"you consume me" "I can't live without you" "i'm addicted"

Nazir and Ammo are gang rivals bound by history, pride, and a deep dislike that follows them through the streets and the halls of school. Every encounter feels hostile, charged, and one step away from violence. When Nazir's best friend Bando brings him an opportunity involving one of Ammo's operations, it quickly turns into a dangerous mistake. What should have been simple goes wrong, chaos erupts, and the consequences leave scars that can't be ignored. Not long after, a fight between Nazir and Ammo at school lands them in in-school suspension. What starts as tension turns into something neither of them expected, and anger gives way to a kiss that changes everything. Determined to forget what happened, Nazir tries to move on. But the truth is unavoidable. The hate they thought defined them was never just hate. It was the beginning of something far deeper and far more dangerous.

Both dominant, both love a challenge...what could go right?

Everybody loves Kaydence Brooks until he gets too loud, too emotional, too annoying, too much. Kaydence is the funny kid in a loud chaotic family that never stops moving always joking, always talking, always smiling before anybody can notice when something's actually wrong. At home, his dads think he's just dramatic. At school, people laugh with him just enough to hide when they laughing at him too. And somewhere between family chaos, secret smoking, slipping grades, and a girlfriend his parents can never find out about, Kaydence is trying his hardest not to fall apart in front of everybody watching him. Then Dejuan transfers in. Calm where Kaydence is chaotic, quiet where Kaydence fills every silence, Dejuan somehow sees through him almost immediately and for the first time in a long time, being around somebody doesn't feel exhausting. It feels easy. Dangerous... but easy. Now caught between who people think he is and who he might actually become, Kaydence is about to learn that growing up isn't just messy it can change everything you thought you knew about yourself.

"𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘢 i thought you was gone give up on me" ( THERE IS NO SMUT IN THIS BOOK )!!!!!!

Besties to lovers "I know it's scary but let's figure this out.. for us"

Sage's first day at a new job could be described as nothing, but interesting. It wasn't the job. Wasn't even the manager. It was him.

Everybody knew they were too close. The late-night calls, the jealousy, the lingering touches, the way they always found their way back to each other. But when feelings start turning into something neither of them can ignore, their entire friend group begins to notice what they've been trying not to admit. Maybe it wasn't just friendship after all. Maybe it had always been you.

"I thought that I was dreamin' when you said you love me" - Frank Ocean

Querencia: a place where you feel most at home, where your soul feels safe 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐱𝐁