Javier Solis knows how to leave a mark, both on skin and on the heart. The oldest of six, he grew up surrounded by love, laughter, and art, and now he pours all of himself into the tattoo shop he owns. Navy Jones has spent her life holding everyone else together. The middle child of a big family, dependable and quiet, she became a teacher not just to guide children, but to give the care she's always given others, even when no one gave it back. On New Year's Eve, Navy walks into Javier's shop for her first tattoo: a lotus placed close to her heart. One night, one tattoo, one choice, and suddenly two lives collide in ways neither expected.

[On hold] A girl named arella vee Jameson, 20 years old, fresh out of college and just moved into a small apartment by herself and her dog riri. While her and her dog riri is on their daily walk every afternoon, riri gets out of her leash and runs and crashes straight into a person. kevin henders a 24 year old sweetheart who has a nice smile and green bright eyes and his own boss with money for days. they bump into each other not knowing they'll see each other very soon. What happens when they start to go on walks together bonding over a dog and family soon turning into something deeper. What happens next? read to find out. #3 ghetto.

[EDITING] 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡... xolani and two have been each other's person since they were kids running around third ward and trading inside jokes nobody else got. over a decade of history between them: sleepovers, middle of the night phone calls, the kind of comfort within each other that made everything else feel like silly noise. they know each other in that deep, embarrassing way: each other's nervous habits, the laughs that don't come out right, the silences that don't need filling. it was never supposed to be more than that. but somewhere between growing up and growing into themselves, the lines started blurring. xo starts noticing things she has no business noticing; the way he looks at her when she's not paying attention, the way his hand always finds her without thinking, but she buries it. they've got something too good to gamble with, and she knows it. what she doesn't know is that two's been fighting the same feelings too. longer than she has, way quieter than she'd ever expect from him. he's been loving her in the margins for years. carefully, willfully, without ever letting it show. until one night it just... slips out. "i've loved you in quiet ways for so long... i'on know how to be anything else when you around, xo." and now it's out there. sitting between them, too big to ignore and too damn real to take back. they've survived everything together: loss, distance, the messy in between years of figuring out who they were as they grew up. but this? this is the one thing that could actually change everything. the question isn't whether they love each other; they're both well aware of the answer to that. whether they're brave enough to stop pretending they don't, though, is up to nobody but themselves.

Kiara Stephens, a young girl who just moved to Miami Florida with her older brother from New Orleans to live with their dad is the new girl on the block. As she enters her high school teen year she battles and overcomes all the challenges high school and teenage life brings her. From tests, Homework, sports and trying to get a good GPA.. to her personal battles like dealing with family, friends and eventually love. Andres Martinez - a boy who grew up with a mother that neglected him and a father with so many issues he wouldn't even know where to start. starts his beginning high school years trying to drown out his personal battles with school life and friends. As he does he also gets tied into gang life. Another load on him that he unfortunately can't drop off of him. A love story between two teenagers. * black women Latino male*