Reread the title. It explains it all.

Mace is a soft-hearted yet strong minded young man , recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and still figuring out what that means for him and his career as a classical pianist. War, his older brother's best friend, is a sharp-tongued, violent street-hardened man who sees Mace as a liability and isn't shy about saying so. As misunderstandings and assumptions fade away, the concrete walls of their heart begin to crack, something unexpected and dangerous starts to grow between them. Mace thinks War is a cruel and violent thug. War thinks Mace is a crazed entitled brat . they both find themselves understanding one another, more then anyone else ever could, including themselves.

𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂: 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒃𝒙𝒃

❥ RESTARTED 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞😭 in·de·ci·sive - 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕖. - 𝐎𝐑 - 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕪. - 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 ⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚ How would you feel if you found out your whole relationship was just a joke? A fucking dare. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐛𝐨𝐲. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍; 𝟏𝟏/𝟔/𝟐𝟑 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍; 𝟎𝟑/𝟐𝟖/𝟐𝟒

Shannon Cole has always survived by noticing what others miss. Numbers stick. Faces linger. Conversations don't fade. In the hood, that kind of mind doesn't stay unnoticed-it gets used. Shannon has become a quiet resource, passed between crews whenever something needs remembering, calculating, or confirming. He tells himself it's temporary. Just helping. Just staying afloat. Until everyone wants him. As gangs begin circling closer, access to Shannon turns into competition-and then into risk. Because when too many people want what you know, someone eventually decides you're too valuable to share. Tiger Laurent doesn't compete. He decides. Tiger runs things with calm precision, and when he claims Shannon, it isn't curiosity-it's control. Pulled out of circulation and placed under Tiger's watch, Shannon finds himself safer than he's ever been-and more trapped than he imagined possible. Protection blurs into possession. Use starts to feel permanent. And the more indispensable Shannon becomes, the harder it is to tell whether he's being kept alive... or quietly erased.

Despite trying to stay under the radar, Jahmir catches the eyes of Oliver McCree: the most attention-grabbing person on campus. 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟏 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 "𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆" 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄

In which, Noah becomes Mar's white boy.

Below the Surface is a story about obsession, jealousy, and the quiet damage people carry-where love is complicated, cruelty is calculated, and nothing is ever as simple as it looks.

I don't want to say too much so just follow these reading instructions precisely. First read "Warning" page!! IMPORTANT Second read "Synopsis" page Third read "Characters" page (Carefully) Fourth read ON-> Hope you love it <3 badgalfrmmarz