Close Enough to Fall He's my older cousin's best friend-the one person I should never want. What starts as stolen glances and late-night conversations quickly turns into something neither of us can ignore. But with family, loyalty, and years of unspoken rules standing between us, falling for each other could cost us everything. Some lines aren't meant to be crossed... until love makes them impossible to see. *SHORT STORY*

After a brutal breakup with her daughter's father, Keisha swears off men and messy emotions. So when her girls drag her to her first-ever professional basketball game, she expects nothing more than a night out, loud music, and overpriced popcorn. What she doesn't expect is Glock, the league's most electrifying rising star - fresh off a comeback after beating two murder charges that nearly destroyed his career. When their worlds collide court-side, there's an instant pull neither of them can deny. Glock is larger than life, disciplined on the court, reckless with his heart, and battling demons the cameras never catch. Keisha is guarded, focused on protecting her daughter, and terrified of falling for a man whose life is always in the spotlight. Just as their connection deepens, tragedy strikes - ripping open old wounds and dragging Glock into a dark spiral. A corrupt detective, obsessed with bringing him down, twists every death and every coincidence into a case against him, threatening to take his freedom, his career, and everything he's rebuilt. Caught between love and chaos, Keisha feels the pressure closing in. Glock's world is danger, grief, and constant attack. Her world is stability, motherhood, and safety. And for the first time, she doesn't know whether to stand beside the man who's captured her heart... or walk away for the sake of her child. From the Court is a gripping tale of love, loyalty, redemption, and the impossible choices we make when life refuses to play fair.

"I will get you back, Sinclair." He grabbed my hand and put the ring on my palm, then closed my hand tight. "And that's a promise." I froze as he kissed my hand and slowly reached for my forehead. ─────── ○ ─────── After two years since her divorce with her NBA player ex-husband, Sinclair Leighton is ready to start fresh and swear that she was done playing the game. Until she met Essien Boateng, a former basketball player now billionaire. And when he saw her from across the court, she's the only game he wants to win.

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇- Sage Monroe finally opened Sweet Tooth, the bakery she and her late grandmother always dreamed of-only to find herself next door to loud bass, loud weed, and an even louder man who owns the dispensary beside her. Cash Vaughn owns the whole strip, but Sage doesn't care about his money, power, or reputation. All she knows is he's bad for business... and somehow impossible to ignore. Cash doesn't trust anybody outside his bloodline, but Sage gets under his skin in ways nobody ever has. What starts as tension turns into something neither of them saw coming-until betrayal, kidnapping, and a deadly street war threatens to tear it all apart. And when the smoke clears, Cash has to decide if love is worth bleeding for... and Sage has to decide if she can survive loving a man built for war.

Aurora Fletcher thought she had seen it all. As a psychiatric nurse, she's spent years helping people navigate trauma, addiction, grief, and the darkest moments of their lives. Then David Blackwell is admitted to her unit under a fake name. A man haunted by nightmares he refuses to talk about and a past he can't escape. Aurora knows he's hiding something. What she doesn't know is that David Blackwell is one of the most powerful and feared men in the city-and four years ago, he lost everything when his three-year-old daughter, Dove, was killed. Now he's left carrying a grief that never healed, memories that won't let him sleep, and a guilt he can't outrun. The closer Aurora gets to him, the harder it becomes to ignore the man beneath the reputation. But David has enemies. Aurora has boundaries. And some secrets are dangerous enough to destroy them both. He was supposed to be her patient. She was never supposed to become his reason to keep living.

𝖳𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾r'𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗆 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉𝖾𝗋． 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗋. ©-SOVUITTION. INC

𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚡 𝙻𝚒𝚕𝙱𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚜 𝙱𝙰𝚂𝙴𝙳 𝙾𝙽 𝙰 𝚃𝚁𝚄𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝚈 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇; 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 year old Alaiyah, a rude stoner meets an older boy named Bashard aka "Buckss", an eighteen year old teenage thug. The two go through of struggles of young love, adulthood, entanglements with the law and possibly parent hood. Alaiyah needs Bashard but does Bashard need her?

A story where love is shared on the court between Carter Bryant and Devyn Areceli. Except, the two don't realize the fine line between being platonic and romantic.

𝙳𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚒 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗 (𝙳𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚊𝚢) , 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚌𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍, 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚏. 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝟷𝟹, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙲𝚊𝚛ing 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢... 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒s