A TLOU PART 1 X GN!READER

"I'll make the best of working with you more closely.. I mean, working under you, sir! " He beamed, scratching the back of his neck embarrassedly. I couldn't help the look on my face. I was confused. His smile was bright and genuine but it didn't reach his eyes. For some reason, my curiosity had been peaked which hadn't happened for.. a long time. The only thing I've ever been interested in is work. I wanted to know why. Why was he pretending? . . . Two people who work under the same company but lead completely different lives on different wavelengths. Kentrell Suede had an upbringing where success was the most important thing in life. It was drilled into his head and so he went to the extreme with it, becoming the CEO of his company. He's only ever cared about work. He thinks it's pointless to care about things like relationships or hobbies. He's cold and closed off because he believes nothing else matters. Kentrell had reached the top of the ladder so why would he having this emptiness in his heart unbeknownst to him? That was until he met a weirdly happy employee that he would be seeing what more often. Niccolo Siano is your typical happy go lucky employee. So much so because he enjoys his job and the people around him. The company is ran amazing. If you asked his coworkers what he's like, they'd tell you he's always smiling and putting one on others faces. His personal life? Not so much. He swiftly avoid talking about his personal life at work and he'd like to keep it that way. He shows everyone the side he wants to see and not the one when he gets back home. Kentrell didn't get why Niccolo smiled so much when it didn't even reach his eyes. Why smile if your not truly happy? Niccolo wondered why Mr. Suede didn't smile more. He wanted to make him smile just as he did with everyone else. Watch this unlikely pair's story unfold as they fill and mend what the other lacks in his heart. They both learn what The True Meaning of Success is.

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐| 𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. (DISCONTINUED.) 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙸𝚂 𝙵𝙰𝙻𝚂𝙴!! 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 : 𝖺 𝟤𝟦-𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗅𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗅𝖾, 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗉𝗍 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗇𝗈 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝗌' 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝖮𝗇 𝗄𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗒𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗁𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆. 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝖾𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗇. 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐖? 𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐊𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐘 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄? "Can't listen to what I say, bitch, you know I need you Just wanna please you from behind, just wanna' beat you Soon as you throw it back, I go in deep" Photoshop by @amourcee04

CITYWIDE EMERGENCY ALERT: Reports confirm multiple hostile individuals in clown attire attacking civilians. Stay indoors with the doors locked. Avoid windows. Do NOT confront unless absolutely necessary. Law enforcement is responding, but delays are expected due to high volume of incidents. Secure your home. Stay together. If you heard rapid laughter, evacuate the scene immediately. Be careful.

At twenty nine, Rue returns to her hometown of East Harlem New York to check on her family and honor the late birthday of her childhood best friend, Emari ". Now a famous makeup artist , Rue has built a life far from the city she once ran from but being back brings up memories she tried to bury. What she doesn't expect is to see Azriel, an old childhood friend she hasn't spoken to since he went to prison years ago. Struggling with the loss of Emari, Rue fled the city without thinking about how deeply her absence would hurt him. Left alone to face jail and life without anyone in his corner, Azriel accepted the consequences of the streets. Years later, he's no longer the boy she knew but a world known boxer. With unresolved pain, guilt, and feelings neither of them ever truly let go of, Rue and Azriel are forced to face the past.

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇: 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 7 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 "𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭" 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵

⇢ ˗ˏˋ "How many tattoos do you have Hakeem?" In which a 22 year old medical student, who's life isn't what it seems. Being controlled by his parents on a daily wasn't ideal for him or anyone else. But that changes instantly, all by just one person. Read how Jayce's depressed lifestyle is turned upside down by just one trouble maker, who changes his perspective on life as a whole. 》* 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ * 。° 。 • ˚《 <Read at your own risk> 》* 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ * 。° 。 • ˚《 . . . ⇢ ˗ˏˋ published: April 13, 2023࿐ྂ - ̥۪͙۪˚┊ Finished: ??? ┊˚ ̥۪͙۪◌

Trinity Parker is the Sweetheart of R&B - platinum albums, sold-out tours, and a smile the world thinks is real.But someone out there is obsessed with her... and getting closer every day. When the threats turn violent, her team hires Amir "Saint" Bishop - a quiet, intimidating, ex-military bodyguard with one job: protect Trinity at all costs. He moves into her penthouse. He shadows her every step. He guards her family like they're his own. And the closer he gets, the harder it becomes to pretend she doesn't feel safe with him. Seen by him. Wanted by him. One night changes everything. A moment of fear becomes a moment of weakness... A moment of weakness becomes a night they can't forget... And a night they can't forget becomes the most dangerous secret she's ever kept. He swore he'd never cross the line with a client.She swore she'd never give her heart away again. But her stalker isn't the only threat anymore. Falling for each other might be the one thing neither of them can protect against.

𝙰𝚜 𝚉𝚊'𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖,brownskin, 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚏𝚏𝚏𝚏. "𝚊𝚢𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚛" "𝚘𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜......𝕊𝔸𝕀ℕ𝕋" "𝙼𝚖𝚖" 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚉𝚊'𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚉𝚊'𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝙷𝚎𝚜 "𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙴" 𝚉𝚊'𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝....

Two different men, both under her skin like a tick. 𝐌𝐱𝐅𝐱𝐌