Five years after leaving Detroit behind, Lani, Kash, and their son Egypt settle into a new life in Houston-big house, fresh start, and fewer ghosts from the past. Across the street, Isaiah and Hasan are raising their daughter Saryn, balancing love, family, and the heat of the city. What starts as friendly hellos between neighbors quickly turns into late-night conversations, playful tension, and unexpected sparks. With Kash's possessive streak, Hasan's watchful eyes, and Lani and Isaiah caught somewhere between curiosity and temptation, the neighborhood's about to feel a whole lot smaller. Love, loyalty, and desire all blur together in this messy, funny, and dangerously intimate story about chosen family and the lines we can't help but cross.

AURELIA ALVAREZ has been best friends with Eddie Diaz since birth. With their mothers being close, Lia and Eddie grew up knowing just about everything about the other, but there was always one thing Eddie didn't know about Lia, and that was that, since the age of fourteen, she's been hopelessly in love with him. But he, at the same age, met another, and years later, when reunited, Lia watched from the sidelines as her best friend married a woman she cares for, but also a woman she's envious of. Even when he became a father at nineteen, Lia's feelings never changed, but she always remained at his side, always remaining his "best friend". She was there when his wife left, when his son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, when he was in the army, when he struggled to make ends meet, and was even there when he makes a decision to move to Los Angeles. Taking a job at LA County Hospital as a nurse, supporting her best friend in his decision and journey to move, she consequently puts herself in a far worse position, her feelings only growing stronger the more time she spends with him, the more time she takes care of his son, and the more time she gets lost in this idea of hope. After all, he'd never, ever feel the same about her, not when his heart belongs to somebody else. ( eddie diaz x fem!o.c ) ( best friends to lovers ) ( 9-1-1 seasons 2 - ? ) © 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝖿𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖳𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖫𝖠 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 118 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀? 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗆𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖳𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗇 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾. What they don't know is that the new recruit, Montgomery Smith, better know as Monty, is running from his own past in hopes of a new start. Not only struggling with his past but also new feelings. Will he stick around or transfer back to Texas? Maybe even find love? 𝖤𝖽𝖽𝗂𝖾 𝖣𝗂𝖺𝗓 𝗑 𝗆𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖼! 𝖷 𝖤𝗏𝖺𝗇 𝖡𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝗒

"Hey, I need you to breath for me little one." Soft breathy moans left his mouth. His eyes were glazed over. "Baby. I need a verbal confirmation little one. You know this. Can you calm down for me?" Hands brushed through brown curls as body weight was added to the heavy breathing overstimulated man. "Yes sir." was whispered quietly as light brown eyes sought out the green eyes of his partner. DISCLAIMER/WARNING: This is a Criminal Minds fiction. I do not own Criminal Minds that right goes to Jeff Davis. However, I do own the plot and my original characters. This is an LGBTQ+ male x male story involving mature themes and includes BDSM Dom/Sub themes. Please read at your own risk. Note: if I get something wrong dealing with the BDSM culture/community please let me know so I can figure out how to fix it.

▄︻デ══━一 cm˚˳⊹˖࿐ ╰┈➤ clinical hearts ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ IN WHICH────────── Spencer Reid falls for a brilliant but emotionally guarded surgeon, through chance encounters over coffee and sticky-note messages in a cozy D.C. bookstore café. . *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ ╔══ஓ๑♡๑ஓ══╗ "It started with a forgotten book and a sticky note-turns out, falling in love is just organized chaos with better handwriting." ╚══ஓ๑♡๑ஓ══╝ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ Criminal minds fanfic Spencer Reid x male!oc Season 9 - 15 ≪•◦ ❈ ◦•≫ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ p.s - since hotch, emily, and morgan is not part of the bau during seasons 11 (derek), 9 (emily), and 12 (hotch) they are still part of the team for plot purposes. ≪•◦ ❈ ◦•≫

The pad of Derek's thumb slowly slides across my kiss swollen bottom lip while his dark eyes trace the movement intently. I guess I'm going to have to be the one to say what we're both thinking. "That wasn't very just friends of us."