Jasani Bennett has lost everything - his baby mama to an overdose, his faith in women, and now his home. All he has left is his four-year-old son, Sincere, and the cold streets of Chicago in December. When the snow turns to freezing rain, Von's pride nearly costs them shelter until Jailyn Wilson, a stylist stuck in Chicago for the holidays, sees them outside as she's driving back to her Airbnb. Against her better judgment, she lets them in for the night. What was supposed to be one night turns into days as Jasani struggles with his trust issues and Jailyn struggles with her loneliness. The tension builds as she teaches Sincere the joy of Christmas while slowly breaking through Jasani's walls. But the question is - will Von let go of his pain and accept that maybe, Christmas didn't just come to Chicago, it came to save him?

Sometimes life gets weird. You lose hope, then you'll fall down, but then you'll get back up again. Sage did. So hang in there; it gets better, with time. A short story.

𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝗼𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝗼𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝗺 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝗼𝐟 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝗼𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐝𝐞𝗺𝗼𝐧 𝐛𝗼𝗼𝐤 𝐬𝗼 𝐲'𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝗼𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝗼𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭 𝗺𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚:)

"Put a 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 opp b*tch in the morgue, call that b*tch drop dead 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬." - KV

"I know ma. Stop fronting. Tell me you miss me." He kissed her in between his words, in love with the way her brown eyes dazed. "I miss you. And your mouth tastes like pickles." She spoke softly, a smile taking over her face once he laughed. "You wanna taste it again?" He stuck his tongue out at her, and she closed her eyes after sucking it into her mouth. She cradled the side of his face, rubbing over his prominent jawline as the kiss deepened. Dayvon's hands went underneath her tank top, breaking the kiss for a moment to get it off. The way he rubbed on her body made her moan again, missing the feeling of his hands on her skin. He hadn't touched her intimately in so long. She'd missed him.

In a world where loyalty means everything, Brielle Banks must choose between the family she's always known and the man who could destroy it all. Caught between revenge and unexpected attraction, sparks fly behind bars. Will she fall into Sincere's dangerous world-or will their violent past rip them apart?

in which she is almost caught cheating and convinces both parties to try a poly relationship

" i am what I am , what I'm not see I'll never be" - 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙤𝙣 ❤︎

" I ain't no professional, but what's the problem lil folks..."

❝𝖠nd you gotta love me easy, I've been hurt too many times, been cursed too many times❞ ©𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒𝐁𝐘𝐊𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 Dayvon, a former gang member turned mechanic, has left the streets behind, determined to live a clean life after a dangerous past. But when he meets Patience, a high-maintenance, boujee woman from the hood, their world's collide.