After 8 years later everything has completely changed! Could it be for the best or worst?

Nia is now a grown woman. A cold one. While she's trying to protect her heart, one guy will attempt to eat away at the wall she has built. An ode to Black mental health and self care. Read Soft & Strength (in this order) first.

{Ethan} (or Eitan, Eytan or Etan in Hebrew) is a male given name meaning steadfast, strong, firm, and safe. The Name of a wise man in the bible.

"Emptiness is a home with no bed, A body with no head, Mechanical pencil, no lead. Emptiness is a heart, broken. Words chose to be unspoken, The sibling treated un-kin. But your emptiness is freedom, Your imagination's own kingdom, No heartache, no feelings." Charlie Kingsley has had bad experiences with love since she was a young child, which is exactly why she chose to save children from unhappy homes. With only what's left of her grandfather's memory to make up for her lost childhood and several sessions at a therapist, Charlie feels as though change is looking up. Full pockets don't compete with an empty heart and Apollo can vouch for that. Losing a child in the past has only hardened his heart in the present and could possibly ruin his future. Through secrets, lies, and the blurred lines between, love and the emptiness is brings is pushed to its limits and question lingers: "What is the bliss of solitude?"

There's so many positive 4 letter words: Love Like Hope Care Life Then there's negative: Hate Evil Dead For once in her life Desdemona wanted to hear negative. The word in itself: Negative. Instead she heard positive. Her whole world came tumbling down when she found out she was positive for HIV/AIDS. She just wants to experience that four letter word, that thing called: L O V E

25 year old Angel Amore is in love with her life. Having Amir, her serious longtime boyfriend of 7 years, by her side, the perfect career that she was in love with (not to mention the lavish lifestyle that it could pay for) she is very content with her life. But one day her life takes a turn for the worst; sending her in a downwards spiral. What will happen when she meets Dave East, the top drug lord of New York? Will he be The Eye of her Storm or the devil waiting to take her on a trip to hell?...

Kayla Phillips a 26 year old woman that feel in love with a thug in her neighbor.

Mistakes,I know I've made a few. But I'm only human you've made mistakes to!🍃 Raheem is a student at LHS, he lives with his Father in a 3 bedroom house on the south side. Raheem's father "Greg Deeds" is a Acholic,He's very abusive and treats his son like shit! Raheem's a talented young man! He sings and can rap. Although he's talented he has a lot of baggage that he needs to get rid of so he can live a happy worry free life. Follow Raheem as he attempts to change his life! ⚠️ Violent scenes, Sexual Content ⚠️ YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED DONT STEAL MY WORK! I OWN ALL RIGHTS!

After 17 year old Lauren London's father passes away she is left too take care of her 11 year old sister Abbygail by herself. As times get hard she begins to struggle Until 22 year old Antwan Tucker, also known as Ace, starts to like the Innocent Lauren. But Lauren shies away from the thug life. Will she be pulled into The Game?

"To be free of worries, it is often used as a bullshit term on commercials that try to say that their product will give you "peace of mind" and somehow completly solve all of your problems" Nyla never expected the unexpected..Darnell didn't either.. it was something they both should of prepared for. Copyright (c) brittany j /ibeyondbeautii The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. This story is published subject to the condition that it shall not be reproduced or retransmitted in whole or in part, in any manner, without the written consent of the copyright holder, and any infringement of this is a violation of copyright law. A single copy of the materials available in this story may be made, solely for personal, noncommercial use. Individuals must preserve any copyright or other notices contained in or associated with them. Users may not distribute copies to others, whether or not in electronic form or in hard copy, without prior written consent of the copyright holder of the materials. Contact information for requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials available.