"𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩. 𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞." ------------------------ "Bitch, where you at?" Raven's voice barked on the other end. "I-I don't know," Shy whispered, her voice barely audible. She stared out the window, straining to catch anything familiar. "I think I'm going the wrong way..." "What you mean you think?!" Raven snapped. "He-he's not-he's not going the right way." The panic in Raven's voice cracked through the phone. "Hell no. I'm calling the police. Stay on the phone, you hear me? Shy? Stay-" The car screeched to a stop. ---------------------------- It was just a ride home. One click on the Uber app and eighteen-year-old, exotic dancer, Shyanne Dudley thought she'd be back in her room in no time. But she never made it home. What started as an ordinary night at the club spiraled into a nightmare when the man behind the wheel wasn't what she expected. Stolen from the safety of the place she grew to love, Shyanne is thrust into a world of shadows where every locked door and whispered threat pushes her closer to the edge. And when she realizes she's pregnant-with his child-the fight to survive becomes a fight to protect something even more fragile than herself. But the deeper she sinks into this twisted new reality, the more it starts to feel... familiar. Routine. Safe. Loved, even-if love can exist in the hands of a monster. 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞-𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 | 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 I went silent just resting my thoughts on the idea of loving him. Sighing I lifted my head and decided to tell him how I felt. "I love you TreyVon I really do" I whispered to him putting my hands on his chest. I felt him squeeze my waist and move one hand under my chin. Moving to kiss me he moved down on the bed, mid kiss he pulled away both of us kinda out of breath from this passionate kiss, "I love you" he returned putting his lips back on mine before he flipped us over on the bed and this romantic shit wasn't a normal thing that occurred regularly in my life. And when it did I just prayed that this man would be the love of my life till the day I'm off this planet and he's what kept the peace and sanity running in my life everyday. ━━ ranks; #1 shortstory #1 teenromance #1 hoodlove #1 thuglife #1 teenlove #1 hood #1 unedited #1 blackpeople #1 thuglove #1 blacklove #1 clingy #2 urbanstory #2 urbanfiction #2 hoodlovestory #2 smutmaybe #4 newadult #4 teenlove #7 enemiestolovers #7 urbanfantasy # 8 highschool

Cassidy Peters is finishing up her junior year at Howard University along with her 3 best friends Zaniyah, Gabby and Karah. Cassidy has everything she could ever want except for one thing. A relationship. All of her friends date the brothers that are apart of a famous family crime syndicate. Jamari, Daniel, Josiah and Nikai Williams are known for their good looks as well as being the heads of their family business. Nikai with a sour past with relationships did a good job with fighting the urge to find love and settle down like his brothers. That is until he comes across Cassidy. What happens when Cassidy and Nikai meet each other for the first time as well as learning they have more in common than just her friends and his siblings dating? Get ready for laughs, love, and a whole bunch of craziness. #1 in Trey Songz on 2/19/22 #1 in Urban Romance on 2/20/21 #1 in GlowPrincess on 2/27/21 #1 in DeltaSigmaTheta 3/4/21 #1 in HowardU 3/4/21 #TheRealm🌎

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐖𝐎 ⌖ 𝙨𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙭 𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣. ❦ | 𝐔𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 . ᶜʰʳⁱᵃᵐᵒⁿᵗᵉ ʳᵉᵃˡ ᵍʰᵉᵗᵗᵒ Five years ago, Iris walked away from the wreckage with blood on her hands & survival on her mind. Loving Jasiah had been like standing too close to a fire-warm at first, until the flames started to reach for her throat. When the law finally took him, she mourned him like someone dead, convinced that whatever they once shared was too dangerous to ever be resurrected. To save herself, she didn't just leave him behind-she buried the love entirely, believing some things had to be killed before they killed you. In the years that followed, Iris rebuilt. She built a life that was quiet, more structured, & way more safe with her husband & two growing children. A life where Jasiah Syncere Brown existed only in court records & steel bars. Prison was supposed to be a long sentence, guaranteed that the past would stay where it belonged. But the past didn't stay buried. Jasiah returned home years earlier than anyone expected, his arrival shattering the order Iris painstakingly built. But he didn't come back kind-he came back ruthless, upending everything in his path. Old wounds ripped open, & the man she once loved, the man she hated, the man she never truly escaped, was suddenly real again, standing back in the same city, back breathing the same air.

Zariah-Rose Jennings is the undisputed queen of the "New Media" era. As a late-night host with a RNB/Neo-Soul heart and a director's eye for aesthetics, her show, The Velvet Room, is the only stop that matters on a press tour. When Hollywood titan Michael B. Jordan arrives to discuss his latest directorial debut, the audience expects the usual promotional banter. What they get is something far more magnetic. From the moment Michael steps onto the amber-lit set, the atmosphere shifts. He doesn't just answer her questions; he's captivated by the way she's built her world. He notices the 35mm film grain she uses for her intros and the specific acoustics of her studio. After the cameras stop rolling and the audience clears out, the professional "mask" drops. Instead of heading to his car, Michael lingers by the monitor, sparking a conversation about lighting, legacy, and the loneliness of being the one in charge. What follows is a single, winding night through the silent corridors of the studio and the rain-slicked streets of the city. There is no frantic drama or forced conflict - only the steady, rhythmic pull of two creative powerhouses finding a rare equal in one another. They trade stories over cold takeout in the editing suite, dissecting their favorite film scores and the pressure of staying "authentic" in an industry of smoke and mirrors. As Zariah plays him an unreleased demo of a track she's been working on, Michael sees the raw vulnerability behind her polished "host" persona. In turn, she sees the quiet, thoughtful man behind the "movie star" title. It's a story of soft glances over glowing screens, the shared language of ambition, and the realization that the best scenes in life are often the ones that happen off-camera. Start : February, 11th 2026 End : ...