9 parts Ongoing MatureMeela Carter is a 28-year-old dentist in Atlanta, quiet on the surface but burning underneath. A shy, Black woman with soft curls and a full figure, Meela keeps her life in tight control - patients during the day, loneliness at night, and family tension always simmering beneath it all. Her mother barely tolerates her. Her sister's family is her only comfort. And when it comes to love? Meela's never had the time or space to figure out what she truly wants.
Until she walks into Kota Ink.
Kota Kim, a sweet yet dominant Korean-Japanese tattoo artist, is everything Meela isn't used to. Playful, confident, and covered in meaningful ink, Kota doesn't just see Meela - he watches her. Listens when she talks. Pushes gently when she pulls away. And when she finally lets him in? He gives her everything she didn't know she craved - tenderness, praise, possession, and pleasure.
What starts as a casual visit turns into a slow, addictive entanglement.
Tension simmers in his studio. Sparks fly over late-night texts. And under his hands - in more ways than one - Meela starts to unravel.
But as her home life grows more strained, and her fears of vulnerability threaten to pull her back into her shell, Meela has to decide:
Can she let herself be wanted loudly? Loved publicly?
Or will the weight of being "too much" - or not enough - keep her from the kind of connection she secretly aches for?