𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄. banners + cover by @-laysdiary They had one rule. Don't involve the media. No pictures. No posting. No feelings. Kylan Westbrook just got drafted to the Miami Dolphins, rookie year going crazy, his name everywhere, life moving fast. Aja Tejada already had her own buzz, her own money, her own name. She wasn't impressed by athletes, and he wasn't looking for nothing serious. So it stayed what it was. Late nights. Quiet links. Nobody knowing nothing. Until he switched up. Texts slowed down. Calls stopped. Then he was just gone like it never even happened. Aja ain't chase him. Ain't post about him. Ain't say nothing. She just went quiet and kept working. New music, new look, baggy clothes, then she disappeared off the internet completely. When she came back, she didn't explain nothing. She just dropped a video. And at the end of it, her hand was on her stomach. Pregnant. The internet went crazy trying to figure out who the father was, whole time Kylan still living his life, doing interviews, playing games, not knowing he left more than just a situation behind. Until one night, they in the same room again. One question. Is it mine. And just like that, everything they kept quiet gets loud. Now the media watching, their teams in their ear, and the only way to control the story is to lie. Act like they been together. Act like they happy. Act like this was always the plan. Playing house for the cameras is easy. Doing it for real is where it gets complicated. 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄.

Dayvon "Von" Thomas knew what it felt like to be wanted. As a rising rapper with viral songs, a major label deal, and Bellarose watching his every move, attention came easy and women came easier. Siren Mills was supposed to be no different. She danced at The Rose, the most popular strip club in the city, moved how she wanted, and carried herself like a woman who answered to nobody. Beautiful, sharp, sensual, and way too comfortable with keeping men in rotation, Siren was the first woman who made Von feel everything he had spent years making other people feel. Wanting more. Waiting too long. Reading too deep. And the worst part was, she was not even trying to do it. Siren liked Von from the start, but liking a man and changing her life for him were two different things. She was only sleeping with him, publicly around him, and all over his world, yet still not ready to call herself his until she was one hundred percent sure he could handle the reality of loving a woman like her. A woman who gave softness without surrender, sex without instant commitment, and girlfriend energy that made men forget they had not earned the title. Now Von has to prove he is not just addicted to the chase, the sex, or the thrill of almost having her. Because in Bellarose, where everybody is watching and nothing stays private for long, wanting Siren is easy. Keeping her is where it gets real.

"𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻." 𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐀𝐏𝐑 𝟐𝟔

"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯' 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘶𝘣." © 2020 | ru33ian March 2020 - Present DISCONTINUED.

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𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙨. 𝙔𝙚𝙩, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙. [MAY 2024- AUGUST 2024]

❝SAY SHE LOVE ME, UGLY BOY, TOXIC PUNK, THEY DON'T LOVE ME❞ 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏

"𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.." 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴... 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮." 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘔𝘈𝘠 2022 (not edited)

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