Love & Hurdles

Love & Hurdles
Two Black track stars.
One suburban girl with braces, a two-story house, and something to prove.
One boy from the other side who looks like money but carries more than he shows.
Giomani Carter and Kyrie Malone been running the same races since junior year - always close, always competing, always one tenth of a second away from each other. Senior year puts them in the same heats, the same practices, and eventually the same feelings neither of them planned on.
She's got family pressure, little siblings who need her, and a whole image to keep up.
He's got secrets, a cousin's roof over his head, and a wall he don't let nobody past.
What starts on the track don't stay on the track.
Late-night texts. Group chat chaos. House parties that turn into problems. Jealousy, pride, soft moments they're both scared to claim. And the kind of love that feels like clearing hurdles - hard, messy, and worth every scar.
This ain't no perfect fairytale.
This is real. Slang, sex, violence, loyalty, and all the shit that comes with it.
Senior year just started.
And neither of them is ready for the race they're about to