's safe place.
(Cover is not mine. Credit to the rightful owner)