IN WICH: Kennesey Jordan is new to Chicago. She spends her first few days there helping her brother pull off his annual Christmas event. But then she met Justice Bennett - the venue owner with the kind of calm that made noise feel safe. He didn't talk much, didn't smile often, and definitely didn't plan on catching feelings for his homeboy's little sister. Between long nights setting up lights, missed calls, and moments that lingered too long - they both started feeling something neither of them were ready for. The city's cold, the holidays are loud, and love's the last thing either of them was looking for. But sometimes, the quietest things hit the hardest.

𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 never planned on seeing him again. Not after becoming a 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐦. Not after rebuilding her life from scratch. Not after the way 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 broke her heart years ago. But on November 8th, in a crowded Silver Spring Mall, fate throws them right back into each others life-and everything Jordan thought she buried came crashing back. Legend isn't the same man she remembered. Colder. Quiet. Dangerous. But when he looked at her, it felt like time stopped moving. What starts as a holiday hookup, turns into a night of confessions, slow-burn tension, and a second chance neither of them asked for but...secretly wanted. Between street drama, soft moments, Christmas lights, and a little girl who deserves the world, Jordan and Legend both learn something... 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐭. A cozy urban short-Christmas romance with spice, drama, and healing. 21 chapters. Slowburn. Street love. Second chances.

Christmas at the White House looks like a perfect dream from the outside-bright lights lining the gates, a towering tree in the East Room, and a family portrait full of smiles. But for America Washington, the president's youngest daughter, it's just another reminder that her life isn't really hers. Every move she makes, every word she says, is rehearsed for the cameras. Enter Blue Bennett, the new Secret Service trainee assigned to shadow her while she's home from college for the holidays. He's quiet, professional, and annoyingly unbothered by her attitude-exactly the kind of man she can't stand. Where she's restless and sharp-tongued, he's dry and steady, answering her sarcasm with calm warnings and clipped yes-ma'ams. At first, they clash at every turn. But as a snowstorm traps the First Family in the White House, proximity melts the walls they've both built. Beneath the arguments and side-glances, America starts to see pieces of him no one else does-a past that taught him to hide, a heart that still remembers how to care. And Blue begins to realize the girl he's sworn to protect might be the only person who's ever really seen him. What starts as duty turns into something dangerous-something neither of them can control once it crosses the line. Because in a world where loyalty means silence and love could cost them everything, wanting each other might be the most reckless secret of all.

❄️ A SHORT CHRISTMAS DRAMA ❄️ Arguments. All relationships have them. When a group of friends book a snowy Christmas retreat to a remote cabin in Aspen Colorado, they hope the for ultimate fix in the brewing pot of relationship problems and a chance to unwind. Every last couple has a simmering issue and the trip is nothing but a desperate attempt to salvage struggling relationships by unplugging from the chaos of daily home life. Plans quickly spiral when they discover the cabin isn't as private as they thought. With fame-status and privacy was key to overcoming their hardships, but it quickly becomes not so private. As the snow piles up outside, so do the tensions inside, especially when secrets are exposed, friendships are questioned, and relationships are put to the extreme test. With two weeks trapped together and Christmas quickly approaching, alliances will be tested, emotions will run high, and hearts may find unexpected paths. Will the couples mend their fragile relationships? Or will the magic of the season lead to love where it's least expected? STARTED; DEC. 29th, 2024 PUBLISHED; NOV. 10th, 2025

Mila Carter is a girl living a life that feels ordinary on the surface: she works at a corner store, goes to community college part time, and lives in a cramped, slightly run down apartment with her loud, opinionated Aunt Ro. Mila is sarcastic, and funny in a way that hides how much of the world she's learned to navigate alone. Her life is predictable, boring even, and she likes it that way until her dreams start getting dangerous. For years, Mila has been plagued by vivid, disorienting "memory dreams" that feel too real to be normal. Faces, voices, and events she has never experienced play out in her sleep with details that are impossible to ignore. At first, she thinks it's her imagination running wild, or maybe stress. But then she realizes that some of the events in her dreams start showing up in real life people she's never met appear in her neighborhood, arguments she's never heard of erupt on the corner, and she starts recognizing places she has never been. The dreams are no longer just weird they're warnings. Her life takes a dramatic turn the night she receives a call from a blocked number at exactly 3:13 AM, the same time she always wakes from her disturbing dreams. A calm, chilling voice tells her: "You got seven days left. Fix what you broke." Mila has no idea what it means, but immediately her life spirals into a countdown she cannot ignore. Soon, she discovers that she isn't the only one receiving these mysterious messages.

"I don't hate him." She took a sip of her wine. "He worked to get our family here. To make a difference in the world but it's like; I'm nothing more than the lil' girl in his shadow." Kareem shifted, his elbows resting on the rail beside hers. "What do you see when you look at yourself?" She laughed softly, without humor. "That's the problem. I'm still figuring that out. My brother made sure the world remembered his name. I just .. lived in his reflection." The silence that followed wasn't heavy - it was honest. The kind that only exists between two people who finally stop pretending. Kareem set his drink down and moved closer, just enough that she could feel his presence beside her. "You're standing in the wrong spot Xi," he said quietly. "Reflections change when the source of light does."

- 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Everyone's biggest fear when falling in love with someone, is falling for who you 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 they were, instead of who they ARE. And he had done just that. Fallen for who he thought was a sweet, innocent, nurturing woman-not knowing she came from two sides of the same coin. Two faces on one person. A Gemini.

Psalm nodded towards the small stack of bills resting on the table. "Drop it in Malik's hand. Tell him you worked the block. Tell him some nigga paid you to talk. Say whatever you got to say." Dallas didn't touch them, didn't even look at them for real. Her fingers curled around her cup a little tighter though, "And what I'm supposed to tell him when he asks why I'm not roughed up or walking with a limp?" "You want me to leave a mark?" The way he said it, it wasn't cruel but it wasn't playful either. He was being serious and not because he wanted to hurt her but because he knew what she was asking for even though she wouldn't say it out loud. She needed proof. "Fuck you."