Saige Monet is almost there. Almost famous. Almost in love. Almost his. Her voice is rising, her name is catching buzz. But the man she shares her nights, and maybe even her heart, with still keeps her tucked in the background. Niko Landry prefers it that way. Behind the camera. Behind the chaos. Behind the walls he's never let anyone through. What they have isn't defined, but it's real. At least, it feels that way. Until it all starts to slip. When a trip back home resurfaces everything Niko buried, their already fragile worlds shatters. He's forced to choose between surviving his past...or building something that lasts. And Saige? She's left with a spotlight, a broken heart, and a future that no longer includes the one person she thought might be hers. Now, she's rising without him and he's learning how to show up for more than just the moment. Because what they had was never nothing. It was almost everything. Almost real. Almost forever. Almost his. Almost yours.

He watched her in quiet admiration, flour dusting her apron and clinging to her skin like she belonged to the bakery itself. His chérie. "Do you know what mon amour, ma chérie means?" he asked softly. She glanced up at him, curious, smiling without knowing why. "No," she said. "Are you going to tell me?" 𓂃۶ৎ Jada Sellis is a Harlem girl whose only real passion is making something of herself-and never letting down the people she loves. Seven days a week, she shows up to the same bakery, finding comfort in routine and joy in the small things: familiar faces, warm pastries, and the happiness she helps create. Happiness has never come easy for Jada. But when life gives you cherries, you make cherry pie. Everything shifts when she meets Milan Louvre-a man chasing a culinary dream at a quieter pace. Where Jada's life has always been loud, Milan speaks in stillness, in patience, in a silence that feels unexpectedly safe. When their worlds collide, Jada discovers softness she never allowed herself to claim. Milan learns that love doesn't come from what he can offer-but from who he is when he has nothing left to prove. And in a world driven by greed and self-interest, love like theirs asks only one question: Are you willing to risk everything for something this real?

Blaise has mastered the art of keeping people at a distance. At twenty-three, her life is simple or at least that's how she likes it. She works at a local skate shop, spends her free time getting high, losing herself in video games, and finds more comfort in her pet snake than she does in most people. Beneath the laid back nerdy exterior is a girl carrying wounds she refuses to let anyone touch. Ever since eleventh grade nothing had been the same for Blaise. Keese already has two girlfriends, a relationship he's convinced himself and others is everything he could ever want. Lately, something feels missing. After crossing paths with Blaise, he becomes intrigued by the girl who seems completely uninterested in being figured out. The more he learns about her, the more convinced he becomes that she could be the missing piece in his life. There's just one problem: Blaise wants no part of sharing a man. What starts as Keese trying to pull Blaise into a life she never asked for quickly becomes something neither of them expected. Blaise challenges everything he thought he wanted, while Keese slowly discovers that the girl he thought he could fit into his world might be the one forcing him to question it. Sometimes the person who wants nothing to do with you is the person who changes everything. STARTED ; JULY 5th, 2026 PUBLISHED ; AUGUST 11th, 2026

(𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 - 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐨

Ameera has always kept to herself. Living life sickle cell means everyday comes with challenges most can't even see, she's learned it's easier that way. School is a place where she minds her business because everyone thinks she better than but they don't know what she battling. Bryan is the bad boy everyone talks about. He always into fights, he constantly getting suspended. People assume he doesn't care, but the truth is, nobody has cared enough to ask if he's okay. Misunderstood and unnoticed, he hides the soft side no one sees. Then Bryan notices Ameera. At first just curiosity, small conversations, and shared moments that feel impossible to ignore. Slowly, walls began to crack, secrets are shared, and a quiet friendship turns into something neither one expected. A slow burn of trust, laughter, and love unfolds proving that sometimes the people who are the most distant can become the ones who matter.

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. "𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭." 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

short story.

If I wanted in girl would you let me? and girl if i had flaws would you accept me?Ain't rushing time just tell me when you ready

"ion give a fuck, she all mines no matter how much we argue."