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***

Lucas Sawyer has gotten used to being forgotten. His twin brother Mark, captain and star quarterback, everyone's favorite, gets the spotlight. Lucas doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't go to parties. His life is safe and logical, and that's exactly how he likes it. But when his brother's football rival and worst enemy, Damien Castillo, starts work at the same small bakery, everything changes. Damien is Lucas' worst nightmare: an arrogant heartbreaker with a bad reputation, who threatens to ruin all his careful plans. Lucas hates him. Right? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This story was inspired by @hipstateasee's "Knight", and I have her permission. All credit to her for the great premise!

| 𝐚𝐡 • 𝐠𝐚𝐡 • 𝐩𝐚𝐲 | 𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞; 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ | ᴍᴀʏ 𝟾 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸 ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ | ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ 𝟸𝟺 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺

In the world's most feared jail, Nate works as a correctional officer against the most feared inmates. He has no fear when it comes to talking down to inmates as he believes they all deserve to be there. That they all are low-lives and need to have authority over them. Nate believes he can fix the corruption. Until he meets the most feared, yet revered inmate dubbed as 'Worth'. He is known to be the leader of every part of the jail and has all the officers not only at his beck-and-call, but on their knees. He's in for a crimes no one is willing to discuss, and yet no one will charge him upon. Nate begins to realize that what is really at play is what they really want to get from Worth - the truth, to snitch. In the process of trying to get the truth and fix the corruption, Nate and Worth strike up a relationship that clashes and brews with tension. Until what really burns beneath begins to come through, and Nate falls into Worth's trap... Or is it the other way around?

Jasper White. The enigmatic, reckless son of New York Senator Karla White. With his mom's re-election on the horizon, and the threat of destructive attacks from the far-right, Jasper is forced to resort to the one thing that rids him of his individuality: a personal bodyguard. Acen Pierce didn't know what to expect when he took on the duty of guarding the self-serving son of Karla White. What started as a simple oath of protection, catapults him into a web of passion, lust, political corruption, and irrevocably, death.

𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄𝐑. "I'm tryna claim your heart, Rakim." "Forreal? That's brazy, Tyler." in which an eccentric bisexual guy named Tyler takes interest in chilled gay boy Rakim. SantheBlackGoddess 2019 ⓒ

Go to the party they said. It'll be fun they said. When shots break out at a high school party, Isaiah King finds himself alone and driving anywhere away from the house flashing red and blue. On his journey to nowhere, he runs into a curly-haired musician that might end up changing his life forever. -

in·con·sist·ent ˌinkənˈsist(ə)nt/Submit adjective not staying the same throughout. "police interpretation of the law was often inconsistent" .... "Maybe he really was crazy? Maybe he just wakes up and forgets- or he only messes with me when he's bored - stupid college kids , I should've listened to my mom" - Genacis Langston "Y'all better watch yourself when you go near my boo-fucks wrong with ya, ion need to make shit official just know-I got my eye on him- but I know it's gonna end bad" - Onyx Bradshaw Having a crush isn't enough,and Genacis is having a slight inconvenience- Onyx doesn't know how to be consistent with shit.

"Why they call you Three?" "Cause I did it three times."

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: ????