When Alias steps onto the court, he carries every early morning workout, every overlooked recruiting email, and every mile he ran just to prove he belonged. Basketball was never given to him. It was earned through rigorous training and an unshakable refusal to quit. As the heart of his team, Eli plays with something deeper than skill, he plays with passion. Across the country, Kauri arrives like a storm no one saw coming. An international transfer with a fluid game and an instinct that can't be taught, Kauri makes basketball look effortless thanks to him being naturally gifted. Raised in packed European gyms where the game was treated like art, he moves with a confidence that unsettles defenders and electrifies crowds. To many, he feels destined for the NBA. Their worlds meet the night their schools finally face off. What begins as a high stakes matchup turns into something far more dangerous ending with a result that neither of them can let go of. From that moment on, every stat line, every headline, and every draft projection ties their names together. Each meeting sharpens the rivalry. Each game feels like a challenge thrown directly at the other's pride. But rivalry has a way of blurring lines. As the season continues and the pressure of scouts, media, and expectations intensifies as Alias and Kauri find themselves orbiting each other in ways they never anticipated.

❝ 𝐈 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 ❞ ―Rising NBA star, Ao'nung Tsika'u, top 3 draft, is infatuated by his one night stand. Read to find out... 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 : Sexual Scenes Drinking Cussing Mature topics

Halo Watters didn't know anything about the streets. He knew the stories people told in church. The prayer requests whispered after service. The names mentioned when someone asked the congregation to pray for a family that lost a son. But Halo had never stood in a room where guns were part of a conversation. Never watched men settle problems with fear instead of words. His world had always been built around faith, patience, and the belief that people could change if they wanted to. He believed in forgiveness. In grace...In second chances. Princess Midnight didn't know anything about that world. Not the way Halo did. Church to her was something people went to when they wanted to feel better about things they had already decided to do. Faith sounded nice in theory, but in the world she grew up in, survival mattered more than sermons. Kingston Midnight didn't raise her to believe someone else would save her. He raised her to protect herself. To control situations before they got out of hand. To make decisions quickly. To never show hesitation in a room full of men waiting for a sign of weakness. Halo believed people deserved mercy. Princess believed mercy could get you killed.

When a suburban Black girl meets a hard life Hispanic boy.

━━ 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 ❝ an inconvenient affection! ❞ bridgerton netflix book two male!oc x eloise bridgerton completed 2026 | © godofstxrms

Kit Montclair knew that his fate was to marry a woman he knew little to nothing about. His only wish in life was to not succumb to the same fate his parents did-a hateful marriage where little to no words are spoken. Eloise Bridgerton promised herself that she would not marry a man she didn't love. She didn't realize that her father had made a promise to a man years ago. With no way to leave an arranged marriage, Eloise has to navigate a marriage with a man she barely knows.

𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐄 | 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 "𝘈 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦" Eloise Bridgerton knows one thing above all, she does not want to marry and become someone's wife. It is the one thing she is against, and she will work for even now that her mother is forcing her debut in society. James Grant was not planning on finding a match, he was there to help his sister succeed in her first season out. Yet as his eyes fall upon the blue eyed brunette with a cynical undertone he can't do anything but fall in love with her. standalone set during season 2 of the Bridgerton series [Eloise Bridgerton x male oc]

Milan Harper Brooks, 21, is in her junior year at Kingston A&M University, still recovering from a nasty breakup that left her guarded and done with love. After everything she went through last school year, she made herself a promise: no more distractions, no more getting attached, and definitely no more men. Her focus is on herself, her degree, and turning her junior year into something beautiful-starting with her space, her peace, and her future. Zion Avery Beaumont, 22, is a senior and the star basketball player of Kingston A&M University in Maribel, Georgia. Campus royalty with NBA dreams in his back pocket, Zion has only two goals on his mind: graduate and get drafted. Relationships were never part of the plan. Love was a risk he didn't have time for, and distractions could cost him everything he worked for. Neither of them were searching for anything more than survival and success. But when Milan unexpectedly captures the attention of the school's most treasured basketball star, it sends shockwaves through campus and sparks neither of them were prepared for. What starts as curiosity quickly turns into something deeper, something dangerous, something hard to walk away from. With fame comes pressure. With love comes risk. Can Milan handle Zion's world, the attention, the rumors, and the lifestyle that comes with loving a man everyone wants? Can Zion protect what they're building while chasing a future that could take him far from everything he knows? And when Milan's past refuses to stay buried, will love be enough to hold them together? Find out in Love Without a Safety Net by Tt_The_Bae

╰┈➤ ⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ "𝙒𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙩, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙙, 𝙬𝙚'𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚"