Enter Jericho Tucker: a Nigerian, Brooklyn native with serious daddy issues, a killer afro, and has a whole lot of love to give. But toss picture-perfect Joseph Turner into the mixing bowl; quarterback, silver-tongued, white boy from the dirty south, and you'll have a real fucking disaster on your hands. It's their last year of high-school, and things are already getting hot; just add a pinch of fake friends, two cups of jealous exes, and a little too much southern lovin', and now you're really cooking! So, if you can't handle the heat, you better get the hell out of the kitchen. + 5th place Ace Awards Supreme LGBTQ batch 2 + #2 in talkthepoc + #2 wmbm + #3 in diverselit + #3 bmwm + #7 in weneeddiversebooks + #10 in diverse ***HIATUS***

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞,𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲. -𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐳 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝- June 18, 2024 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝- June 23, 2024 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝- @𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 ✰

❛ɢᴇᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴄᴇ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ɪ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ sᴜᴍ❜ 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. ― 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝘽𝙊𝙉𝙉𝙄𝙀 & 𝘾𝙇𝙔𝘿𝙀 season 1 in progress...

Rehusó (Refuse) Adrian has a reputation for being sarcastic, cursing non-stop, very lazy, and doing things to get under people's skin. He could be seen miles away with his silver dyed hair that he valued more than his life. After having enough with his bad manners, his wealthy parents decided a strict boot camp would help this rebellious seventeen year old. This camp had no idea the destructive tornado they were about to face... Every sergeant was put to the test against Adrian's strong personality...everyone except one. Sergeant Tristan. The young, strict leader that owned the camp and wasn't afraid of anyone or anything. His handsome, sharp features were something that quickly caught everyone's attention, but the serious expression he daily wore easily scared them away. Adrian wasn't going to let his true feelings show for this handsome devil without a fight and neither was Sergeant Tristan.. *********** Beautiful cover by @insomnia_everyday

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬' 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚' 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. STARTED: NOV 25TH, 2024. ENDED: ????

Rava Weston is the definition of the ideal son. He follows the rules, smiles when he should, and never causes trouble. His future is laid out-while he has just enough space to secretly chase his own quiet dreams of becoming a teacher, so long as he plays the role his parents expect. But when he's forced to attend a family summit back in Italy, everything starts to unravel. Because Gio Fontana will be there. Gio is reckless, magnetic, too rich for his own good. He's got cops who know him by name, and NOT because they're friends. His motorcycle is his greatest love, and rules don't seem to apply to him. He has a reputation that makes fathers lock their doors. Especially Rava's father. Rava and Gio, never gotten along as kids. But this time, the tension feels different. Darker. Hungrier. And as the days stretch on, Rava's perfectly safe world starts to slip through his fingers, because what's building between him and Gio isn't just dangerous. It's forbidden. It's electric. And it might be the first real thing Rava's ever felt. 🥇 #1 - gay 🥇 #1 - enemiestolovers 🥇 #1 - bxb 🥇 #1 - bl 🥇 #1 - bxblove 🥇 #1 - boyxboy 🥇 #1 - Italy 🥇 #1 - denial 🥇 #1 - angst 🥇 #1 - gayfiction 🥇 #1 - fluffy 🥇 #1 - bisexual 🥇 #1 - gaycouple 🥇 #1 - mlm 🥇 #1 - slowburn 🥇 #1 - queer

ᴛʏ ɪs ᴀ ʜᴀɪʀsᴛʏʟɪsᴛ. ᴍᴀʟɪᴋ ɪs ᴀ ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏ ᴀʀᴛɪsᴛ. ✩｡:•.───── ❁ - ❁ ─────.•:｡✩

"Beautiful things don't ask for attention." In a world that thrives on conformity, August is an anomaly. Raised in a secretive overbearing family, she was chosen to leave its hidden grounds-not for freedom, but for duty. Sent to college to become the strategic mind for her generation behind the family's growing empire, she tries to move through the world like a ghost, draped in gothic shadows with secrets too heavy to share but her style is just too much to go unnoticed by judging eyes unscathed. Then she meets Kason through his older brother. A rising rapper with a reckless charm and a hunger for something real, dealing with battles of his own, he's instantly drawn to August's eerie demeanor and the quiet storm that lingers behind her dark mysterious eyes. She's nothing like the women he's used to-unbothered by trends, and untouched by the need for validation. The more she resists, the deeper he falls, his infatuation turning into an obsession he can't shake. One he cant let go of. As their worlds collide, the slow burn of their connection threatens to ignite everything August has been taught to suppress. With her past closing in and expectations pressing down, she must decide if she's willing to defy everything she's ever known for the chance at something dangerously real. In a society that demands she fit a mold, August stands in defiance. Unfortunately, love has a way of making even the strongest question their silence. STARTED; February 22nd , 2025 PUBLISHED; MARCH 18th, 2025 FINISHED; MAY 27th, 2025

"𝖨'𝗆 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗇𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽, 𝖠𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗌. 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖺 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗈." (Shooting Stars, Book 1)

Content to live in his superstar twin's shadow, Evan Reed never expected to join the volleyball team-or fall for his brother's best friend. But one accidental collision sets off a whirlwind of spikes, secrets, and unexpected feelings that just might pull him into the spotlight for good. *** Evan has spent his entire life living in the shadow of his twin brother and volleyball prodigy, Ethan Reed. And to be honest? He likes it there. No expectations, no pressure, just quiet. That is, until one day he trips and falls into a boy, and subsequently triggers a highly dramatic series of events that starts with him reluctantly joining the volleyball team, and ends with him dating his brother's best friend. (And unfortunately, after all of it, he's still on the volleyball team.) *** NOW COMPLETED