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

Two friends decide to do a podcast together. They may kiss!!! TUNE INNNN!!!!

They didn't end up in the same space on purpose. Brooklynn is the quiet type. Not shy... just tired. Tired in the "life been heavy for a while now" way. He minds his business, goes to work, comes home, and keeps his world small because that's how he breathes. Azyir is the opposite. Loud, funny, always in motion. ADHD running the wheel every day. Talks so much he forgets to say what he really means. Laughs loud so nobody asks if he's okay. They sit in the same trig class at their HBCU, but they don't talk. They don't dislike each other either. They just... live in two different worlds. Messiah Markell is their professor. Older, calm, strict in the quiet way that makes people sit up straighter. He owns a club downtown called Desirable, but in class he keeps everything controlled. He doesn't like watching people drown in silence or noise. He sees them both slipping. Not failing. Slipping. So he tells them to stay after class. Every day. Not for tutoring. Not for discipline. Just to sit, breathe, work, or not work. A room where nobody has to force themselves to be "okay." And somehow, without anybody planning it... The quiet one. The loud one. And the man who teaches them how to stay. Start learning how to need each other. Not in a fast way. Not in a dramatic way. In the way real connections happen: Slow glances. Shared exhaustion. Walking home together because home doesn't feel safe tonight. Sitting in silence that doesn't hurt. Being seen without having to explain. This is a story about: Black boy rest. Soft dominance. Messy feelings. Learning how to stay present. No fake deep. No forced love. Just real people figuring out how to breathe.

Querencia: a place where you feel most at home, where your soul feels safe 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐱𝐁

Both dominant, both love a challenge...what could go right?

𝖲𝖾𝗄𝖺𝗇𝗂 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽, 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗉 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅, 𝖺 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗇 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾. 𝖠 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾 𝖺 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗈𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽... 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾... 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗍?

When Jashari and D'Andreyon met it was messy, things were heated between them. D'Andreyon realized he was drawn to Jashari in a way he didn't expect. He wasn't even sure he was into guys... yet the more he thought about Jashari, the more he liked him. Slowly, he had to admit it to himself. he liked boys too. Jashari, on the other hand, kept his feelings to Dreyo and himself, a secret he wasn't ready to share. No matter how strong the connection, he didn't let anyone-but D'Andreyon-see the truth. (Yeahhh idk what to write🤷‍♀️)

Kaiden enters prison still emotional, loud, and full of life. Saint had already become hardened by years behind bars after being incarcerated at fourteen for protecting his little sister from abuse. Together, they slowly learn that even in a cold, violent environment, love, vulnerability, and trust can still exist. Even hearts surrounded by concrete can still feel something.

Cause you give me something familiar 🖤 • "Look, I ain't mean to wake you up. I was just getting my shit and leaving," he said, quickly reaching down to grab his shirt from off of the ground near a fallen lamp. I guess that was what caused the crash earlier. "We don't even have to talk about it, for real," he rushed out. "So, you was just gon' fuck and dip?" My words stopped him in his tracks. "Without sayin' nothin'?" I was lowkey hurt at the realization that he was tryna sneak out of my spot after what we did. "Kofi...we fucked," he whispered the last part guiltily, as if he was afraid to say it out loud. "You're straight. I-" "Obviously, not anymore...after the way I had you screaming last night." . *Spin-off from Waves

"I thought that I was dreamin' when you said you love me" - Frank Ocean