Lilith Johnson-to the world, she is perfect. An A+ student, cheer captain of her high school, and born into wealth, she is the girl everyone wants to be. But beneath the flawless façade, she is drowning. Struggling with an eating disorder she refuses to acknowledge, she hides her pain behind a mask of perfection. No one sees the cracks. No one suspects a thing. Then there's Zain Tucker-her brother Eli's best friend. Once, Zain and Lilith were inseparable, but everything changed after one fateful incident. He began to hate her, and in turn, the friendship between her and Eli crumbled. As Eli rebelled against their parents' expectations, Lilith remained the golden child, only widening the gap between them. Zain despised her for it. His parents never stopped comparing him to her, always saying, Be more like Lilith. And so, he did the only thing he could-he resented her with everything he had. But what happens when he realizes she's not as perfect as he always believed? And what happens when Lilith can no longer keep up the act?

ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ, ɴᴏᴡ ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴏᴘᴇʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴅʀᴀɢ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪ ᴅᴏ

𝙇𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥． 𝐨𝐨𝐨． he 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝖺 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝖻𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗈𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆.． ⤷ @nottiosama.

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ in which , ddot gets the girl with a snappy attitude to open up. in which , persuasion finally breaks down her walls

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ they meet at the police station & a baltimore girl & harlem boy fall in love.

ᴅɪᴠᴇʀɢᴇɴᴛ; ᴛᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴏʀ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘ ɪɴ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ.

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 𖦹 the voluntarily mute girl meets the loud obnoxious boy

"𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗐𝗍𝗒, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽. 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽, 𝗍𝗈𝗈. 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗂 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽?" - 𝗍𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺 $𝗂𝗀𝗇 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗴 - 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝘆 𝗫𝘅𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆𝘅𝗫 ⭢ 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋. 𝖥𝖾𝖻. 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤 - 𝖠𝗉𝗋. 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤

NOT PROOFREAD YET !! 𝑿𝒂𝒊'𝒍𝒆𝒂 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁-𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲｡ 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻｡ 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲｡ 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿｡ 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀｡ 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒚 '𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆... 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆｡ 𝗘𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻｡

❛𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆?❜ he asked, voice low like it wasn't meant for nobody but her. 𝒛𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐡 didn't speak, just tilted her head a little and stepped in close. she traced one of the tattoos on his arm, finger light like a whisper...when she finally looked up, slow and lazy, doe eyes glinting beneath her lashes--she kissed the corner of his mouth. once, twice--then pulled back. 𝒐𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢 smirked. ❛𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒔𝒐.❜ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ She doesn't speak-not out loud, not anymore. Zariah Hart's been quiet since the night she lost everything, and moving to The Palisade at Skyview Apartments was supposed to give her a fresh start. No expectations. No questions. Just peace. But peace gets complicated when a man like Omarion Jordan starts showing up in it. He's nothing like she expected. Tatted, quiet, with eyes that read people better than they speak. A mechanic with a past he doesn't explain-and a presence that says more than his mouth does. He doesn't ask about her silence. She doesn't flinch at his reputation. Somehow, that's enough. What starts as simple glances turns into shared space. What feels like comfort turns to something neither of them planned for. But Atlanta doesn't forget what people try to bury. And sometimes, the loudest truth is the one you never say out loud. 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓