Jayden stared up at Jamal with a pretend look of innocence. "We can keep doing this but we gotta keep it between us." He said Jamal nodded his head to communicate understanding. They've been best friends since third grade but one weekend senior year of high school changes everything.

sincere brooks is used to people making assumptions about him. they see his makeup, his nails, the way he loves anything feminine, and decide they already know who he is. but sincere doesn't care. between helping out in a 1st grade disability classroom, doing hair on the side, and trying to survive his senior year, he has bigger things to worry about. like graduating. nasir woods has his own problems. his music is finally taking off, his followers are growing every day, and everyone expects him to become the next big rapper from the city. with tattoos, confidence, and a reputation that follows him everywhere, nasir seems like he has everything figured out. he doesn't. when a fake relationship is suggested to help boost nasir's image before the release of his first mixtape, sincere agrees to help. it should've been simple. a few pictures. a few dates. a few convincing captions. that's it. but the longer they pretend to be together, the harder it becomes to separate what's real from what's fake. because somewhere between late-night phone calls, shared secrets, and stolen glances, sincere starts falling for the one person he was never supposed to. and if he's not careful, project: pretty might end up breaking more than just the rules.

Darius and Malachi have hated each other for as long as they can remember, only tolerating one another because of Shawn-Malachi's boyfriend and Darius's best friend since middle school. Malachi has always known Shawn isn't exactly loyal, but leaving him has never been that simple. So if Shawn can play games, why can't he? The problem is the one person Malachi ends up breaking his own rules with is Darius. It's supposed to be simple-no feelings, no strings, and Shawn can never find out.

𝟏𝟑.𝟎𝟗.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓-𝟏𝟒.𝟎𝟗.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

❝𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬." 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞ "You listening to me for once? Crazyyy." He put his phone down, full attention on me. "C'mere den, sexy. We ain't got nothing but time." He bit his lip. Oh yeah, he was sumn serious cause that lil one two gon get me and him in trouble. . . . Dominic Winters didn't believe in love. Well, that sounded a bit harsh. He just didn't really think it was worth the effort. Why settle for one person when there were so many people who wanted him? So many to romance? He wasn't trying to be a playboy but it just ended up that way. His whole philosophy was "Marriage is a scam. Divorcing is inevitable. Every man and woman alike fell to his feet. There was no discrimination with him. Black, White, They, Them, She, He. He liked them all. It was mere fun to him, like a hobby to go along with his career he was building in college as the quarterback who was on a mission to make it to the big leagues all while keeping his grades in check and hanging with his boys. That's all it ever was for him. Then.. someone new came around. Someone who changed his routine of jumping from one person to the next. Dom was cool with everyone. He said wassup to everyone but when the new sophomore gave him nothing, no reaction, no interest, he was butt hurt to say the least. It even bruised his ego a bit. Messiah Hughes transferred to this new, better college. A fresh start to a shitty past year. It took a toll on him and he needed to get away, he had to. EXTENDES SYNOPSIS INSIDE. Updates every 3-7 days.

"I thought that I was dreamin' when you said you love me" - Frank Ocean

Everybody loves Kaydence Brooks until he gets too loud, too emotional, too annoying, too much. Kaydence is the funny kid in a loud chaotic family that never stops moving always joking, always talking, always smiling before anybody can notice when something's actually wrong. At home, his dads think he's just dramatic. At school, people laugh with him just enough to hide when they laughing at him too. And somewhere between family chaos, secret smoking, slipping grades, and a girlfriend his parents can never find out about, Kaydence is trying his hardest not to fall apart in front of everybody watching him. Then Dejuan transfers in. Calm where Kaydence is chaotic, quiet where Kaydence fills every silence, Dejuan somehow sees through him almost immediately and for the first time in a long time, being around somebody doesn't feel exhausting. It feels easy. Dangerous... but easy. Now caught between who people think he is and who he might actually become, Kaydence is about to learn that growing up isn't just messy it can change everything you thought you knew about yourself.

Riley has had a crush on Rory for a while. After being assigned a project together, Rory can't help but wonder if Riley actually has a thing for him or it's just speculation. In the midst of navigating their new found relationship, Riley has to deal with a bitter ex girlfriend, grief and parts of his life he'd shoved down in the depths of his brain. Through it all he asks himself, "Will Rory stick around?" "I've been liked you for a while now. I don't know if you'll have me..." "Yeah, let me have you. All of you."

Everything was about to be different-but not the kind that breaks you. The kind you grow into. A good different.

21 year old Demetrius King a cold hearted boy who never experienced any type of affection growing up. He grew up to be someone a kid shouldn't have been at a young age he never had a childhood his parents never gave a fuck about him, momma was high off dope daddy was never around. He doesn't even know what it feels like to be loved till one day he meets 20 year old Treyvon Hassan Smith