'cause our souls touched tenderly love is life and life is living, it's very special - debra laws

𓄲 www.darkhorse/sarthescientist.com 𓍢ִ . ⠀꒰ྀི 𓈒 ᣟ juju watkins ﹠ fem!oc ᣟ

𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 /teɪk ker/ verb. ~ An expression used when parting.

The Longest Timeout Kyah Edwards knows what addiction does to people. She watched it take her father long before she was old enough to understand why he disappeared behind prison walls. Years later, she watched it take her older brother, Khalil-the person she loved most in the world. Ever since, she's promised herself she'd never stand by and watch someone she loves destroy themselves again. Then she meets Juju Watkins. The future of women's basketball. The projected number one draft pick. The girl who makes Kyah believe in a future she never thought she could have. What begins as an unexpected friendship quickly becomes something more, and before long, they're inseparable. For the first time in years, Kyah feels safe. For the first time in her life, Juju lets someone see the person behind the superstar. But when a devastating ACL injury shatters Juju's world during March Madness, everything changes. Basketball has always been her purpose. Without it, she's lost. As depression, pressure and fear begin to consume her, Juju turns to anything that can make the pain disappear-even if only for a little while. What starts with prescription medication spirals into something far more dangerous, and soon the girl Kyah fell in love with is slipping further away. No matter how hard she fights for her, Kyah can't stop history from repeating itself. And when one reckless decision leaves their futures hanging by a thread, both women are forced to confront a heartbreaking question: How do you save someone who doesn't want to be saved? A powerful story about love, grief, addiction, and second chances, The Longest Timeout explores the devastating consequences of substance abuse-and the courage it takes to fight your way back.

𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒂 𝑰𝒗𝒆𝒚 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 ... 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵. 𝑹𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴

𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐎, 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘫𝘶 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. "fuck what they think 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

𝘫𝘶𝘫𝘶 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘤

Reese Whittaker and JuJu Watkins swear they're just best friends, but if that's true, then best friends cuddle a lot, stare at each other too much, and get way too jealous over random people. Everyone knows they're in love-except for them, because denial is a hell of a drug. [juju watkins x fem oc]

Stories and snippets of Juju Watkins

❝ You say my name like it's a bad word. ❞ Star's fingertips grazed my hands before she interlocked her fingers into mines. I want so badly to be pure again but nothing can wash away my sin. . / 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹 𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑫𝒁 © skullhoe