People have spent years turning Zakai into some kind of monster. Scarred by a tragic apartment fire that took place when he was only eleven years old, Zakai has lived most of his life hiding from the world. With rumors surrounding his name and judgment following him everywhere he goes, isolation became safer than being seen. Meanwhile, Kinsley never expected a simple errand job to lead her to him. What starts as grocery store runs and brief interactions slowly becomes something neither of them saw coming. Because beneath Zakai's cold and distant exterior is a man struggling with years of guilt, grief, and loneliness. And the closer Kinsley gets, the harder it becomes to walk away. Some scars never fade, people just teach you how to live with them.

we can go on and on.

You here forever or temporary?

❛ 𝗐𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗎𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗍𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗋𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗒. 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 ❜ ━━𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗿

𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑵' 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚. 𝑨 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.

"Fighting to keep us together, hope it's worth a try." An hbcu love story

Gabrielle Mitchell and Makai Lemon live completely different lives and don't know each other at all. Gabrielle is focused on surviving her senior year of college, while Makai is preparing for his final season at USC before entering the NFL Draft. But one day, everything changes when Makai follows Gabrielle on Instagram....

"I been tryna speak your love language, fan need me to drop, all the fiends need drop she don't love me now"

"𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐌.". To whoever's reading this, You probably know me as Cameron Cade. The quarterback, the money, the fame, the Golden Arm, but you don't know me and Asia. You don't know how we met, how quickly everything changed, or how a girl with her whole life planned out somehow became the most important part of mine. Asia had neuroscience, her PhD, and a future she swore she wanted, then there was me. I never asked her to give anything up for me. But somewhere along the way, she started questioning the life she'd spent years building. Neuroscience became music. Atlanta became Miami. And the girl who always knew exactly where she was going started wondering if she was still going in the right direction. We loved each other. We hurt each other. We grew up together. And sometimes, I'm still not sure if loving her was the best thing that ever happened to us or the thing that changed us the most. So before you judge me, read the whole story. I'll let you decide who was right. - Cameron Cade.

noelle west lands her dream clinical internship in san antonio as an aspiring physical therapist where she accidentally catches the eye of the twenty-one year old basketball player. unfortunately, she has no idea about the invisible string of drama following behind him. written by blackcarriebradshaw <3