"She never asked to be chosen second. He never asked to love soft." Ka'Lani Simone Harris spent her whole life watching boys pick her brownskin twin, Imani, first. Every text, every glance, every "you cute but..." - it all ended the same. But when Juelz Amir Thompson steps into her world - quiet, tattooed, hood-smart, and realer than any man she's known - he flips her entire mindset. Only... Ka'Lani ain't sure if he really sees her, or just another shadow of her sister. Juelz got demons. A past that moves quiet but dangerous. And love? That shit was never part of the plan. But Ka'Lani pulls something out of him nobody's ever touched - not his exes, not his block, not even his blood. Now the city watching. Girls throwing shade. Secrets resurfacing. And his enemies? They don't like seeing him soft. But love like this? Ain't soft. It's bold. It's bruised. And it refuses to be background. This ain't no fairytale. This is hood love

no one loves you more than me... and no one ever will.

Siri, play You Da One by Rihanna... Something about him feels like a warning- and a promise. A Chicago Love Story

right place, right time right mind,right now

-Criminal Minds (Season 1 onwards) It all starts in 2004, when Spencer Reid and Elizabeth Bundy do something that Spencer Reid and Elizabeth Bundy wouldn't normally do. "I listen to his tape, where he speaks about me, every night." "That's your way of coping, you don't need to be ashamed."

"𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗘 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱"

"𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐋𝐘, 𝐘𝐄𝐀?" ⁱⁿᶠˡᵘᵉⁿᶜᵉʳ ᶜⁱᵗʸ