Watty's 2024 shortlist, Watty's 2024 Best Characters winner A story of boxing, drugs, and love Tyreek Nixon is a 26 year old underground boxer who goes by the alias Pretty Boy. He's known he was attracted to boys for as long as he could remember, but one man really catches his attention during one of his fights. All he wants is even the chance to get to know this man better, no matter how many fights he has to win to impress him. DeAndre Kingston is a 28 year old New York native who is known around the city for his product- weed and pills. One day when DeAndre is selling at an underground boxing event, he finds himself suddenly enraptured by one of the fighters. DeAndre may have never felt an attraction for a man before but that sure didn't stop him from wanting this "Pretty Boy" The two embark on an intertwining story of romance, blood, and drama, enduring it all for the sake of being able to call each other "mine"

" Yeah, anything 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶, Jahkeem. "

a story about a felon who decided to do adult films

In which Jayhden doesn't understand why Algee won't sell him any more drugs. Will the title of this story change from fuck you to love you? 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐱𝐛𝐥𝐞

Based in 2020, outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia Capri Laurent, a 19 year old community college student pursuing a degree with no real end goal in mind. Living at home with his parents, sister and baby bo, his life isn't as easy as it appears to be. Having his son at the ripe age of 17, Capri has to make ends meet for his kid, especially when the mother wasn't exactly in the picture. As if his life wasn't hard enough, after his son is diagnosed with autism Capri isn't sure how their lives will look for them. Playing the cards he was dealt, he grows, like a rose through concrete- with help of course. Harlem Santino, a 20 year old with dreams higher than he can reach. Harlem had always been amazing in sports, you name it- football, soccer, baseball, but basketball owned his heart. It was his passion, what kept the light shining bright in his big brown eyes. With a once in a lifetime opportunity with a full basketball scholarship to GSU Harlem would have been stupid to turn it down. However life had a twisted and fucked up way of making good people hurt. When his mother and only living family member is diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer Harlem is forced to touch bases with old connects and pick up a not so safe side hustle. All while balancing his sport management degree and his grilling basketball requirements. Seemingly both alone in their own ways, who knew that an old hardly in use skating rink, a few joints, and good old r&b story telling would bring two drowning souls together and make life seem all the more bearable.

𝚗𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚠, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜.

if there was something donghyuck couldn't stand more than anything else, it had to be being the centre of attention. he was perfectly fine stanning his favourite kpop boy band alone in his room and counting not more than seven loyal friends. yeah, everything was perfect that way... but all it took was a simple meeting with super m for the anonymity donghyuck loved so much to slip between his fingers and to be replaced by fame. markhyuck, idol/fan au

"No one knows what was done to me this summer. And no one will ever find out. They wouldn't understand... My own parents don't even understand... No one knows and no one saw.... or so I thought." Iyana Bright is a 17 year old, high school girl who goes through a horrifically violent experience during her summer break, but a spiked drink leaves her memory in a haze. Through the new school year as a senior, she deals with bouts of PTSD, anxiety, and depression as the memories of her ordeal haunt her every waking moment. Until the new girl, Jules; who also happens to be her next door neighbor, enters her life. Jules, also a 17 year old senior, has demons of her own to fight. With no mother in the picture, a suspiciously angsty college brother, and an abusive father who can't keep his anger in check, she carries a little secret of her own that could either make or break Iyana's traumatic grief. What will these two find waiting at the end of their journey; one happy ending... or an ending for one?

Isis knows one thing and one thing only boxing. She sleeps and eats it. She doesn't have the time for anything else. But will the new ring girl get in the way of Ice the undefeated champ lifestyle. Janessa just wants a fresh start from her old life. She wants to live her life knowing she can be accepted for who she is. And living with her mother wasn't cutting it. So as a ring girl will she find what she wants? Money,Happiness, and True love. ❤ Ryan raised his two kids alone. Their mother chose crack instead of them. But when Eliana comes back claiming she's clean, what will happen. Will Ryan forgive her or turn her away? Read and found out in this sexy beautiful urban lesbian-straight love story

⚠️deaths, blood, killing, stabbing, piercing and shooting⚠️ Like the hunger games. Expect different. 9 districts. Two tributes. 18 people fight to the death in order to be victor for their district. Only one can win. What happens when there is a set of tributes who fell in love? Let the hunger games begin. District 1: Hyunjin and Seungmin District 2: Felix and Jeongin District 3: Minho and Jisung District 4: Mark and JB District 5: Jackson and Jinyoung District 6: Jae and Brian (YoungK) District 7: BamBam and Yugyeom District 8: Wonpil and Dowoon District 9: Chan and Changbin -- EVERYTHING IS FICTIONAL! ! Slight cursing. No disrespect to Chan and Changbin. No disrespect to Stray Kids, Day6 and Got7. No disrespect to JYPE.