Zaire isn't the type of man people dream about. He's the one they whisper about. The one mothers warn their daughters to stay away from. He's sharp edges, sleepless nights, and a past too heavy to carry. On the outside, he's all rage and silence. On the inside, he's drowning-haunted by mistakes, chained by loyalty, and convinced love isn't made for men like him. Then Imani comes crashing into his world. She's light where he's darkness, but she's got scars of her own. And no matter how many walls he builds, she keeps finding the cracks. Zaire doesn't know if she's the cure he's been running from...or the wound that finally destroys him. Because in his world, love isn't soft. It's survival. And sometimes survival leaves you BROKEN.

Once, their voices 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 people. Their instruments 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 genres. Their fight 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 barriers. Then 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞 made them 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 how to 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧-even to 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. © 𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

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Short stories of Michael B Jordan

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"He's NO item," they whispered, a dark omen. "PLEASE don't like him," they pleaded, their eyes filled with knowing sorrow. "He DON'T wife 'em," they declared, their voices hard with experience. "He ONE NIGHTS 'em," they finished, a final, brutal truth. I ignored them, blinded by a foolish hope. Those warnings, though they seemed like tired clichés, were the very essence of him. And now, I confess, I wish we'd never met. Funny how everything shifted, how the mask fell away, once he'd taken what he desired. Nothing remained the same.

Oneshots, drabbles, and imagines by TEE.

clifford has the opportunity to choose himself for once. but at what cost will he pick the life that he envisions for himself? -- ► NONE OF THE WORK in this book may be copied or used in any way without my permission. Anything that happens in this story that may conflict with the real world is purely coincidental, as this story is pure realistic fiction.