PRETTY EYES: A Southside Atlanta Story 📍 One night in the Southside changed Keyon Davis Jr.'s life forever. After thirty minutes of yelling at a locked door, he walked into a nightmare he could never unsee: his baby momma gone, and his daughter, Layla, shivering in a dark closet. Now, Keyon is trading his freedom for a two-year bid in DeKalb County Jail. He's not there to make friends or find trouble-he's there to survive and get home to the only girl who matters. But the "Rice Street" system has other plans. In the middle of the noise and the concrete, Keyon finds himself locked in with two men who see right through his "thug" exterior. One is a kingpin with the world at his feet, and the other is a quiet storm with secrets of his own. Between the cold bars and the heat of their gaze, Keyon is about to learn that love doesn't always come in pairs-and sometimes, the prettiest eyes are the ones that finally see your truth. One heart. Three men. Zero rules.

"Yo ass don't even look like a real doctor" He ain't no real doctor - just a smooth dealer with a white coat and a fake name. The other? Got rage sittin' behind his teeth and no clue how to love without blowin' up. They wasn't supposed to link like that... but after a few house pull-ups and real talk, the bond hit different. Now it's heartbeats, secrets, and a love neither of 'em saw coming.

Josiah came to college for one thing focus, graduate, and stay out of trouble. Omari is trouble. A street-smart gang leader with a reputation that follows him everywhere, Omari isn't the kind of person Josiah should be talking to... let alone laughing with. But somewhere between late-night walks, unexpected conversations, and moments that feel a little too real, lines start to blur. Because this wasn't supposed to happen. Not between them. And definitely not in a world where love like theirs comes with consequences.

𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍 Two years have passed since Zion made his decision and kissed Ameri before being shipped off for his first Army duty. He didn't have a choice about leaving. But that kiss? No explanation needed. That was him letting his actions say what needed to be said. 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈 Now 20 years old, a college dropout, he got himself caught up in the same life Zion warned him about-the exact shit he said Ameri wasn't built for. And that kiss? Ameri didn't think nothing of it. It never even crossed his mind that all the attention, the way Zion always watched over him, shielded him, and pushed him toward school, was anything more than normal. To him, that was just Zion being Zion-always looking out for him more than anybody else. So the kiss didn't make him think anything. To him, it was just an "I'ma miss you, lil bro." Never once did it cross his mind that the foundation had been building towards that moment. But to Zion, that kiss was him making it official. a decision already made. Something that didn't need to be explained. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗭𝗶𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. Car sitting in the middle of the hood, posted in front of Ameri's place like he didn't graduate top of his class at Harvard and join the Army. Waiting for none other than Ameri. Zion came back knowing Ameri was already his. But Ameri never even knew he'd been taken. His innocence, his lack of awareness of intent, and the way he moves too friendly with everyone is clearly a problem. It didn't just catch up to him now-it will keep catching up to him. And he's about to learn that Zion doesn't play those games.

"You still mine?" "Always."

Shiloh's got a man, and Ronnie's got a girl. They know better-but they still can't resist each other. Can they have their cake and eat it too... or is this forbidden slice going to kill them?

where keem finds cam at the darkest place in his life and vows that he won't leave him there.

Six kids in one house, and somehow he still felt invisible. Taye was always working, always stressed, always trying to hold everything together but never really seeing him. The others were the same. Busy. Distant. Like surviving mattered more than anything else. And maybe it did. But that didn't stop it from messing him up. So he learned quick don't ask for anything, don't expect nothing, and don't let nobody get close enough to leave. That's just how he became Kairo. Rude. Distant. Unbothered. Or at least...that's what everybody thought. Now suddenly, things were different. Taye checking on him. Asking questions. Looking at him like he actually mattered. It didn't sit right. "Where was all that before?" Kairo muttered one night, staring up at the ceiling, phone in his hand but not really looking at it. Because care-real care-was something he didn't know how to trust. And that wasn't even the worst part. The worst part...was him. Kairos best friend. The one person who always stayed. Always showed up. Always saw him even when Kairo tried his hardest to push him away. That was the problem. Because Kairo wasn't supposed to feel like this. Not about him.

Thug Ink Book 1: Original " Complete "

"𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺." -this a slooww jam, baby aka a slow burn book . - read tags before proceeding!