Life and love have a common agreement: neither will be controlled. The idea that one could ever control either is a laughable offense, punishable by unforeseen consequences and circumstances beyond one's reach. They ask for only one thing in return: surrender. That is what two women have yet to discover. As life progresses and love blooms, they find themselves fighting desperately to maintain control-only to lose the very thing their beings depend upon. Because life will happen in spite of you. And love will, too.

Aaliyah and Kidada-inseparable and attached at the hip. That's how it started. The hugs that lingered longer than appropriate. The piercing gazes under tinted sunglasses. The late night phone calls echoing a deafening silence of words too anxious to tell. When the coil finally snapped, one thing was clear-resistance was no longer an option as they both ran hot, like fire. Started: 09/02/2026 Ended: ongoing

"Twisted elegance... It's my belief that we all have the need to feel special.. And it's this need that can bring out the best in us.. Yet the worst in us... This need created The Velvet Rope." [~ COMPLETED ~]

Brooklyn's very own Lyte took the independent route after the success of Paper Thin-choosing the rawness of underground hip hop over the mainstream demands of a newly popularized rap industry. With that choice came another priority: the streets of New York. Miles away in Minnesota, Janet stepped away from music to do some soul searching of her own. Her search eventually leads her to New York City, where she encounters Lyte in a theater-and neither woman walks away unchanged. This isn't a love story. This is a story about choice, freedom, tragedy, and heartbreak. Started: 08/31/2026 End: ongoing

With love, comes trials and tribulations, but do we all survive the troubles of love? COMPLETED: 04.21.17