Sassy,sexy,intelligent Taraji P Henson had no idea what was coming for her when she agreed to be cast alongside Terrence Howard for Empire. The pair get along perfectly,until Taraji gets hit with a fact that she's long been avoiding: his marriage. But will Terrence leave his wife for her or will she die longing for his love? Find out on Be Without You by Oakenoaklots888.

When everything seems to start coming together for the lyons there's a dramatic turn of events that jeopardize Empire and Cookie and Lucious Relationship an meanwhile Lucious is keeping a terrible secret from Cookie in order to protect their Relationship

A woman knows what she want. And she knows how to get it.

Inspired by the original Empire pilot script. This is basically me fooling around with the events of season one to detail how Cookie and Lucious find their way back to each other. Events won't occur in the same way or order in which they happened on the show, and secondary character roles and names will also be changed.

Terrence Howard has a good life. He's rich, successful, and doing what he's always wanted to do. Yet with all the fame he could hardly say he was happy. He diddnt know that once he stepped foot in Miami Florida, his life would flip. He discovers a child he never knew he had. Even crazier the mother of said kid was a woman he never thought he'd see again. Taraji. A woman that made him feel things he'd never felt before. He wanted her......no needed her. They say life has a crazy way of doing things. Who knew they would meet again, the same way they met 15 years ago? They were kids back then, but now they were adults. No one knew what lay in store for them but, an electrifying connection with undeniable chemistry. Spelled Trouble for the both of them. There was something there...but did they wanna hop the hurdles of Love?

Cookie and Lucious have been down the road to loving each other time and time again, but somehow the distraction of work, media, and outsiders get in their way of happiness. Now that Cookie has returned to Empire, Lucious is determined to focus on family and bringing the company to higher heights. But how long will they stay drama free? Will enemies from their past resurface, and if so will the new found unity that the family created hold them together? Stay tuned to find out!

Taraji is known for telling Men to stay in their damn lanes.. Could she stop a certain someone from crossing the streets unexpectedly.. or is it the other way around

Taraji and terrence are eachothers everything. He loves her and will do anything to protect her. Her life is filled with happiness. But when an old ex returns, how far will taraji go to keep the secret that has been haunting her in her past life and is back to rekindle the "fire"? Is an ex really what she needs? How far will terrence go to protect her? Find out in -The Secret-

Cookie POV I was walking into my house and the first thing i did was lay down...i had such a long day at empire helping jamal write his new album..so i needed this. As soon as i got at least 10 minutes into my nap i hear my phone ringing.. -Lucious- Ugh this was not what needed right now...i wanted to ignore it but it just kept ringing. "This bastard won't quit" i said. I picked up the phone reluctantly..."What do you want lucious" T- "You." C- " Well lucious you had me and lost me...you should've thought twice before cheating with boo boo kitty T- "Cookie..." C- "No lucious...No. I felt my eyes stinging with tears...but i quickly straighted myself up...i don't cry over any man. I sniffed from the tears and i know lucious heard it too. T- "Cookie im sorry..honestly.." C- "Is that why you called...to tell me how your sorry and move on?" T- "Cookie..listen to me...please" C- "I don't wanna waste my time any longer...goodbye lucious" T- "Cookie i- I hung up the phone. TBC...

Penda is in an abusive relationship with her husband and father of her child Leonardo. True enough, she does get tired of being beaten on. She has a son, she doesn't want him to grow up thinking it's ok. She also has a daughter, she doesn't want her to grow up thinking it's ok either. Penda feels like she failed as a parent. Mind you, Leonardo is rich. Leonardo would always put it in her head that "I am a rich man, if you leave me you will be poor and struggling" one day finally having enough courage to leave him she met this guy named Dashon. No Dashon wasn't rich but he was a good guy. He offered to take her and her kids in and she accepted it. Dashon has twin girls and he definitely doesn't want anybody doing that to his twin daughters nor his sister or mother. What happens when romantic feelings get involved?