A Sinners-Modern!AU Melody came back to Houston with a plan-stay low and stack her. Fresh out of nursing school and back from Mexico, she's ready to reconnect with family, find herself, and finally exhale in the thick heat of the city she used to call home during the summer. But Houston's changed-and so has she. But nothing threw her off balance more than him-Smoke. Quiet. Tattooed. Dangerous in the way a match is before it touches fire. A friend of her brother's, with a stare that says more than he ever will. What starts as late-night texts and car conversations quickly turns into something deeper, something riskier. Melody finds herself toeing the line between danger and desire-and Smoke's not the type to let go easy.

"You had the chance to get out of this lifestyle. Why didn't you take that chance?" "A dog always returns to its vomit. Plus, this is my empire and he owes me. He thinks he's the kingpin, well I'm the fucking queen pin. I helped build all of this from the ground, up. I just want what's due."

Erik and Zahra are finally married but will their marriage make it ? Is Erik willing to give up his bad habits for his family ? Will he get caught up in the street life ? Is Zahra willing to stay ? Will she finally leave her rocky relationship with Erik and run ?

Bakari is a man who surrendered his soul to the seven deadly sins. Not by accident, but by desire and power, proving that evil isn't born, it's invited. He deeply embodies each of the seven deadly sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. He uses them as tools to manipulate, control, and dominate. Nicole is a woman who was pulled into a dangerous orbit of darkness and seduction and she finds herself trapped by the very sins she's always stood against. This is what happens when a good girl becomes acquainted with a DOMIN.

Ava Loftis, a celebrated Black female director and writer, is at the height of her career, yet haunted by the shadows of her past. Determined to tell powerful stories, Ava casts actor Michael B. Jordan in her latest film, igniting not just artistic chemistry, but a deeper, more complicated bond. As their relationship grows beyond the set, Ava and Michael confront a storm of emotions fueled by toxic masculinity, jealousy, trust issues, and the scars of disloyalty. Through emotional battles, lies, and intimate revelations, Ava and Michael must navigate love, healing, and fame-as the spotlight never leaves them in the dark.

He clenched his jaw, " Ephesian-" " You left me, remember?! You left me!" " I NEVER FUCKIN LEFT YOU, AIGH?! IM STILL FUCKIN HERE!" " NO THE FUCK YOU'RE NOT, ADONIS! YOU HAVENT BEEN HERE FOR ME FOR FUCKIN WEEKS! ALL THOSE TIMES I FUCKIN CALLED YOU, YOU WERENT THERE! WHEN I DIDNT EAT FOR THREE FUCKIN DAYS, YOU WERENT THERE! WHEN I HAD TO DEAL WITH MY BROTHER'S CONSTANT BULLSHIT, YOU WERENT THERE! YOU LEFT ME WITHOUT A FUCKIN EXPLANATION!" " THE FUCK YOU WANT ME TO DO?! HUH?! I CANT CHANGE WHAT THE FUCK I DID, IMANI! I CANT MAKE YOU CHANGE YA MIND ABOUT ME! SO WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT ME TO DO?!" He screamed in my face. I groan angrily, whirling around I speed walked to the front door. I hear the door slam open widely, then Adonis's voice in the background. " IMANI!" I stop in the middle of the road, " WHAT?!" " WHERE THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU GOIN?!" I turn back around, stomping in the direction of the empty parking lot. " AWAY FROM YOU! AWAY FROM EVERYTHING! I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS BULLSHIT!" _________________________ Sequel to ' Hating Miguel' * previously known as Loving Ephesian *

To prove that she was very much alive she pinched his arm and he smiled before pulling her in for another hug. "Does this mean you don't hate me anymore" he asked rising an eyebrow. "I never did hate you. You just got on my nerves" she said pulling away to sit on the bed. He put on some sweatpants before sitting next to her on the bed as it grew quiet in the room. "When were you going to tell me" he asked. Her eyes widen when she knew what he was talking about but she didn't want to say something that he didn't know about. "What do you mean?" She asked turning to face him. He cupped her chin before looking her dead in the eyes and telling her. "That you were pregnant"

Erik serves seven years of his ten-year sentence, getting out on good behavior to finally teach his girl who left him almost four years ago a lesson (A NASTY LESSON)

"What do you want, N'Jadaka-" "Erik." He corrected, making her smirk. "For someone who is so against the colonizers, you wear your colonized name with such pride-" "That colonized name holds more pride and honor than my birth name."

"I had you once, i was hooked. The first time made me want you all the time. I fell deep with your pretty eyes."