𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢 (𝒏.) 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖; 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍.

❝𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃.❞

Celeste started her sophomore year determined to stay focused on school, not love. But when a string of unexpected moments draws her closer to Kairo-confident, magnetic, and full of hidden depth-friendship turns into something neither of them saw coming. In the chaos of college life, they discover that sometimes the greatest lessons aren't found in basketball or fashion magazines, but in each other.

"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.

" 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞..."

What happens when you fall for your brother's best friend? The story of Serenity & Jabari.

"Threw away your love letters, I thought it'd made me feel better..."

Devyn Steele is a 22 year old Orthopedic Surgical Resident at UCSF Sports Medicine Center. She mainly operates on professional athletes. Between studying to become an Attending Surgeon and taking care of her little brother Kai, she doesn't have much of a social life. Her life is pretty much a constant cycle consisting of working, sleeping, eating, and taking on that role of a mother. But what happens when she meets a certain Warrior? Will he turn her life around and show her a new outlook on life? Will she let him? Read more to find out... Started: 1 July 2022 Finished: 5 September 2022