you're a bad idea, but a real good time bella hines x fem/oc that was the problem. it had never been just practice. it had never been just friendship. it had always been something more. they just didn't say it. and eventually, that silence? it stopped protecting them. and started breaking them instead

Kairo "Kai" Bennett doesn't believe in being chosen anymore. She's the one girls talk to when they're bored. The one they like in secret but never in public. The one they say "you're different" to-right before they leave. She's tired of being the almost. Then Talia Monroe walks into her life - not loud, not flashy, not playing games. Just steady. Soft in places Kai never got to be soft. Strong in places she's still learning to stand. They both carry heavy minds. Overthinking. Old wounds. Nights where everything feels too loud inside their heads. But instead of running from the hard conversations, they sit in them. Sometimes they argue. Sometimes they cry. Sometimes they go quiet. But they always come back and say: "Talk to me. Don't shut me out." This isn't a love that avoids the storm. It's the kind that holds hands in the rain. For the first time, Kai isn't chasing. She's chosen.

One night in chicago. One time. One mistake. I never thought i'd see her again. Not after the way she acted when i asked, not after the way she looked at me when she left, and especially not after she pretended i didn't exist. I knew coming here would ruffle some feathers. I just didn't expect one night to feel like forever.

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"Am I too close?" I whispered, referring to our first conversation. Times were different now, we were different now. I watched as she fluttered her eyes closed, the sound of the music officially become background noise to the tension. It was giving in just as we did. Just as she did. "Maybe I want you to be..." - Blaine's love life is turned upside when she comes across a relentless Delta. Tatted like a notorious gangster, Niy'Asia makes all the effort to show Blaine how much she actually cares, despite constantly having to put her own feelings aside.

"𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍' 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐍' 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐔𝐒"

Ashanti Leneé Duvan is tired. Tired of college. Tired of fake connections. Tired of people not taking her seriously. A junior in college working toward becoming a psychologist, Ashanti is already overwhelmed-and the semester barely started. Between her anxiety, academic pressure, and a love life full of unserious hoes, she's starting to wonder if she is the problem... or if people just can't handle her. Then there's Chase Tavonii Jackson. A fine, nonchalant stud with tattoos from head to toe, a successful tattoo shop, and a girlfriend she probably shouldn't have. Chase doesn't do feelings-she does distance, rules, and cheating before she can get hurt again. One slutterparty. One shared bedroom. One twenty-minute dare. Boundaries get set. Lines get crossed. And neither of them is ready for what happens when attraction turns into something real. Sometimes the people who swear they don't want you... want you the most.

❝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮. 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙞𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚. ❞ - short story. started: october 24, 2022. ended: n/a

Zahara Castle plays defense like her life depends on it-on the soccer field and everywhere else. She's intense, untouchable, and never afraid to speak her mind, making it clear she doesn't have time for games, drama, or feelings. So when Paige Bueckers, a star on the basketball team, takes a dare from her teammates to try and date someone before the season ends, they point her toward the one girl no one's been able to crack. But Zahara isn't just a challenge-she's real, unpredictable, and maybe exactly what Paige wasn't ready to fall for. ✯ 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐣𝐮𝐥.𝟎𝟐.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 𝐭𝐛𝐝

Kalia West has been chasing Paige Bueckers since high school- always ranked second, always in her shadow. Even in college, Paige's early success at UConn overshadowed Kalia-until injuries sidelined her, and Kalia led South Carolina to a national title, beating UConn in 2022. Now, the roles are reversed-and the rivalry still burns. But when Kalia transfers to UConn after junior year, the tension turns into something neither of them expected. ✧ 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐣𝐮𝐧.𝟐𝟏.𝟐𝟓 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐚𝐮𝐠.𝟏𝟔.𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 #𝐝𝟏- 𝐣𝐮𝐥.𝟐𝟐.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟐 𝐢𝐧 #𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐣𝐮𝐥.𝟐𝟐.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓