I swear I can't live with you, but i can't live without you

ᵗᵃʰᵃᵃᵈ ᵖᵉᵗᵗⁱᶠᵒʳᵈ ᶠⁱᶜ

"Feel my heartbeat racing, baby, you're on fire." Miriam Whittaker and Camden Hayes have hated each other since ninth grade (it was really one-sided). Now, Twenty-seven years old, sharp-tongued, and stubborn as ever, their rivalry has survived high school, college, and everything in between. Miriam has her hands full raising her seven-year-old son while building a career as a sports mental health specialist. Camden has always been untouchable - a star wide receiver destined for greatness. But life has a way of humbling even the best: a torn ACL, the loss of his mother, and suddenly... Miriam is his only hope. Now, forced into close proximity, old grudges and buried memories reignite. They can't stand each other, but the fire between them refuses to die. And as Camden leans on Miriam for guidance, they're both forced to confront a truth neither expected: some fires aren't meant to be put out... ©𝐙𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒𝐑𝐈 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Treasure Hart is a woman running on fumes. By day, she's a paralegal chasing stability; by night, she's drowning in debt left behind by her father's gambling addiction. When collectors come knocking, she's forced to take on dangerous side hustles just to keep her little sister safe. That's when she meets Kyaire Gaulden, a man the city knows as a ghost. He's the enforcer for a powerful crew, feared for his brutality and respected for his silence. Kyaire doesn't mix business with pleasure until Treasure is sent to deliver a "payment" to him. One look at her, and Kyaire makes a choice that changes both of their lives he claims her debt as his own to "protect" her. Except protection comes with chains. Now Treasure belongs to him, caught in a cage of luxury, violence, and control. The deeper she's pulled into Kyaire's world, the more she sees the cracks in his armor the haunted man beneath the monster. Against her better judgment, she's drawn to him, even as his darkness consumes everything around them. But love in Kyaire's world isn't tender it's obsession. And when rivals use Treasure as leverage, she has to face the truth Kyaire will burn the city to the ground for her

Forced into marriage, Kameiro and Havali were nothing but strangers trapped in the same suffocating home. They fought, ignored, and resented each other. He stayed out late. She stopped caring. But somewhere between the silence and the shouting... something began to shift. Hate faded. Walls cracked. And in the wreckage of what they never wanted - love quietly started to grow. -SLOW UPDATES.

eight letters, three syllables

𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘. " A rare and nearly obsolete word meaning 'the act of loving in return' or 'loving someone in the same degree'. " 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐃 © 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐄. (not edited).

"See, this is exactly why I wish we never met. You came into my life and you just keep shaking everything up!" She stressed, her stomach rumbling with rage. He only stared before his lips twitched into a smirk. "You don't even believe that dumb ass shit." --- She thought running would set her free, but freedom came with a price she wasn't sure she was ready to uphold. She ran from one trap straight into another. Dreams of dancing slip through her fingers when survival forces her into a world she would have to endure. She's dragged into the dark corners of Onyx city and life is nothing as she knew it. Then he appears. A boy who feels different, who makes her believe she might have more to live for than pain. Unfortunately, in the streets nothing is ever as it seems. Every bond comes with secrets, every touch with consequences. And when betrayal cuts deeper than love, she'll learn the hard way what it really means to be slimed out. STARTED; September 18th 2025 PUBLISHED; September 27th 2025

"𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖺' 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗒𝖾𝗌"

Published: 4/6/2022 Completed: ~