Honest and Javon have been inseparable since they were kids. Through every fight, heartbreak, and bad decision, they've always had each other's backs. To everyone around them, they're just best friends-nothing more. But behind closed doors, loyalty begins to blur into something neither of them is prepared to face until they begin to question everything they thought they knew about themselves...and each other.

Removed from their own stories and brought together under one roof, some of your favorite characters and couples are about to take part in an unforgettable reality competition where every conversation, challenge, and unexpected twist is captured on camera. Inside The Retreat, alliances will be formed, tensions will rise, personalities will collide, and relationships will be tested as they compete for the ultimate prize. With nowhere to hide and cameras following their every move, they'll quickly learn that living together may be harder than winning. The Retreat is a non-canon crossover experience where the original stories remain unchanged-but inside this house, absolutely anything can happen.

Kazeem "Kaz" Curtis is known on the block for wooing the ladies. He's handsome, fly, and everybody's got his name in their mouth. But when the truth about what he's hiding comes out, will they reject him-or finally see him for who he really is? Before he can figure that out, Jasir enters his life. Some call him a mystery. Others know him as hood royalty. But all Jasir knows is that Kazeem isn't as slick as he thinks. He sees right through him.

Assad knows better than to mix business with pleasure. Cairo is his boss. Untouchable and off limits. Hakeem was supposed to be simple. Easy. Safe. Until the night everything unravels. What Assad thought was just a fling turns complicated when he finds out Hakeem already has a man. A powerful man. A familiar one. Now loyalty, desire, and feelings are tangled together. And when two men who already share everything decide they want him too, Assad has to choose whether he is ready for something bigger or ready to walk away before it costs him everything.

| 𝐚𝐡 • 𝐠𝐚𝐡 • 𝐩𝐚𝐲 | 𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞; 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. (BOOK ONE.) (EXTENDED SUMMARY INSIDE.)

"What am I to you?" "Everything. And if anyone tries to take you from me I will put them in the fucking ground and sleep next to you on top of it."

Jayden is guy who's quick to angry but keeps to his self for the most part unless provoked otherwise. Having more then enough things going on in his life. He doesn't let just anybody in nor does he care to. Things change when an altercation happens at school and Jayden is sent to his coach's office. Coach getting fed up with the way Jayden's been acting and breaks the news to him that if he doesn't get his grades up and act together he'd be kicked off the team. Jayden having no way how as his failing for the most part all of his classes. Coach didn't suggest it but pushed for him to get tutored by William Keith the most popular kid in school and the basketball team captain who happens to be the top student in his school to Jaydens dismay. Left with no other options Jayden must get tutored in order to stay on the team. But what happens when one tutoring sessions take an unexpected turn for better or worst and they start to see each other deeper then they ever thought they would.

Tru never had a problem cutting people off until Kannon came home. Fresh out after six years, Kannon quickly becomes the one person Tru can't seem to avoid. Every encounter between them turns hostile, reckless, and toxic as hell. But the more they clash, the harder it becomes to walk away before somebody gets hurt.

𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐍' 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 | 𝐁𝐗𝐁

" 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 " #1 in intersex