"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！

" 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

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚖 , 𝚗𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 .. ꨄ

❝ It's just that he know what I want. ❞ ©𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.