justkaylin
Every Valentine's Day, Amari Brooks pretends she doesn't care.
The roses clog the sidewalks. The candy aisles feel personal.
And love-real love-never seems to have her name on it.
She's a soft-spoken, sharp-minded Black woman with expensive dreams, quiet hustle habits, and a heart that loves way too loudly for the world she's in. While she builds her future and minds her business, love keeps finding her... through men who already belong to someone else.
Amari doesn't chase taken men-but somehow, they always notice her on Valentine's Day.
This is a story about being the girl everyone wants but no one chooses.
About loving deeply in a world that rewards detachment.
About Valentine's Day trauma, soft life fantasies, and the moment a lover girl finally decides whether she'll keep borrowing affection-or demand her own.
For every woman who loves hard, hustles softly, and has side-eyed February 14th her whole life.