noun the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled Something Maleeya never felt, having to move from state to state due to her father being in the navy, Maleeya never knew true peace, that was until she moves to Atlanta and runs into Nasir.

in which, aria can't help but fall inlove with harlem's biggest troublemaker. 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐝𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲..

Aaliyah never planned on catching the eye of Leo Ramirez - the quiet, brooding basketball player who looks at her like she's trouble & like he'd burn the whole world for her.

"𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚..𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙞 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚." 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 & 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙭 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧

𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐱𝐛

"𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘢 i thought you was gone give up on me" ( there's no smut in this book )

Ain't nothin' soft about love in the hood. Sixteen-year-old Amari, a wild-hearted, street-smart intersex boy from Eastside, keeps his truth close. Ain't nobody got time to understand him-not his mama, not the streets, not even himself sometimes. But then comes Dre, a quiet, observant boy fresh from ATL, trying to keep his own demons in check. They ain't supposed to fall for each other. Not here, where survival means keeping your head down and heart cold. But what happens when love starts speakin' louder than fear? When truth gets louder than whispers? This ain't no fairytale. This real life. And real love-yeah, that sh*t hit different.

"I fell in love before I even knew you" bxb👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏽🤎

𝑨 𝒐𝒏-𝒂-𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚-𝒕𝒐-𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒄𝒌. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 04-01-25 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: n/a

"You can't see the future. I might have a chance. You don't know for sure." He mumbled, making her expression soften. "M-my mom used to tell me t-that birds still sing even after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free t-to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?" Samir stopped talking for a moment to regather himself so that he didn't stutter, but Nina froze completely. "You don't have to settle with him Nina. It's been five years an-and you're not a-as happy as you should be. You smile differently with me.. and you cry a lot with him. I just think that you deserve to enjoy your time with someone other than h-him for a minute because there's still sunlight out there for you too, even if you can't see it yet." How did he become her source of 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 so 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲? A short story.