She knew him before the chains. Before the fame. Before the diamonds in his mouth. Some loves don't die. All this time Trying to find A little time To ease your mind

𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂, 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.

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.

"Y'know...every time I hear this song I think of you.." "Really? You think of me that much?" "Of course baby.." "𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 , 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭 " ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏ 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯❋

𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝 is focused on one thing: getting through her senior year and leaving her neighborhood behind. At 17, she's smart, guarded, and determined not to get caught up in the chaos around her. Love, drama, and trouble? She doesn't have time for any of it. Then Oscar 'Spooky' Diaz comes back. Fresh out of jail, 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 better known as Spooky is trying to move differently this time. At 22, his name carries weight in the streets, and most people know better than to cross him. But when he keeps running into Imani Shepherd, things get complicated. They don't really have history... just years of knowing of each other, passing by in the same neighborhood, living completely different lives. Imani is everything Spooky isn't focused, careful, and determined to escape the life he's been stuck in. Spooky is everything Imani knows she should stay away from dangerous, unpredictable, and tied to a world she promised herself she'd never fall into. But sometimes the strongest connections come from the most unlikely places. Late-night conversations turn into stolen moments. Curiosity turns into something deeper. And before either of them realizes it, the line between right and wrong, safe and risky, starts to blur. Because when two opposites collide, someone always ends up having to surrender.

" don't go tellin' all your friends, that we in love for real " → in which two teens from totally different worlds begin an infatuation

Two teens from rival neighborhoods are never supposed to cross paths. She's deeply connected to her community, and he's tied to a crew that's always been on the opposite side. When they meet, the connection is instant, but once they realize who each other really are, things get complicated fast. Now they have to hide their relationship from everyone-friends, family, and the people who expect them to stay loyal no matter what.

When a suburban Black girl meets a hard life Hispanic boy.

Sequel to "My Healing" Disclaimer: You do not have to read "My Healing" but you should so you understand more.

"You're my drug, I can't live without you."