A new Dougala story

Two years later, they stand face-to-face again. Will love win this time?

Young, ambitious, and determined to prove herself in a world that chronically underestimates women like her, Kamala Harris becomes Los Angeles' first Black female District Attorney at just twenty-nine - a historic win that turns heads across the country. But nobody's head snaps faster than Senator Barack Obama's. Years ago, before ambition pulled them onto different coasts and different lives, they were inseparable - high school, and college sweethearts at Harvard, study partners, dream-builders, first loves. Five years of being each other's entire world... Now, less than a decade later, he watches her rise in the spotlight he always knew she was destined for, and for the first time in years... something in him cracks open. And when the Senate Judiciary Committee assigns him to oversee a joint ethics task force - one that requires close collaboration with the District Attorney's office - fate slams them right back into each other's orbit. But that doesn't mean either of them are happy about it...

A repost of an old fic for my girl PNC. DA era Kamala. I think this story was one of the precursors to 100 and Rising.

When an up and coming, fiery chef is thrown into a high-stakes cooking show owned by the notorious and perfectionist Kamala Harris, sparks fly both on the stove and off. Rivalry turns to obsession, desire simmers beneath every glance, and even the most experienced chefs can stumble. In a kitchen where temptation is always on the menu, only one thing is certain: passion is best served slow, and love... must be seasoned to taste.

Indie 23 fresh out of college raising her youngest brother while also helping care for her nana and her other siblings She studied Political Science but so far she hasn't felt accomplished at anything going on in her life suddenly her best friend drags her to a rally can that one rally change her life forever? INDIE HAYES-OLDEST OF 5/ MC 23YRS KAMALA HARRIS-45YRS IVY HAYES-SECOND OLDEST 20YRS INDRIS HAYES-OLDEST BROTHER-17YRS IRIS HAYES-SISTER 16YRS ISA HAYES-BABY BROTHER 4YRS NANA/Ms, ELIZABETH LOXLEY Seraphina Vale-23yrs/ Indies best friend of 23 yrs

She was only supposed to fill in. Not fall in love. When Lauren Stone, a sharp-tongued Mississippi strategist with a talent for crisis management, steps in as temporary Chief of Staff for Senator Kamala Harris, she expects long hours, endless meetings, and a front-row seat to the barely contained chaos of American politics. What she doesn't expect is Kamala herself, composed, powerful, and completely off limits. Their relationship begins with stolen glances and late-night policy debates. But when a snowstorm traps them together during a campaign tour, boundaries blur, secrets crack open, and a quiet, aching intimacy takes root. Now back in D.C., Kamala is still her boss, Lauren is still on the job, and the rules are painfully clear. But desire doesn't care about propriety, and love never asks for permission. Between closed door negotiations and high stakes votes, the two women find themselves tangled in something neither of them can name and neither of them is willing to lose. Southern Substitution is a slow-burn political romance about power, longing, and the people we become when no one's watching.

Book 2 to secrets in the spotlight!!