When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, it didn't just destroy homes-it destroyed lives, families... and the unbreakable bond between two best friends. Dejahnae and Kentrell were inseparable, the kind of connection that felt destined, unshakable. Until the storm came and ripped them apart without warning. In the chaos, they lost everything-including each other. Left with nothing but grief and unanswered questions, both were forced to survive in a world that no longer felt like home. Ten years later, survival looks different. Kentrell is now a chart-topping rapper, known for his raw lyrics and haunted sound-but behind the fame is a man still drowning in the past. The storm never really left him. Nightmares, guilt, and a pain he can't outrun follow him everywhere he goes. And no matter how far he's come, he never stopped searching for the one person he lost that night. Dejahnae, now a trauma therapist, has dedicated her life to helping others heal... even though she never truly healed herself. She's learned how to carry pain, how to bury it, how to smile through it-but not how to let it go. When fate unexpectedly brings them face-to-face again, the reunion isn't what either of them imagined. Because love didn't disappear that night... but trust did. Old wounds reopen, buried truths rise to the surface, and the question they've both avoided for years finally demands an answer- Did you leave me... or did I lose you? As past and present collide, Dejahnae and Kentrell must confront the storm that still lives inside them. Because this time, it's not just about finding each other again... It's about deciding if they can survive each other.

❝YOUR PARAGRAPHS MEAN SHIT TO ME, IT'S VERBATIM WHAT YOU SAID LAST WEEK...❞ - 𝙾𝙽𝙴 𝚂𝙷𝙾𝚃 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 !

"I don't know this man, I don't know his friends, I don't know his type." No amount of love could replace the past. And they had a lot of that for one another-love that is. The two child hood friends had bonded early on, especially over their love of music. Where one lacked, one had. Mariah was the writer, Kentrell the performer. It's only until a high school talent show that Kentrell performs a song written by his beloved best friend, Mariah...that his career takes off. But it happens to take off without Mariah. And he had promised to take her. Promises were meant to be broken I suppose.

'I dug a hole for me and you never, never separate I should lay with you what they say?' Gianna and Kentrell once loved each other loudly, until the love turned sharp and spilled timelines, lyrics, and headlines. Years later, the noise has quieted, but the feelings haven't. With a pending divorce and an engagement gone cold, fate places them in places where they both can't leave where old wounds still hum and unfinished songs linger in the air. Where I hate you's turn to secret late night calls. Some love doesn't end. They just wait.

18 year old Nevaeh has always played by the rules. But rules don't matter when Kentrell Gaulden enters the room-Miami's most feared drug kingpin, manipulative, untouchable, and impossible to resist. Soft, cautious, and loyal, Nevaeh should run... but she doesn't. And in his world, no one stays innocent for long.

⁰⁰² ┊𝐍𝐁𝐀 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐁𝐎𝐘 x 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎 ੈ✩‧₊˚ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ : 𝖺𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗌𝖺 visits her father in lousiana, while being down there she finds out her dad is the ceo of an record label, meeting one of us biggest artist the two slowly began to get close.. 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍: ᴊᴀɴᴜᴀʀᴀʏ 𝟷𝟻ᴛʜ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 : ᴏɴɢᴏɪɴɢ 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 : ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 | 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹 ®! ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴏxɪᴄᴘᴜɴᴋ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍʏ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴏꜱᴇ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴡꜱ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ɴᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʜᴀꜱ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʀᴇᴀʟ ʟɪꜰᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀʟʟ ꜰᴀᴋᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴏᴡɴ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ ᴏʀ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏꜱ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ. ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴛᴇᴀʟ ᴍʏ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴏʀ ᴍʏ ɪᴅᴇᴀ.

Kentrell Gaulden aka NBA Youngboy has gotten everything he's ever wanted, but he's still not complete. He needs help, an escape, some true love. One night he falls asleep, and see this girl, and she completes him, she loves him, she's his escape. She's his Naomi.

'Shawty I fuck with you, but it's going down in the city