blackbxb Ares, an artsy photography major who sees the world in light, color, and metaphor, is assigned to shoot a profile on the university's star basketball player, Elijah-the guy everyone knows, everyone praises, and everyone assumes is untouchable. WARNINGS : Sexual Content/Smut, Violence, Homophobia, and Cursing

in Oak Cliff, love doesn't grow quietly. It collides. Love Me follows two teenagers chasing escape in different ways one through money, one through music while pretending they don't need what the other represents. sometimes love isn't enough. sometimes it's everything.

"Kaden what abou- "Nah rae'quan ion give a fuck what nobody got to say when it and comes to me and u." - Kaden and Rae have been in the same friend group since growing up, they never really talked to eachother other than if it was about work, what happens when they start to get to know one another more and they start wanting to know more about each other more than they let on ?

"𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧, 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭."

"Are you deaf?" She asks. Carson chuckles and I shake my head. I type out 'I'm mute.' ...... "What do you want me to do?" She panicked. I open my mouth to speak but nothing comes out. Blake nods her head, "Try again or type out what you need me to do, I'm here for you Maz." I nod my head and more tears fell, "T-Fake me somewea' quiet." I stutter with a hoarse voice.

My eyes widened, and I snapped my head to look at him. "Nigga you a damn criminal?!" I yelled again and he just chuckled and ain't say nun. This nigga CHUCKLED in my face! And ain't say NUN!! bruh oh my God I knew sum was up..he was too happy to spend money on me today..

Deno is unapologetic about how much he loves Tripp. His feelings are loud, obsessive, and impossible to miss, pushing him to extremes just to make Tripp understand that what he feels is real. Tripp refuses to face it. He dismisses Deno's devotion as too much, too intense, convincing himself that whatever exists between them doesn't mean anything at all. When Deno's presence begins to feel distant, something quietly changes. The shift forces Tripp to sit with emotions he's long ignored, revealing that denial can only last so long before the truth demands to be seen.

Damn, college really is the best part of yo life. Especially at an HBCU.

"I'm not bout' to complicate yo life baby, you don't want this." "Elijah, you don't get to choose what I want to do with my life !"

"Wᴇʟʟ ɪᴍ ɴᴏᴛ Cᴀɪʀᴏ, ᴊᴀʜɪʟ. ɪ ᴡᴏɴᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ." ᴍᴏɴᴛʀᴇᴀʟ sʜᴏᴜᴛᴇᴅ. ... "ɪᴍ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏsᴇʟꜰ."