"𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘢 i thought you was gone give up on me" ( there's no smut in this book )

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"

Cordell "Ink" Spacey was a 20 year old on the rise in his 2nd year of college. He lives in an expensive Apartment, balling like Kobe, dressed in new designer before it even hit the market and had every girl on campus at Central Chicago University wanting him. By day he may have been Cordell, the business major who was a star basketball player, but by night he was INK. A Dopeboy on the rise in the streets. Cutthroat. Killing machine. Keeping up appearance have been easy since he was 17..until he meets someone who awakens a part of him he have kept buried so deep inside. Aron Michaels. 20 year old college Sophomore trying to make ends meet as a coffee barista just to finish his Law degree at Central Chicago University. He grew up in trailer parks while dealing with his abusive mother and drunk father, however that only made him more determined to never return there after he left on a full-ride 2 years ago. Life was tough yet steady until he meets someone who awakens the light in him that he has hidden from the world because he was scared to come out of the darkness he hides himself in.

Book 1 In Miami's heat, where bodies drop and secrets burn, Brycier finds himself tangled in the arms of the city's most dangerous man-the one who was never supposed to care. A slow-burn hood romance soaked in blood, fear, and first love.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬' 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚' 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. STARTED: NOV 25TH, 2024. ENDED: ????

one of those queer stories about enemies to lovers

❝ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴄʜᴜ' ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ. ❞ STARTED: MAY 10TH, 2024. ENDED: JUL 1ST, 2024.

"𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯' 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯' 𝘸𝘪𝘵' 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮"

𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐗𝐁𝐎𝐘. - ❛in which a boy, falls for the wrong man.❜ warning,, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, and 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭. ©𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐑, 2021. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

"What's wrong?" He asked softly, grabbing Kai's arm and preventing him from running away again. "N-nothing." Kai whispered looking down at his shoes. Nicolas lifted Kai's chin and looked into his black eyes with a soft look. "I know something is wrong. Tell me." He coaxed moving his hand from Kai's chin to cup his cheek instead. "I don't like it when you laugh and smile with Rex" Kai mumbled. "I want you to only smile at me." _____________________________________________ Kai and Nicolas were best friends. They've always been best friends. Everyone around them craved to have a friendship as beautiful as theirs. Nothing could change it. Until something could. Something as simple as feelings.