"all mine now, Ma. Don't even think 'bout runnin'." 𝟐𝟒/𝟎𝟖/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓|-𝟐𝟗.𝟎𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

They didn't end up in the same space on purpose. Brooklynn is the quiet type. Not shy... just tired. Tired in the "life been heavy for a while now" way. He minds his business, goes to work, comes home, and keeps his world small because that's how he breathes. Azyir is the opposite. Loud, funny, always in motion. ADHD running the wheel every day. Talks so much he forgets to say what he really means. Laughs loud so nobody asks if he's okay. They sit in the same trig class at their HBCU, but they don't talk. They don't dislike each other either. They just... live in two different worlds. Messiah Markell is their professor. Older, calm, strict in the quiet way that makes people sit up straighter. He owns a club downtown called Desirable, but in class he keeps everything controlled. He doesn't like watching people drown in silence or noise. He sees them both slipping. Not failing. Slipping. So he tells them to stay after class. Every day. Not for tutoring. Not for discipline. Just to sit, breathe, work, or not work. A room where nobody has to force themselves to be "okay." And somehow, without anybody planning it... The quiet one. The loud one. And the man who teaches them how to stay. Start learning how to need each other. Not in a fast way. Not in a dramatic way. In the way real connections happen: Slow glances. Shared exhaustion. Walking home together because home doesn't feel safe tonight. Sitting in silence that doesn't hurt. Being seen without having to explain. This is a story about: Black boy rest. Soft dominance. Messy feelings. Learning how to stay present. No fake deep. No forced love. Just real people figuring out how to breathe.

❝can you stop blasting chase atlantic so damn loudly at 3am?❞ ❝depends, can you stop crying so damn loudly at 3am?❞ 〤 caleb just made the decision to get his own apartment so he could get some time away from his family and live closer to his university as well. however, there seems to be just one problem. every morning at 3am, the boy next door begins to blast his chase atlantic playlist loud enough for the entire colony to hear and it's begun to get on caleb's nerves. 〤 lowercase intended. (completed) . milestones: #1 in MXM - 5/30/2020 #1 in BOYXBOY - 6/1/2020 #1 in BXB - 6/1/2020 #3 in LGBTFICTION - 6/11/2020 #2 in GAY - 6/13/2020 #1 in GAY - 6/15/2020 1M reads - 8/13/2020 #3 in LGBT - 8/17/2020

(bxb) Axel Hunter hates Will Anderson. The two don't exactly see eye to eye, though that's to be expected of the two most popular boys in their high school, both extremely competitive and sarcastic. So, when the baseball team vandalizes the basketball team's state trophies, they catch the attention of the principal once again. As a punishment, the principal and coaches force the two teams to spend time together at a far-away camp during their spring break-"team bonding," they called it. Axel knew he wouldn't last at this so called camp, not when he's forced to room with Will Anderson, and especially not when he starts to become somewhat bearable.

Kameron Carter was never meant for the streets-but the streets got a hold on his heart. With money, status, and a life most teens would kill for, Kam should've felt untouchable. But late nights, whispered secrets, and a boy with a gun and too many enemies changed everything. Now Kam's caught between two worlds-one that raised him, and one that wants to destroy him. As love resurfaces and blood is shed, Kam finds himself at the center of a war he never asked to fight. Friends are turning into suspects. Lovers are holding back truths. And survival might come with a price Kam's not ready to pay. In the city, love don't come soft-and falling for a thug might just be the most dangerous thing Kam's ever done. (**editing**)

In which, Noah becomes Mar's white boy.

☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧☙❦❧ "𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥."

[BXB] in which a boy leaves his love letters in the wrong person's locker. ↬ Kairo Alden has been pining for fellow classmate Alexandria Miller for as long as he can remember. Finally, with some persuasion from his friends, he decides to step out of his comfort zone and leave love letters in her locker. Only problem? He ends up leaving them in Alexander Rhodes' locker instead. milestones: 6/25/20 - #3 in bxb 7/03/20 - #3 in QUESTIONING 7/06/20 - #3 in LGBTQ 7/06/20 - #2 in QUESTIONING

ManxMan | In 1920, when merely being homosexual is punishable by up to life imprisonment under British Law, a young English doctor flees his homeland after nearly steeping his aristocratic family's name in scandal. With a brand new identity he sets off to Canada in hopes of making a life for himself and starting afresh in the Canadian Prairies; in hopes of finding, what they call where he comes from, 'a home from home'. But what will happen when he's greeted at the Calgary railway station by a handsome young Mountie who might just make him risk it all once again...

"Do you sit in sugar?" I asked casually as I stared at his back muscles. "No. Why? " His muscles rippled with every move he made, making me drool internally. "Cause you have a damn fine and sweet looking ass." "You're horny." "No, I'm just trying to satisfy my sweet tooth." He growled out irritated making a smirk form on my face. "Eat a chocolate or something." Finally he spoke more that two words at a single time. " Something like...you?" He turned around to glare at me for a second before turning back. "Fuck off." "No, fuck me." So that ^ is just an inside of what's going to happen. Please read the story to find out what happens in the end. Highest rankings: #1 in food #1 in nickbateman #121 in yaoi #1 in bxb #4 in boy x boy #10 in gayromance #320 in lgbt/lgbtq [Book 1 of the Tantalizing Love Series] - A Chocolate Kiss (completed) [Book 2 of the Tantalizing Love Series] - My Pastry Chef (completed) [Book 3 of the Tantalizing Love Series] - Sweet Temptation (completed)