Nas disappeared years ago. Kyrin moved on from his dumb crush on his older brother's best friend... or so he thought. But Nas's return proves those feelings never vanished - they just hid. He's different now: older, sharper, more calculated, with eyes that speak more than his words. And the difference this time? They're living in the same space....where temptation lurks in every corner.

Dakota came from a abusive home were his father would physically hurt him and his mama, he never thought he and his mama would ever get out. Maybe one day could change all this... © 2024 All Rights Reserved To The Original Author ᯽𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚n

Besties to lovers "I know it's scary but let's figure this out.. for us"

"Why you always look so serious after church." Roman asked, his eyes low . "You just spent two hours talkin to God." Serene adjusts the strap of her bag, looking around to make sure no one saw them. "You shouldn't even be back here." He smiled at that. "You always say that shit." "I mean it," she said, but her voice was softer than she wanted it to be. Roman stepped close enough so she could smell the weed on him. "You mean it every Sunday, church girl." Her cheeks heated up from the slight embarrassment of him calling her that. "Don't call me that." He tilted his head. "Why not? That's what you are." "I'm not just that," she said a little defensive and unsure; she didn't know what she was, but she didn't want a boy she thinks is cute to think of her as just the quiet preachers daughter who was a square. His smile faded as his eyes narrowed and he tilted his head. "I know." Then, after a beat, "That's why I like you." Serene swallowed and her fingers tightened around her bible. "You shouldn't." "I know," licked his lips, his eyes dropping to her hands before trailing back to her face. "But here we are." ㅤꨄ︎ ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɴ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀ, ɪ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴡ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ -Mariah the Scientist

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬. They are both tense, hot, and guilty as charged. 𝐁𝐱𝐁

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇- Sage Monroe finally opened Sweet Tooth, the bakery she and her late grandmother always dreamed of-only to find herself next door to loud bass, loud weed, and an even louder man who owns the dispensary beside her. Cash Vaughn owns the whole strip, but Sage doesn't care about his money, power, or reputation. All she knows is he's bad for business... and somehow impossible to ignore. Cash doesn't trust anybody outside his bloodline, but Sage gets under his skin in ways nobody ever has. What starts as tension turns into something neither of them saw coming-until betrayal, kidnapping, and a deadly street war threatens to tear it all apart. And when the smoke clears, Cash has to decide if love is worth bleeding for... and Sage has to decide if she can survive loving a man built for war.

Both dominant, both love a challenge...what could go right?

DESCRIPTION: Devonte Armani is seventeen, fragile in ways no one bothers to understand. After a tragic lost, guilt eats him alive, his parents feel distant, and being openly gay makes him a target. He loves too softly in a world that punishes softness, until hating himself feels like survival. Jayden Romari is nineteen feared in the streets, worshipped in the music scene, empty behind the image. Orphaned young, built from violence and silence, he learned power is safer than feeling. He doesn't do weakness. He doesn't do love. So when their worlds collide, Jayden hates Devonte on sight. But when he sees Devonte being hurt, something dark and dangerous wakes up inside him. Obsession replaces hatred. Protection turns possessive. And Jayden is forced to face the one truth that terrifies him most Devonte Armani isn't just a weakness... he's everything he never knew he needed.

De'Vorius, a man who's independence comes from his ability to observe silently, thinking ahead quickly and manipulate situations in his favor, ends up faltering for someone, love blocking his judgment until he and his lover can come to terms with the things they're feeling. Emurion, the type of person who's everywhere, knows anyone, good or bad, with a short temper and liking for bloodshed and revenge, ends up finding attraction in another, someone he can't face at the arrival of these new feelings.

Marcus moved out of the neighborhood years ago. He got a nice condo in the city, a nice job working with kids. I mean, he can't keep a girl but he was living good. All until his brother ends up in the hospital, bringing him back to the hood and right into a childhood crush he forgot he had.