When two teenagers who share the same interests but are so different at the same time, are drawn to each other after a run in at the gym. started: march 13, 2024 finished:

❝ 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵? ❞ 𝐈'𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐓.

" I don't even like you like that." Her face scrunched up in disgust watching water drip from curls in his hair. " 'Cause you love me. Just like I love you." He retorted with a grin, disregarding the deflecting she was doing. --- They were two sides of the same city-until one move split them down the middle. Elijah and London were inseparable once, bonded by childhood summers, beat-up bikes, and secrets too deep for anyone else to know. Unfortunately, when Elijah's mom packed up and moved her family across Onyx to a rival neighborhood, everything changed. She always thought when she spoke to him again he would've changed like her. She was witty, sarcastic, and had a low tolerance, but he was still the same calm , sweet, cute boy with a heart the size of the sun. Some things haven't changed. Some things never change. The pull between them, the memories that still burn etched marks in their brain, and the words they never said out loud. In a world where loyalty can be life or death, and love isn't always enough to cross old lines, Elijah and London find themselves circling each other again. --- STARTED; MAY 26th, 2025 PUBLISHED JUNE 6th, 2025 FINISHED; SEPTEMBER 27th 2025

𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵?

" nothing lasts forever , but at least we got all these memories "

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘵. "𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩." [JUNE 2023- JULY 2024]

- Yeah, I'm mad at you And I know I fucked up, well damn look how you move -

sequel to teach me.

"𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳." 𝐃𝐄𝐂 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃: 𝐎𝐂𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺