Heavy on you || KING VON

Keilani Thrasher never planned on staying in Chicago.
At nineteen, she was supposed to finish cosmetology school, stack her money, and go back home to New Orleans with a license and a plan.
She wasn't looking for friends.
She damn sure wasn't looking for love.

Then she met him.

Dayvon Bennett better known as King Von, a name whispered on the block long before she ever learned how dangerous it really was.
He had a reputation carved in blood and loyalty, a smile that said he didn't fear anything, and a past Chicago couldn't forget even if it tried.
He wasn't supposed to look at her the way he did.
He wasn't supposed to get attached.
And she wasn't supposed to let him.

But the pull was instant.
Heavy.
Unavoidable.

What starts as a chance meeting at a March block party in 2017 becomes something neither of them know how to walk away from - nights full of arguments and laughter, jealousy and protection, danger and devotion.
Two young people from two different worlds colliding in a city where everyone watches, everyone whispers, and nothing stays secret for long.

But loving someone like Von comes with consequences.
And Keilani learns fast that loyalty isn't just a word to him - it's a weapon, a promise, and sometimes a curse.

As their lives tangle deeper, the streets close in, tempers flare, and the line between passion and destruction gets thinner every day.
Still, no matter how hard they fight, how loud they yell, or how far they push...
they always come back.

Because Keilani wasn't looking for love.
And Von wasn't looking for a future.

But somehow, they became each other's first real home.

This is a story about a girl who wasn't afraid of a man everyone else feared...
and a man who finally met someone he couldn't scare away.

Heavy love.
Heavy pain.
Heavy loyalty.

Heavy on you.