𝚃𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍.

" I don't even like you like that." Her face scrunched up in disgust watching water drip from curls in his hair. " 'Cause you love me. Just like I love you." He retorted with a grin, disregarding the deflecting she was doing. --- They were two sides of the same city-until one move split them down the middle. Elijah and London were inseparable once, bonded by childhood summers, beat-up bikes, and secrets too deep for anyone else to know. Unfortunately, when Elijah's mom packed up and moved her family across Onyx to a rival neighborhood, everything changed. She always thought when she spoke to him again he would've changed like her. She was witty, sarcastic, and had a low tolerance, but he was still the same calm , sweet, cute boy with a heart the size of the sun. Some things haven't changed. Some things never change. The pull between them, the memories that still burn etched marks in their brain, and the words they never said out loud. In a world where loyalty can be life or death, and love isn't always enough to cross old lines, Elijah and London find themselves circling each other again. --- STARTED; MAY 26th, 2025 PUBLISHED JUNE 6th, 2025 FINISHED; SEPTEMBER 27th 2025

" 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾, 𝗂 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗓𝗒"

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞?

"to gutta to play with a ngga"