revamping, bare w me

𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐈 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐁𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄.

𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀.

" I don't even like you like that." Her face scrunched up in disgust watching water drip from curls in his hair. " 'Cause you love me. Just like I love you." He retorted with a grin, disregarding the deflecting she was doing. --- They were two sides of the same city-until one move split them down the middle. Elijah and London were inseparable once, bonded by childhood summers, beat-up bikes, and secrets too deep for anyone else to know. Unfortunately, when Elijah's mom packed up and moved her family across Onyx to a rival neighborhood, everything changed. She always thought when she spoke to him again he would've changed like her. She was witty, sarcastic, and had a low tolerance, but he was still the same calm , sweet, cute boy with a heart the size of the sun. Some things haven't changed. Some things never change. The pull between them, the memories that still burn etched marks in their brain, and the words they never said out loud. In a world where loyalty can be life or death, and love isn't always enough to cross old lines, Elijah and London find themselves circling each other again. --- STARTED; MAY 26th, 2025 PUBLISHED JUNE 6th, 2025 FINISHED; SEPTEMBER 27th 2025

- 𝖣𝖨𝖣𝖭'𝖳 𝖳𝖧𝖤𝖸 𝖳𝖤𝖫𝖫 𝖸𝖮𝖴 𝖳𝖧𝖠𝖳 𝖨 𝖶𝖠𝖲 𝖠 𝖲𝖠𝖵𝖠𝖦𝖤?

"𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆.."

❝𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐈𝐍'𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋, 𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐖, 𝐖𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇.❞

"ʙᴜᴛ sʜᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ⵊ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀ, ᴡɪsʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇsᴛ ʟᴜᴄᴋ ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ." ☙✩❧✩☙ ☙✩❧✩☙ ☙✩❧✩☙ ☙✩❧✩☙ ☙✩❧✩☙ ☙✩❧✩☙ ɴɪɴᴀ sɪᴍᴏɴᴇ x ʟɪʟ ᴛᴏɴʏ ғᴀɴғɪᴄ. ʷʳⁱᵗᵗᵉⁿ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖᵘᵇˡⁱˢʰᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᵖʸⁿᵏᵈⁱᵃʳⁱᵉˢ ☜︎ . 𝖶𝖠𝖱𝖭𝖨𝖭𝖦 ⌨︎︎ : 𝖢𝖮𝖭𝖳𝖠𝖨𝖭𝖲 𝖠𝖫𝖮𝖳 𝖮𝖥 𝖬𝖠𝖳𝖴𝖱𝖨𝖳𝖸！

❝𝖶𝖮𝖭'𝖳 𝖥𝖮𝖱𝖦𝖤𝖳 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦, 𝖲𝖠𝖸 𝖨𝖳𝖲 𝖭𝖮𝖳 𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛. 𝖲𝖮 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗕 𝖬𝖤 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝖬𝖤 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖳𝖤𝖫𝖫 𝖬𝖤 𝖶𝖧𝖠𝖳 𝖸𝖮𝖴 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧, 𝖸𝖮𝖴 𝖲𝖠𝖸 𝖸𝖮𝖴'𝖱𝖤 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝖦𝖮 𝖡𝖴𝖳 𝖧𝖮𝖶 𝖢𝖠𝖭 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝖲𝖠𝖸 𝖳𝖧𝖠𝖳 𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖡𝖤 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘?❞ 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝙳 - 𝟤/𝟤𝟥 𝙿𝚄𝙱𝙻𝙸𝚂𝙷𝙴𝙳 - 𝟥/𝟤𝟨 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙸𝚂𝙷𝙴𝙳 -