Mariah Jade Grey is 21 years old, freshly graduated, and trying to figure out what comes next. She's stylish, sarcastic, and guarded- always has been. After losing more than she ever talks about, she's learned not to get too close. Love doesn't stay. People don't stay. So she keeps herself safe: with ambition, independence, and the quiet ache of something missing. Kyra Reyes is 30 years old, the kind of woman with a camera in one hand and someone new on her arm- easy, unattached, free. Nothing ever sticks: not the girls she leaves tangled in her sheets, not the art that never quite feels finished, not the whispers about her being a player. But when it comes to Mariah, everything sticks. Every glance. Every laugh. Every moment that isn't supposed to mean anything, but somehow means everything. As their best friends build new lives and the city around them quiets down, Mariah and Kyra find themselves circling each other, drawn together by late nights, unspoken truths, and the weight of everything they won't say out loud. It's there in the way Kyra looks at her. It's there in the way Mariah never quite lets her go. And when the silence finally breaks, it changes everything. What they have isn't just friendship. But it isn't love. Not yet. Maybe not ever. Almost. But is almost ever enough?

Trope: Sisters roommate "Elizabeth." I choke out. "Yeah?" "I need you to let me go, if you don't, I'll lose myself in you and won't go out to that game." "What if I want you to, lose yourself in me? Then what?" My hands slim down to her waist and clutched it. My body moves impossibly close to her, I can't stop myself. I can't stop myself. ------------- Elizabeth Pratt is new to The University of California, Berkeley. Ready to take on the world, everything is put on hold once she realizes she doesn't have a dorm room. Stranded, she has no choice but to stay with her sister and roommates. She comes into contact with her sister's hot and athletic roommate, Andreas Chen, who loves to play around with her. But what she doesn't count on, is falling for his charm. Andreas Chen, a star athlete, and the sexist guy on campus. He sleeps and fools around, but doesn't make any of them his girlfriend, not after what happened with Jessie. When his roommate's sister stays with him, he can't get her out of his mind. He doesn't want to date her but has no problem taunting her. They both are attracted to each other, but which one will cave first? Let the taunting begin. Impressive Ranks: #3 in BWWM on 9/28/2022 #1 in African American on 10/24/2022 #10 in Asian on 10/28/2022

"𝐄𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐮́, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐢 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞." 𝖨𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁，santana montes thought her life was over when she was incarcerated for aggravated assult,until a aspiring trackstar comes along.

"Don't come to a strip club looking for love. That shit doesn't belong here." she warned. I knew that she was right. Still, I didn't accept her statement. "But...You're here." ⋆⋆⋆ I was a typical surburan girl before I had met her. She changed me. Whether that was for the better or for the worse is up to you. But ladies and gentlemen, as sure as I was that the moon and the stars would fill the sky every night to put the sun to rest, I was sure that the love of my life was a drugged out stripper. ⋆⋆⋆

There's things I wanna say to you, but i'll just let you live. Like if you hold me without hurting me, you'll be the first who ever did. ♡ She is kind, heart made of honey. And she is reserved, the opposite of sunny. No one would ever think they would be together. But they are the moon and the sun made for each other.