Shirlengtearkjerky Stories
Hi! I'm Leng (aka shirlengtearjerky) and I write Taglish young adult and contemporary romance stories
on Wattpad and Archive of Our Own.
I'm also a published author under Summit Book's Pop Fiction imprint.
icon by shai san jose (@artofshai)
About
leng dc
she/they
30+ years old
PHshirlengtearjerky on wattpad (august 12, 2010) and ao3 (2020)main twitter account: @lengsungit
writing account: @lengwrites, @bedcreases (for nsfw stuff)interests: film, music, kpop, books, podcasts, buzzfeed unsolved, tv series, film photographyi got my wattpad username from two eraserheads songs: shirley and julie tearjerky. yes, i'm an eraserheads fan. no, my first name is not shirley.nagsimula akong magsulat noong elementary (around grade 4) ng fan fiction featuring totally spies and nancy drew characters. naging editor-in-chief din ako ng elementary and high school english school papers, pero mas marami pa akong na-contribute na kwento sa filipino school paper (lol).
SHIRLENGTEARJERKY BOOKS
as of 2026
published under pop fiction (summit books)
Year Published: 2013
Year Published: 2017
Year Published: 2015
Year Published: 2017
Year Published: 2015
Year Published: 2018
Year Published: 2018
self-published books
If I Fall Side A
Year Published: 2013
If I Fall Side B
Year Published: 2015
If I Fall Hardbound
Year Published: 2016
The Spaces in Between
Year Published: 2016
All That Lies Between You and Me
Year Published: 2016
an anthology
The Spaces in Between Extended Edition*
Year Published: 2020
The Despicable Guy 10th Anniversary Edition*
Year Published: 2022
The Spaces in Between 10th Anniversary Edition
Year Published: 2025
sinta, paano na lang ako kung wala ka?
Year Published: 2026
story masterlist
Here is a list of my online works from 2010 up to present. This doesn't include my other fan fictions written under my other username, myeonkais.
Leng 'verse
| Title | Characters | Status | Platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Despicable Guy Book 1 | Kevin x Jersey | Completed; Published | Wattpad (incomplete) | published under Pop Fiction |
| The Despicable Guy Book 2 | Kevin x Jersey ; Jicker x Blanche | Completed; Published | Wattpad | published under Pop Fiction |
| The Spaces in Between | Andreau x Zade | Completed; Published | Wattpad, AO3 | self-published |
| If I Fall | Barbs, Cyrus, Seth, Lean, Vivien, Chester, Janine, Wes, Rocky | Completed; Published | Wattpad | published under Pop Fiction/self-pub |
| This Might End Up A Story | Barbs, Cyrus, Seth, Lean, Vivien, Chester, Janine, Wes, Rocky | Ongoing (slow updates) | Wattpad | If I Fall sequel |
| Crash Into Me | Andreau x Zade | Ongoing | Wattpad | TSIB in Andreau's POV |
| You Won't Hear Me Cry | Jicker | Completed; Revising | Wattpad (Unpublished) | Jicker Herrera's side story (TDG 2) |
those wild nights series
| Title | Characters | Status | Platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hands Between Your Thighs | Cas x Ronnie | Discontinued | --- | --- |
| Too Busy Being Yours | Dan x Kesh | For publishing | Wattpad (version 1) | self-pub book in 2027 |
band 'verse
| Title | Characters | Status | Platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's You I Hear | Jake x Emilie | Revising | Wattpad | N/A |
| Tale of Three Misfits (Fiel) | Rami and Fiel | Completed | Pop Fiction | published under Pop Fiction |
| Be Kind, Please Rewind | Mong x Trine | Outlined |
tinyletter series
| Title | Characters | Status | Platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's You I Fell Into | Niles x Q | Ongoing | Wattpad | |
| Wish You Would | KP x Dien | Published | Book | published under Winds of Serendipity (2024) |
| Schoolgirl Crush | King x Mithi | Outlined | N/A |
fan fictions
| Title | Characters | Status | Platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puzzle Wednesdays | Simon x Lou (Lizquen) | Completed | Pop Fiction | published under Hey, Stranger (2017) |
| Wanted: Great Listener | Glenn x Nikki (Joshlia) | Completed | Pop Fiction | published under Hey, Stranger (2017) |
| Find Your Bae | Luis x Jess (Pauritz) | Completed | Pop Fiction | published under Hey, Stranger (2017) |
| Everything is in Line | Joaquin x Chichay (Kathniel) | Completed | Wattpad | a Got to Believe fan fiction |
| I Hate You, Most Ardently | C3 x Kata (Joshlia) | Discontinued | Wattpad |
standalones
| Title | Characters | Status | Platform | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After Hours | various Leng 'verse pairings | Ongoing | Wattpad | 🔞 fics post story canon |
| Anthology | various Leng 'verse pairings | Ongoing | Wattpad | published as ATLBYAM (2018) |
| Psychedelic Drabbles | original characters | Unpublished | Wattpad | one shots circa 2010-2011 |
| Alexythmia | --- | Discontinued | Wattpad | posted in 2010/2011; deleted 2011 |
| Palagi | Lee x Anya | Ongoing | Wattpad | novella (6 parts) |
| All You Never Say | Apa x Kaz | On-hold | AO3 | |
| Untitled DonBelle | Carn x Rian | Upcoming | Wattpad | novella (5 chapters) |
| Entropy | Martin x Ayezia | Upcoming | AO3 | multi-chaptered 🔞 |
story & character guide
Welcome to my story guide 💛All of my stories are standalone, so you can read them in any order.
This guide is here to help you find what to read based on your mood, preferred tropes, and pairing dynamics.
Leng's Note
As requested, welcome to my story guide!
All of my stories are standalone, so you can read them in any order kahit na part sila ng iisang (un)official universe (aka leng 'verse--sorry na wala na akong maipangalan haha!).This guide is here to help you find what to read based on your mood, preferred tropes, and pairing dynamics. Mayroon ding "story cards" kung saan may info + synopsis ang ilan sa completed + ongoing stories ko.Enjoy!
Where to start?
If you want...Annoyance to lovers college romance
→ The Despicable Guy Book 1Second chance romance
→ The Despicable Guy Book 2High school slice of life
→ If I FallSlow burn friends to lovers
→ The Spaces in BetweenFake dating taguan ng feelings
→ Too Busy Being Yours
the despicable guy duology
THE DESPICABLE GUY BOOK 1Year Published: 2010 (Wattpad), 2013 (Pop Fiction), 2022 (10th Anniv Ed)
Year Completed on Wattpad: 2011Main Couple: John Kevin Santos x Jersey SantiagoTropes: enemies/annoyance to friends to lovers, love-hate relationship, college romance, forced proximity, mutual pining, asaran as love languageSynopsis: Planado na ni Jersey ang magiging buhay niya sa college. She's going to live and survive the best four years of her life in Los Baños with her whole barkada and of course, the love of her life. A dream come true para sa kanya.What wasn't in her plan, though?Her boyfriend broke up with her at their high school graduation.Still hurting from the break up, pinangako ni Jersey na hinding-hindi siya mai-in love pagtuntong niya ng college. Mukhang narinig ng Universe ang kanyang pangako dahil imbis na taong mamahalin, nakilala niya si Kevin, ang taong pinanganak ata para bwisitin at guluhin ang tahimik niyang buhay.As much as she hates Kevin's annoying antics, Jersey can't stay away from him, and surprisingly, ganoon din si Kevin sa kanya. Invested na ang lahat sa love-hate relationship nilang dalawa kaya hindi niya mapigilang malito sa tunay na narararamdaman niya para kay Icelot.Mapaninindigan kaya ni Jersey ang pangako niya hanggang graduation o tuluyan siyang mahuhulog sa lalaking kinaiinisan niya?
THE DESPICABLE GUY BOOK 2Year Published: 2011 (Wattpad), 2015 (Pop Fiction), 2022 (10th Anniv Ed)
Year Completed on Wattpad: 2012Main Couple: John Kevin Santos x Jersey Santiago
Side Couple: Jicker Herrera x BlancheTropes: Second chance romance, Exes to Lovers, Rekindled Love, AngstSynopsis: Apat na taon na ang lumipas mula nang pumunta si Jersey ng Germany para sagutin ang marriage proposal ni Kevin.Apat na taon na rin mula nang saktan siya ng lalaking pinakamamahal niya.Gustuhin man niyang ibaon sa limot ang lahat, nananatili pa rin ang sakit at bitterness sa puso ni Jersey. Akala niya talaga si Kevin na ang lalaking para sa kanya, ang lalaking makakasama niya hanggang sa dulo. Who would've thought a perfect love story like theirs ended painfully justlikethat?At kung kailan buo na ulit ang kanyang sarili, kung kailan handa na siyang mag-move on, tsaka bumalik si Kevin sa buhay niya para makipagbalikan. Tila tuwang-tuwa pa ang tadhana na muling paglaruan silang dalawa; kahit anong iwas ang gawin niya, nandoon lagi si Kevin.It seems like the Universe is telling her something pero handa ba siyang harapin ito? Despite the heartbreak they've gone through, may second chance pa ba sa happily ever after sina Icelot at Devil Woman?
how to read the despicable guy duology
Suggested reading order:The Despicable Guy Book 1 *
The Despicable Guy Book 2 **
You Won't Hear Me Cry (Jicker side-story)***
After Hours:
After Hours #2 - St. Tropez 🔞
After Hours #3 - Elevator 🔞
Notes:* Hindi pa complete ang TDG Book 1 sa Wattpad kasi I'm planning to clean up the manuscript pa. For context, the original TDG Books 1 and 2 on Wattpad were written in chat-style text (na uso sa Wattpad during the 2010s era). If you wish to read the raw manuscript, maraming downloadable online haha
** Complete ang TDG Book 2 sa Wattpad, including the side stories featuring
*** You Won't Hear Me Cry is currently under revision. I will post it on Wattpad once tapos na ako. This is a standalone novella naman so mage-gets mo pa rin ang TDG kahit hindi mo pa mababasa ito.For the After Hours chapters, disclaimer lang: those are my first attempt at writing smut so please expect na medyo cringe!
IF I FALL / THIS MIGHT END UP A STORY
IF I FALLYear Published: 2011 (Wattpad), 2013 & 2015 (Self-published), 2017 (Pop Fiction)
Year Completed on Wattpad: 2012Characters: Barbara Ramirez, Rachel "Rocky" Rodriguez, Janine Kitagawa, Vivien Padilla, Cyrus Casabueno, Seth Anthony Bello, Wesley Rodriguez, Chester Sison, Leandro AbarquezTropes/themes: High school, slice of life, friendship, teenage romance
Dynamic:Synopsis: Barbara Ramirez lives a double life. Sa umaga, siya ang siga ng Charleston Academy. Sa gabi, siya naman si notanotherfairytale, ang writer ng sikat na online love story na You're The One That I Want. She successfully hides this alter ego from everyone until Cyrus Casabueno, a.k.a. Denn Estrella in her online story, discovers her secret and offers to help improve her writing in exchange for his silence.Bukod kay Cyrus, mayroon pang isang problema si Barbs: si Seth Bello, ang misteryosong non-conformist schoolmate niya na palaisipan kung ano ang pakay sa kanya.As her online love story progresses, Barbs finds herself falling in love for the first time. Pero kanino? Is falling in love in real life worth it? O mas mabuti pang lunurin na lang niya ang sarili sa fictional love story?
THIS MIGHT END UP A STORYYear Published on: 2012
THE SPACES IN BETWEEN
THE SPACES IN BETWEENYear Published: 2014 (Wattpad), 2016 (1st Edition), 2020 (Extended Edition), 2025 (10th Anniv Ed)
Year Completed on Wattpad: 2016Main Couple: Andreau Francis Cortez x Scheherazade Pascual
Side Couples: Leandro Abarquez x Anya CasabuenoTropes: slow burn, friends to lovers, mutual pining, celebrity x normal person
Dynamic: grumpy (Andreau) x sunshine (Zade)Synopsis:
TOO BUSY BEING YOURS
THE SPACES IN BETWEENYear Published: 2014 (Wattpad), 2016 (1st Edition), 2020 (Extended Edition), 2025 (10th Anniv Ed)
Year Completed on Wattpad: 2016Main Couple: Andreau Francis Cortez x Scheherazade PascualTropes: slow burn, friends to lovers, celebrity x normal person
Dynamic: grumpy (Andreau) x sunshine (Zade)Synopsis: The thing with Valentine’s Day is, either you hate it or you love it. And Zade Pascual definitely belongs to the first category. Para sa kanya, isang araw lang ito ng commercialized version ng pag-ibig. Walang kakilig-kilig at napakalayo sa true love stories na nababasa niya sa mga libro.Nasubok ang kanyang anti-Valentine’s sentiment when she unexpectedly meets Andreau Cortez, an award-winning actor and film student at her university, in the cafe where she works—on Valentine’s Day of all days.Andreau, their new cafe regular, surprises Zade by asking for her help with his latest short film project, which she reluctantly agrees to. Despite a rocky start, Zade discovers the real Andreau Cortez beyond the camera and the world of celebrity gossip. Over the fika-not date hangouts and late-night conversations, their effortless friendship blurs into something more, na akala ng lahat (friends and family included) na sila na ni Andreau.Caught off guard by her evolving feelings, Zade must confront her own heart. Hanggang best friend nga lang ba ang tingin niya kay Andreau? Can their story unfold like the happy endings she loves in books?Sometimes, the best love stories take time to tell.
IT'S YOU I HEAR
IT'S YOU I HEARYear Published: 2014 (Wattpad), 2016 (1st Edition), 2020 (Extended Edition), 2025 (10th Anniv Ed)
Year Completed on Wattpad: 2016Main Couple: Andreau Francis Cortez x Scheherazade PascualTropes: slow burn, friends to lovers, celebrity x normal person
Dynamic: grumpy (Andreau) x sunshine (Zade)Synopsis:
upcoming stories
EVENTUALLY, YOUMain Couple: Florian Lorenzo "Rian" Rosete x Carina Amparo "Carn" RouraTropes: slow burn, friends to lovers, celebrity x normal person
Dynamic: grumpy (Andreau) x sunshine (Zade)Synopsis: Carina Roura had Florian Rosete figured out: mayabang, mapanghusga, at mabilis magbigay ng verdict sa mga taong hindi niya kilala. She filed him away under Not Worth It and hid behind her usual armor of cool, unbothered perfection.Florian Rosete told himself he had Carina figured out, too: rich kid, walang problema sa buhay, taking up space in a state university built for people who actually needed it. He was so sure of his own prejudice na hindi na siya nag-abala pang silipin kung ano ang totoo.Tapos, na-lock sila sa labas ng dorm.Isang gabi ng sapilitang pagsasama, and suddenly, the walls they built against each other start to crack. Over the next four years, Carn and Rian are forced to navigate the messy, terrifying space between what they assume and what is actually real. Rian is about to discover that the "spoiled rich girl" carries the weight of her family's survival in silence. And Carn is about to realize that the boy who judged her might be the only person capable of seeing her exactly as she is.They are a beautiful disaster waiting to happen. The only question is: sino ang unang bibigay?
ENTROPYMain Couple: Martin Rafael Veneracion x Ayezia Corazon ZambranoTropes: strangers to friends to lovers
Dynamic:Synopsis: