Dr. Nylah Rae Mercer took an oath to heal minds, not fall into them. She built her career inside locked wards and white halls, treating patients the world had already given up on. Distance was her armor. Control was her gift. Until she opened a file stamped with one number that changed everything. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 doesn't scream. He doesn't beg. He doesn't act insane the way they expect him to. Kai Beton is quiet, observant, dangerous in a way no diagnosis can explain. A hood nigga with violence in his history and intelligence they keep underestimating. Everyone sees a monster. Nylah sees a man who learned how to survive cages long before this one. Their sessions become the only place he softens. The only place she feels seen. Boundaries blur. Warnings get ignored. And the deeper she goes into his mind, the more she realizes the truth no one wants to admit-Kai isn't broken. He was buried. When the institution tightens its grip and Kai's life is quietly placed on the chopping block, Nylah is forced to choose between her oath and her heart. Between safety and truth. Between the life she built and the man who feels like home. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲. Cover @trenchlordtales <3

Jasani Bennett has lost everything - his baby mama to an overdose, his faith in women, and now his home. All he has left is his four-year-old son, Sincere, and the cold streets of Chicago in December. When the snow turns to freezing rain, Von's pride nearly costs them shelter until Jailyn Wilson, a stylist stuck in Chicago for the holidays, sees them outside as she's driving back to her Airbnb. Against her better judgment, she lets them in for the night. What was supposed to be one night turns into days as Jasani struggles with his trust issues and Jailyn struggles with her loneliness. The tension builds as she teaches Sincere the joy of Christmas while slowly breaking through Jasani's walls. But the question is - will Von let go of his pain and accept that maybe, Christmas didn't just come to Chicago, it came to save him?

𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁－𝖽𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌． 𝖽𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀．𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝗁𝗒𝗌𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒．𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉．𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 ？

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 two childhood best friends turn into two different people leaving them unrecognizable to one another.

"𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗙 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗩𝗘 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗘" 𝗗 𝗜 𝗦 𝗖 𝗢 𝗡 𝗧 𝗜 𝗡 𝗨 𝗘 𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 | 𝖠 𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇, 𝖪𝖺𝗒𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗂 𝖱𝗂𝗈𝗌, has the 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶 𝗢𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮 by her side. ★ or ☆ Dishonest teen loves a honest one.

📓๋࣭ ⭑✐❝𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?❞ 𝙕𝘼𝙀𝙇𝙔𝙉𝙉𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎

- 𝖠 𝓙𝘼𝙔𝙆𝙇𝙄𝘾𝙆𝙄𝙉 𝖥𝖠𝖭𝖥𝖨𝖢 .ᐟ ᰔ ₊˚ ❛❛ 𝖨 𝖶𝖠𝖲 𝑾𝑶𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝖬𝖠𝖸𝖡𝖤 𝖢𝖮𝖴𝖫𝖣 𝖨 𝖬𝖠𝖪𝖤 𝖸𝖮𝖴 𝖬𝖸 𝖡𝖠𝖡𝖸 𝖨𝖥 𝖶𝖤 𝖣𝖮 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑲𝑨𝑩𝑳𝑬 𝖶𝖮𝖴𝖫𝖣 𝖨𝖳 𝖬𝖠𝖪𝖤 𝖴𝖲 𝖫𝖮𝖮𝖪 𝑪𝑹𝑨𝒁𝒀 𝖮𝖱 𝖶𝖮𝖴𝖫𝖣 𝖨𝖳 𝖡𝖤 𝖲𝖮 𝖡𝖤𝖠𝖴𝖳𝖨𝖥𝖴𝖫 𝖤𝖨𝖳𝖧𝖤𝖱 𝖶𝖠𝖸 𝖨'𝖬 𝖲𝖠𝖸𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝖨𝖥 𝖸𝖮𝖴 𝖠𝖲𝖪 𝖬𝖤 𝖨'𝖬 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝒀 .ᐟ ❜❜ @ ᴿᴱᵞᴱˢᴮᴸᵁᴺᵀ ᴾᴿᴼᴰᵁᶜᵀᴵᴼᴺˢ

➤ @ԃυɱρԃαɠʅσƈƈ ρɾσԃυƈƚισɳ 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓 ; 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

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