“The SUN, will never set on the Wakandan Empire.”

27. LEO. Baltimore Born And Raised. Radiology Tech. TEAM MBJ and of course All Hail King KILLMONGER.

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Say My Name

Summary: He's supposed to be laying low. A job overseas went bloody, and Erik Stevens-Black Ops Mercenary, Ghost of the U.S. Government-needs to go quiet. He crashes at his little sister's place near Howard University in Chocolate City. But when he arrives, there's a surprise: she's got a roommate. Her Best Friend. She's grown since he last saw her. Grown in all the ways that test a man's self control. But Erik? He's never been good at following the rules...

Warnings: Age Gap Romance/ Forbidden Attraction/ Explicit Sexual Content (strong smut, oral sex, size kink, erotic praise, power exchange)/Slow Burn to Filthy/Obsession & Possessiveness/Sexual Tension in Shared Spaces/Mutual Voyeurism/Sexting/Emotional Denial/Resistance/Breeding Talk/Male Dom / Female Sub Dynamic

Part Seven

Erik sucked his teeth, sat up a little more, thighs tensing beneath her hands. He looked down at her with her messy hair, and need all over her face and reached out to grab her jaw with one hand, thumb sliding across her lips. 

“You wanna ride me?” 

Sanaa nodded, lips parting around his thumb. She sucked it slow with her eyes locked on his. 

Erik let out a low breath, nostrils flaring. His dick twitched hard in her hand. “Aight then,” he said. “Get up here.” 

The way he said it wasn’t a request. Sanaa didn’t hesitate. She threw her leg over and straddled him, hands planted on his chest for balance. Erik leaned back on his elbows, watching her like a man possessed, eyes dragging from the sway of her hips to the heavy breath in her chest. He reached down, wrapped that big hand around his dick, and held it steady, thick and gleaming, the tip pulsing. 

“Come get it.” He said with a low rasp.

Sanaa lifted just right, body knowing what to do like this wasn’t her first time begging for it. She lined herself up with the head, hips hovering, teasing his tip with slick little circles. Just working it in slowly, letting that first stretch send a shiver through both of them. Sanaa moaned airy and breathless, rolling her hips while Erik was only halfway inside. Erik’s head tipped back, jaw tight, watching her get herself ready for the full thing. 

Then, she sank. 

Her breath caught as she sank down, thighs trembling while his dick pushed up through that tight, sloppy grip. Sanaa couldn’t help the way her mouth fell open, tongue peeking out against her top lip, eyes half-closed like she was somewhere between begging and backing out. She lifted, rolled her hips again, and slipped out with a slick sound that made her flinch. 

“Come on, ma,” Erik whispered, voice low and gritty, his hips flexing up. “Put that shit back in. Don’t play.” 

Sanaa reached behind her, fingers wet as she guided him back. His tip slipped past her folds, thick and glistening, dragging slick through her creamy pussy before sliding home again. Her back bowed, belly tensed, she took it inch by inch, breathing sharp through her nose like she was bracing for a stretch that hit deep every single time. Sanaa’s body paused like it was stunned by the depth, a little tremble shaking through her frame. But then, she started moving. 

“There you go,” Erik said, voice like gravel on velvet. “Keep that arch for me. Just like that. Let me open this lil’ pussy up.” 

She rode him like she was made for it. 

Slow motion. Rolling her hips, arching her back, catching that stroke right where it made her eyes flutter and her breath skip. Her ass popped on the up stroke, then clapped softly when she dropped back down, thick and perfect against his thighs. Every grind pulled a sound out of Erik, deep in his throat. Low curses. Grunts. Praise. 

Sanaa leaned forward, hands planted on his chest, his keloid scars slick beneath her palms. His pecs flexed under her touch like he was holding back from grabbing her and flipping the whole thing. 

Sanaa whimpered sweet and buried like she was tryna swallow it down. Her knees dug into the mattress, feet braced over his thighs, ass lifting just enough to let him drive up harder. Erik didn’t even need to thrust far. He had her right where he wanted her. Just enough space for that big dick to pull back, then stroke up slow, deep, and firm. No air between them. Just desire. A vice grip. The sound of his dick stirring through slick like a slow churn. 

Sanaa rocked and rode and lost herself in it, pausing only to lean down and kiss him slow and nasty, tongue sliding deep, lips parted like she needed his mouth to survive the high she was chasing. Then, she sat back up, arching again, going back to the motion. Deeper. 

The way she stared down at him? It was like she owned him. Sanaa bit down on her bottom lip harder, breathing ragged. Her body twitched when he spread her ass wider, one hand gripping a cheek, thumb resting where her back curved into the dip of her spine. The other hand slid between her thighs and tugged her folds open on one side, just enough to feel how fucking tight of a squeeze it is to fit his dick in her. Just enough to feel the way she swallowed him each time he came back in. The flesh of her tight hole gliding smooth over veins and a thick pole. 

Erik…loved it. That thick dick throbbed inside her. The hand on her back slid up and down, gripping her waist, helping her pace. 

“Good girllll,” Erik praised, his voice deep and ragged. “Just like that pretty girl. This why you been actin’ up?” Erik whispered. “This what you needed? You needed daddy to fuck you quiet like this?” 

Sanaa’s head dropped, her breath catching in her throat. She nodded, still rocking soft but getting fucked harder than she meant to. Each time Erik asked her ‘this what you needed?’ The tempo increased. That dick curved up right into her, hitting that spot that made her legs shake and her face twist up. She didn’t mean to roll her hips like that or let the creamy mess between them get louder. It was as if her body didn’t belong to her anymore. An object to be fucked by Killmonger like it asked for.

And this wasn’t even his final form. 

Erik’s palms slid over her ass and held her open while he kept stroking. Sanaa’s body jolted every time his tip kissed the back of her pussy. It felt like pressure and a tickle all at once. Slipping out, sliding back in. Circling on the up stroke, sliding out slowly on the down stroke. Cream clinging to him. Her walls tightening to keep him in. But Erik’s dick is so thick. Long. And her pussy couldn’t help but give him room. 

It shocked her. Sanaa was a brilliant girl but it never crossed her mind that a dick that’s equal parts thick and long could open her pussy up like this. Penetrate her and make her pussy cream and flutter like it had its own heartbeat. 

“I should keep you up all night doin’ this shit. Fuckin’ you ‘til that walk change.” 

“Daddy—”

“Shhh. Shut the fuck up. The only talkin’ I wanna hear is this pussy.” 

Erik pressed his lips to her temple. His hands made its way to her waist, holding her still. Steady. On that dick. His hips drove up with a slow torture, punishing strokes and heavy weight like he was tryna leave the shape of his dick in her forever. 

“You tryna wake her up?” Erik warned with a threatening whisper. “You tryna let her know how nasty you been behind her back?” 

“No—no, I’m not—”

“Then Shut that shit up and ride this dick like you supposed to.” Erik spoke rough in her ear. So low it sent shivers down her spine. 

And she gave it to him. All of it. 

Sanaa bit the corner of her lip again, trembling, eyes almost rolling up. His dick stroked through the grip of her pussy with steady weight, gliding smooth and tight, dragging against her walls. The sound was slick and wet, sticky and clinging, layered with the subtle knock of his heavy balls brushing her ass when he dropped her down just right. Sanaa’s toes curled against his thighs. Her belly fluttered. She could feel him in her gut. Sanaa dragged her nails down his pecs and tried to lift her hips a little but Erik is stronger. 

“Feel all that up in you, huh?” Erik said. “That’s what you was fiendin’ for, baby? Fat dick pressin’ your stomach? Stretchin’ your shit out. Don’t you move, now.” His tone was taunting; teasing.

Erik’s hands slid down her waist, wide palms smoothing over the curve of her hips before gripping the underside of her ass. He let her work. Let her grind slow like she had all day. But he couldn’t stop himself from giving her something extra. After all, he’s extra. 

Pop. 

A gentle slap to her right cheek made her gasp and bounce a little harder. Then, he rubbed it, smoothed his hand over the sting. 

“Yeah,” Erik said low, looking up at her like she was art. “That’s it, baby. Ride that shit.” 

Sanaa was in another dimension. Dick drunk. Eyes low. Mouth slick and almost drooling, whispering nonsense that didn’t make full sense but still sounded sexy as hell. Sanaa’s hands went to fist the sheets. Her thighs spread over him. The stroke was making her dizzy. Erik slid both hands around her waist and pulled her flush against him, holding her in place while he started fucking up into her with slow, mean precision. Each thrust was full. The bed barely moved but the air between them thickened with sweat and secret moans and groans swallowing into the backs of throats. 

Erik bent his knees, driving up from the base, hips angled just right so his whole length stroked through the grip of her pussy like he was molding her insides with every pass. Sanaa’s breath stuttered. Her mouth hung open. She tried to hold it in. Tried to be good. But that shit felt so fucking good. 

“I—mmh—this dick feel so good,” she breathed, grinding with slow, wet rolls. “Might start crying on it…I’m not even playin’…”

Erik laughed but dropped off into a groan when she clenched on him mid-roll. Erik gave her left cheek a light slap, then grabbed it, pulling her down harder. 

“Don’t play then.” Erik warned. “Go head and cry.” 

Sanaa was in the zone. One hand drifted up his chest again, Palm gliding over his scars, fingertips teasing his nipple just to make him twitch. The other hand braced on his thigh behind her for balance. 

“I could live on this dick.” She whispered with a shaky laugh, voice floaty. 

“You already do.” Erik shot back. 

But Sanaa didn’t hear him. Or maybe she did and ignored it. Sanaa’s eyes fluttered shut. Her hips paused at the base of his stroke. Then…

She started bucking. 

No warning. No ease into it. She just popped her hips and that bubbly ass back and up, then dropped down on him with force. That wet clap echoed between them. 

“Shhhit—” Erik grunted, jaw locked. He sat up fast, his hand flying to her waist to ground her, but she was already in the zone. 

“Uh uh,” Sanaa panted, riding that dick like she had a point to prove. “Don’t stop me now, I’m on a mission, daddy.” 

Erik’s hands tried to slow her, but every time he gripped her waist, Sanaa twisted and bounced harder. Her ass smacked against his thighs, wild and filthy, her head thrown back as she whimpered with a bite of her lip softly and moaned out his name with an airy breath like it was her favorite song. 

“Sanaa—”

She reached up, palmed the back of his neck, and pulled his forehead to hers. “Loose control, daddy.” She breathed, voice wrecked but still taunting. “Come on. I want it.” 

That was her plan the whole time. To ride him until he couldn’t think straight. To fuck him until his voice broke and he forgot every rule he made about control. And judging by the way his fingers dug into her flesh and those muscles flexed…

It was working. 

Sanaa leaned her weight forward, kept that nasty dance, and added something new to it. Her hand—small, delicate, manicured fingers with her name on her gold necklace glinting between her tits—wrapped right around Erik’s throat. Just enough pressure to make his head tilt back and his eyes lock onto hers like she had him pinned in place. Like he belonged to her now. 

And then she rode him. 

From tip to base. Working every inch of that thick ass dick like it was hers to break in. Her body rolled in perfect time, ass popping up, then dropping back down to the back with a wet clap again and again. Sanaa stayed eye to eye with him the whole time. 

Erik’s mouth fell open. A low, guttural sound came from his chest, his hands gripping her thighs like he was hanging on for dear life. His nostrils flared, his gold canines flashed as his top lip curled to fight the urge to groan so loud he wakes the whole building up. His whole body tensed underneath her like he was fighting the urge to flip her over and wreck her. But he didn’t. He let her have it. Let her take that power. 

His expression was war. Tight jaw. Eyes dark and ablaze. Clenched abs. Fists flexing on her skin. Eyes damn near desperate. Breathing hard. 

“Sanaa…” Erik grunted, voice all gravel and restraint. “Fuck, baby.” 

Sanaa smiled. A slow, wicked, bratty smile. She rolled her hips in a circle while still sitting in him full. She was gon’ milk him good. Then, she leaned in close, mouth at his ear, whispering low, breathy, slick. 

“What’s wrong, Killmonger?” 

Erik twitched. His grip on her thighs got tighter. That name hit different coming from her mouth. Especially with her sitting on his fucking dick like that. Dripping and talking her shit. 

“You supped to be the big bad soldier, huh?” She panted, riding again, faster now, breath hitching between words. “Don’t tell me I got you foldin’…”

Erik growled low in his throat. His eyes snapped to hers, wide, wild, hungry. “You wanna play like that?” He said, voice hoarse. 

Sanaa kept bouncing. Let her hand tighten just a little more on his throat, thumb pressing under his jaw while her pussy clamped down and stroked him from base to tip like a goddamn vice. Like he was her personal toy. Her toy soldier. 

“Mmhm,” she whispered. “Killmonger can’t take it…”

And that was it.

Erik’s hand shot up, yanked her wrist off his neck, and pinned it to the bed beside him. His other arm wrapped around her back, locking her down. 

But Sanaa was still grinding. Still riding that big thing. Erik’s arms caged her in—thick, strong, immovable. Erik shifted under her, sitting up in one powerful motion, his chest pressed to hers, their breaths tangled. Sanaa barely had time to blink before his hands slid beneath her thighs, hooking her knees over his forearms, palming the underside of her ass with a grip that meant business.

Then he stood up. Taking back his power. Ain’t no way some lil’ girl was gonna grab him by the neck and ride his dick and talk shit in his ear like she in charge. Fuck that. 

That big dick never slipped out once. Erik rose with her still fully seated on him, buried to the base, his muscles flexing all down his back and arms. Sanaa gasped, arm’s flailing for his shoulders before clutching tight. He made that shit look so effortless. Erik adjusted his hold, tightening his grip on her thighs, locking her in against his chest. 

And then, he bounced her. 

Not wild. Not frantic. But deep. Firm.

Erik dropped her down on that dick, letting the full weight of his body take him. His grip under her ass controlled every motion like she was a workout, a blessing, and a punishment all rolled into one. Her pussy opened for him every time, swallowing that big dick whole, her walls fluttering with every single drop like that pussy was talking to him, begging Killmonger to murder her shit. 

Sanaa couldn’t catch a breath. Her body tensed and softened all at once—overwhelmed, overstimulated, taken. He was using her like she belonged in his arms getting fucked like this. She was made to be lifted and held and fucked. Her pretty head dropped back, those glossy lips parted, that tiny breath hitching. She had never been handled like this before. Ever. Then here comes this big, strong, soldier with scars and a lethal dick to rewrite everything the thought she knew about getting fucked. 

“Erik—”

Sanaa moaned his name once, sweet and quiet. But it turned to something else. Something filthier. More desperate. Like her body knew what she needed before her mind caught up. 

“…Monger…K-Kill…Killmonger…Kill…Killmonger, fuck…mm, Monnie…”

It spilled out of her in waves, soft, breathy, cracked around the edges. Her thighs trembled against his arms, her nails clawing at his back, and her pussy was dripping. Soaked and sucking him back in with every controlled thrust. When Sanaa caught their reflection, her eyes went round. Her small frame folded in the air around his big, muscled, scarred, tall body. She looked helpless, caged, locked. 

She just raised his number to 2,208. 

Pick yourself up Bri—oh, wait—you’re stuck in the air bitch how you gonna flip it on him again? 

Damn, he all up in this pussy.

Why he fucking me like this? 

Erik looked up at her face, lips swollen, hair clinging to her cheek, eyes fluttering with every drop. “You wanted it,” he said, low and steady, sweat beading on his neck. “Now take it.”

Then, he bounced her again, slow and punishing, that big thing pushing her to the brink.

All Sanaa could do was hang on. Fall apart. Moan his name. Her toes curled right in the air, ankles flexing with every drop. She was about to tap out. But that would make her look like a weak bitch. Her whole body tensed like a struck cord, arms wrapped tighter around Erik’s shoulders as she dropped her head to his neck. She pressed her nose into his skin, right where the warmth gathered, where his clean scent lived. Masculine mix of sweat, lotion, and something earthy that was just him. It made her dizzy. 

Erik was in it. He was bouncing her just right on that thick dick. He switched it up. Started feeding her. Rolling his hips upward as she came down. Rocking into her slow and deep, hitting that spot every single time. The control he had over his body was insane. Like he had power running through his veins. Inhuman. He adjusted mid-thrust, tilting her hips, locking her tighter against him so her clit dragged across his pelvis just right. 

She was unraveling from the inside out. 

“…Killmonger…yes…baby…”

The name barely left her lips before Erik’s jaw clenched. He adjusted his stance, braced one foot back to keep his balance, then slammed her down deeper, held her there, let her feel all of it.

“You wanted Killmonger?” he breathed against her ear, voice low and gritty, laced with dark amusement, “Huh?” He bounced her again, the sound of her moaning his name fed something carnal in him, “Say it again, Princess.” 

Sanaa shook her head, biting her lip, but her pussy clenched hard around him, giving her away.

“Nah,” Erik growled. “You been talkin’ all that shit now you gettin’ it.” Another thrust. Deep. He rocked up into her and held, “Say. That. Shit.”

Her breath caught, “…Killmonger…” Sanaa’s voice barely made it past her lips. “Don’t stop fucking your pussy, Killmonger…”

That was all Erik needed.

His arms flexed tighter beneath her knees, locking Sanaa in. Her back was flat against the wall now but her hips were tipped—cocked up perfect and wide. That pussy sat right on his dick like it was made to fit him and only him. Swallowing all that thick pressure with every pump of his hips. Erik didn’t slam into her, he stroked. Sanaa looked down and her breath hitched with surprise at how her hips jerked involuntarily every time he pushed in and how her hips chased the sensation again when he slides back out. 

“Mmm. There she go,” Erikk growled low against her throat, breathing in her scent, teeth grazing her skin, “You feel that? That stretch right there?” 

Sanaa nodded fast, lower lip trembling but the only sound she could make was a tight little gasp. Her acrylics dug onto his shoulders and her thighs quaked over his arms. 

Erik held her there and made her feel it. 

“Yeah.” he said, that voice low and deep, “That’s what I thought. Pussy talkin’ now.” 

And it was. 

Every time he rolled his hips forward, that slick, soaking grip of hers let out a wet little squelch. A pop as air got trapped and pushed back out. That tight little pussy started queefing loud and messy between them. Sanaa’s whole body tensed in embarrassment. She’d NEVER done that before. She shut her eyes and tilted her face away, trying to stop herself from doing it again but nope. It kept happening.

What the fuck? 

But Erik loved it.

“Nah, don’t hide,” he grunted, dragging his dick out slow until just the tip sat at her entrance, then pushed right back in with a deep, thick stroke that made her head knock against the wall with a soft thud, “Let it talk. Let me hear how tight that shit is.” 

“E—”

Sanaa was trying to hold it in, but Erik didn’t give her the chance. Erik snatched it from her chest with the next thrust. Smooth and deep again. Long strokes. Pussy gripped him so snug it felt like it was sucking him back in. Her arousal was dripping down his ball now. Every time he pulled out, his dick glistened with it, creamy at the base. Wet and shiny all the way up to the head. 

Then it happened. That change. That little flutter deep inside her. 

Sanaa’s walls started twitching like they were confused. Like her pussy didn’t know if it wanted to clench him or release. It pulsed around him, and she gasped again, harder this time. 

“Fuck—”

“Yeah…” Erik grunted, “she feelin’ it now.” 

Erik adjusted his stance. He took one small step forward so her back pressed tighter to the wall, and then he angled his hips downwards. He knew exactly what he was doing. He was chasing her spot now. And when he found it? Sanaa had to bite down on her bottom lip to stifle a loud moan. Her whole body jerked in his arms. Her mouth dropped open, closed in a pout, eyes crossing, breath catching. Her pussy squeezed so hard around his dick it made his knees buckle. 

“Damn, there she go. That’s what I wanted from that pussy.” 

Sanaa didn’t even know if she could ever speak again after that. But a sound came out of her. A mix of a cry and a moan and a choked little please. All the things he watched from her, every thrust hit that spot. She started having the most intense orgasm she’d ever had and she couldn’t run. She could feel it. A warm, milky wave gushing out of her, coating his dick, her thighs, dripping to the floor of. It made everything wetter. Nastier. Louder. Pussy slipping and gripping around him. Erik licked his lips as he watched her face twist up. 

“Creamin’ on this dick, baby?” Erik spoke soft, biting her earlobe, “That’s what happen when you fuck wit’ a grown ass man.”

Sanaa whimpered. Bit her lip.

His dick dragged through her like he was reminding her who owned that pussy. Like he knew it better than she did. Rubbing her walls raw in the best way. Grinding into that tender, aching spot inside her that had her leaking again.

Do that again, Daddy that feels so good, she thought. 

His voice was a low growl now, filthy, dark, right in her ear.

“You gon’ take this dick. Just like that. That’s what you wanted, ain’t it? That what you beggin’ for?”

Erik snapped his hips into her so deep her eyes rolled. 

She was cumming again. Not from clit play. Not from fingers.

From dick.

Thick, deep, grown man dick.

Sanaa moaned—low-pitched, pretty, almost sobbing—and Erik smiled against her neck. 

“Uh huh…that’s right,” he said, “Let me hear it.”

He rolled his hips again, just right. And again. Stroking deep and smooth. Not stopping. Her walls squeezed so tight around him he could barely move. 

“Damn, baby…this pussy tryna keep me in…” His voice dropped even lower. “You want me to cum in it, don’t you?”

Her body jumped.

Sanaa shook her head weakly, but he saw the way her pussy clenched again. She couldn’t even lie. 

Erik laughed under his breath, “You came beggin’ for this dick again I don’t know, Bri. Might not get this nut tonight.”

Then he did something that wrecked her.

He leaned back just enough to look at her.

Held her up, eyes locked to hers, and gave her one… slow…deep grind.

His dick dragged against every inch of her walls. Pressed to her spot. Stretched her from the inside until her whole body arched and her face twisted in pure pleasure. 

“Ain’t nobody ever fucked you like this…made you cream like this…” He kissed her jaw, “Nah…they was playin’ wit’ it, wasn’t they baby? Huh? Daddy got you…”

Another thrust. Another cry. Sanaa’s head hit the wall again. Her nails scratched down his back. She was shaking so bad he had to grip her tighter. 

He groaned through gritted teeth, “Keep moaning like that and I’ma fuck around and nut in this tight little pussy…just might give you your present.” 

She just nodded, moaned, and melted around him—completely fucked. Her walls fluttered again, and he knew…

She was about to cum AGAIN. 

Erik rolled his hips again, one long, smooth stroke that had her gasping into his neck. Her body arched. Her pussy clenched. Her thighs twitched where they were locked over his arms.  Erik could feel how open she was now. How she’d molded to him. Wrapped around him so tight and juicy and so fucking wet, it sounded like syrup every time he sank back in.

Slrp…squelch…slrp…

“Shhhhit,” he groaned, dragging his lips across her cheek, breath hot. “That sound makin’ me crazy…”

He shifted just slightly, angled deeper. Lower. Found that spot again.

Sanaa opened her mouth but no sound came out. Then, her head dropped back and her face…

So damn pretty.

Lips parted. Brows pinched. Skin flushed and glistening. She looked like she didn’t know whether to moan or cry.

Erik watched her, mesmerized, “Look at you…” he muttered, eyes dropping to her mouth. “So fuckin’ pretty when you cum.”

She bit her lip, hard. Her fingers clawed into his back. Erik pulled her away from the wall. He grunted, bounced her again, then rolled his hips so perfect her eyes damn near crossed. Sanaa pressed her lips to the curve of his neck, panting softly, her nose buried in his scent. Her body was wrung out, pussy soaked and fluttering around him, but she gave him what he wanted. 

His grip on her thighs tightened, “Yeah,” he said, rocking up into her again, slow and deliberate, “you wanted Killmonger…”

Erik fed it to her just like that. Deep strokes that made her press her forehead to his jaw, made her toes curl again in the air. Erik backed towards the bed, still holding her while deep inside, until the backs of his legs hit the edge. Then, he eased down, his arms guiding her down with him like she was something precious. He settled back against the pillows, legs spread wide, hands gripping beneath her thighs while she adjusted. 

Sanaa didn’t waste time.

She rose up into a squat, planted her feet firm on either side of his thighs, and lifted herself until just the tip of that thick dick stayed inside. Then, she dropped. The sound it made—the wetness, the weight of her ass clapping down, the deep breath Erik took through his nose—fills the room. 

Sanaa did it again and again. Her curls fell into her face, sticking to her cheeks and neck, sweat rolling down her chest as her body took over. She was on a mission now. Squatting low, bouncing on him with that juicy grip, swallowing every inch. Her thighs flexed, that ass jiggled with each drop, and her moans came out like breathy spells. 

“Mm…fuck, it’s too deep…I can’t even breathe right…you feel that? You feel that, daddy?” 

Erik didn’t answer. He leaned in, mouth hungry, and caught her nipple between his lips, sucked it, tongue circling the tip before letting it pop free. Then, he moved to the other, licking and teasing until her back arched and her pussy pulsed hard around him. 

Sanaa’s hand went to the back of his neck, pulling him in closer, grounding herself against the flood of pleasure. She didn’t wanna stop riding. She didn’t wanna stop grinding. She started rolling her hips, slow figure eights while still deep in that squat, eyes fluttering shut, lips parted around a soft moan, chest heaving. 

It was a sight.

Her curls framed her face wild and damp. Nipples hard and pointed. Mouth glossy with spit. That slim-thick body was glistening everywhere—down her neck, across her stomach, where Erik’s hands slid to grab her waist. Every bounce, every grind, made her gasp. Made her sigh. Made her shine. 

Erik breathed heavy, eyes locked on the way she moved, “Fuckin’ beautiful…”

His thighs were tight, muscles straining as he held himself back, eyes locked on the sight above him. Sanaa’s hips were working overtime, slow then fast, smooth then nasty. She was riding him like it meant something. Like she needed that dick to breathe. Her palms braced against his chest as she worked her body over his big dick, up and down, clenching him so tight he could barely think. Erik’s hands had nowhere to go but up—one locked around her waist, the other scrubbed up her stomach, over the curve of her breast, and finally up to her face. His thumb traced along her jaw before sliding to her cheek. He was stuck. Couldn’t stop looking at her. That lil’ face twisted in ecstasy, mouth open, eyes fluttering every time she sank down on him and took it all like a good girl. 

“Give it to me…” she begged, voice sugar-slick and whimpering, “Give it to me, please.”

Erik grunted low, chest heaving, lips parted like the air got caught in his throat. He could feel it rising, the rush, the heat in his spine, the clench in his gut. Her pussy was too tight. Too wet. She gripped him and made a mess on him every time she bounced. 

“I’m bein’ good,” she said through breathy moans, her ass slapping against his thighs. “I’m riding daddy’s dick good.”

He could barely hold on. His head dropped back against the pillow, jaw tight, sweat slicking the cut of his collarbones. “Fuck, lil’ mama…”

Her lips curled into a wicked little smile. She wanted all of him. And she was gonna get it. Sanaa dropped her hips faster, harder, like she knew he was right on the edge. 

“Fill me up.”

Erik looked up at her like she was unreal. A fantasy he accidentally pulled out of his dreams. Her titties bouncing with every move. The roll of her hips was deadly. The wet sounds between them only made it filthier. She arched her back, leaned forward, and started grinding instead of bouncing. That roll she did with her hips? That shit broke him. 

“Unh…yes,” she panted, nails digging into his chest. “Give me that Killmonger dick.”

Erik growled, deep and guttural, reaching ip and grabbing the back of her neck, dragging her face close to his. His eyes were heavy, bloodshot, lost in her, “You gon’ make me bust up in this pussy, girl…”

“That’s what I want,” she said, breath all over his lips. “I want it. I want you to nut in this pussy. I been so good. Look how I take it. Look at me…”

Erik looked. Couldn’t not look. Her pussy was swallowing him. Gripping every inch like it was molded for him. 

Taking every inch of his daddy dick like her little pussy was made to do it. The way her body arched, the curve of her back, the wet slap of her ass meeting his lap—it was obscene, nasty, and perfect. And every time she rode down, her breasts bounced like they were cheering her on. 

She put her hands on his chest, leaned forward just enough to whisper in his ear, “Look how I ride it, Daddy,” she panted, voice low and slick, “Look how I take it in my little pussy like a big girl supposed to.”

Erik’s eyes snapped open. That shit hit him like a shot to the chest. His nostrils flared. It was the kind of reaction a man had when he was trying not to bust too soon. Erik frowned hard at her, like her words had personally disrespected him. 

Sanaa smirked, proud of herself. She swiveled her hips slow, teasing him with it, making sure he could feel every slick roll of her walls dragging over him.

“Oh yeah…mmm…” she moaned, drawing out the sound like it was syrup on her tongue. Her hands slid up his shoulders, “Such a big dick. You handsome and your thing big. So disrespectful.”

Erik’s hands flew to her ass, palms spread wide as he cupped her cheeks and started bouncing her harder. Sanaa gasped, lost her groove for a second as he took over. Her hands gripped his shoulders tight, nails pressing into his skin. Sanaa looked down at him and the way he stared up at her—eyes dark, lips parted, sweat on his temples—she knew. 

He was about to lose it.

That’s right Bri. Bury that nigga. 

“Shit,” Erik growled low, his voice breaking apart from how deep it hit. His hands dragged her down and lifted her up, over and over, using her body like it was his personal addiction. His grip got tighter, more demanding, like he needed her to keep going, to stay right there.

Their eyes locked. Sanaa’s mouth parted. She could see it in his face, all over it. That look. That edge. He was right there. Right on the fucking edge of letting go.

His chest rose quick, muscles flexing. His brows pulled in tight and his gold slugs flashed beneath clenched teeth. His hips stuttered, bucking up into her, and he let out this low, primal sound like he was trying to hold back a flood.

Sanaa was taking that dick like she owned it—slow and deep, then fast and filthy, grinding into Erik’s lap with that little arch in her back that always made him twitch. His hands were locked on her ass, pulling her down, forcing her to take all of him. His mouth hung open as he breathed through it, face twisted up like he was trying not to explode.

But Sanaa wasn’t done.

“Say my name,” she whispered.

Erik grunted, trying to hold himself back, but his body was betraying him. Thighs flexing. Chest rising. That big dick of his twitching so deep inside her, begging for release.

“Whose big dick is this?” she asked, breath sweet and soft but commanding as hell, “Who’s big dick this belong to?”

He almost choked on his own spit. His grip on her ass tightened, fingers digging into the flesh like he was trying to keep her there. “It’s yours,” he rasped. “Fuck, it’s yours—”

She tilted her head.

“It’s mine? Huh, Killmonger?”

His whole body jerked. He stilled. He was about to fill her up. He wanted to. Needed to. He was locked in, ready to drown in her.

“Shit—” he breathed, jaw locked, legs tense as hell, “Take this nut, daddy’s girl—”

And that’s when she did it.

Sanaa hopped off. Quick and clean.

Erik let out a deep, wrecked growl as his big dick bounced up, angry and wet, pulsing without a home. His eyes went wide, stunned, and before he could get his bearings, it was already happening. That first thick spurt shot up and landed hot on his lower abs. Another followed, streaking his thighs. His hips bucked helplessly as more of his nut spilled out, messy and hot, painting his skin. He looked down at himself, then back up at her, brows drawn in deep like did you really just hop off my dick?

Sanaa stood at the edge of the bed like a goddess fresh off her throne. Her body glistened in the dim light, skin warm, inner thighs shiny with her own climax. She took her time picking up her T-shirt from the floor, slipping it back over her head like nothing happened. Just tits swaying soft beneath cotton. Then she stepped in front of his full-length mirror and fluffed her curls, satisfied.

Erik watched, still leaking, dick twitching on his stomach, mind blank.

Sanaa giggled to herself, caught his reflection behind her in the mirror, then turned and faced him.

“Now lay in it.”

She blew him a kiss, walked to the door, and slipped out without another word.

And Erik—naked, breathless, covered in his own nut—could only lay there. Speechless. Destroyed. Worshipping her with his eyes while she took all the power with her.

______

Erik stayed frozen. His chest heaved and his lungs burned as he fought for air. The silence that followed Sanaa’s exit was deafening, leaving him stranded in the wreckage of a ruined orgasm. He was vibrating, every muscle in his large, scarred frame coiled tight, trapped in that agonizing limbo between peak pleasure and a sudden, jarring stop. 

He looked down at himself, his gaze heavy and dark. His abs were slick, coated in a sheen of chaotic mess that consisted of her juices and the cum he’d leaked while she’d been grinding her pussy on his dick. It was a smeared, translucent map of her greed and her cruelty. Erik reached down, his thick fingers dragging through the wetness on his stomach, swirling her cream into his skin. Erik didn’t wipe it away. He smeared it, feeling the tacky mess against his keloid scars, the scent of her pussy filling his nostrils and fueling the fire in his gut. 

Erik’s mind was a loop of the last twenty minutes. He could still feel the exact pressure of her thighs gripping his waist, the way her soft curves collided with his hard muscle. He replayed every bratty, teasing thing she’d whispered in his ear, the way she’d looked down at him with that confident, challenging smirk while she rode him. Like he didn’t fold her little ass in half against the wall. She had known exactly what she was doing. Pushing him to the very edge, making him ache, making him crave the release that only she could trigger, and then simply sliding off right before the explosion. 

Erik looked at his dick. It was half-hard, a thick, vein-riven, pole that refused to fully go soft. It was twitching. Pulsing with a frustrated dance. A thick, pearly bead of cum leaked from the tip, dripping onto his thigh. It was the seed that should have been buried deep inside her. The load he had been ready to pump into her until she was overflowing. Right up against the posterior fornix. Seeing it waste away on his own skin made his jaw clench so hard his teeth groaned. 

The frustration wasn’t a clean anger. It was a dark, suffocating obsession. He felt a possessive hunger clawing at his insides, a need to reclaim the control she’d snatched away. He stared at the door she’d walked through, his eyes narrowing. The fact that she could leave him like this—wrecked, leaking—didn’t make him want to pull away. It made him want to hunt her down, pin her to the nearest surface, and fuck the bratty attitude right out of her. 

Erik touched the leaking tip of his dick, smearing the wasted cum across his thigh, breath hitching. He wasn’t just horny. He was consumed. He wanted to feel her clench around him again. To feel her shake as he finally took what was his. Leave her just as ruined as he was right now.

His mind was a storm. Racing with a volatility that usually only surface in the heat of a kill zone. He was Erik N’Jadaka Stevens. He was a mercenary nicknamed Killmonger. He was a ghost. A weapon. A man who had navigated the darkest corners of the globe as a Navy SEAL and a Black Operative. HALO jumped from war planes. Witnessed the unthinkable. Looked death in the eye and didn’t blink. He had a tally of 2,207 lives extinguished by his own hand. Each one a testament to his precision, his ruthlessness, and his absolute control over every environment he entered. 

Erik almost dismantled an entire empire, fought his way through his bloodline and walked away from it all because he was the only one strong enough to do so. He was a man who commanded respect through fear and dominance. He wasn’t someone to be played with, let alone fucked with. 

And yet, here he was.

He stared at the ceiling, jaw locked, feeling the phantom weight of Sanaa pressing into him. The sheer audacity of it burned in his chest. This little brat—this slim-thick, espresso brown, teasing woman—had just flipped the script on him. She had ridden him with a confidence that bordered on arrogance, pushing him to the absolute precipice of his sanity, and then she simply vanished. She had left him stranded in the wreckage of his own desire, lying in the ruins of a ruined orgasm. 

How? The question echoed in his head, fueling a dark possessive fire. How was it possible that Sanaa held this much power over him? He was the one with the muscle, the experience, the sheer physical presence that could crush her. He was the one who should be dictating the terms of their surrender. But in her absence, he felt the weight of her influence like a collar around his neck. She didn’t need a weapon to disarm him. She just needed to know exactly where his breaking point was and then step away from it. 

Her thighs. Thick, soft, warm…grown-woman thighs. That’s the part that hits him in the chest. She sits on the sofa with them pressed together and he can’t stop looking. She walks around the apartment in those tiny shorts and his mouth goes dry. She crosses her legs slow and he feels that twitch in his sweats every damn time. 

Her taste. Erik knew she’d be sweet. He knew it. But he didn’t expect that. That flavor. That warmth. That addictive, met-on-his-tongue sweetness that ruins men. She tastes like warm skin, slick heat, something naturally sweet, something that coats his tongue and stays there. Something he wants more of every second. He became obsessed with it. So much so that it started haunting him. He’ll be sitting in the kitchen with a glass of water, thinking about the taste between her thighs. He’ll be trying to sleep but he keeps remembering the way his mouth got messy on her. He’ll be in the shower, jaw clenched, palm on the tile, replaying the sound she made when he spread her open with his thumbs and dragged his tongue across all that wetness. Her taste is the reason he stops pretending she don’t got a hold on him. Because once he found out what that pussy tasted like…

He can’t not want it again. And again. And again. He’s calling her greedy but ain’t no way her greed matches his. Erik is hungry for that pussy. Possessive over that pussy. 

Sweetest pussy I ever had. You know I’m comin’ back for that. Don’t give that flavor to nobody else….

How tight her pussy is. When he slid in the first time? Erik damn near forgot his own name. She’s so goddamn right he gotta breathe through it. Gotta hold still. Gotta grip her hips and talk her through opening up because if he move too fast, too soon, he gon’ bust right there. That warm clench around him…the way she hugs every inch…how her pussy tries to pull him deeper…how her walls flutter when she moans…how she get tighter when she says his name. That’s why he gotta fuck her lil’ ass slow sometimes. 

The breathy moans. Oh my god. The softness…the shaky ‘mmm’ when he moves just right. The whisper of ‘Erik” when she’s tryna hold on but can’t. Erik could write whole chapters about that sound. Soft. Breathy. Pretty. Innocent but filthy underneath. The sound of a good girl losing her mind for a grown man. That’s what makes him nuts. That innocence melting. And every time she let out one of those little whimpers? He feels it in his spine. In his chest. In his dick. Her moans are what make him emotional about the sex. The thing he didn’t plan on. The part that binds him to her. That’s why he keeps coming back. Why he can’t leave it alone. Because her body talks to him. Her thighs…her taste…her tightness…her voice. And every part says the same thing.

It’s yours.

Erik’s gaze dropped back down to his lap. His dick was a thick, pulsing column again. Just the thought of her got him standing at attention again. He reached down, his massive, calloused hand wrapping around the girth. He could feel a pulse against the pad of his fingers as he pumped the veiny, rock-hard muscle. He watched the way the skin stretched over the thick veins. With every squeeze, more of that wasted seed spilled out. Thick, pearly ropes of cum leaking from the tip, coating his fingers and smearing across his palm. It was a lot of cum. A heavy load that had been built up through minutes of agonizing torture. 

Erik gripped himself tighter, a low growl vibrating in his throat. This shit should have been buried inside her. He should have pinned her legs back and sat this dick right against the bottom of her pussy, pumping every single drop of this wasted nut with a pulse of his groin until she was overflowing. Hear those pretty little whimpers as he stuffed her full. 

Instead, he was cleaning himself up. 

Erik didn’t just want her back. He wanted to reclaim the dominance she had stolen. He pumped his dick one last time, smearing the excess cum over his tip in. Rough, frustrated motion. He wasn’t just horny. He was hunting. 

The soldier in him had taken over, and Sanaa had just become the most high-priority target of his life. 

5:18 A.M.

The gym lived in a different world before sunrise. No conversations. No crowds. Just steel, rubber flooring, and the steady percussion of plates crashing against barbells. Fluorescent lights reflected off rows of mirrors while the smell of chalk and disinfectant lingered beneath the sharper bite of sweat. 

Erik preferred it this way. 

Nobody asked questions. Nobody recognized him. Nobody expecting anything except another man putting in work. 

He stood at the squat rack rolling his shoulders beneath a fitted black compression shirt that clung to every line across his chest and arms. Dark charcoal shorts stopped just above his knees, revealing powerful quadriceps crisscrossed with veins before the workout had even begun. Black crew socks disappeared into worn training shoes that had seen enough miles to mold themselves around his feet. His locs were pulled back into a low ponytail, thick ropes hanging between his shoulder blades with a few shorter pieces escaping near his temples. Sweat had begun to gather along his hairline despite the hour. 

Erik’s headphones sealed the world away. 

Mona Lisa.

Lil Wayne’s voice filled his ears. 

Erik ducked beneath the loaded barbell and settled it across his back. Four plates. The weight felt familiar. Comfortable. He stepped back, braced, then dropped. The squat was deep enough that his hips disappeared below parallel before he exploded upward again. One. Again. Two. Again. Three. Every rep clean. Every rep angry. Every rep supposed to empty his head. Instead…

Sanaa. 

The first time she says his name. Her scent after a shower. Her laugh. Her eyes rolling whenever he said something she ain’t like. The way she’d glance at him before pretending she hadn’t. Those glasses. The bow-legged walk she does with the little switch in her hips.This the same girl that used to sleep over in Aaliyah’s room? The one that would eat cereal cross-legged in the living room? The shy girl that could barely look at him? 

“Damn.” 

Erik racked the weight harder than necessary. 

She had Jim tripping. Actually tripping. 

Erik pulled one side of his headphones back long enough to catch his own breathing before shoving it into place again. His thumb pressed the volume buttons. 

Louder. Wayne. Kendrick. 

The bass vibrated against his skull. 

It didn’t matter. She was still there. 

Erik walked toward the leg press, loading plate after plate until most people would’ve needed help moving the sled. But Erik was a different breed. His knees folded toward his chest. 

Push. 

The sled climbed. 

Lower. Push. Again. Again. Again. 

His thighs burned. 

Good. 

Maybe pain would do what music couldn’t. Maybe exhaustion would finally knock her loose.

Nope. 

Because there she was again. In her oversized t-shirts she’d somehow managed to make look better than anything designed by a fashion house. With those glossy lips looking at him because she knew the effect she had. Staring at him like she wasn’t scared of him. That sas the dangerous part. Most people kept a healthy distance, but Sanaa kept getting closer. 

Erik finished the set until his legs trembled, then sat forward with his forearms resting on his thighs, breathing through his nose. 

You gotta get it together, he thought. 

Erik stood before he could think too hard about the words. 

Walking lunges came next. Heavy dumbbells. Eighty pounds in each hand. 

Step. Lower. Drive through the heel. Step. Lower. Drive. 

His forearms tightened around the knurled handles while every muscle below his waist demanded mercy. Erik welcomed it. The mirror caught him halfway across the turf. Broad shoulders. Compression shift darkened by sweat, revealing the raised scars along his torso and arms. Gold chain tucked beneath the collar. Locs swinging lightly with every stride. A man who looked completely in control. 

Only he knew better. Because everytime his mind cleared…there she was. Her voice. Her smile. The little crease beside her nose whenever she tried not to laugh. 

This don’t make no damn sense. 

Romanian deadlifts. Hamstring curls. Bulgarian split squats. Calf raises until his calves cramped beneath his own bodyweight. An hour became an hour and a half. Then two hours. His legs felt like concrete. His shirt clung to him like a second layer of skin. Sweat traced the tattooed landscape of his arms before disappearing beneath the compression fabric. 

His phone vibrated inside his gym bag as he reached for his towel. 

One notification. 

Aaliyah: Can you be our designated driver tomorrow night big bro? The girlies wanna hit these D.C streets and drinks will be in rotation so I’m tryna be responsible. Please and thank youuuuuuu ☺️ 

His heartbeat had betrayed him before he looked and realized it was his little sister. For one ridiculous second, he hoped it was her. 

Erik shook his head at himself, grabbed the phone. And laughed under his breath. 

Damn, lil’ mama. What you doin’ to me? 

Erik slung the bag over his shoulder and headed for the locker room. 

Erik: Aight 🙄

______

Sanaa stirred in her bed, sheets twisted around her legs, body aching deep, thighs trembling as she moved. A whimper slipped out before she could catch it. She blinked awake, the soreness hitting her all at once. Her hips. Her ass. The tender spots between her legs that pulsed from the night before. She lifted the hem of her oversized tee with shaky fingers, marks blooming across the curve of her waist, dark little reminders pressed into her skin. She traced one with her thumb, biting her lip when the pressure made her thighs twitch again. 

Killmonger had her going stupid on the dick last night. 

Flashes of memory shown behind her closed lids. 

Her bouncing. Him picking her up in the air to drop her down in his dick. The slow grind-thrust he did that made her dizzy. How she came more than three times and still had the drive to ride him. Not once. Twice. The look of defeat in his eyes. The way he said her name all weak and pussy-drunk. How his big, strong hands gripped, pinned, caressed, and stilled her body. It was addictive fucking Erik. 

Sanaa rolled over until her feet dangled over the side of her bed. She braced herself before pushing off, knees weak. She needed to stretch. There was no was she would be going out tonight in heels and twerking if she couldn’t even stand on two feet. She walked over to her walk-in closet and grabbed her yoga mat. She got into her first position. Her elbows pressed gently against the insides of her knees, easing them apart while she rocked from side to side, loosening joints that still carried last night’s workout.

She flowed into a ninety-ninety hip stretch next, one leg folded in front of her, the other tucked behind. Her fingertips rested lightly on the mat as she leaned forward until she felt the stretch bloom through her glutes and hips. She lingered there, breathing evenly before switching sides. Cat-cows followed, her spine rolling one vertebra at a time, then slow world’s greatest stretches that opened her hip flexors, hamstrings, and thoracic spine all at once.

By the time she finished with a few kneeling ankle rocks and controlled knee-over-toe lunges, warmth had replaced stiffness. Her hips felt lighter. Her knees tracked smoothly. She rose from the mat with an easy smile, bouncing once on the balls of her feet feeling stronger than she had fifteen minutes before. 

Sanaa could almost see him. The massive, scarred warrior reduced to a shaking mess. The memory of it sent a fresh throb between her thighs.  She had ridden him. Every inch of that thick, veiny dick stretching her open, pushing her to the brink. She had felt his control slipping, heard the way his breath hitched and his voice grew ragged. Begging to fill her pussy up. And then, at the absolute peak, when he was practically sobbing for it, she had simply slid off him. 

Sanaa remembered the look of sheer, stunned betrayal on his face as she stood up, leaving him stranded. He had cum so hard just from the sudden loss of her gushy pussy, his nut erupting in thick, wasted ropes that coated his own stomach and thighs. He had been left to drown in his own cum, a ruined man, while Sanaa fluffed her hair and walked away without a backward glance. And she was glad she didn’t. Because she may have caved. 

In that moment, Sanaa had felt an intoxicating surge of power. It wasn’t just about the sex. It was the psychological victory. She was a petite woman. A slim-thick frame that he could practically snap in half if he wanted to, yet she had brought him to his knees without lifting a finger—well she did lift that pussy up and down his dick. She had made a man of his stature, a ruthless killer and a dominant force of nature crumble. It made her feel like a goddess. A true woman who knew exactly how to wield her sexuality as a weapon. The contrast—his raw, masculine aggression versus her soft, bratty rigor—had been the ultimate aphrodisiac. 

The triumph began to morph into a delectable, trembling anticipation. 

Sanaa knew Erik. She knew that a man like him didn’t just take a loss. He planned a counter-attack. By leaving him like that, she hadn’t just won a round. She had issued a challenge. She could almost feel his possessive rage simmering. The dark, hungry fire that would be waiting for her the next time they were in the same room. 

Her thoughts went from ‘that dick is the reason I keep playing with myself’ to ‘that dick is the reason I’m scared to let him fuck me’ to ‘that dick is the reason I keep letting him fuck me.’ 

A shiver ran down her spine, her pussy quivering instinctively. Sanaa was practically craving the moment he would decide he’d had enough of her games. She imagined his massive hand wrapping around her throat, pinning her down with a full weight of his muscular body, his voice a low, dangerous growl in her ear telling her exactly how he was going to punish her for her audacity. She wanted him to tame her. She wanted to feel that dominance return with a vengeance. To be stuffed full of his cum. To be gagged by his dick. A physical reminder that while she could play with fire, he was the one who owned the flame. The thought of being completely overwhelmed by him, of having her bratty confidence crushed under all that muscle, those scars, those tattoos, made her ache. 

She was just about to go and take a shower when a knock hit the door. Before she could answer, Aaliyah pushed it open and stepped inside. 

“Gurl. You still sleep? It’s almost twelve in the afternoon, sis.” 

“I could have been in here flicking my bean.” Sanaa throws back, rolling her eyes. 

Aaliyah flopped down at the foot of the bed, phone in her hand. 

“Jordan been blowing me up all morning talkin’ ‘bout he sorry. I got his ass blocked so fast he prolly still typing. I ain’t got time for that nigga and his weak-ass bars or that dusty podcast he keep pushin’. He can keep that energy over there.” 

“For how long before you end up taking him back, Liyah?” Sanaa replied with amusement. 

“I swear I’m not this time. Plus, I’m leaving for my fellowship in three days. I wanna turn up and forget his ass. Maybe I’ll run into a new man and have a little fun. Who knows.” 

Aliyah poked her tongue out. Sanaa laughed. 

“Naima coming over to stay the night. The other girlies will be here tomorrow. And I texted Erik to ask if he can be our bodyguard for the night. He said aight.” 

Sanaa had a visceral reaction to the sound of his name. She played it off with a chuckle and a shoulder shrug.

“That was sweet of him. Maybe he can have some fun instead of staying cooped up in here.” 

“Gurl, I can say the same for you.”

“What?” Sanaa looked over at Aaliyah. 

“Nothing.” 

Aaliyah stretched out, back against the mattress, staring at the ceiling. Sanaa pretended to scroll through her planner on her iPad, but every slight movement of her weight sent a fresh ache rolling through her pussy. She pressed her knees together under the desk, trying to breath steady. 

Aaliyah’s silence made Sanaa glance over to her best friend. She had this look on her face. Her usual chattiness halted.

“You good, Liyah?” 

“Yeah,” Aaliyah said, but her voice dragged a little. She looked like she had more sitting on her tongue, something heavy, but she just sat up instead. “I gotta get ready anyway.” 

She stood, crossing the room, and reached out to squeeze Sanaa’s shoulder—hard. The way she always did when she was feeling playful. Sanaa shoved her in return. 

“Don’t be all day in here, bitch. I ordered us breakfast from that corner bakery we like. And some macha!” 

11:08 A.M. 

Washington, D.C. 

Maple syrup. Butter. And fresh matcha. 

Aaliyah had ordered breakfast from the little bakery around the corner that everyone on campus swore by. Empty brown paper bags sat folded on the kitchen island beside two half-finished iced matches, their cups beaded with condensation. Flaky crumbs from croissant breakfast sandwiches littered white napkins, evidence that neither woman had been particularly concerned with eating neatly. Sanaa leaned against the island, one hip resting against the quartz countertop while she absently stirred the last bit of ice in her drink. 

Fresh out of the shower, she looked nothing like the woman she’d become once makeup and a dress entered the equation. Her dark curls were piled into a messy bun high on her head, loose ringlets escaping around her temples and the back of her neck. Gold hoops decorated her ears. A pair of turquoise tortoise shell glasses rested low on her nose while she scrolled through her phone. She wore charcoal yoga leggings that hugged her hips down to her calves, igniting her curves, a matching sports bra, and soft cream house slippers. Her lips glistened with caramel gloss and her skin still carried that fresh-out-the-shower glow because of the shower oil she’d used. Saltwater Vanilla. Comfort looked dangerously good on her.

Across from her, Aaliyah looked equally at home. She’d pulled on an oversized Howard University T-shirt that swallowed her frame and. Pair of black biker shorts. White crew socks disappeared into fuzzy tan slippers, and her hair had been gathered into a sleek puff. Her face was completely bare except for mascara and lip balm, making her look younger than twenty-two. She took another sip of her macha and sighed dramatically. 

“I don’t even wanna get dressed.” 

Sanaa laughed without looking up. “You literally planned this.” 

“I know.” Aaliyah frowned into her cup. “Planning it and participating are two different things.” 

“You got a whole fellowship to celebrate, sis. Then, you graduate. Be happy.” 

“I know.” Aaliyah said. 

“You begged us to come.” 

“I know, bitch.” Aaliyah said.

“So…”

“I still don’t wanna put on lashes.” 

Sanaa shook her head. “You don’t wanna sit and get your lashes done. And you don’t wanna put on the strip. Lazy.” 

“I’m preserving my energy.”

Sanaa scuffed. “You sound eighty.” 

“I feel eighty.” 

A knock sounded through the apartment. Three quick raps. Before either woman could move, Erik stepped into the hallway. 

He’d already showered too, but it seems he forgot to put on a shirt. And why are his athletic shorts dangerously low on his waist like that? The locs gathered up into a messy bun? A silver cross sitting between his pecs? 

What the fuck? 

“I got it.” He said. 

He started toward the front door. Then, he looked up. 

His eyes landed on Sanaa. 

Everything inside him stalled for half a heartbeat. She wasn’t dressed up. She wasn’t even trying. She was standing there with messy hair, glasses, slippers, and gloss, lazily drinking matcha while sunlight poured across her skin. 

Cute. Comfy. Entirely too familiar. 

His gaze lingered just long enough for her to notice. She looked up over the rim of her glasses. Their eyes met. The corner of her mouth threatened to lift. Just a little. 

He recovered first. 

“I’ll get the door.” 

His voice sounded perfectly normal. 

Erik turned the handle. A delivery driver stood outside holding an oversized edible arrangement. 

“Delivery for…Sanaa Carter?” 

“Yeah. Thanks homie.” 

The driver handed it over, offered a quick you’re welcome, and disappeared down the hallway. Erik nudged the door shut with his foot while balancing the arrangement in one hand. Chocolate covered strawberries. Pineapple flowers. Melon. Grapes. The whole thing sat in a decorative brown container wrapped with a bright green bow. As he walked toward the dining table, he spotted the small white envelope tucked between the fruit. 

He pulled it free. Read it. His jaw tightened almost imperceptibly. 

“Hm.” 

He set the arrangement down. 

Both women immediately wandered over. 

“Oooo,” Aaliyah sang. “Who got an Edible Arrangement?!” 

Sanaa laughed. “Jordan with his sympathy gift.” 

Erik looked at her. Then at the card. Then back at her. He held the card out. A slight curl of his plush top lip. 

“It’s for you, Bri.” 

Sanaa accepted it. Her brow lifted as she read it allowed.

“A sweet bouquet for a sweet girl. I hope this brightens your day, beautiful. Can’t wait to see you tonight. Signed…Nathan.” 

She smiled. Just a little. “Oh.” 

Aaliyah gasped so dramatically she nearly dropped her drink. “Oooooooooooh!!!”

Sanaa rolled her eyes. “Girl.” 

“No.” Aaliyah pointed at the arrangement. “Not him sending you and Edible Arrangement, bitch!” 

Sanaa laughed. “He’s thoughtful.” 

“He tryna say you edible, sis.” 

Sanaa burst into laughter, nudging Aaliyah out of the way with her hip. “Aaliyah!”

“I’m serious! What he tryna say you taste like pineapples?” 

She leaned closer to inspect one of the chocolate-covered strawberries. “Mhmmmm. You left your mark on him, Bri.” 

Wanna shook her head, unable to stop smiling. “It is kinda sweet.” 

“It is sweet. Thoughtful.” Aaliyah said. 

She carefully lifted one of the pineapple flowers by the stem, admiring how it had been carved. “This is actually really pretty.” 

Across the table, Erik stared at the arrangement like it had personally offended him. There was silence. Long silence. Then…

“…Fruit look old.” 

The women turned toward him. Sanaa blinked. Aaliyah fought back a laugh. 

“What?” Sanaa said.

Erik pointed. “That grape wrinkled.” 

“It is not.” 

“It definitely is. You got glasses in you can’t see that?” 

Aaliyah squinted. “It kinda…” 

Sanaa immediately defended the fruit. “It is not wrinkled.” 

“It look tired.” Erik said. 

Aaliyah giggled, staring between them. 

Sanaa had to laugh herself. “Fruit get tired, E?” 

Erik put his hands up, biceps flexing in a way that almost broke Sanaa’s composure. 

“I’m just tellin’ you what I’m seein’.” He leaned slightly closer. “And then flowers…”

“What flowers?” 

“The pineapple.”

Sanaa looked. “They’re cute.” 

“They look like they wiltin’.” 

Aaliyah turned away laughing quietly to herself. 

“It’s carved fruit.”

“Mm.” Erik nodded once. “Cheap-ass edible plant.” 

Sanaa folded her arms. “You a haterrr.”

“I ain’t hatin’.”

“You absolutely hatin’. On fruit though? If you wanted some all you had to do was ask, E.” 

Aaliyah laughed so hard she grabbed the counter. “Oh my God.” She dabbed her eyes. “Whew! Ya’ll funny!”

Erik continued studying it with the same expression someone might reserve for a suspicious car engine. 

“I’ve seen better strawberries.”

“You are ridiculous.” 

“I’m honest.” 

Sanaa picked up a chocolate-covered strawberry and held it toward him. “You want one, meany?” 

“Nah.” 

“You sure?” 

“I’m positive, B–” he caught himself. “Bri.” 

“You don’t even know if it’s good and you judging.” 

“I know enough.” 

Sanaa took a bite instead. The chocolate cracked softly. Her eyes widened. 

“Mmmm.” 

Aaliyah immediately reached for one too. She took a bite, eyes widening. “Oh, that’s good! Fruit taste fresh to me.” 

Erik watched both of them eating. Still unimpressed. 

“…chocolate doin’ all the work—”

Sanaa laughed so hard she nearly choked. “You are a professional hater.” 

“I call shit like I see it.” Erik fired back. 

“You jealous of fruit, big bro?” Aaliyah teased.

“I ain’t jealous of shit. Give me a reason to be.” 

“You sound jealous, E.” Sanaa said.

Erik looked at the arrangement one last time before shaking his head. “Hope the nigga kept the receipt.” 

With that, he turned and walked into the living room as if the conversation had exhausted him. Behind him, the girls dissolved into another fit of laughter. From the sofa, Erik could see Sanaa on her phone. She brought it to her ear, and the minute she spoke Nathan’s name Erik’s jaw ticked.

He leaned back, picked up the TV remote, and stared at the blank screen without turning it on. 

An Edible Arrangement? Out of everything that man could’ve sent…fruit. 

Erik rubbed a hand over his beard.

Ain’t even send her flowers. 

His eyes drifted toward the dining room where Sanaa was still smiling with the phone pressed to her ear while Aaliyah teased her. 

His mouth flattened. 

Cheap-ass fruit.

Another knock echoed through the apartment. Aaliyah looked up from the edible arrangement and grinned.

“That gotta be Naima.”

She hurried to the front door and pulled it open. Naima stepped inside with an overnight bag slung over one shoulder, dressed in an oversized white linen button-down over black slim-fit jeans and clean white sneakers. Her twist-out framed her face perfectly, her large almond eyes immediately finding the people gathered around the dining table.

“There she is,” Aaliyah said, wrapping her in a quick hug.

“Congratulations again, Fellowship Girl.”

“You gon’ make me cry.”

Naima smiled before making her rounds. She hugged Sanaa tightly.

“Hey, pretty.”

“Hey, Nai.”

She lifted a hand toward Erik. “Hey, Erik.”

He nodded once. “Naima.”

Her attention drifted to the centerpiece on the table.

“…Hold on.” She leaned in. “Who sent that?”

Aaliyah didn’t even give Sanaa a chance to answer. “Nathan.”

Naima’s eyebrows climbed. “Oh, he trying.”

Sanaa laughed, turning the little card over in her fingers. “I told you he’s sweet.”

“Mmm.” Naima examined one of the chocolate-covered strawberries. “He definitely scored some points.”

Aaliyah sighed dramatically, the smile slipping from her face.

“Meanwhile…” She folded her arms. “I’m officially done with Jordan.”

Naima’s expression softened immediately. Without saying a word, she rubbed slow circles across Aaliyah’s back.

“I know.”

Aaliyah let out a long breath. “I’m over it.”

“You keep saying that.”

“This time I mean it.”

Naima studied her for a second before hooking an arm through hers. “C’mon.”

“Where we going?”

“I need details.”

Aaliyah groaned. “I knew you was gon’ interrogate me.”

“Damn right.”

The two disappeared down the hallway toward Aaliyah’s bedroom, their voices fading behind a closing door. Sanaa watched them go with an amused smile before reaching for another chocolate-covered strawberry. From the living room, Erik glanced toward the edible arrangement again.

He still looked unconvinced.

______

Sanaa was sitting at the dining table, talking to Nathan on the phone. She had it on speaker, completely aware of Erik sitting in the living room. This felt like déjà vu. The last time she was talking on the phone with Nathan, she had a mouth full of Erik’s dick.

“Mhm. I wanted to tell you thank you. It was really sweet.”

“I’m glad it made it.”

“It definitely did.” Sanaa walked over and plucked a chocolate-covered strawberry from the arrangement. “Aaliyah and I have already been picking at it.”

“So it passed inspection?”

“It passed with flying colors.”

She bit into the chocolate strawberry, eyes flicking over to Erik. He sat back, legs wide and swinging, eyeing her with an unblinking stare that did the opposite of what he intended it to do. It only made her pussy wet. When will he realize that those looks don’t get the reaction he’s looking for? 

“I was hoping you’d like it.”

“I do. I really do.” Her voice softened. “You didn’t have to do that.”

“I know. But I can’t stop thinking about you. Ya’ll going out tomorrow night right? For Aaliyah?”

Erik isn’t saying a word to her, but his eyes are locked on her, dark and tracking the way she smiles. The way she makes her voice all sweet. He grabs his phone beside him quick. 

Her phone buzzes in her hand.

Erik: Come here Miss Carter. 

Sanaa glances at him, a bratty smirk playing on her lips. She doesn’t move an inch, keeping her gaze fixed forward as she responds to Nathan. Sanaa smiled to herself before taking a bite of the strawberry.

“That’s dangerous.”

“What?”

“You getting thoughtful this early.”

Nathan laughed. “I didn’t realize kindness came with a waiting period.”

“I’m just saying…now you’re setting expectations.”

“I can live with that.”

She shook her head, smiling wider.

Buzz.

Erik: I ain’t gon ask you again. Get over here.

Sanaa bites her lip, feeling the heat radiating off him. She types back quickly, her thumb flying across the screen while Nathan continues to ramble. 

Sanaa: Sorry daddy. Aaliyah and Naima. We can’t do nothing 😔 

Erik’s expression doesn’t change, but his jaw tightens. He don’t give a fuck who in the apartment. The only thought running through his mind is her disobeying him. 

Erik: I don’t give a fuck about that, Bri. If you don’t move that ass over here right now, I’m a come get you. And I won’t be gentle about it.

Sanaa shivers, her pussy giving a sudden, wet throb. She can feel the weight of his gaze on her chest, imagining those huge, calloused hands gripping her waist and tossing her over his shoulder. 

Sanaa: You so damn dramatic lol. All because he sent me fruit 😂. Mad you got competition? 

Erik lets out a low, silent huff of a laugh. He shifts his weight, the fabric of his shorts straining against the thick, heavy length of his dick. He remembers last night clearly. The way she’d taken him, the raw, desperate energy of it. The bounce of that ass. The creamy mess. Nathan ain’t got shit on him. 

Erik: Since you wanna play...tell me something. Why you ride my dick like that last night? Huh? 

Sanaa’s breath hitches. She almost forgets to answer Nathan. 

“You know,” he continued, “I remembered you saying you liked fruit more than candy, so it seemed like an easy decision.”

“You remembered that?”

“Course I did.”

“See…” she teased. “Now you showing off.”

“Nah. I just pay attention.”

Sanaa: I don’t know what you’re talking about 😇 I’m innocent. 

Erik: Stop fucking playing. You was shaking. Taking every inch of this dick like you was starving for it. You rode me until I was seeing stars, then you just...left.

Sanaa: I didn't leave. I just finished.

Erik: Finished? You left me leaking all over myself. My chest, my stomach...just a fucking mess of cum cuz you decided you was done. 

Sanaa feels a surge of power, remembering the look on his face—the ruthless soldier reduced to a shaking, overstimulated mess because of her. She types back, her voice sounding breathy as she tells Nathan, “Well…thank you. Seriously. It made my day.”

Sanaa: You liked it. you loved how much of a mess I made of you. Let’s not play pretend Killmonger. 

Erik:Thing is I ain’t gotta pretend. I loved it. Now I wanna do it back. I wanna see you dripping. 

He watches her, his eyes dropping to her legs. He knows exactly what she’s wearing—or rather, what she isn’t. Them yoga pants and got no panties underneath. 

Erik: Stand up.

Sanaa: what? Nathan is still talking 😒

Erik: Fuck that nigga. Stand up and put some shorts on. 

Sanaa looked back at Erik. The risk of Aaliyah walking in is high, but the look in Erik’s eyes tells her that if she don’t obey, he’s going to stop texting and start taking.

Sanaa: you a menace. 😩

Erik: And that pussy wet. Now move.

Sanaa slipped into her room, her heart hammering against her ribs. She took off her yoga pants and grabbed a pair of thin, grey cotton shorts. Exactly what Erik wanted. Way too small, the fabric stretched tight over her curves and designed to ride up the second she moved. She slid them on, completely bottomless underneath. Waxed pussy lips against the crotch of the shorts. They clung to her hips and barely covered the swell of her bubble booty. 

On her way out of the room, she could have sworn she’d heard a sharp intake of breath coming from Aaliyah’s room. 

Sanaa brushed it off as she walked back out into the living area, her walk nothing but bow legs and cheeks swaying, knowing exactly how the fabric was hiking up. Erik was waiting, his massive frame lounging back, but his eyes were like lasers, tracking the way her cheeks peeked out from under the hem.

On the speakerphone, Nathan’s voice was smooth, oblivious. 

“So,” he asked, “does this mean I earned another date?”

She laughed. “You asking or assuming?”

“I’m asking. Confidently.”

“You coming out tomorrow, right?” 

“Yeah. I’ll see you tomorrow night.” 

The moment the words “see you tonight” left Nathan’s mouth, Erik’s expression darkened. A flicker of pure, possessive rage crossed his face. His jaw tightened, the muscles in his neck cording. He didn’t like the idea of Nathan touching what belonged to him, especially not when he had her dripping and desperate right here. Wearing the shorts he told her to put on. Looking down at him like she knew who lap she was sitting in. 

Without a word, Erik reached out and gripped her hip, yanking her forward with a strength that left no room for argument. He guided her to straddle his right thigh. He was wearing loose athletic shorts, the fabric thin enough that she could feel the radiating heat of his skin and the rock-hard density of the muscle beneath. As she settled onto him, Erik ain’t waste a second. He brought both of his massive hands up, cupping the cheeks of her ass and squeezing the flesh with a bruising grip. He started to rub, his palms kneading her curves, pushing the thin fabric of her shorts deep into her crack. He was marking her, claiming every inch of her skin while another man’s voice filled the room.

"Sanaa? You still with me?" Nathan asked.

Sanaa gasped, her voice hitching. “Yeah...yeah, I–I’m here, Nathan.”

Erik leaned in, his lips grazing the shell of her ear, then his tongue darted out to flick her earlobe, his voice a low, dangerous vibration that only she could feel. “Don’t let him hear you shake, you just might hurt his feelings, baby,” he whispered, the command cutting through her.

He shifted his grip. He took one large hand and pressed it firmly against the small of her lower back, pinning her against him. With the other hand, he kept a tight, controlling grip on her hip. He didn’t just want her to move, he wanted her to work for it.

“Roll your spine,” he breathed into her ear, his voice thick with authority. “Grind it. I wanna feel every bit of that wet pussy rubbing against me. Right fuckin’ now. Before I let your little nigga know his crush gettin’ slutted out by her best friend brother.” 

Chills.

Sanaa obeyed, her body trembling. She began to arch her back, rolling her hips in a slow, circular motion. Because he was wearing shorts, there was almost no barrier. The hard, ridged muscle of his quad pressed directly into her clit and the opening of her pussy. It felt like rubbing herself against a warm, living pillar of granite. Every time she rolled her hips, the friction sent a jolt of electricity straight to her core, making her internal muscles clench violently.

Erik watched her face with a sly smirk. The one with the single dimple peeking. The one that drove Sanaa crazy. He loved the way her eyes fluttered, the way she bit her lip to keep from moaning. But even in the height of the grind, the soldier in him remained vigilant. His eyes flicked toward the hallway, scanning for any sign of Aaliyah or Naima, his instincts honed for stealth and surveillance. The risk of being caught only added to the filth of it.

“Sanaa, you sound...distracted. Everything aight?” Nathan asked, a hint of confusion in his voice.

“I’m—I’m good. What were you saying?” 

“Nothing important, just saying shit. Hahaha…so uh…what you doin’?” 

Mm—uh, reading. Reading—uhhh, sorry the words are like bluring together right now I think I might need a nap.”

Erik quietly laughed, then whispered. “Nasty ass Edible Arrangement.” 

Sanaa’s giggle was muffled against Erik’s neck. 

“I don’t want you falling asleep on the phone, Sanaa. Get your beauty rest, baby girl.” 

Erik presses his lips to her ear. “Listen to him...talkin’ all that sweet shit. Does he know you shakin’ for me right now? Does he know how wet you are for a real man?” Erik kissed along her jaw. “Answer him, Sanaa. Tell him you’re ‘just relaxin’ While you grindin’ on my thigh...tell him how relaxed you are.”

“I’m just really relaxed right now.” Sanaa watched Erik’s hands smooth up her thighs to cup her breasts, his thumbs circling her nipples through her sports bra. “Really…I…mmm.”

“Mmm? What type of relaxin’ you doin’, girl?”  Nathan chuckled. 

Erik’s hand on her back pressed harder, forcing her to grind deeper, more aggressively. He flexed his thigh muscle, the hard mass pulsing upward, driving directly into her sensitive spot. But right there. Beside his thigh. His dick that’s equal parts long and thick, pulsed and jumped. This lil’ freaky bitch get him so fired up. He flared his nostrils, eyes fixed on her with that low, hazy look, high off her body working his thigh. 

Sanaa looked down at his dick. Her breath hitched.

“Woah…Sanaa?”

“Mhm.” Sanaa buried her face in Erik’s neck. 

“Are you…I don’t wanna assume shit but uh…are you…touching yourself?” 

“Go ‘head, baby. Tell him you’re thinkin’ about him. Tell him while you feel my dick twitch against your leg...tell him he’s the only thing on your mind.”

He was really playing right now. Sanaa wasn’t about to back down. She licked her lips, her gaze locked with Erik’s while she spoke. 

 Sanaa bites her bottom lip. “You’re the only thing on my mind, Nathan…” her fingers crept down until they settled on the stiff pole sitting between his legs. He was hot to the touch. “I’m thinking about you…”

“Damn…really? And what are you doin’ that got you thinkin’ about me?” 

“You shakin’, lil’ mama. Is that for him? Or is it ‘cause you know I’m about to make you leak all over these floors the second you hang up?”

“Sanaa?” 

“Ride it for real,” Erik whispered, his breath hot against her neck. "Put your weight into it. Show me how much you want this. Who you think you is teasing me? Huh? Nah…you teasing him. Got him thinkin’ you touching yourself to thoughts of him…ttsk…such a bad girl, Sanaa…”

Sanaa let out a muffled whimper, her hips jumping in a desperate effort. She was riding his thigh like it was the only thing keeping her grounded, her pussy soaking the thin fabric of her shorts and moistening his thigh. The feeling was overwhelming. The combination of his commanding presence, the rough texture of the shorts, and the sheer power of his leg beneath her. She felt small, fragile, and completely dominated.

Sanaa tried to lean away for a second, her bratty instinct wanting to tease him, but Erik’s grip tightened, snapping her back against him. He placed both hands on her waist and repositioned her on his thigh. 

“I ain’t tell you to stop,” Erik growled softly, his voice a warning. “Keep grindin’. Every time he speaks, you move faster. You my little toy right now, and you gon’ do exactly what the fuck I say.”

“I’m thinkin’ about what I’d let you do to m–me when I see you.” Sanaa managed to stammer out to Nathan, her voice trembling.

As soon as the words left her mouth, Erik accelerated the pace, his thigh flexing upward in a punishing motion that forced her to bounce. She was jumping on his thigh now, her pussy slamming against the hard muscle with every movement. The friction was intense, bordering on too much pressure, but it was the kind of ache that made her crave him more.

She was right on the edge, her breath coming in short, jagged gasps. She looked into Erik’s eyes and saw the absolute control he held over her. He wasn’t just fucking her with his leg. He was breaking her will, reminding her that no matter who she talked to or where she went, she belonged to the soldier.

Sanaa’s eyes flashed with a dangerous, bratty spark. She didn’t just want to be dominated. She wanted to push Erik until he snapped, to see that disciplined soldier persona crumble into raw, possessive rage. With a sudden, fluid movement, Sanaa lifted off his thigh and straddled his lap completely. She sat down heavy on him, her pussy pressing directly against the massive, rock-hard bulge stretching the fabric of his shorts. She leaned back slightly, her chest heaving, the phone pressed to her ear. Her voice changed. It became honeyed, dripping with a fake, innocent sweetness that was designed to drive Erik insane. 

“I can’t wait to get you back to my room. I really want to see what you’re working with…see if you can handle me.” 

As the words left her lips, Sanaa began to move. She didn’t just move, she started pressing her weight down, rotating her hips so that her clit rubbed directly against the thick, veined lengths of his dick through the cloth. She was grinding her pussy over his fat bulge, seeking every inch of that hard pipe, her eyes locked onto Erik’s. 

Erik went completely still. His body became a statue of coiled muscle, his hands gripping the edges of the seat so hard his knuckles bulged like they were trying to break skin. He didn’t move a muscle, but his eyes—dark, hooded, and burning—were fixed on her face. He watched her lips move, heard her offer herself to another man, all while she used his own dick as a rubbing post. The mixture of rage and arousal in Erik’s gaze was suffocating. He looked like he wanted to rip her clothes off and fuck her into a fucked-out coma right there. 

On the other end of the line, Nathan’s voice came through, sounding warm, eager, and completely oblivious to the filth happening on the other side. 

“You killin’ me, Sanaa,” Nathan chuckled, his tone respectful but clearly aroused. “Trust me, I can handle you. I’m gonna take my time with you…make sure you’re completely taken care of. I wanna make you feel everything.”

Sanaa let out a soft, shaky moan, one that sounded like it was for Nathan, but was actually a reaction to the way Erik’s dick twitched beneath her. She increased the pace, grinding harder, her hips snapping forward to rock her pussy against the tip of his dick. She was practically begging for him to break, her eyes challenging him, daring him to drop her or take her. 

“Mmm, you sound so confident,” Sanaa whispered into the phone, her voice breaking as she felt Erik’s hardness pulse against her. “I hope you can keep that same energy when I’m under you. I’m a lot to handle, Nathan…I don’t know if you’re ready for me.” 

Nathan let out a low, breathy laugh. “Try me. I’ll show you exactly what I’m capable of. I’m counting down the hours until I can get my hands on you.” 

Erik’s jaw clenched so tight a vein popped in his temple. He could smell that wet ass pussy leaking through her thin shorts and soaking into his own. The fact that she was using his dick to get herself off while promising herself to that little nigga was a level of disrespect that made his blood boil.

She was selling him a false story because ain’t no fucking way Nathan getting his hands on Sanaa. 

Erik’s hand suddenly shot up, his thick fingers wrapping firmly around the back of her neck. His grip was a silent command. He pulled her head back slightly, forcing her to look down at him while she continued to grind on his bulge. His eyes told her everything: you think this a game? You think you’re in control? Just wait until I get this phone out of your hand.

“I’m gon’ fuck the memory of that nigga right out your head. You won’t even remember how to spell his name by the time I’m done wit’ you.” Erik whispered.

On the other end of the line, Nathan was completely caught in her web, his voice thick with a hunger he didn’t realize was being fueled by another man’s dick. 

“Sanaa…damn, I can practically feel you, baby,” Nathan groaned, his voice dropping an octave. “I’m literally counting down the seconds. I’m gonna make you scream my name tomorrow night.” 

Sanaa let out a shaky, breathy laugh, her hips rolling in a slow, agonizing circle over Erik’s bulge. The sheer size of him stretching the material of his shorts. She looked Erik dead in the eyes, her expression a mix of bratty defiance and raw lust. 

“Mmm, I wish I could stay on the phone, Nathan,” she whispered, her voice dripping with a fake regret that made Erik’s grip on her neck tighten. “But I gotta hang up now. I’ll see you later, okay?” 

“Already?” Nathan sounded genuinely bummed, his disappointment palpable. He was clearly hard as a rock on the other end, left hanging by the very woman who was currently using a soldier’s dick as a rubbing post for her kitty. “You’re killing me, Sanaa. Seriously.” He paused, his tone transitioning to something more possessive. “You owe me for this. Big time.” 

“I know I do,” Sanaa cooed, and then she clicked the phone off. 

Sanaa tossed her phone quick fast and with a renewed hunger she crushed her pussy against the thick ridge of his dick, tilting her pelvis so that her clit could get most of the friction. 

Erik’s voice came out as a low, dangerous growl, vibrating against her chest. “You a little liar, ain’t you?” He hissed. “Lying to that lil’ nigga, telling him you gin’ give him some pussy…knowing damn well you ain’t giving him a fucking drop of what belongs to me.” 

“Oh, so this pussy belongs to you now? Since when?” 

Erik brought his hand around to the front of her neck now. Sanaa gasped, her back arching as she rolled her hips, feeling the head of his dick press firmly against her clit each time she drew her hips back. The sensation was electric. 

“Tell me the truth, you fuckin’ brat,” Erik commanded, his other hand gripping her waist with a bruising force. He dug his fingers into her hip, anchoring her. “Who…” Erik rolled his hips up. “Pussy…” he did it again, his dick sliding between her pussy lips through her shorts. “Is…” when he did it again, Sanaa’s breath caught. “This…”

Sanaa bit her lip, eyes fluttering as she ground down harder, pussy clenching in a desperate need to be filled. “Yours,” she whimpered, the word barely a whisper. “It’s yours, Killmonger…”

His nervous system shifted to DEFCON without asking his permission. The sensation hit him the way a snapped tripwire hits a man who’s survived enough war to know the explosion always comes a heartbeat later. 

“That’s right,” he grunted, his voice getting nastier. “Grinding that lil’ pussy on this dick so good like that. Fuck…you ridin’ my lap like you need me to nut just like this…”

“You tryna stop me or you tryna fuck me, Mr. Killmonger?”

His dick was so hard. So hard. Erik couldn’t even remember being dry humped. But the way she was doing it…

“You talk tough but this pussy got you holdin’ your breath.” She leans in, tongue darting out to lick the side of his face, “This the part where you grip me, bend me, and fuck the brat outta me, right? You don’t gotta pull it out yet…let me tease it a little first…”

“You know what you doin’. That’s the part that fuck me up.” Erik whispered. 

Sanaa didn’t answer with words, she answered with a deep roll of her pelvis, sliding her wetness across the length of him. She could feel the way his dick jumped against her clit. 

Erik stared at her, his eyes a dark mixture of lust and genuine disbelief. “I don’t even know how the fuck you this fine.” He muttered, his voice raw. “It don’t make no fucking sense how you look this good while being this nasty.” 

Sanaa leaned in closer to his face, her lips almost brushing his, tilting her head with a slow blink and a bite of her lip. 

“I know I’m special…you remember how it sounded the first time I creamed on your dick, daddy?” 

Erik’s jaw flexed and his nostrils flared. “I laid your little ass out. That was supposed to be the only time you get this dick…” 

“If it was only supposed to be one time…why your dick tryna talk to me again?” 

Inside his own body, the pressure was building to a breaking point. Erik could feel the blood gorging his dick, making it feel oversized and tight, the skin stretched to its absolute limit. Every time she dipped her hips, pressing her weight down on him, he felt the blunt force of her pelvic bone hitting his pubic bone, a heavy thud that vibrated through his entire body. The stiffness was an ache, a demanding, throbbing need to burst through the barrier and bury himself deep in her little pussy. He felt pre-cum leaking from his tip, lubricating the friction, making the slide of her pussy against him feel smoother, filthier, and more urgent. 

Erik watched her face—the bratty, confident look she wore—and it only made his dick twitch harder. He could feel the pulsing of his own heartbeat in his dick, a heavy, thumping cadence that matched the pace of her grinding. The sensation of her radiating through the cloth, the way she seemed to mold herself perfectly to the curve of his dick, made him feel like he was being consumed.

“You feel that, daddy?” Sanaa whispered, her lips grazing his earlobe. “You feel how fucking wet I am for you? I want you to stretch me out again…say the word and I’ll slide this pussy on, daddy…real slow. Or you scared of it now?”

Erik’s eyes flicked toward the hall when he heard faint laughter coming from Aaliyah’s room. 

“Sanaa…you don’t want this smoke. Say one more thing, I swear to God—”

Sanaa spread her legs wider to get a deeper, more direct friction, her pussy gripping the bulge of his dick through the barrier of her shorts and his. She let out a soft, shaky moan, her eyes locking onto his with a bratty glint.

“Nathan thinks he’s getting this pussy tomorrow night,” she breathed, a cruel, sexy little smile playing on her lips. “He’s probably sitting there right now, thinking about my pussy… not knowing that it’s been stretched out by your dick. Not knowing that I’m grinding on you so hard I can feel your heart beating in your balls…” She rolled her hips in a tight circle, making sure he felt every inch of her soaking heat. She leaned back, her spine curving, her glossy lips parted as she looked down at him, her voice becoming a provocative command. “Tell me you love it. Tell me you love knowing that I’m lying to that nigga just so I can feel you inside me. You like knowing that I’d rather have this big, mean dick than anything he could ever give me, don’t you?”

Erik’s grip on her waist tightened, his fingers digging into her skin, but Sanaa didn’t flinch. She leaned back in, her voice dropping even lower, becoming a seductive poison.

“I can feel you shaking, Killmonger. You’re so fucking hard for me. Does it drive you crazy? Knowing that I’m your little slut, but right now…right now I’m the one ruining you? I’m the one making you lose your fucking mind while I just… slide…right…here.”

Erik grunts deep in his throat. She whispered against his skin, her voice thick with lust.

“You scared of gettin’ caught or you scared you’ll nut in your shorts? Don’t front, daddy. You need this more than I do.” She nipped at his earlobe, her breath erratic. “I’m such a little slut for you, aren’t I? Just a little wet, needy slut who needs her Daddy to take control and fuck the lie right out of her. Do it, Erik. Tell me how much you hate that I’m this fine. Tell me how much you want to punish me for teasing you. How much you wanna break this young pussy open—”

He couldn’t bring himself to lift her ass off his lap. He could have her on her back in seconds. Folded. Pinned. But he couldn’t move. Erik couldn’t. 

“Aw…Killmonger don’t talk now? This all that death name come with?”

Erik’s eyes were like missiles aimed at her. Dark pools of primal energy. But the way his brows pinched. The way his lips poked out. The shaky exhale. He was close. 

He stopped letting her do all the work. Erik moved, his powerful thighs flexing as he began to thrust upward, meeting her downward grinds with a punishing force. Now they were humping each other, a frantic collision of cloth and flesh. The friction was intense, the desire between them building into a fever pitch. 

Sanaa leaned in, her lips brushing against his ear, her breath hot and erratic. She let out a muffled moan, trying to stay quiet but failing as the pressure on her clit became unbearable. 

“Oh god, daddy…that big dick feel so fucking good against me,” she whimpered into his ear, her voice a seductive poison designed to ruin him. “I’m so happy…I finally have the dick I’ve always dreamed of. I don’t want that other shit. I want this…I want your big, thick dick stretching me out until I can’t walk.”

Erik let out a guttural grunt, burying his face in the crook of her neck, his teeth grazing her skin. He was shaking, his muscles coiled like a spring, the sheer audacity of her words pushing him to the absolute edge. He gripped her waist even tighter, lifting her slightly so he could slam his bulge upward into her pussy with a heavy, calculated impact that made her vision blur. His face contorted into a mask of pure, unfiltered need. A look Sanaa began to crave ever since she rode his dick. Those lips parted. His eyes tracking every flicker of pleasure on her face. His locs framing his jaw, giving him a rugged look. Then he sank his teeth into his lower lip. 

The friction between them is pushed them both to the edge. Their mouths locked in a filthy, wet collision, tongues tangling and fighting for dominance as they kiss like freaks, swapping saliva and breath in a frantic battle. Every slide of their bodies, every press of cloth against cloth, only heightens the agony of the barrier between them.

Sanaa breaks the kiss just a fraction, her lips still brushing against his, her breath hitching. “Please...Killmonger," she whispers, her voice a broken, needy wreck. “Make me cum. Please make my pussy cum.”

Erik answers with force. His large, calloused hands snap shut around her hips, fingers digging into her skin to still her frantic movements. He takes total control, repositioning his weight to align his thick, stiff dick perfectly against her clit. He gives one heavy, punishing grind, the sheer size of his dick pressing through the fabric and crushing into her sensitive nub. The way his biceps flexed and his thick forearms corded with veins maneuvered and controlled Sanaa’s little frame over his dick made her feel small and fragile. She had no choice but to give in, bracing herself on his shoulders. 

Sanaa lets out a muffled cry, her face buried against his neck while he palms her ass cheeks, squeezing the flesh tight and forcing her to grind down hard against him. He’s not letting her just ride the wave, he’s driving her into it. He forces her hips to rotate, ensuring every inch of his length rubs against her, the friction creating a searing heat that makes her vision blur.

“That's it, lil’ freak bitch.” Erik groans, the sound vibrating deep in his chest as she buries her face in the crook of his neck, whimpering. “I’m a drag this pussy all on my dick…give you what you need…spread your legs…nah…spread ‘em…”

As he continues to grind her into him, Erik feels the pressure building in his gut, that familiar, lethal tension that signals the end. He’s too far gone, his own pleasure spiking into something aggressive and overwhelming. He leans in, his voice a low, gravelly rasp against her ear, telling her exactly what's happening.

“I’m ‘bout to bust, Sanaa. I’m right there,” he pants, his breath hot and ragged. “You makin’ me lose it. I’m ‘bout to nut all in these shorts...soak through everything just for you.” 

The verbal confirmation is the final trigger. Sanaa’s walls tighten, her pussy clenching violently as a massive, shaking orgasm rips through her. She collapses against him, her body vibrating in his lap, her moans turning into breathless whimpers as she peaks.

“Damn, girl—fuuck—”

The sight and feel of her cumming sends Erik over the cliff. He erupts. The orgasm is a violent, pulsing explosion that rocks his entire frame. As the first thick jet of cum slams into the fabric of his shorts, the intensity is so sharp, so overwhelming, that he instinctively snaps his jaw shut, biting down on the meat of her shoulder to stifle the guttural roar that threatens to tear from his throat.

He holds her there, pinned and shaking, his dick twitching against her as he pumps load after load of hot, sticky cum into his shorts, the fabric becoming heavy and soaked between them. He stays buried in her neck, teeth still grazing her skin, breathing like a wounded animal while the aftershocks of the nut leave them both completely wrecked.

The friction had been relentless, a grinding war of hips and heat that left them both breathless. For a few seconds, they just breathed, the air thick with the scent of sex and sweat. Then, with a playful, feline smirk, Sanaa slid off him. She didn’t longer, she simply stepped back, the wetness between her legs clinging to her shorts, and started walking away down the hallway. 

Erik blinked, his chest heaving and his eyes tracking the sway of her hips. The sudden lack of her warm, wet pussy left him wired and agitated. 

“Where the fu k you going?” He called out, his voice commanding and laced with a hint of disbelief. 

Sanaa stopped and looked back over her shoulder, her eyes hooded and teasing, a bratty glint in her gaze. “To my room, Erik.” She answered simply, her voice a soft, provocative slur.

Erik stood and walked up on her in that hall. The tension snapped back into place instantly. 

“You got me doing risky shit. I don’t move like this.” Erik whispered, looming over her like the JSOC Ghost he is. 

“I’m a rare soul, Erik. You don’t just enter my life the same. That’s the kinda effect I have.” Sanaa cooed. 

Sanaa leaned against the wall, her gaze dropping to the front of his shorts.

“Let me see,” she whispered, her voice dripping with curiosity. 

Erik reached down, grabbing the waistband of his shorts and pulling them forward. The athletic fabric was drenched, a heavy stain of cum spreading across the inside crotch and clinging to the shape of his dick and the buzz cut of his pubic hair. Despite having just finished, he was still brick hard. A thick, veiny pipe straining against the wet fabric, twitching with a life of its own. 

Sanaa’s breath hitched. The sight of his masculine power, even in the aftermath, sent a fresh jolt of arousal straight to her pussy. 

“You do things to my body I can’t even shake,” Sanaa whispered with a soft sigh. 

Erik stepped into her space, his large frame looming over her, erasing the distance. He reached down, his hand sliding firmly down the front of her loose shorts. He didn’t tease, he pressed his palm flat against her pussy, rubbing her soaked folds and teasing her clit. He withdrew his hand, fingers glistening and dripping with her cream. Without breaking eye contact, Erik brought his fingers to his lips, slowly sucking the mess off them, his tongue swirling around his fingers so filthy. 

Sanaa whimpered, her legs turning to jelly. 

Erik leaned in, crashing his lips onto hers in a kiss that tasted like her pussy. His tongue invaded her mouth with the same aggression he used in every other part of their dynamic. 

Suddenly, the sound of loud laughter at the door to Aaliyah’s room broke them apart instantly, the spell shattered by the threat of discovery. Erik’s eyes darkened, a flicker of annoyance crossing his face, but his instincts kicked in. He stepped back, glancing toward the bathroom. 

Go in your room.” He commanded in a low, urgent whisper. 

Sanaa slipped into her room, shutting the door behind her. Erik vanished into the bathroom, leaving the hallway empty just as the door to Aaliyah’s room swung open.

______

Aaliyah’s room was a scene of girly chaos. They’d set up a makeshift hairdresser. Hair serum, edge control, moose, brushes, and Bobby pins. It also gave the cluttered energy of a college dorm. Aaliyah was draped in an oversized Howard University sweatshirt that swallows her frame, paired with tiny sleep shorts and thick, fuzzy socks that keep her toes warm. She’s sitting on the floor between Naima’s legs, watching Dream Girls on her iPad while played in the background. Naima was focused and meticulous, wearing a pair of loose pajama pants and a tight baby tee. Her fingers are nimble, weaving and Styling Aaliyah’s hair into a sleek low bun for their night out tomorrow. 

The door creaks open and Sanaa slips in, radiating a fresh, clean scent. She needed another shower after cumming all in her shorts. Her skin is glowy and damp. She’s swallowed up by an oversized Mindless Behavior T-shirt that hits mid-thigh, her wilds curls gathered and held in place by a bright, hot pink claw clip. Her turquoise tortoise shell glasses are perched on the bridge of her nose, and her bare feet pad softly across the floor. She drops in the center of the room, crossing her arms and tilting her head with a look of playful suspicion. 

“What ya’ll plotting in here?” She asks, her voice teasing as if she knows there’s some secret being kept. 

Aaliyah laughs, glancing back at her in the mirror. “Girl, please. Naima is just trying to make sure I don’t look like a mess tomorrow. Come sit your ass down.”

Sanaa chuckles and drops onto the edge of the bed, kicking her feet back. The three of them settle into comfortable conversation, drifting through the usual chaos of campus drama—who was seen with who at the library, which professor is failing half the class, and the latest tea from the sorority row. The vibe is relaxed. That only comes with close friends.

Suddenly, the playlist on the speaker goes from soulful to ratchet. The heavy, distorted bass of “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion kicks in, filling the room with its aggressive, explicit energy. Aaliyah doesn’t miss a beat. She starts rapping along, her voice getting louder and more confident as the lyrics get filthier. She’s leaning into it, using her hands to emphasize the lines about wet ass pussy and doing kegels while it’s inside, her energy matching the song’s unapologetic sexuality. Then a dance breaks out. And it’s nothing but ass shaking. Aaliyah on her knees popping booty while Naima stands with a brush in her hand and her tongue poked out, bending over to shake her little cheeks. 

Sanaa, seeing the opportunity for future blackmail, quietly pulls out her phone. She keeps it low, angled just right to capture Aaliyah’s passionate performance, a smirk playing on her lips as she records the whole thing.

As the song fades out, Naima looks over, noticing the phone in Sanaa's hand. “Wait, did you get that? Let me see!”

Sanaa, still riding the high of the song and not thinking twice, hands it over to Naima. Naima starts scrolling through the camera roll to find the video, but her thumb freezes. Her eyes widen, and she stops dead in her tracks. She ain’t looking at a video of Aaliyah rapping. 

On the screen is a crystal-clear, explicit video of Sanaa on her knees, her eyes staring up into the camera as she greedily sucks a thick, hard dick, her cheeks hollowing as she takes as much of the shaft as she can handle. Then there’s the voice of the man that carries all that dick coaching her in the back. 

Naima’s jaw drops, and she snaps her head up to look at Sanaa, her voice exploding in a mix of shock and hilarity.

“BITCH!” Naima screams, holding the phone up like a piece of evidence. “You got a video of you sucking dick in your phone?! You nasty bitch!”

 “WAP” suddenly didn’t matter anymore.

Naima is frozen, her eyes glued to the screen of Sanaa’s phone. On the display, the image is raw and unmistakable. Sanaa, her head tilted back, her eyes blinking in a trance of pure pleasure, her mouth stretched wide as she greedily takes a massive, vein-riven dick into her throat. The video captures the wet, sucking sound of her lips gliding over a spit-covered dick and the way her cheeks hollow out as she sucks the thick beast. 

Sanaa’s heart hammers against her ribs like a trapped bird. A cold spike of adrenaline shoots through her veins, turning her blood to ice. For a split second, she forgets where she is, her mind flashing back to the way Erik stretched her mouth for the first time. The panic hits her instantly—a visceral, choking wave. If Aaliyah sees this, it’s not just about the act; it’s about who it is. 

Sanaa lunges. It’s a blur of motion, the oversized Mindless Behavior shirt fluttering around her thighs as she dives across the bed. Her fingers scramble, clawing at Naima’s grip, her breath coming in short, jagged gasps. 

“Give it back! Naima, give me my damn phone!” Sanaa hisses, her voice strained and bordering on a plea. She isn’t playing anymore; the playful suspicion from earlier is replaced by a genuine, wide-eyed terror. She can’t let Aaliyah see.  

Naima, caught up in the shock and the thrill of the find, holds the phone just out of reach, gawking at the screen one last time. She’s mesmerized by the filth of it, the raw sexuality of her friend being completely undone by a man’s dick. 

But Sanaa is faster. With a desperate swipe, she manages to snatch the device from Naima’s hand, clutching it to her chest as if it were a lifeline. She pulls back, her chest heaving, her turquoise glasses sliding slightly down her nose.

Aaliyah is sitting still on the floor, her expression unreadable. She didn’t seen the video, but she saw the reaction. She saw the panic in Sanaa’s eyes. A look that didn’t match the confidence Sanaa usually wore like armor. Aaliyah slowly turns her head, her gaze locking onto Sanaa.

“So…” Aaliyah starts, her voice low and calculating. “Nathan was over here then?”

There is a suspicion in Aaliyah’s eyes, a silent realization that there is a side to Sanaa’s life that is far more secretive and intense than a fintech worker from Bowie could ever provide. Sanaa doesn’t respond. She can’t. Her throat feels tight, her mind racing. She just stands there, the phone still pressed against her heart, the secret of Erik Killmonger burning a hole through the screen.

Naima, sensing the tension shifting from hilarity to something more serious, rolls her eyes and waves a hand dismissively. She leans back, trying to break the spell.

“Girl, please,”Naima says, glancing at Aaliyah. “It’s just a little dick sucking. Since when did we become the morality police? How many times have we exchanged photos asking if our nudes were sexy enough to send? We all get it in. Sanaa just happened to record the evidence.”

Naima laughs, trying to bring the vibe back to the casual, sisterly bond they shared minutes ago. Sanaa slowly exhales, but she doesn’t let go of the phone. 

Aaliyah giggles, the tension from a moment ago dissolving back into the easy, chaotic energy. She shakes her head, a playful smirk dancing on her lips as she watches Sanaa clutch the device. “You hanging on to that phone for dear life, girl,” Aaliyah jokes, her voice light but still carrying a hint of curiosity. “Is Nathan’s dick that big, sis?”

Naima bursts out laughing, the sound loud and unfiltered, and Aaliyah joins in, the two of them sharing a moment of sisterly mockery. 

Sanaa feels the adrenaline finally begin to recede, though her heart is still drumming a frantic beat against her ribs. She knows she’s walked a razor's edge, but she’s a master of the pivot. She lets out a forced but convincing laugh, leaning back and finally loosening her grip on the phone, though she keeps it firmly tucked away.

“I don’t kiss and tell,” Sanaa quips, her voice regaining that bratty, confident edge.

Aaliyah’s eyes widen, her jaw nearly dropping. “SINCE WHEN?” she exclaims, leaning forward. “Since when did you become the vault? Give us the tea!”

Naima, ever the instigator and still buzzing from the visual she just witnessed on the screen, clears her throat loudly. She looks at Aaliyah with a look of pure revelation. “Well, if you must know, Liyah...the dick Sanaa was sucking is fucking HUGE—”

“Girl, hush!” Sanaa cuts her off sharply, her voice a mix of a laugh and a command. She can’t let Naima describe the sheer, vein-riven scale of Erik’s dick to his sister! No. No, no, no, no way. Quick as a flash, Sanaa scans the room for a distraction, her eyes landing on the nightstand. A mischievous glint enters her eyes as she spots a familiar shape and the crisp, fresh look of the bedding.

“Can we change the subject?” Sanaa asks, her tone shifting to one of playful accusation. “Like, why is your rose vibrator just sitting out in the open? And why the hell do I see brand new bed sheets?”

The room goes dead silent. The laughter vanishes instantly, replaced by a heavy, awkward stillness. Naima and Aaliyah freeze, exchanging a wide-eyed, look that speaks volumes. They don’t say a word, their silence acting as a loud, vibrating confession.

Sanaa looks between the two of them, a triumphant grin spreading across her face. She lets out a loud, knowing laugh, leaning in with a smirk. “It’s no secret y’all been bumping coochies—”

“SHUT UP, BRI!” Naima and Aaliyah scream in perfect unison, their faces flushing a deep shade of red.

The absurdity of the moment breaks the dam, and all three girls collapse into a fit of hysterical laughter, the secret of the video momentarily buried under the weight of the new, scandalous revelation. Sanaa laughs the hardest, feeling the thrill of the diversion, though in the back of her mind, she can still feel the ghost of Erik’s dominance, knowing that while she’s laughing with her friends, she belongs to a man who would ruin her for even thinking about sharing him.

The thoughts that ran through her mind…

“Just let him hit it once…just once…” “I bet he’d talk me through it…say all that nasty shit while I cum on him…” “He probably strokes slow, deep…makes you say thank you when he nut…” “That dick would make me cry…and I’d say thank you for it.” “Please, Erik…please fuck me…”

To actually live in that reality now was an understatement. 

The only thing missing…is “I wonder if he can make me squirt?” 

The sound of footsteps through the hallway immediately made Sanaa’s pulse spike.

Erik stepped into the doorway, filling the frame with his massive presence. He looked effortless but lethal, dressed in a matching grey hoodie and sweats that left the hard, expansive lines of his muscles to your imagination. His locs were tucked neatly beneath the hood, framing a face that looked tired but remained intensely focused. A black duffle bag was slung carelessly over one shoulder, his weight shifted onto one leg, sporting a fresh pair of Jordans.

“Ya’ll eat yet?” he asked, his voice a low, gravelly rumble that seemed to vibrate in Sanaa's chest. “Cuz I was thinkin’ ‘bout orderin’ in.”

“Yes! We got food already. Some pizza.” Aaliyah said. 

“I just ate that leftover chicken and rice we made earlier in the week.” Sanaa replied. 

“Bet,” Erik’s eyes scanned the room. “You don’t clean up in here at all, do you?” 

Sanaa was frozen, her turquoise glasses sliding slightly down her nose as her eyes dragged over him with hunger. She traced the breadth of his shoulders, the way the grey fabric stretched across his chest, and the sheer size of him compared to the room. She felt a familiar, hot ache bloom between her thighs, her pussy clenching just at the sight of him.

Naima, always the curious one, leaned forward, her eyes scanning the glimpses of rugged skin peeking from his collar. “Erik, what do those scars actually mean? Like, where’d they come from?”

Aaliyah let out a short, knowing laugh, leaning back against her pillows. “Don't bother, Nai. He won’t tell you. He’s too mysterious for his own good.”

Erik’s lips quirked into a sharp, knowing smirk. He didn’t even look at Naima, his gaze was locked onto Sanaa, pinning her in place. “What she said,” he spoke, his voice dripping with a playful, dangerous confidence.

He turned to leave, but he didn’t just walk away. He began backing down the hall, keeping his eyes locked on Sanaa’s. The moment he was far enough that the other girls weren’t focused on him, the energy changed from familial to filthy. 

Erik slowed his pace, his expression darkening. He slowly flicked his tongue over his top lip, a wet motion that told Sanaa exactly what he wanted to do to her. Then, with a slow, calculated movement, he reached down and gripped the hem of his grey hoodie.

He lifted the fabric, pulling it up high enough to reveal the sculpted, rock-hard terrain of his stomach and the deep, V-taper of his hips. The sight of his scarred skin and the power of his core made Sanaa gasp silently. Tucked firmly into the waistband of his sweats was the matte black grip of a pistol, the weapon adding a raw, dangerous edge to his sexuality that sent a shiver of pure arousal straight to her clit.

He held the pose for a heartbeat, letting her soak in the image of his strength and his lethality, before letting the hoodie drop. As he reached the corner of the hall, he didn't say a word. He simply mouthed two words, his eyes burning into hers:

“C’mere.”

Sanaa felt her heart hammering against her ribs. She wanted to bolt from the room, to throw herself onto him and feel that heavy weight pinning her down, but she was trapped between Naima and Aaliyah. 

Trembling, she grabbed her phone and shot him a quick text. 

Sanaa: why you always doing this to me 😩

A second later, she saw him stop. Erik looked at his phone, then looked back at her. He let out a sharp “tsk,” kissing his teeth in a gesture of pure, exaggerated annoyance. He gave her a look—one part disappointed daddy, one part ruthless conqueror—that was so intensely focused on her defiance that it almost made her laugh out loud.

Her phone buzzes.

Erik: Don’t think I ain’t see you come out that shower earlier without a bra. You do that shit on purpose, huh?

She bites her lip.

Sanaa: I’m cold. Maybe you should come warm me up.

Erik: I’d fuck the warmth back into you right now. Two fingers in while I suck on that pretty mouth. You’d try to keep quiet, wouldn’t you?

She exhales slow, adjusts her position.

Sanaa: Wouldn’t last a minute. I get loud for you. You know that.

Erik: That pussy get loud too. Keep talking and I’m a take my phone to the bathroom and beat this dick thinking about how you creamed on me earlier.

Her thighs press together. Her phone buzzes again.

Erik: You dripping right now? Tell me the truth.

Sanaa: Ruined my panties twenty minutes ago. Wanna see?

He shifts in the hallway. Back against the wall. Adjusts his joggers. Keeps a straight face. He didn’t argue. He just gave her one last, lingering look that promised a very heavy price for her disobedience before he disappeared into her room, leaving Sanaa drenched and anxious for the retaliation she knew was coming.

Sanaa lingered in Aaliyah’s room for a while longer. Every time she glanced down the hall, she could still feel the ghost of Erik’s gaze on her, the mental image of that matte black pistol against his skin and the way he’d flicked his tongue over his lip burned into her mind. Her pussy was throbbing, a heavy, insistent ache that made it hard to focus on whatever Naima was saying.

Eventually, the heat became too much to ignore. With a playful excuse about needing to wind down, Sanaa finally slid out of the room. As she walked down the hall, she passed the spot where Erik had stood, imagining the scent of him still clinging to the walls. Oud, clove, and something woodsy. Expensive and dark. He doesn’t spray it heavy but it lingers. On pillows. On shirts. 

Once inside her own room, she shut the door and leaned against it for a second, letting out a shaky breath. She stripped off her T-shirt  with hurried movements, her skin tingling. She slid into her bed, the cool sheets a sharp contrast to the feverish warmth of her body. She pulled on her silk bonnet, tucking her curls away, and sprawled out across the mattress.

She lay there in the silence, staring up at the ceiling, her mind racing. She could still feel the phantom pressure of his dominance, the way he’d mouthed “C’mere” with that look of absolute ownership. She rolled her hips, rubbing her thighs together, the friction sending a jolt of electricity straight to her clit. She was trapped in a state of agonizing anticipation, knowing that Erik was just a few walls away, likely thinking about exactly how he was going to punish her for saying I can’t.

There was a distinct click of a door closing. It was Aaliyah’s door. 

Sanaa froze, her breath hitching in her throat. The sound signaled that the coast was clear. The barrier between her and Erik had just vanished, and the sudden silence of the apartment felt like a countdown. 

Buzz buzz

Erik: You in your room?

She didn’t reply. Just smirked. Another buzz.

Erik: I’ma slide over

Then a soft knock. Real soft. 

Sanaa tiptoed to the door and cracked it, whispering, “Aaliyah still awake.”

“I know,” Erik said, already stepping in.

He didn’t push the door open hard, just eased through it like a shadow, shutting it with barely a click. The room was dark, save for the TV glow across her bed.

“Why you lookin’ like that?” he asked, eyes dragging over her titties and the peaks of her nipples. Then lower, to those cheeky, red panties that didn’t even pretend to cover her ass.

Sanaa curled her lip. “Like what?”

“Like you wanted me to see all that.”

She walked backward to the bed, slow. “Where you been at with a gun?” she teased.

He followed. “Out.”

“Why you can’t tell me?” Sanaa said with a pout. 

Erik exhaled, “Gun range. This…hidden spot I go to when I’m in town to get a few rounds in.” 

Sanaa smirks. “Can you take me next time?” 

Erik gives her a stern look. “No.” 

Sanaa rolls her eyes. “I been here thinking about how you made me cum in my shorts earlier.” 

“I see that,” he whispered, eyes dropping to her thighs. “You take that big ass T-shirt off ‘cause you knew I was coming over.”

She smirked, pulled one leg onto the bed. “So?”

Erik  just stared at her for a long moment. Then he crossed the room and leaned over her, both palms pressing into the mattress, caging her in. That scent hit her—cologne, leather, and a little sweat. His lips brushed hers. Then deeper. Tongue and spit. His kiss stole the air right out her lungs. A kiss that tasted like he missed her even if he just saw her minutes ago.

Erik pulled back just enough to whisper, “I came to taste somethin’ sweeter than attitude.”

Sanaa bit her lip, thighs squeezing together out of reflex.

“Get up,” he said low.

She blinked. “Huh?”

“Sit on the edge. Bring them knees up.”

The tone in his voice? Left no room for play.

Sanaa did what he said, backing up and sitting on the edge of her bed. She brought her feet up beside her, knees wide open. Those panties pulled tight, then gave way, pussy peeking through and sitting fat.

Erik sucked in a breath. “Damn, mama…”

He dropped to his knees like it was second nature. Big hands gripping her thighs, thumbs spreading her open like he’d done it a hundred times. He curled his fingers into the side of her panties and pulled them to the side. Her pussy lips slipped out with a jiggle. The amount of wet slick that clung to her fat lips and the crotch of her panties? 

Erik didn’t waste a fucking second. 

Sanaa gasped the second his mouth met her. Tongue warm. Wet. Slipping between those folds like he knew exactly where she needed it. Those lips?! 

Oh my Goddddddddddddd

“Oh—shit. Erik…” she whispered, hands gripping her sheets.

He groaned against her, licking deep, slow. Then fast. Then back slow again. That slurp and the smack of his lips filled the room, nasty beneath the TV noise. His hands hooked behind her thighs, holding them wide as he buried his mouth in her. Sucked on her clit until her whole body bucked.

“You hear me?” he growled against her pussy, lips wet with her. “Don’t make a fuckin’ sound.”

Her hand flew up, covering her mouth. She was shaking. Moaning behind her palm. Eyes rolling. Erik was sucking on her pussy like a hungry fucking beast. Sanaa didn’t know what felt so different this time around. But the sucking and licking had her feeling like she was gonna burst. Her stomach fluttered. 

But then it hit.

A tightness that started at the base of her spine. Crawled through her belly. Her thighs trembled.

“Erik—baby—wait—wait.”

“Nope,” he grunted, licking harder, faster. Sucking. 

She tried to close her legs. He shoved them back open.

“Don’t fight it,” he said, voice deep and ragged. “Let it go.”

Her stomach seized. Eyes squeezed shut. Her mouth opened in a silent cry behind her fingers as it happened. 

A rush. Warm and wet. A sudden gush that poured out of her, all over his mouth. Her thighs. The edge of the bed.

“Oh my God—” she gasped, embarrassed, stunned.

Erik didn’t stop. He licked her through it, eyes locked on her, tongue curling and dragging and sucking up everything she gave him. He loved that shit. Loved how she fell apart.

Loved how she tried to hold it in.

Sanaa was shaking when he finally slowed down, licking her clean with long, slow strokes. Her panties were ruined. Her bonnet was crooked. Her chest was heaving.

He kissed up the inside of her thigh and looked up, smirking. “Next time, don’t wait up for me,” he said, wiping his mouth. “Just lay here and get ready.”

Her eyes were glassy. Her legs still open.

“And Sanaa?”

“Yeah…?”

“You taste even better when you squirt.”

Erik left her sitting on the edge of the bed stunned.

1:35 A.M.

She couldn’t sleep.

The sheets were still damp at the edge. Her thighs sticky. Her pussy pulsing like it had a heartbeat of its own. Every time she moved, she felt the aftershock of its that warm gush, that thick wet mess Erik pulled out of her like it was nothing. Like her body had always been capable of that, but nobody ever took the time to find it. Nobody ever made her feel that good. That open. Now? She wanted it again. Her pussy ached for it. Throbbed hot and twitching like it remembered his tongue and missed it bad. She pressed her hand between her legs, trying to soothe it, but it wasn’t the same. Her fingers weren’t wide enough, strong enough, dirty enough. Her mouth went dry thinking about how Erik looked after. Wet beard, greedy tongue, hands keeping her wide like she belonged to him.

Sanaa bit her lip and grabbed her phone.

Sanaa: You up?

She barely had time to blink before her door eased open.

Erik stepped in shirtless, sweatpants hanging low on his hips. Heavy-shouldered. Locs loose and swinging with the motion of his body. 

“You text me like that,” he said, voice low and scratchy. “You already know what I’m comin’ in here for.”

She pulled the covers back, heart in her throat. Fresh pair of panties on but still no T-shirt. 

“I been thinkin’ about it,” she admitted, cheeks warm. “What you did to me.”

His eyes dropped between her legs. “You want it again.”

She nodded.

He stepped close, leaned down, lips grazing hers without kissing. “You gon’ stop runnin’ from it this time?”

“I ain’t run.”

He smirked, dimple peeking. “You tried.”

And before she could sass him again, he was pulling her new panties off—slick with fresh arousal—and crawling onto the bed like a man starved. She didn’t even have time to get nervous. To prepare for that feeling as if a pipe was set to burst behind her navel. He laid her flat, bent her knees, and pulled her thighs apart like pages in a book he already knew how to read. Then he started like he never stopped. 

Again.

Tongue warm. Mouth wide. Slurping. Sucking. Spelling his damn name in cursive across her pussy. Sanaa gasped, back arching, fingers smoothing down his keloid-laden arms, eyes focused on the top of his head. His cross chain was cold and tickling her ass from how low he was between her legs. 

Her pussy was soaked. Dripping. He loved that. Erik fucking loved it. 

“Yeah,” he groaned, lapping her up. “You already close, huh?”

She whined. “Erik, please—”

“You don’t need to beg,” he said, voice thick and sweet between licks. “Just don’t run from it this time.”

She tried to breathe. She tried to brace. But the pressure built faster now. Her body recognized it. Started chasing it before she even meant to.

“Ohmygod—Erik—I’m—wait—wait—”

He didn’t wait.

He locked his arms under her thighs, anchored her to his face and ate her like a goddamn meal. His mouth sealed around her clit and sucked. The way he sucked, it felt like he was drawing the liquid from her through a straw.

H-H-How is he d-d-doing that?

That was it.

Her stomach tightened. Her toes curled. And then—

Splash.

Another rush.

Thicker this time. Wetter. Her thighs shook hard as the gush poured out of her, soaking his face, the sheets, everything. She gasped, stunned. Whimpering. But Erik didn’t come up for air. He licked through it, drank it, then started again. And when he started again, he sank two thick fingers in her pussy and curled his finger tips upward. 

Squelchsquelchsquelchsquelch—

Sanaa tried to squirm.

“Stay still.”

“Erik—it’s too much—”

“You gon’ take it ‘til your body stop bein’ scared of how good this feel.”

And he kept going.

She whimpered—biting her pillow this time—pussy throbbing like it was addicted now. That orgasm came quicker, stronger. Another messy release that made her whimper and twitch.

He made her do it.

Again.

And again.

By the time he finally pulled back, Sanaa was breathless. Legs trembling. Sheets drenched. Her mouth open but no words coming out.

Erik kissed her thigh. Smirked. “You mine,” he said, voice hoarse, chin hair and mustache soaked. “Ain’t nobody ever gonna eat this pussy like I do. Especially not that lil’ nigga.” 

She nodded slow, dazed.

And in the back of her mind, she already knew. She’d be texting him tomorrow night.

And the night after that.

Because now she needed it.

That tongue. That grip. That splash.

Erik had turned her out.

Turned her into a squirter.

With nothing but his mouth.

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[nahimjustfeelingit-writes]

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Summary: watching turns into wanting…and wanting turns into control

Warnings: Obsession /Voyeurism / Possessive Male / Hood romance grit / Daddy kink / Provider dynamic / Dirty talk + cum fixation / Unprotected, raw, dominant sex / Slow burn tension / Crime Drama + Thiller / Stalking / Urban Erotica

[ Part Three ]

Smoke knew which window was hers without looking at the house number.

He’d parked three houses down tonight, far enough that nobody would remember his charger if they happened to glance outside, close enough that he could catch movement behind the second-floor curtains. The position wasn’t accidental. Nothing about these nights was.

His gaze stayed fixed on the duplex.

He wasn’t focused on the building or the street.

It was her.

The television flashed blue against the curtains. A shadow crossed the room and disappeared again.

LaceyBlaze69

Malaya.

By now, smoke could recognize her silhouette faster than he recognized most faces. A tilt of her head. The swing of her hair. The way she crossed a room carrying a cup or a phone or a basket of laundry.

The curtains concealed most of her, but they didn’t need to show much. Smoke’s mind supplied the rest.

He watched the second-floor window and waited for her to pass again.

Smoke should’ve left forty minutes ago.

He knew it.

The job waiting on his laptop knew it.

The burner phone sitting untouched in the center console knew it.

But he remained exactly where he was, one hand resting against the steering wheel as his attention drifted back to the same upstairs windows for the hundredth time that night.

She had been back for over an hour. Alone. At least, as far as he could tell.

Smoke’s gazes lingered on the window. The surveillance feed mounted beside the dash displayed nothing useful now, only the quiet exterior of the building and a timestamp counting steadily forward. Smoke barely looked at it. He didn’t need technology to watch her anymore.

That realization should have bothered him. Instead, it settled somewhere deep inside him with a deep seeded satisfaction.

Smoke was close. He was so close. Closer than he’d ever been. The distance between them no longer felt measured in blocks or city streets. It felt measured in moments. One decision. One knock at the door. One conversation that would make him real to her inside of invisible.

His jaw tightened.

Then, the second phone lit up. Smoke’s eyes cut to the device.

Stack.

Smoke stared at the screen for a moment as it vibrated against the center console. Once. Twice. A third time.

Only then did he answer.

“Yeah.”

“You held up?”

In the background, the bass of some slow, thumping trap track rumbled through the phone. A song made for strip clubs. There was laughter in the background. Glass clinks. A woman’s voice sweet and blurred called someone “baby” before fading out.

Smoke’s eyes remained on the upstairs window. “What you want?”

“I need a favor.”

The request immediately irritated him. It wasn’t because his brother was asking for his help. It was when.

Smoke watched Malaya cross the window again before she disappeared out of view.

“It’s important,” Stack said.

“Ain’t say it wasn’t.” Smoke replied.

For a moment, only music filled the line. Then, Stack sighed, abandoning whatever charm he usually wrapped around these conversations.

“One of my clients is gettin’ cold feet. That one skincare influencer from the LA contract.”

Smoke already knew which one.

“What she do?”

“Started stashing files. Extra backups. Personal cloud storage I ain’t authorize.”

That got Smoke’s attention. His fingers drifted toward the burner phone resting beside him.

“Who she talking to?”

“Cybersecurity blogger outta Chicago. Small-time, but connected enough to be annoying. Might have federal contacts. Might not. I don’t plan on finding out.”

Smoke’s expression darkened. “You think she gon’ leak?”

“I think she already scheduled it.”

The answer settled heavy in Smoke’s blacked out charger. He hated leaving but business was business. And he refused to let some lame ass influencer hoe fuck up his operation.

“She got backups?” Smoke asked.

“Probably. Cloud storage. Maybe more.”

Smoke nodded once. “Send me everything.”

“It’s already there”

“Where?”

“Your RED folder.”

A humorless smile touched Smoke’s mouth. “What’s it labeled?”

“RATTED.”

The charger started beneath him. Headlights swept briefly across the curb as he pulled away from the spot.

“So, I’m cleaning your mess?” Smoke said with a dry chuckle.

“Technically ours.”

“How the fuck this my mess? You let this bitch get slick.”

The city rolled past outside the windows in an array of colors. From the outside looking in, Smoke had tints on his windows. Like a two-way mirror.

“Aight. I’m heading over now. I’ll let you know how it go.”

“No need. I know you got it.” Stack said.

Smoke hung up.

By the time Smoke reached the bypass, Malaya’s neighborhood had disappeared behind him. The only light inside the charger came from the glow of the encrypted software spreading across his console.

Data streams began populating the screen.

Passwords. Access points. Recovery keys. A file opened automatically.

RATTED.zip

DECRYPTING…

Smoke settled deeper into his seat, one hand on the steering wheel. The disappointment of leaving her lingered beneath his ribs, sharp and unwelcome. But work had always been easier than desire. Cleaner. Simpler. Systems made sense.

People didn’t.

Especially not women like Malaya.

For now, Ghost mode is engaged.

No fingerprints. No trail. No mercy.

01:47 AM

Buckhead high-rise. Top floor.

Concierge waved her in with a smile hours ago. The girl had champagne taste and too many secrets tucked inside her rose-gold phone. Smoke didn’t go through the lobby. He was already inside. The building’s maintenance access was laughably unsecured, just a four-digit pin Smoke could decode in his sleep. Smoke took the elevator to the service hall. Wore gloves. Footsteps inaudible. By the time he reached her door, he’d already looped the hallway feed and disabled the motion sensor near her unit.

She was home. Asleep.

Smoke pulled a small matte device from his hoodie. A USB merged with a scalpel. He presssd it against the bottom of the keypad lock. Held it there. Then…

Click.

The door slid open and he stepped inside stealthily. From a quick sweep of his dark eyes. Glass table. Dried fruit tray. Rolled yoga mat. Everything curated for a minimalist Instagram aesthetic.

But her tech? Messy.

She left her iPad on the couch and a pink MacBook on the table, lid cracked, camera covered with a sticker that read GIRLS RULE AND BOYS DROOL.

Smoke moved like he’d been there before. He sat on the couch, pulled out his own gear. He wasn’t interested in stealing her data. He was here to rewrite it.

Booting: SpoofStack_Protocol_V2

Within seconds, her MacBook mirrored on his screen. Password broken. The cloud decrypted.

And there it was.

A folder labeled: CLIENT ARCHIVE (PRIVATE)

Inside: Screenshots of bank transfers. Server access logs. Snippets of phone calls. Metadata from custom scripts that Smoke himself had built.

She hadn’t just collected proof. She’d built a timeline.

“Cute,” Smoke muttered.

He selected the folder. Duplicated the entire contents. Then deleted the original.

But that wasn’t enough.

Now feeding: FALSE_Archive_v1.3

He uploaded an altered copy. The fake archive had the same names. Same structure. But every file told a new story:

Stack was just a consultant.

Smoke’s code was purchased legally.

All server logs showed compliance with DMCA and data privacy.

Her “receipts” now made her look like a willing accomplice to digital blackmail and influencer manipulation.

He encrypted the fake archive to match the original hash key. No one could tell the difference.

Not even her.

But if she leaked it now? She’d bury herself.

Smoke stood. He wiped the couch armrest and tucked the cloned drive into a pocket. On his way out, he paused by her bedroom door was cracked. He didn’t bother opening it further. He could hear her breathing in her sleep. Then, he was gone. Hallway feed reactivated. Fingerprint spray already dissipating. By the time she woke up, only thing that would feel different was her own guilt.

Outside, Smoke shut the car door with a soft thunk, slid into the driver’s seat, and let the rumble of the Charger settle around him like armor. The inside was pitch-black. No dome light. Just the red glow from the dashboard and the faint buzz of encrypted sync across the Bluetooth rig.

He sat there a second. Gloved hands resting on the wheel. The digital drive in his inner jacket pocket, warm with all the shit he’d just buried.

Job done.

He tapped the hands-free.

“Call Stack.”

Three rings. Then bass. Deep, strip-club bass. Slow trap low like lust wrapped in a haze.

“Talk to me.” Stack said.

“It’s handled.”

“She won’t double back?”

If she try to, she leakin’ her own stains.” Smoke replied.

“Beautiful. Like poetry, bruh.”

Smoke reached for the gearshift. “I’m out.”

“Nah, hold up. Slide through.”

Smoke paused. “Where you at?”

“The rotation spot. Underground. Off Decatur. You remember the one. Black light entrance, heat sensor door, only take crypto at the bar?”

Smoke exhaled. Already annoyed.

“Ain’t this your pussy-and-patron circuit?”

“Tonight it’s business, bruh. Private room. Need to talk clientele. Tighten things.”

“At a strip club?” Smoke quirked a brow.

“At my strip club,” Stack corrected. “I trust the walls.”

Smoke didn’t answer right away. His fingers flexed once on the wheel. His mind had already started drifting. To home.

To his command center.

To Malaya’s face half-lit by LED strips…

To the way she bit her lip when she thought no one noticed…

“Mmm, fuck…I’m rubbing this clit just for you…can you see it? I’m sliding my fingers deep inside my pussy…imagining it’s your dick filling me up instead. I want you so bad, Daddy…I want you to watch me cum for you…”

“I’m such a slut for you, ain’t I? Look at me…look at how I’m opening myself up. I’m soaking wet, Daddy…I’m just a little toy for you to watch and play with…does it make you hard seeing me fuck myself like this?”

Smoke…yes…unh…Smoke…

Smoke…Smoke…

“Smoke?” Stack called through the phone.

“…I’m listening.”

“Slide through. I’ll pour somethin’ strong. You can smoke somethin’. Then we talk.”

Smoke exhaled through his nose. “Security tight?”

“Locked like your vault. Don’t worry ‘bout whispering the code at the entrance. The floor girl ‘ol walk you in.”

There was another pause. Then, Smoke shifted into drive.

“Be there in thirty.”

“Atta boy.”

The line went dead.

Smoke pulled onto the road, tires smooth, engine low and sleek like a predator in motion. The city lights blinked across his windshield—blues, reds, golds—but his focus stayed cold.

When he got there, Smoke pulled up slow. The charger came to a stop at the edge of an unmarked building with blacked-out windows and no signage. Just a single narrow door inset into the concrete, painted deep charcoal, smooth and flat. No velvet rope. No line. No noise from outside. It wasn’t a place you found, you were brought there.

Smoke stepped out into the thick night air, the heat of Atlanta still pressing close even after midnight. His matte black leather biker boots touched down on the curb. Every corner of the block appeared to have no motion but watched. You could feel it. Eyes behind tinted glass. A red security light blinked from somewhere above the doorframe, invisible until it caught the metal button of his sleeve. As he approached, the door cracked open just wide enough to let the glow spill out.

Blue. Blacklight.

Inside, the world looked dipped in ultraviolet. Silhouettes moved in slow motion. Melanin Skin glowed in neon, oil-slicked and glistening under the lights. Purple thongs. Fluorescent green heels. The gleam of diamond chains across collarbones and ankle bones and down spines. The bass hit in a deep, sexual crawl. A low trap track chopped with moans and heavy kicks. A sound you could fuck to, kill to, drown in.

The girl standing just inside the door was fine enough to alter a man’s path. Maybe five-foot-six. Rich brown skin slicked to perfection, waist snatched in a sheer one-piece with nothing underneath. Her lips were glossy, her eyelashes long and cruel. She looked him up and down once.

She smiled slow. “Hey Twin? This way.”

Her voice was warm but lined with danger. Like if he turned the wrong way, she’d cut him with it. She turned, hips rolling high and slow in front of him as she led him deeper into the space. The walls curved inward, black-lit murals dancing with movement as bodies passed. Women kissed women on leather couches. Men sat back with cigars while girls bent over laps, bare and grinning, high off liquor and deeper things.

The layout was designed for maximum intimacy and voyeurism. A wide, circular perimeter of plush, midnight-black velvet booths surrounded a central stage area where polished chrome poles rise like silver pillars toward the dark ceiling. The floor is a polished obsidian that mirrors the flashing neon, making it feel as though the dancers are floating on a sea of dark glass.

No phones. No cameras. Only shadows and memory.

One room opened to his left, curtains drawn but not closed. Inside, a woman was tied to a black rope swing, heels still on, one man kissing her thighs while another licked her breast. She was moaning loud, head thrown back. Her body glowed in the light like something caught between reality and pleasure. No one in the hallway stared. This was normal here. Routine.

On the poles, the women are masterpieces of motion and melanin. They represent a breathtaking spectrum of Black beauty, from deep, midnight and rich mahogany to warm honey and golden bronze. Their attire is minimal, designed to leave nothing to the imagination. Some wear sheer, neon-trimmed lace thongs that disappear into the crease of their cheeks. Others are in strappy, high-cut leather sets that push up their breasts and cinch their waists, leaving their midriffs bare and glistening with body oil.

One dancer, a woman with skin the color of dark umber and a towering afro grips the pole with practiced strength. She slides down the chrome in a slow, controlled descent, her thighs gripping the metal tightly before she snaps into a perfect, flat split on the stage. As she holds the position, she arches her back, thrusting her chest forward and grinding her hips in a tantalizing, circular motion that makes the thin fabric of her G-string vanish between her plump, shaking cheeks.

Another performer, a golden-brown beauty with long, flowing braids is a whirlwind of erotic energy. She spins rapidly, her body a blur of glowing skin before suddenly stopping to drop into a deep squat. She turns her back to the crowd, bending over until her chest nearly touches the floor, and begins to shake her ass with a thunderous motion. The muscles in her glutes worked to make that ass ripple and bounce under the black lights, a hypnotic vibration that keeps the patrons mesmerized.

Money flowed like a river. Crisp bills were tucked into the waistbands of thongs, slapped against oiled thighs and rained down from the booths in a constant, fluttering descent. The tactile experience is one of luxury and an erotica. The patrons—all black folks—lean back in the shadows, their eyes locked on the stage. The vibe is heavy with desire and explicit intent. It’s a space of unapologetic Black eroticism, where the scent of money and lust rains down like the bandz that littered the stage and floor.

Women noticed. They always did.

Smoke kept his face unreadable as they moved through. His gait stayed measured, heavy boots on obsidian tile. Charcoal henley pulled tight over his chest. Silver chain resting low, cool against his collarbone. One ringed hand hung loose at his side while the other stayed near his hip. He wasn’t here for indulgence. But eyes followed him anyway.

One dancer paused mid-pour, licking foam from the rim of a glass as she watched him. Another girl leaned against a wall in mesh, nipples pierced and glowing, her mouth parting just slightly as he passed.

He didn’t return the looks. He moved like everything around him was already beneath his notice. Like he could take any one of them home, or none of them, and it would all mean the same.

The floor girl finally stopped at a black velvet curtain that looked like it led nowhere. She turned, looked at him again, then reached out and slid her fingers across his chest.

“Stack’s waiting in the back. Said don’t keep him too long. He got a mood on tonight.”

Then, she stepped aside.

Smoke slipped through the curtain.

The back room hit different.

The music lowered but stayed thick with bass. The lighting shifted to a red-blue gradient that danced over leather booths and mirrored walls. A private bar lined with obsidian shelves glinted with high-shelf bottles and decanters carved like diamonds.

Stack was seated in the center booth like a man who owned everything. Suit jacket off. Cigar in hand. Shirt unbuttoned just enough to show the rise of his chest and the sliver of a tattoo that disappeared beneath it. A woman was sitting next to him, pretty and thick, wearing nothing but chains and red panties. But she wasn’t talking. Just pressing close like she knew her position.

Stack looked up and grinned when he saw his brother.

“Bout time.”

Smoke slid into the booth across from him, not saying shit at first. He leaned back, eyes tracing slow as they scanned the room. Then he pulled out the drive and slid it across the table.

“It’s done.”

Stack tapped ash off the end of his cigar and took a sip of something gold from a crystal glass.

“You rewrite her whole digital memory?”

Smoke nodded once. “She leaks now, she burns herself.”

Stack let out a low, satisfied sound. Not quite a laugh. Not quite approval. More like pleasure at watching the chessboard bend.

“See, that’s why I keep you in the cut. All these pretty tech boys with degrees out here movin’ loud. You? You just fuck around and disappear a bitch.”

Smoke didn’t react. He just sat there with a stony expression.

The woman next to Stack traced the rim of his glass and leaned in to whisper something, but Stack waved her off without looking. His attention was locked.

“You didn’t have to come out tonight,” Stack said after a beat. “But I appreciate it. Had to talk to you about tightening the loop.”

Smoke raised a brow. “Clientele?”

Stack nodded. “Some of these influencer types? They playin’ messy. Takin’ our tools and runnin’ off at the mouth. I need cleaner boundaries. Higher vetting.”

Smoke’s gaze sharpened. “You getting soft, Stack?”

“Not soft,” Stack said, leaning forward. “Selective.”

Another girl danced across the far room, naked except for heels and a diamond chain around her throat. She locked eyes with Smoke for a moment. Bold.

“This empire we buildin’?” Stack said. “It don’t grow if the wrong bitch flips. That one tonight? Could’ve got real ugly.”

Smoke’s eyes narrowed. “It almost did.”

Stack took that in. Sat back. “We tighten up now,” he said, voice lower. “Or we lose what we got.”

“I’ll send a new vetting protocol. You run names past me first. You don’t, we both lose.”

Stack smirked. “Look at you. Big boss energy.”

Stack leaned back in the booth, one arm thrown over the leather like it belonged to him. Alizé was at the private bar, hips rolling slow as she poured herself a drink. She licked stray cognac from her fingers like she tasted herself in it. Across the room, Nova stood near the edge of a low platform, dancing in a slow whine to the music bleeding through the walls. Her hands trailed her own thighs, eyes locked on Smoke the second he stepped through the curtain. She didn’t wave, she just smiled and kept moving like she wanted him to watch.

Smoke pulled out his phone. He tapped the encrypted drive. Brought up a blacked-out screen with layers of local and foreign pings.

“Any word about the three that came lookin’ for me?”

Stack took a puff of his cigar resting between two fingers, eyes narrowed in thought.

“Nah. And if I had, you know I would’ve said.”

Smoke nodded once. No accusation, just calculation. His fingers moved quick, swiping through location data, blurred screenshots from party feeds, AI-enhanced license plate reads.

“They ain’t from here.”

“Obviously.”

“Cheap suits. Bad diamonds. But they knew the lingo.” Smoke paused, looking down at the screen. “Knew enough to know about me. The real me.”

Stack’s jaw tightened. “You pull names?”

Smoke tapped again.

The table glowed blue with the light from his screen.

“Yeah. Pulled prints from the glass that lanky one touched. Traced a rental car from the valet logs. Hacked the damn building’s guest Wi-Fi and cross-checked MAC addresses. Got two of their burner IDs off bounce-back signals.”

Stack chuckled low. “My brother.”

Smoke’s eyes were locked on the screen.

“Names are Harold Kray, Zino Atakni, and the older one? Conrad Fielding. Fielding’s got history in Marseille. Organized pipeline moves through West Africa, black-market acquisition networks. Used to work under de Costa before that shit collapsed. He’s the head.”

“And the others?”

“Soldiers. Hired muscle with decent resumes. One of them, Zino, used to run messages for a Libyan collector who’s since disappeared.”

Stack’s lips pressed together. “You think they freelance?”

Smoke shook his head. “Not with how Conrad was talkin’. That wasn’t freelance energy. That was sanctioned. He was too damn calm. Too rehearsed.”

Stack poured more bourbon.

“They wanted access,” Smoke said. “They didn’t come for art. They came for me. For the Ghost.”

Stack’s grin faded completely. “Somebody sent ‘em.”

“I know.”

“Who?”

Smoke’s silence deepened.

“Don’t know yet,” he said, but his voice had changed. Lower. Sharper. “But whoever it is…they want me out the game.”

“Dead?”

“Dead or cracked open.”

Stack blew out smoke through his nose. “That’s bigger than art theft.”

“That’s bigger than us.”

There was a faint moan of the bassline from the next room, a synth-heavy R&B loop wrapped in drum kicks and whispered filth.

Stack’s voice dropped, the way it always did when he shifted from business to indulgence. That smile of his curved slow across his lips, just enough to show the gold cap when he spoke.

“You remember Alizé, right?”

The thick, honey-toned woman next to him looked up. Her lips were glossy. Her eyes were misty with a need to be fucked and whatever liquor she drank. She was fine in that round, sultry way. Thick thighs, soft belly, ass too big for most dresses, face too sweet to say no. She blinked up at him and licked her lips once before turning toward his lap.

Stack didn’t stop her. He leaned back in the booth, legs spread, cigar held loose between two fingers while she unbuckled his slacks with practiced care. She looked up once, then dipped down.

Smoke sat still across from him, watching.

The second girl—Nova, the one who had been watching Smoke earlier from the far corner—stepped forward now. Her body was carved like temptation, all sharp cheekbones and waist-length curls. Her skin shimmered under the light. Her nipples were pierced, rings glinting. She lowered herself to her knees next to Alizé. Alizé giggled, gave Stack’s dick one final lick before passing it off to Nova. She reached out, took Stack’s dick in her hand, and started sucking it.

Two mouths.

One thick, wet dick.

They took turns. One sucking slow, the other licking along the shaft. Then both at once, lips brushing as they slurped and moaned around him, messy and devoted. Alizé cradled his balls like they were holy. Nova spat and stroked, her eyes rolling when he twitched against her tongue.

Stack exhaled, his head tilted back slightly. He shut his eyes.

Smoke turned away, unfazed. But the sound of slurping and licking remained.

“You sure you don’t want one?” Stack asked, voice lazy. “Alizé got that throat, but Nova? She know how to make a man forget he got enemies.”

Smoke picked up a blunt, lighting it, his other hand rested on his thigh. His rings caught the low light. His expression still unreadable. But his eyes slid from the women back to Stack, cold and steady.

“I’m good.”

Stack smirked. “You always say that.”

Smoke leaned forward just slightly. “It’s been a minute,” he admitted, voice rough with quiet restraint.

Stack raised an eyebrow, surprised at the honesty.

Smoke’s gaze didn’t move. “But the only mouth I want on me like that?” His jaw tightened. “She don’t even know yet.”

Stack grinned wider. “Damn. She got you pressed like that?”

Smoke ignored him, blowing smoke ahead of him.

The wet sounds between them grew. Alizé moaned deep in her throat, face glossy, nose running. Nova licked him like she was tasting secrets. They didn’t even look up. Just switched angles. Spit dripping. Hands cradling. Tongues sharing.

Stack groaned low, his head falling back against the booth cushion.

Smoke stood. “You done?”

Stack looked up at him through half-lidded eyes. His voice was a quiet dare.

“I ain’t never done.”

Smoke gave a slow nod. “Handle yours.”

He turned and walked out, his boots heavy on the tile with impatient steps.

And behind him, the club kept spinning. Lights pulsing. Girls moaning. Music thumping under blacklight like a heartbeat you weren’t supposed to hear.

———

11:45 PM—His Den

Smoke sat back in his leather chair, the pungent aroma of the blunt between his fingers circulating his head like a menacing fog. He was stripped down, shirtless, skin gleaming under the recess lights of his command center. A black durag was tied tight across his head and his shorts hung dangerously low on his hips, exposing the sharp lines of his V-taper.

Four curved monitors dominated his vision, but only one mattered. He watched the screen, his eyes locked on Malaya. She had logged on late. No fancy lighting, no ring light to wash out the imperfections. Just a dim, yellow bedside lamp that cast long, jagged shadows across the room. The frame was messy. There was a hoodie thrown over a chair, the edge of a baby’s blanket peeking out from behind her.

It was raw. It was honest. And it was killing him.

She looked exhausted. Smoke couldn’t see her eyes but he knew they had to be droopy with a vacant expression. She wasn’t wearing a wig or a drop of makeup. Her long twists were draped over her shoulders, her skin matte and real. She wore an oversized T-shirt that slipped off one shoulder, exposing a glimpse of her collarbone, and simple cotton panties that looked like they’d been worn all day.

She didn’t greet the room with her usual practiced smile and seductive lip bite. She didn’t tease. She just laid there, half-propped up against her pillows, thighs spread wide in a way that felt less like an invitation and more like surrender.

Smoke took a deep drag of the blunt, the cherry glowing bright orange, and held the smoke in his lungs until it burned.

He watched her yawn, a genuine, tired stretch that arched her back and pulled the fabric of her T-shirt tight across her breasts, revealing perk nipples. She rubbed her eye with the back of her hand, looking less like LaceyBlaze69 and more like a woman who was drowning in her own life.

“Mmm…hey loves…sorry I’m late…I can’t even tell what time it is anymore,” she dragged a single finger over her pussy through her cotton panties, rolling her hips in a lazy circle. “I was having the best dream about getting fucked out of my sleep…but I think I’d rather have the real thing,” Malaya bit her lip. “I’m still so warm from the sheets…can you tell? I’m barely awake, but this pussy is dripping for you. Come on…tip me something to wake me up.” She released a soft chuckle. “Help me hit the goal, I’ll show you exactly where I was rubbing myself before I drifted off…”

The chat was moving fast. Men were demanding more. They wanted her to scream, to arch, to play the part of the hungry slut they paid for.

DangerDick84_: Come on Lacey, show that pussy baby.

WillyMoProblems: Take them panties off.

PhantomDweller$: You have pretty toes. I wanna suck ‘em.

100 Tokens. 300 Tokens. 150 Tokens. 80 Tokens

Malaya didn’t react to them. She didn’t even seem to be reading. She reached down, her fingers sliding under the elastic of her panties, tugging them aside with a movement that was mechanical, devoid of passion. She began to touch herself, her fingers moving in circles, but her body language was unfocused, and Smoke just knew she was staring past the lens, eyes heavy and uninterested.

Then, she started to moan.

Smoke leaned forward, his chest nearly touching the glass desk. He knew that sound. He knew the difference between her desire and her hustle. These moans were hollow. They were a performance for the bills, a fake melody played to keep the tips flowing. She was faking the pleasure, her voice pitching up in a way that didn’t match the deadness in her eyes.

It was a lie, and it made his blood boil.

He hated that she had to do it. He hated that she was forced to pretend to be turned on by the gaze of hundreds of nameless, horny men just to keep a roof over her and Messiah’s heads. The sight of her vulnerability, the way she looked so small and broken in that big, messy bed, hit him harder than any physical blow.

Smoke didn’t type or use YungCipher to talk dirty or GoodBodyAnon to be sweet. He stayed as Camera0ff. The silent watcher.

Smoke reached for his mouse and clicked the tip button. He didn’t send a small amount. He sent a massive sum, a number that would make the rest of the chat go silent, a number that meant she could turn the camera off right now and not worry about money for a month.

He watched her body language change.

She paused.

Her fingers that were circling her clit slowed down. He could actually see her shoulders drop. Like she was relieved.

Smoke exhaled a cloud of grey, gaze darkening.

He wanted to reach through the screen, grab her by the back of her neck, and pull her into his own bed. He wanted to strip that oversized shirt off and replace her fingers with his tongue.

He wanted to give her a reason to moan that wasn’t a lie.

Smoke watched her finish, a quiet, unceremonious climax that left her looking even more depleted than before. As she reached out to end the stream, her shoulders slumped, and for a split second, she looked like she might cry.

The screen set went black.

Smoke sat in the dark, the only light coming from the remaining monitors. He stared at the empty black square where she had been, his hand gripping the armrest of his chair so hard the leather groaned.

He wasn’t just obsessed. He was addicted. And the fact that she was breaking right in front of him only made him want to own every shattered piece.

Smoke leaned back in his leather chair, the embers of the blunt glowing. He shifted, shorts riding lower on his hips, his mind drifting back to the time he’d tried to bridge the gap between the screen and the skin.

He’d used YungCipher for it.

Out of all his personas, YungCipher was the one that carried the most of his actual hunger. He wasn’t the quiet ghost of Camera0ff of the protective shadow of GoodBodyAnon.

YungCipher was the raw edge.

He was the one who talked dirty. The one who tipped when she hit a peak, the one who let her know exactly what a real man would do to her if he had her pinned beneath him.

He remembered the messages he’d sent. He hadn’t been playing a character then. Every word had been the truth. She didn’t need those silicone toys. The tips from strangers was pocket change compared to the life he could provide. He’d been explicit, his words painting a picture of exactly how he’d handle her. He wanted her to know that he wasn’t just another viewer with a credit card; he was the real thing.

You don’t need those dildos, baby. I got the real thing waiting for you. I’ll be your favorite big dick. I’ll give that pretty pussy exactly what it deserves.

Smoke could almost feel the weight of her in his hands, the way her tired body would melt under his dominance. He wanted to replace the fake pleasure she performed for the masses with a visceral, bone-deep satisfaction that would leave her shaking and speechless. He wanted to be the only thing she craved.

But she had turned him down.

The rejection hadn’t been angry or disgusted. It had been a firm, practiced wall. She’d declined the offer to meet, citing her rules.

Smoke didn’t feel slighted or insulted. Instead, he felt a dark, twisted sense of pride. He understood. Malaya was guarded for a reason. She was a mother, a survivor, a woman who knew exactly how dangerous the world was. The fact that she wouldn’t dare meet a stranger from a chat room, no matter how much he promised or how high he tipped, only made her more precious in his eyes. It meant she was disciplined. It meant she was protecting herself and Messiah.

It also meant that if he wanted her, he not only had to ask for her.

He had to take her.

He had to weave himself into the fabric of her life until he was the only safety she had left.

Since that night, he’d dialed back YungCipher. He’d stepped away from the aggressive pursuit, retreating into the shadows of his other accounts. He stopped pushing for the meet-up, stopped the overt demands. He went back to being the silent provider, the gentle protector, the ghost in the machine.

He took another stage of the blunt, exhaling a thick cloud that obscured the monitors. He played the long game. He had tested her boundaries and found them strong.

But boundaries were just lines waiting to be crossed.

Smoke looked at the silver laptop on his glass desk, his encrypted phone sitting beside it. He knew everything about her. Where she lived, where she worked, the exact moment she turned off her lights at night.

Smoke just needed the right moment to show her that everything he’d promised as a persona was a reality as a man.

And then Jordan became a name Smoke saw too often.

At first, it had meant nothing to him. A man’s name in a woman’s phone was not enough to move him. Malaya was beautiful, delicate in ways she tried to hide and sweet in ways that slipped out when she forgot to guard herself. Men noticed. Men always noticed. Some sent her messages with too many hearts eyes on social media. Some tried to be funny and failed. Some waited for her cam shows and spent money they didn’t have just to make her look toward the screen for half a second. Smoke knew the difference between noise and a threat. Most men were noise.

Jordan had been noise until Malaya started smiling at him.

Edge & Thread—Location: North Side 9:05PM

Smoke sat in his private office above Edge & Thread, the monitors casting a cold sheen over the angles of his face. Below him, the barbershop had closed for the day. The last chair had been swept, the last cape shaken out, the last customer sent into the Atlanta night with a fresh line. Up here, everything belonged to Smoke. The locked door. The black desk. The encrypted drives. The wall safe behind a framed print no one but him was allowed to touch.

Malaya’s phone activity was open in front of him.

Smoke told himself it was maintenance. That was the lie he used when he needed one. He had put enough invisible architecture around her life to know when something went wrong, and checking the structure was part of keeping it intact. Messages. Unknown numbers. Strange links. Men who became too aggrsssivd when she ignored them. Clients who thought a tip bought access. He watched for threats because threats had a way of hiding themselves in charm.

But Jordan was not charming in a way Smoke could easily condemn. That was the problem.

The latest message sat near the top of the thread.

Jordan: You still up?

Malaya had answered three minutes later.

Malaya: Unfortunately lol. My sleep schedule is a joke.

Jordan replied with a laughing emoji then a picture of a little boy sprawled across a couch with one sock on, one sock missing, and a Black Panther toy tucked under his arm.

Jordan: Shiloh knocked out like he pay bills lol

Malaya’s response came with three laughing emojis.

Malaya: 😂😂😂 He is SO CUTE. Look at him holding T’Challa!

Smoke’s jaw tightened. It wasn’t the words. It was the ease of it all. Malaya didn’t overthink that response. She didn’t perform. She didn’t angle herself toward seduction or sweetness. She was simply there, amused and unguarded, letting some man send her pieces of his life as if he had a right to place them in her hands.

Smoke scrolled back.

Jordan didn’t text too much. That made him worse. A desperate man revealed himself fast. He pressed for pictures, attention, reassurance. Jordan did none of that. He appeared every few days at first, then more often, then with enough to become expected. A joke in the afternoon to ease the tension while she was at work. A check-in after she’d clocked out to pick up her son when her baby daddy was supposed to do it. A quick call that lasted eight minutes, then another that lasted twenty-three. One night forty-one.

Forty-one minutes.

Smoke stared at that number longer than he wanted to. He clicked into the call metadata, though he already knew what it would show him. Incoming. Answered. Late evening. Malaya had let it ring once before picking up. It wasn’t long enough to avoid him but long enough to see his name and decide what to do with herself before she answered.

Smoke leaned back in his chair and rubbed his thumb along the side of his index finger.

He could picture it too easily. Malaya in her apartment, curled up somewhere, bonnet on or hair loose, she home pressed to her ear. Her voice lower because she didn’t wanna wake Messiah. Jordan on the other end with that easy patience Smoke was beginning to dislike. No rush. No pressure. Just conversation.

Smoke opened another window.

Jordan Ellis.

Smoke preferred men with mess. Meds gave shape to intent. Mess gave him handles. An unpaid judgement. A sealed charge. Old warrants. Bitter women in comments. Something. Anything. He searched with the meditated focus of a man taking apart a machine piece by piece.

Jordan gave him almost nothing.

Thirty. Atlanta born. Local employment, steady enough. Rental history clean. No obvious criminal record. No restraining orders. No heavy social media presence. His pages were mostly private, but not hidden well enough to keep Smoke out. Photos loaded one by one. Jordan at a cookout. Jordan holding Shiloh on his hip in front of an aquarium tank, the boy’s small hand spread against his father’s cheek. Jordan at his son’s outdoor birthday party with a paper cone sitting crooked over his tapered curly fro. Jordan at a convention, grinning beside a wall of anime figures, posing like Sukuna.

Smoke’s eyes narrowed.

Malaya: Same smile 😍 he’s so sweet. Really grew into himself from high school.

Sweet.

Smoke hated that word the most. Sweet men were dangerous when they were real. Not the kind who used softness as bait, but the ones who had grown into patience because life had required it. Jordan had a son. Jordan had responsibilities. A man like that didn’t need to impress a woman with volume. He impressed her with being consistent. With remembering. By calling when he said he would. By laughing at old things from school and asking new questions like he actually cares about the answers.

He returned to the messages.

Jordan had asked about her day. Malaya had told him it was long. He sent a voice note instead. Smoke played it once through the isolated feed. Jordan’s voice came through with a smile in it.

“Well, I hope you eat something and get some rest, Malaya. You work so hard. You deserve to be pampered. Don’t stay up too late watching Love Island knowing your ass need to be asleep. Then get mad when Messiah wakes up hahaha.”

Malaya had answered with a voice note of her own. Smoke didn’t play hers right away. He sat there with his hand nese the mouse, looking at the little audio bar as if it had done something personal to him. Her voice belonged to her, but he had collected so much of it that some part of him had begun treating it like a private possession. Her sleepy voice. Her irritated voice. Her calm voice; honeyed and controlled. Her real laugh when she forgot herself. Her little sigh when something made her feel seen. He knew them. He knew the difference.

Now Jordan was learning them too.

Smoke played it. Malaya’s voice spilled into the room with amusement and faint embarrassment.

“First of all, don’t be clockin’ me! Second, I ate. Kind of. I had fries.”

Jordan replied almost immediately.

Jordan: That’s all you eat is fries. You gonna turn into a damn fry 😂

Malaya: They are when you mind your business 😒

Smoke stared at the exchange. It was nothing. That was what made it something. No naked pictures. No heavy flirting. No late-night confession. Just easy back-and-forth. Smoke could have handled vulgarity. He understood men who wanted a body before they understood the woman inside it. He knew how to deal with that kind. This was worse because Jordan seemed interested in the ordinary parts. Her meals. Her sleep. Her memories. Her jokes. The parts Smoke had been studying from the outside like a locked house with the lights on.

A line of texts appeared farther down, from two days ago.

Jordan: I forgot you used to draw Sailor Moon characters in your notebook.

Malaya: Don’t expose me 😭

Jordan: Never. I thought it was cute then too lol

Smoke’s hand closed once. There it was. History. He couldn’t hack history. He couldn’t purchase it, threaten it, erase it, or outrank it. Jordan stood somewhere in Malaya’s past. Some version of her Smoke would never get to see. Drawing girls with moon wands in the corners of her notebook. Smiling at things before life taught her which pieces of herself to hide.

Smoke had files. Jordan had memories. The distinction scraped against something low in him.

He opened Jordan’s background again, harder this time, less patient. He checked financials. Associates. Old addresses. Known relationships. Family connections. He looked for bitterness, instability, some ugliness hidden beneath the calm surface. An angry ex. A custody dispute with teeth. Gambling. Pills. Anything he could name and place between Jordan and Malaya as proof that his instinct was not jealousy but protection. Contentment was a language Smoke did not trust.

He closed the file and returned to Malaya. Her last message to Jordan was from twenty minutes ago.

Malaya: You still watching that show you told me about?

Jordan: Yeah. You were right. It got good after episode three.

Malaya: Told you. You just had to stop being stubborn.

Jordan: 😂 I’m working on that.

Malaya: Liar.

Jordan: Maybe. But I listen when it matters.

Smoke read that line twice. Then three times. The words were not much on their own. A soft little flirt, maybe. A door left open. Jordan had not shoved his way through it. He had simply set the sentence down and let Malaya decide what to do with it. She had not answered right away. Smoke watched the timestamp as if he could will it backward. Four minutes. Seven. Twelve. Then the little mark appeared.

Malaya: You always did 😌

Smoke went very still. Then, he sat forward, elbows on the desk, fingers steepled near his mouth. Jordan had not become a problem because he wanted Malaya. Jordan had become a problem because Malaya was beginning to let him matter.

The next message came a few minutes later.

Jordan: We should get together one of these days. Catch up for real.

Smoke’s eyes fixed on it. The typing bubble appeared beneath Jordan’s message, pulsed, disappeared, then returned. Malaya was thinking. He could imagine her biting her lip, not in the way men begged to see on camera, in the way she did when something made her nervous. He had seen that before. She would glance away from the screen, then back. She would smile at herself as if she needed permission to want something simple.

The response came through.

Malaya: I’d like that.

Smoke did not move. The monitors continued their work around him. Servers blinked. The city passed outside with sirens in the distance and tires whispering over damp pavement. Downstairs, the barbershop slept beneath him, all mirrors and empty chairs, all the day’s voices and buzzing gone. On the screen, Malaya’s words sat beneath Jordan’s.

I’d like that.

Smoke read them until they stopped looking like words and started looking like a hand placed somewhere it did not belong. Jordan was not a client. Not a faceless watcher. Not a man begging for pieces of her through a screen. Jordan was warm skin and a familiar smile. A son named Shiloh. A soft-eyed anime nerd who remembered what Malaya used to draw in school and had the patience to wait between messages.

Smoke exhaled through his nose.

He could ruin him.

The thought came cleanly. It sat there like a tool laid on the table. Smoke knew how. He could make Jordan’s life inconvenient by morning and unbearable by the end of the week. A few pressure points. A little disruption. Nothing dramatic enough to point back to him. Men were easy to move when you knew what they loved and what they feared losing.

Malaya had said she would like that.

Smoke leaned back in his chair, the darkness behind his eyes becoming something colder than anger. He had been patient because patience had always worked for him. He had watched, learned, mapped, waited. He had known her patterns so well that knowledge had begun to feel like intimacy. But Jordan was showing him the insult hidden inside that belief. Knowing where Malaya bought groceries was not the same as being the man she called when she was tired. Knowing what time she went live was not the same as being remembered from school. Knowing what made her body respond on camera was not the same as making her smile at her phone in the middle of an ordinary night.

Smoke stared at the screen.

For the first time, distance felt less like control and more like absence. And absence, he was beginning to understand, made room.

———

Jordan’s text came just after six.

Jordan: I'm outside.

Malaya looked at her reflection one last time before grabbing her purse. She had settled on a fitted chocolate-brown ribbed midi dress that hugged her figure without feeling overly dressy. A cropped cream denim jacket rested over her shoulders in case the evening cooled off. Gold hoops framed her face, a thin layered necklace that rested against her collarbones, and her twists spilled over one shoulder. She’d kept her makeup simple, finishing with nothing more than gloss across her lips. She wasn’t trying to impress him. She just wanted to feel pretty.

When she stepped outside, Jordan was leaning against his car, one hand tucked into the pocket of dark jeans. His black T-shirt stretched comfortably across broad shoulders, and his beard had filled in since high school, giving his face a maturity she hadn't expected. His smile, though, hadn't changed. It was the same warm smile she remembered that always reached his expressive light-brown eyes.

For a second he simply looked at her.

“Damn.”

Malaya laughed. “What?”

“You look good.”

“You clean up pretty nice yourself.” She returned the compliment.

“I had to. Couldn’t let you outshine me.”

She rolled her eyes, smiling as he opened the passenger door for her.

The drive started exactly the way she'd hoped it would. Easy. The conversation slipped between them without effort. They laughed about teachers they swore had hated them, classmates they'd forgotten until one of them mentioned a name, and the anime arguments they'd somehow still remembered years later.

“So you still watch it?” Jordan asked.

She looked at him with mock offense. “You asking me that like you don't already know the answer.”

“I had to make sure adulthood hadn't changed you.”

“It definitely hasn’t.”

He grinned. “Good.”

By the time they reached the restaurant, Malaya realized she hadn't checked her phone once. Dinner felt less like a first date and more like picking up a conversation that had simply been paused for several years. Jordan listened more than he talked. When she mentioned work, he asked questions instead of waiting for his turn to speak. When she laughed, he laughed with her instead of trying to top the joke. He remembered little things she’d mentioned over the last few weeks of texting, surprising her more than once.

“You actually remembered that?”

“You told me.”

“That was like...two weeks ago.”

He shrugged. “I was listening.”

Something about that stirred inside her.

Eventually the conversation turned toward Shiloh. Jordan’s whole face changed. His smile grew and his shoulders relaxed.

For the next several minutes he told her stories about bedtime negotiations, mismatched socks, spilled cereal, and Saturday mornings spent watching cartoons. He wasn’t performing fatherhood. Watching him, Malaya understood something.

Kindness looked good on him.

After dinner, neither of them seemed ready to call it a night.

“You wanna walk for a minute?” Jordan asked.

She nodded.

The Atlanta evening had settled into that comfortable warmth where the air felt soft against her skin. They wandered the sidewalk without any destination in mind, their conversation drifting from old memories to where life had taken them since graduation.

Jordan glanced over at her. “I was nervous asking you out.”

She stopped walking. “You were?”

“Oh, absolutely. Look at you.”

She laughed. “I would've never guessed.”

“I practiced asking you.”

She blinked. “You practiced?!”

He rubbed the back of his neck, laughing at himself. “Like...four different versions.”

Malaya burst into laughter, lightly bumping his shoulder. “You are lying.”

“I’m dead serious.”

“That’s actually kind of cute.”

“I'll take cute.” Jordan replied with. Smirk.

The drive back to her apartment was comfortable. They listened to music and debated over which anime’s were the best. Jordan eventually pulled into a visitor's space and shifted the car into park. Neither of them reached for the door.

He looked over at her. “I’m really glad you said yes.”

Malaya smiled. “So am I.”

He leaned in slowly, giving her every chance to pull away. She didn't.

Their lips met gently. The kiss wasn't rushed or hungry. Their heads swiveled, Malaya reaching out to grip his chin to hold him steady while she damn near stole his breath with those juicy lips that tasted like maple brown sugar. Jordan felt himself getting stiff, squeezing his thighs to try and calm his erection. The kiss was warm, lingering just long enough to make them both smile when they pulled apart. Jordan rested his forehead against hers for a second before quietly laughing. They separated, Jordan licking her gloss from his lips and Malaya fixing hers since some of it got on her chin.

“I’ve wanted to do that all night.”

“I kinda figured.” Malaya giggled.

“You gonna let me see you again?”

Malaya looked at him. “I think that can be arranged.”

She reached for the door handle. As she turned, Jordan's hand settled lightly at her waist before sliding naturally to the curve of her hip. His fingers gave her ass a playful squeeze over the fabric of her dress.

He laughed. “...Girl.”

Malaya looked back.

“You still…thick.”

Jordan started singing Bobby V Tell Me since it had come up on the playlist.

Malaya threw her head back, laughing. “Oh my God.”

“What?”

“You are so childish.”

“I ain't lying though. Tell me, for real cuz man…”

Malaya shook her head, unable to stop smiling.

“Goodnight, Jordan.”

“Goodnight, Malaya.”

He watched her step up, unlocking her apartment door, and glance back one last time with a small wave before disappearing inside. Only after the door closed did he finally pull away. The door clicked shut behind her, but the warmth of Jordan’s kiss still lingered on her lips. A small, genuine smile played on her face, one that didn’t have to be performed for a camera or a tip. He was different. Patient, warm, and the way he looked at her made her feel seen, not just consumed.

As she kicked off her heels and began to peel away her clothes, for the first time in a long time, the place was truly quiet. Messiah was with his father for the weekend, leaving her with a rare, unfiltered solitude. In her bedroom, She paused, her dress slipping over her head, her mind drifting back to the way Jordan’s hand had felt on the cleft of her left ass cheek. She wondered if she should have let him come inside. The thought sent a sharp, electric pulse of lust straight to her core, leaving her thighs feeling heavy and her pussy aching with a sudden, insistent throb.

Malaya was horny—deeply, viscerally horny—and the lingering adrenaline from the date had left her skin hypersensitive. She didn’t want to just sleep it off. She wanted to feel something intense, to lean into the friction of her own desire.

With a determined exhale, Malaya transitioned from the woman who had just been on a romantic date to the persona the internet paid to see. It was time for the “Good Girl Gone Filthy” set.

She transformed her space into a curated altar of simulated innocence and raw filth. First came the lighting. She clicked on the ring light, bathing her face in a professional, clinical glow, but then she layered in the atmosphere. She draped strings of warm fairy lights across the wall and turned on a bedside lamp that changed colors, creating a golden, hazy glow that blurred the edges of the room. She laid out the backdrop. It was a plush, baby-pink faux-fur blanket spread across the floor, topped with a white furry rug that looked soft enough to sink into. It was the perfect contrast to what she planned to do on top of it.

Then came the wardrobe. She slid into pastel pink lingerie with lace trimming that hugged her breasts tight, the fabric straining against her nipples. The thin lace of the crotch area barely covered the swell of her ass and the plumpness of her pussy lips. To complete the “good girl” aesthetic, she pulled on a pair of knee-high pastel socks with little bows and fastened a thin charm bracelet around her wrist, the small silver trinkets jingling as she moved. She reached for her hair, deftly styling her long twists into two high pigtails, securing them with oversized satin bows.

Malaya wears a delicate, intricate pink lace mask that clings to the curves of her face, the fabric sheer enough to tease but thick enough to create a barrier of mystery. The floral patterns of the lace cast seductive shadows across her skin, framing her eyes in a way that makes them look wider, more vulnerable, and dangerously focused.

She looked like a doll. The perfect fuck doll.

The final touches were the props. She placed a large, glossy lollipop still wrapped on the nightstand next to a high-powered Bluetooth vibrator that was gifted to her from MoTh3rL0ad88, deep, purple silicone and appeared not so intimidating. Malaya checked her camera angle, ensuring the frame captured the curve of her hips and the inviting dip of her waist, making sure the viewers would have a front-row seat to her descent.

Finally, she reached for her phone and tapped the screen. The heavy, grinding bass of Tinashe’s Nasty filled the room, the slow, provocative beat syncing with the thrum of blood between her legs. Malaya climbed onto the pink fur, arching her back and letting the music vibrate through her skin. She looked into the lens, her eyes darkening, the “good girl” mask sliding into place just as she prepared to go live and get filthy.

I been a nasty girl, nasty

I been a nasty girl, nasty

I been a nasty girl, nasty

I been a nasty, nasty, nasty

Malaya clicked the “Go Live” button, and instantly, the viewer count began to climb. The screen flooded with a rush of usernames, a digital tide of hungry men eager for their fix. She leaned into the camera, her eyes wide and shimmering, a playful, shy smile tugging at the corners of her lips.

“Hi everyone,” she whispered, her voice an angelic, breathy coo. She brought her index finger to her lips, biting down on the pad of it gently, her gaze fluttering. “I...I didn’t think so many of you would be here tonight. I’m feeling a little shy.”

She giggled, a high, melodic sound, and twirled a stray twist around her finger. She looked like a doll, a pristine image of purity in her pastel pinks and white fur, but the way she let her gaze linger on the lens told a different story. She was playing the part of the innocent girl who had accidentally stumbled into a room full of hungry wolves with brick hard dicks and balls filled with cum, acting as if she were barely aware of how the thin lace of her panties clung to the swell of her ass and barely covered her pussy.

[User: BigDickEnergy99]: Look at those bows…I want to rip them right out of her hair.

[User: VoidWalker]: Stop playing, baby. We know you a little slut for us.

[User: TipKing_X]: Tipped 50 tokens! Show us those cheeks, Good Girl.

Malaya blushed, a performative flush that crept up her neck. “You're all so mean to me,” she pouted, bouncing her tits like she was throwing a temper tantrum.

If you keep up with me

I'll keep on coming back

If you do it too good

I'm gonna get attached

'Cause it feels like Heaven when it hurts so bad

Baby, put it on me

I like it just like that…

As the heavy, grinding bass of Tinashe’s Nasty kicked back in, the “good girl” mask didn’t falter, it just evolved. Malaya turned on her knees slowly, the camera capturing the dip of her waist and the way her bralette strained against her hard nipples. She turned her back to the lens, glancing over her shoulder with a wide-eyed, innocent expression while her lower body began to move.

She started with a slow, hypnotic roll of her hips, the movement fluid and circular. The white fur of the rug brushed against her thighs as she began to twerk, her cheeks bouncing with a heavy vibration. She wasn’t just shaking; she was oscillating, her hips swinging in a precise, tantalizing cadence that made the lace of her panties disappear between the folds of her ass.

[User: HardCoreHustle]: Fuck, that bounce is lethal. Look at her move!

[User: LustLord]: Tipped 100 tokens! Arch that back, Miss Blaze!

[User: DeepDive_88]: She look so sweet but she moves like a fucking pro. I need to see more.

Malaya let out a, staged moan, her head tilting back as she leaned forward, planting her palms on the pink fur. She pushed her ass high into the air, creating a steep, inviting slope. She began to grind against the air, her hips rotating in a slow, agonizing circle that simulated the feeling of a thick dick sliding deep inside her. She looked back at the camera, biting her lip, her eyes half-lidded and glazed with a mixture of fake modesty and real arousal.

“Is this...is this okay?” she whimpered, her voice trembling. “I don't know why I’m doing this...I feel so naughty, Sir.”

Then, with a sudden, athletic grace that contradicted her fragile persona, she slid backward. In one smooth, fluid motion, she hit a full split on the plush rug, her legs extending wide, leaving her completely open to the lens. The position pushed her panties to their absolute limit, the fabric straining across her ass and her soaking wet pussy, the center of the lace darkening as her arousal leaked through.

She stayed there, chest heaving, her breasts bouncing slightly under the pink cotton. She reached down, slowly tracing the line of her thigh with a manicured nail, her eyes locked on the camera, challenging every man in the chat to tell her exactly how they would ruin her.

[User: BeastMode]: Tipped 200 tokens! Open those legs wider, you filthy little doll!

[User: PureSin]: I can see she's soaking through those panties. Look at that wet spot!

[User: AlphaMale_7]: I wanna see you swallow a whole dick while you in that split, slut.

Malaya slowly pulled herself out of the split, her movements languid. She crawled toward the lens on all fours, her breasts swaying under the pink lingerie, her eyes locked onto the camera with that wide, doe-eyed gaze. She stopped just inches from the lens, her face filling the frame, the soft glow of the ring light reflecting in her pupils.

“You guys are being so loud,” she whispered, a tiny, teasing smile playing on her lips. “I can’t even think...you’re making me feel so...exposed.”

She sat back on her heels and spreading her knees just enough to give them a glimpse of the lace straining against her pussy. With a slow, shaky breath, she pressed her palm flat against her crotch. She began to rub her pussy through the thin fabric of her panties, her fingers circling her clit in a grinding motion. The lace was translucent from her arousal, clinging to every fold of her lips.

Malaya let out a soft, airy moan, her head tilting back as she increased the pressure, her hips lifting off the rug. “It’s so warm,” she whimpered, her voice trembling. “I’m just...I’m just a little bit wet. Is that bad?”

Then, without warning, she reached down and grabbed her ankle, pulling her leg upward and outward in one fluid, athletic motion. She slid into a perfect side split, her body stretched wide across the white fur. The position was devastatingly open, her pussy centered perfectly in the frame, the pink lace of her panties pulled tight and damp, outlining the plumpness of her labia.

She looked at the camera, her expression a mask of faux-hesitation, her lip trembling slightly. “Do you...do you really want to see it?” she asked, her voice a breathy, innocent plea. “I’m so shy...I’ve never shown this many people at once.”

The chat exploded. The token count began to skyrocket as the men scrambled to pay for the reveal.

[User: KingKink]: Tipped 500 tokens! SHOW US! Open those legs and show us that pussy now!

[User: RawDogger]: I'll pay anything to see you dripping for us, you filthy doll.

[User: VoidWalker]: Stop playing the innocent act and show us how wet you are!

Malaya giggled, a sound that was becoming increasingly hungry. She lowered her leg and reached over to the side and picked up a large, bright red lollipop, unwrapping it. She didn’t take it straight to her mouth. First, she ran the hard candy slowly along the line of her jaw, then down her neck, trailing it over the valley of her breasts. Finally, she slid the lollipop into her mouth. She began to lick it with slow, swirling motions of her tongue, her eyes half-lidded and glazed. She sucked on the candy with a wet, loud slurping sound, her cheeks hollowing as she drew the sweetness in. She looked like a corrupted piece of candy herself—sweet, colorful, and utterly decadent. As she sucked the lollipop, she began to use her free hand to tease the edge of the lace covering her crotch, hooking a manicured nail under the and pulling it just a fraction of an inch away from her skin, teasing the chat with a sliver of her glistening, deep brown lips and dark pink flesh.

[User: BeastMode]: Tipped 300 tokens! Suck that candy like it's a dick while you pull those panties aside!

[User: PureSin]: Look at her eyes...she loves being watched. She's a total slut.

Malaya pulled the lollipop out with a loud, sticky pop, a thin string of glistening saliva connecting the candy to her lips. She let out a breathy, exhausted tease of a laugh.

“You guys have been so patient,” she whispered, her voice sounding small and fragile in the quiet of the room. “I think it’s time I show you what a good girl I’ve been.”

She reached up, her fingers pulling the straps of her pastel pink lingerie down. She didn’t just rip it off; she played the part, sliding the fabric slowly down one shoulder, then the other, teasing the edge of the lace against her skin. As the bra fell away, her breasts spilled out, dark, gum drop nipples hard and peaking in the cool air. She let the garment rest around her waist, leaving her chest bare and heaving, her breath coming in shallow, jagged gasps that she knew the microphone was picking up.

Then, her hands drifted lower, her fingertips grazing the edge of the lace covering her pussy. She hooked her fingers into the lace, pausing for a heartbeat to let the anticipation build in the chat. Slowly, agonizingly, she slid the lace to the side. One by one, each slippery pussy lip revealed itself, a slimy trail of her arousal clinging to the fabric. Clit poking. Labia twitching. The knee-high pastel socks that hugged her calves, adding to the coquette aesthetic she used as a shield.

Malaya spread her legs wide, exposing the depths of her fat pussy to the lens. She was drenched, her folds glistening and plump, the pinkish-red hue of her clit peaking through the wetness. She looked engorged, exposed, and utterly vulnerable, though her face remained a mask of shy innocence. She reached for the lollipop again, but she didn’t put it back in her mouth. Instead, she pressed the sticky, sugar-coated candy directly against her pussy.

“Mmm,” she moaned, her head rolling back, her pigtails splaying across the white rug. “It tastes so sweet...I can feel the sugar melting right into me.”

She began to rub the lollipop in slow, circular motions around her clit, the glossy candy coating mixing with her own natural lubrication. The wet, slapping sound of the candy against her flesh filled the speakers. She pushed the lollipop deeper, teasing the entrance of her pussy, the sweetness of the candy contrasting with the saltiness of her own arousal.

“I feel so naughty,”she whimpered, her voice breaking as she arched her back. “I’m being such a bad girl for you, Sir…but I’m still your good girl, right?”

The chat was an absolute frenzy, a waterfall of demands and tips, but one username stood out, flashing with a generous contribution that had already changed the trajectory of the night.

Camera0ff

Malaya reached over to the side of the white fur rug, her fingers curling around a sleek, high-tech device. She held it up to the camera, bringing it close so the ring light caught every detail.

“You guys...look what I have,” she whispered, her voice airy and laced with a curated shyness. “I want to say a huge thank you to MoTh3rL0ad88. You’re so generous...you bought me this beautiful Bluetooth vibrator.”

The toy was a masterpiece of erotic engineering. A deep, midnight purple silicone that looked almost black under the lights, with a polished, ergonomic curve designed to hit every internal sweet spot. It had a smooth, seamless finish and a small, pulsing LED light at the base that glowed a soft, inviting blue, signaling it was paired and ready for remote command. It looked expensive, powerful, and utterly invasive.

“I think...I think I’m gonna use it just for you guys tonight,” she teased, her eyes hooded as she looked into the lens. “I’m gonna to let the chat decide exactly how I feel.”

Malaya spread her legs even wider on the pink blanket. She guided the rounded tip of the vibrator toward her soaking entrance. She let out a small, needy whimper as she pushed the silicone head past her outer lips, sliding it slowly into her tight, wet channel. The friction made her toes curl inside her pastel socks, and she gasped, her head falling back as she seated the toy deep inside her, leaving just the stimulating nub pressed firmly against her swollen clit.

She froze, her body trembling slightly, her hands gripping the edges of the fur rug. She waited, charged with an electric anticipation.

Then, it happened. A low, deep thrum vibrated through her core. It started on the lowest setting. A gentle, steady pulse that felt like a warm current flowing through her pussy. It wasn't overwhelming yet. It was a slow burn, a teasing warmth that began to wake up every nerve ending.

“Oh..” she moaned, the sound soft and breathy, barely more than a whisper.

Her hand drifted down, her fingers finding her clit, rubbing the nub in slow circles. The combination of the internal vibration and the external pressure sent a wave of heat crashing through her. She rolled her hips, her pigtails splaying across the rug, her voice dropping to a fragile, needy tone.

“It feels so warm...mmm, it’s just starting to wake me up,” she whimpered, her eyes fluttering shut. “I can feel it... buzzing inside me…please, someone...make it stronger…”

———

10:42PM—Smoke’s Den

The frame is tight, a cinematic close-up focusing solely on a large, veined hand with thick fingers gripping a sleek, encrypted smartphone. The skin is smooth, the knuckles prominent, and the thumb is poised with predatory precision over the screen. On the display, a minimalist app interface glows. A simple slider and a series of preset patterns.

The atmosphere in the den is suffocating, a thick blend of Tom Ford’s masculine musk and the charred, caramel scent of Uncle Nearest 1856. The only light comes from the 120-inch laser projector, casting a ghostly, flickering glow over Smoke’s dark skin, turning the matte charcoal concrete of the wall into a living canvas of Malaya’s desperation.

Smoke is a statue of primal intent, sprawled deep in the black Nappa leather pit. His legs are spread wide, claiming every inch of the space, his chest expanded and glistening under the artificial light. He is the picture of disciplined agony. The bass from D’Angelo’s Voodoo vibrates through the floor of the den, a low, swampy auditory stimulation that mirrors the heavy pulsing in Smoke’s groin.

I feel like making dreams come true

Oh baby

When you talk to me

When you're moanin' sweet and low

When you touch me

And my feelings start to show, show, oh

That's the time

I feel like making love to you

That's the time

I feel like making dreams come true, oh baby…

Below his navel, the ferocity of his arousal is on full display. His nine-inch dick is a rigid, unyielding pillar, gorged with blood and pulsing with a heat that feels like it could melt the fabric of his low-slung black shorts. Because of the way he’s leaning back, there is no place for his length to go but up. That dick is pressed flat against the lower wall of his abs, a heavy, thick ridge of flesh that carves a brutal path straight toward his belly button.

The athletic material of the shorts is stretched to its absolute breaking point, the fabric pulled so taut across the wide, flared head of his dick that the blunt silhouette is unmistakable. Every time he takes a slow, calculated sip of the amber whiskey, his abdominal muscles contract, causing his dick to throb violently against the cloth. It’s a heavy jump. A desperate attempt to break free from the imprisonment of the fabric. A small, dark circle of pre-cum has already begun to dampen the black material, the moisture adding a slick, friction-filled torture every time he breathes.

Smoke refuses to touch himself. The ache in his balls is a dull, heavy roar, a pressure that would drive any other man to madness, but for Smoke, it is fuel. He channels that physical torture into the digital puppetry in his hand.

Smoke leaned back into the depths of his sunken black leather pit, the fabric cool against his bare skin. He wasn’t touching himself. The arousal was purely psychological, a dark, pulsing blaze that settled deep in his gut and made his nine-inch thick dick strain against the thin fabric of his black athletic shorts. His heavy, thick shaft was rock hard, the wide flared head pulsing with every beat of his heart, but his hands remained steady. He preferred the power of the ghost in the machine.

Internally, he was a storm of possessiveness. Watching her on the 120-inch projector, her image towering over him on the matte charcoal wall, he felt a visceral surge of ownership. He knew every inch of her. The scar on her knee, the way she breathed when she was actually peaking.

His eyes narrowed, tracking every movement of her body on the screen. He watched her play the part, the faux-innocence in her voice. Good girl. The phrase tasted like iron in his mouth. He hated the act. Smoke enjoyed the tease, there was no doubt about it, but because he knew the woman beneath the costume, he knew she was a mess of need and anxiety, and he loved that he was the only one who truly saw her.

He could see it now. The way her thighs trembled, the glistening wetness coating her pussy as she rubbed that lollipop against herself. She was soaking, her body betraying her “innocent”persona. She thought she was in control of the narrative, directing the chat, managing the tips, playing the game.

You think you the one pulling the strings, Malaya, he thought, his gaze darkening. But I own the string. And after that date you had tonight, I think I need to remind you.

His plan was simple: total dismantling. Smoke didn’t want her to just orgasm. He wanted to break her composure. He wanted to strip away the “Good Girl Gone Filthy” act until there was nothing left but raw, uncontrolled desperation. He wanted the entire chat to witness the exact moment her curated performance shattered, leaving her gasping and sobbing for a release that only he could grant or deny. He was going to ruin her in front of hundreds, turning her professional show into a public execution of her modesty.

His face is a battlefield of disciplined lust and predatory hunger.

On the screen, Malaya guided the midnight purple silicone head of the vibrator into her tight, wet channel. Smoke watched her eyes flutter, her breath hitching as she seated the toy deep inside her.

The moment the device was fully submerged, Smoke’s thumb moved.

Slowly, almost agonizingly, his thumb slides the intensity bar just a fraction of an inch to the right. He keeps it on the lowest setting, a mere whisper of a vibration, designed not to satisfy, but to irritate the nerves, to create a craving that can’t be scratched.

For a while, he watched her body warm up to it. The goosebumps on her flesh. The way her moans hitched. How she rubbed her clit and bit her lip. His dick bounced within the tight constraints of his athletic shorts. A painful erection that needed tending to but Smoke would rather edge than release. He was on a mission of destroying Malaya.

For making him feel the way he does. For being so goddamn fine. For invading his mind from sun up to sun down.

I got something for you, he thought.

Smoke didn’t slide the bar this time. He flicked it. He jumped the setting from the lowest tease to a high, aggressive thrum.

He watched through the lens as Malaya’s entire body jolted. Her back arched violently, her fingers digging into the white fur rug, and a loud, genuine moan—one that wasn’t for the tips—ripped from her throat. The sudden surge of power inside her was an electric shock, a violent intrusion of pleasure that bypassed her brain and went straight to her nerves.

Smoke let out a low, guttural exhale, a predatory smirk touching his lips. The game had officially begun.

Smoke’s thumb didn’t just slide. It danced with a sadistic tempo across the encrypted screen. He began to cycle through the preset patterns, switching from a steady, aggressive drone to a series of sharp, erratic pulses. He wanted to keep her off-balance, denying her the ability to settle into the sensation, forcing her body to chase a peak that he kept just out of reach.

On the 120-inch screen, the effect was immediate and visceral. Malaya’s composure disintegrated. Her legs, still clad in those innocent pastel socks, began to shake with a violent, uncontrolled tremor. Her thighs clamped shut, then flew open in a desperate, instinctive attempt to either crush the toy deeper into her walls or push it away from the overstimulated nerves of her clit.

Smoke watched with a predatory intensity as her pussy began to weep, the glistening wetness coating the silicone head of the vibrator and leaking out in thick, clear strings that smeared across the white fur rug. He could see the internal contractions of her vaginal walls. The way her muscles gripped the device in starving spasms, trying to milk the vibration out of the machine.

He flicked the intensity to the absolute maximum.

Malaya’s reaction was primal. A guttural, strangled sound tore from her throat, a noise that was completely stripped of the “Innocent Girl” persona. Her fingers clawed at the rug, bunching the fabric into tight knots as her hips began to buck upward in jagged, uncontrolled jolts. Her chest heaved, the pastel lingerie straining against her waist as she gasped for air, her lungs failing her. Her breasts shook and her ass gyrated.

His eyes are hooded, dark voids that don’t blink, locked onto the 120-inch image of Malaya. He isn’t just watching her. He’s consuming her. Every time her thighs tremble or her back arches in a violent spasm. His pupils dilate, absorbing the sight of her surrender like a sponge. There is a slight, savagely crease between his brows, a mark of intense concentration, as if he is calculating the exact millisecond her willpower snaps.

He watched her toes curl tight, her entire frame vibrating in sync with the device buried inside her. The pleasure was so intense it had crossed the line into a form of exquisite torture. Her head snapped back, her neck tendons straining, and her mouth hung open in a silent, breathless scream.

Smoke leaned forward, his eyes locked on the way her stomach rippled, access skin from birth tightening, her core bracing for the impact of the waves he was sending through her. The faint pulse pitter-pattering against her jugular, blood rushing south, pooling in her engorged clit and drenched folds.

He suddenly dropped the setting back to a low, teasing crawl.

The sudden drop caused Malaya to collapse. She slid down the rug, her body going limp for a split second before she began to writhe, her hips grinding frantically against the air, begging for the power to return. She looked wrecked, hair coming undone from the bows, makeup smudged, eyes glazed and unfocused. She was no longer performing for the chat. She was a slave to the signal in Smoke’s hand.

He let her simmer in that desperation for a few seconds, watching her pussy twitch and pulse in a void of denied pleasure. Then, with a slow, deliberate motion, he slammed the slider back to the top and triggered the “Chaos” pattern—a rapid-fire sequence of bursts and long, heavy vibrations.

Malaya’s body snapped taut like a bowstring. Her internal muscles clamped down on the vibrator with such force that she let out a high-pitched, sobbing moan. Her pelvis tilted sharply, back arching so hard her shoulder blades pressed into the floor, and her entire midsection shuddered in a prolonged, violent orgasm.

Smoke watched the way her pussy pulsed around the toy, the rhythmic squeezing of her walls visible even through the camera lens. She was shaking, her breath coming in ragged, sobbing hitches, body completely surrendered to the digital ghost he controlled. He didn’t stop it. He kept the vibration screaming inside her, pushing her past the peak, forcing her to ride the wave of an orgasm that wouldn’t end until he decided she had had enough.

That mask had been incinerated by the relentless frequency Smoke was pumping into her. She was sprawled across the white fur rug, her limbs splayed and trembling, her head lolling from side to side. A thin, glistening string of drool escaped the corner of her mouth, trailing down her chin as her jaw hung slack. She was panting, the sound wet and desperate, her chest heaving so violently that her breasts bounced with every ragged breath.

“Please…” she whimpered, the word barely a sound, more of a broken vibration in her throat. “Please, Daddy...I can’t... I can’t take it...please!”

The word Daddy hit Smoke like a physical blow. He watched her on the screen, seeing the way her eyes were out of focus,her consciousness hovering on the edge of a blackout. Her voice had devolved into a series of high-pitched, needy keens and guttural whimpers, a symphony of surrender that told him exactly who owned her in this moment.

Below her, her pussy was a disaster of arousal. It wasn’t just wet; it was overflowing. Thick, slimy trails of cream and arousal leaked from her drenched folds, soaking into the white fur of the rug in heavy, translucent patches. Every time the vibrator pulsed, more of her essence was forced out, spraying in tiny, glistening droplets against her inner thighs.

Behind the lace mask, her eyes are glazed with a heavy, shimmering layer of lust and total submission, her pupils blown wide until the irises are nearly swallowed by dark brown. Her eyes dart frantically, flickering with a mix of desperation and a total body surrender, glistening within the ring light like wet gemstones. Every time the vibrator spikes, her eyelids flutter and cross, turning her gaze into a raw, mindless expression of overstimulation that screams she is no longer in control.

The chat was a blur of chaotic energy. Tips were flooding in as the viewers watched a woman be systematically dismantled by an invisible hand. The screen was a waterfall of explicit demands and shock, but Smoke ignored them all. His world was narrowed down to the sight of her breaking.

Smoke’s dick was reacting violently. He remained still, his hands gripping the phone, but his thick length was twitching beneath the fabric of his black shorts. He felt the heavy, thick head of his dick throb in sync with her moans, the veins pulsing with a pressure that felt like it might burst. He was rock hard, strained to the absolute limit, his body buzzing with the reflected energy of her agony and ecstasy.

He saw the moment it happened. Malaya’s entire body suddenly locked. Her toes curled so tight they cramped, and her hips gave one final, desperate upward thrust, her pelvis tilting sharply toward the ceiling.

A sharp, piercing squeal tore from her throat—a sound of total overload.

Then, she erupted.

It was a flood. A massive, violent jet of clear fluid exploded from her core, a torrent of squirt so powerful it sprayed across the rug and splashed against her own stomach. The force of the release was visceral, a physical eruption that shook her entire frame. The volume of the fluid was so immense, the internal pressure so sudden and overwhelming, that it acted like a piston. With a wet, suctioning pop, the Bluetooth vibrator was physically launched out of her pussy, propelled by the sheer force of her orgasm. It flew a few inches across the rug, landing with a dull thud, still vibrating weakly.

Malaya collapsed instantly, her body hitting the floor with a heavy thud. She lay there in a widening pool of her own release, her chest heaving, her eyes vacant, completely spent. She was shaking in long, slow tremors, her pussy twitching and leaking, wide open and ruined.

Smoke stared at the screen, his dick throbbing with a punishing ache. He had never seen her lose control like that. He had pushed her past the breaking point, and the sight of her—soaked, drooling, and utterly defeated—made him want to reach through the screen and claim every inch of her wreckage.

Smoke’s expression hardens. His gaze drops from her face to the glistening mess between her legs, his eyes narrowing with a possessive greed. He looks starved. He looks dangerous. The contrast is visceral: Malaya is a shattered wreck of pleasure on the scene while Smoke is a rigid, pulsing statue of restraint, his face a mask of absolute dominance, savoring the knowledge that he is the only one who truly knows how to make her scream.

He watched her weakly push herself up from the white fur rug, her movements sluggish and disjointed. She looked completely shattered, her eyes glazed and her lips parted, a thin string of saliva clinging to her chin. She looked like she’d been hit by a freight train of pleasure, her pussy gaping and leaking fluid onto the floor.

When the screen finally went black, the “Stream Ended” notification flashing across the 120-inch projection. Smoke didn’t move for a long minute. D’Angelo’s voice rushed back in through the speakers, heavy and suffocating. He stood up abruptly, the movement sharp and jagged. He began to pace the length of the sunken leather pit, his bare feet slapping against the cold, matte charcoal concrete. He was wired, his nerves screaming, his blood boiling with a cocktail of possessiveness and raw, unadulterated lust.

I need a blunt, he thought, his jaw clenched so tight it ached. I need to chill the fuck out.

But the internal command was losing the war against the impulse. Every step he took felt like he was fighting the urge to bolt out the door, jump in his car, and drive those thirty minutes to her duplex. He could almost feel it. The weight of her body as he scooped her up the second she opened the door, the smell of her sweat and pussy hitting him like a drug.

He imagined the carnage he’d leave behind in her apartment. He wanted to wreck her. He wanted to slam her against the wall, flip her over the kitchen counter, and drive his big dick balls-deep into her guts until she forgot how to breathe. He wanted to feel her tight walls gripping him, her screams echoing through the halls, marking her as his in a way a Bluetooth vibrator never could.

His chest felt tight, his lungs struggling to pull in enough air. With every breath, his stomach muscles flexed and rippled, tight with the sheer anticipation of a physical release that felt miles away. He let out a shaky, guttural exhale, his shoulders hunching.

Stop it. Chill. Play the long game, his inner voice hissed, but it sounded distant, drowned out by the throb in his groin.

Smoke stopped pacing and looked down. His black athletic shorts were stretched to their absolute limit. His dick was poked straight out, a rigid, pulsing tower that looked like a traffic cone shoved into the fabric. The wide, flared head was straining against the material, the veins thick and hard, twitching with every beat of his heart. He was rock hard, aching and heavy, the pressure in his balls becoming almost unbearable.

He stared at the protrusion, his breath hitching. He was a man of absolute control, a man who mapped out every move and monitored every variable, but looking at the sight of his own lust fueled by the image of Malaya soaked and broken on a rug, he knew he was dangerously close to the edge.

———

Elijah Moore had built his life on one principle.

Patterns rarely lied. People did.

His monitors glowed against the darkness of the office tucked above Edge & Thread. Three screens displayed different pieces of three different lives. A ransomware recovery for a music producer in Houston. Cryptocurrency movement connected to an old client in Miami. Security footage from a warehouse outside Atlanta waiting to be archived before sunrise.

Smoke moved through each task with practiced efficiency.

Windows opened. Code scrolled. Files decrypted. Logs disappeared.

By the time the eastern sky began trading black for blue, BLK TRACE had already earned more money than most people would see in a week. He leaned back from the desk, his eyes settled on a different monitor. A familiar route. A familiar vehicle. A familiar morning.

Malaya.

The timestamp rested in the corner of the screen.

Thursday—8:14 A.M.

She pulled into the daycare parking lot carrying Messiah against her shoulder. Even through grainy security footage, motherhood had its own flow. She positioned him higher with one arm while reaching for the diaper bag with the other. The little boy wrapped sleepy arms around her neck, unwilling to surrender his mama.

Smoke watched her disappear through the front entrance. Two minutes later she returned alone. She didn’t drive toward work. His gaze drifted toward another monitor displaying nothing more than a street map layered with months of routine.

Colored lines crossed the city like veins.

Home ✅

Daycare ✅

Work ✅

Grocery store ✅

Gas station ✅

Home again ✅

Most days followed the same geometry. Thursdays didn’t. Every Thursday…the route bent.

Honey & Oak.

Arrival—8:28 | Departure—9:03

Thirty-five minutes. Every week.

The pattern had repeated often enough that software no longer needed to flag it.

Smoke noticed it on his own.

He enlarged the map. The café sat on a corner between an old bookstore and a tailor shop. Nothing remarkable. No unusual visitors. No suspicious activity. No reason to investigate.

Except…

Malaya kept choosing it.

He wasn’t interested in coffee. He was interested in decisions. People revealed themselves through repetition. Through what they returned to when nobody was watching.

His fingers rested against the desk.

Thirty-five minutes. Every Thursday.

Why?

He opened another window.

Property records.

Honey & Oak.

Family owned. Nearly eighteen years in business. No police reports worth mentioning. No financial irregularities. No history of violent incidents.

He closed it again.

None of that answered the question. Addresses explained where. They never explained why.

Smoke stood and walked toward the office window.

Malaya always made time for Honey & Oak. Not once. Not occasionally. Every Thursday.

His phone buzzed across the desk.

Stack: Lunch at Mama Dee’s?

Smoke looked at the message before setting the phone back down unanswered. His attention had already drifted elsewhere.

The following Thursday he parked across the street from Honey & Oak.

He arrived early. Engine off. Windows cracked.

Coffee never crossed his mind. People did.

Teachers walked in carrying canvas totes. Construction workers had stopped for breakfast before climbing into company trucks. An elderly couple shared a newspaper at the same window table for almost forty minutes. Two nurses still wearing hospital badges laughed over something one of them read on her phone. Nobody looked out of place. Nobody seemed to be performing. The neighborhood flowed through the café as naturally as conversation.

At exactly 8:27, Malaya pulled into a parking space. She lifted Messiah from his car seat, balanced the diaper bag, and walked toward the entrance. She stayed inside thirty-six minutes. When she came back out, she looked…

Lighter. Less burdened.

Smoke frowned almost imperceptibly.

The following Thursday he returned.

Then the Thursday after that.

He never entered. He never watched Malaya once she disappeared inside. Instead, he studied Honey & Oak itself.

The pace. The customers. The owners greeting people by name. The absence of hurry. The ordinary kindness exchanged between strangers. It wasn’t just a coffee shop, it was a pause. A breather. An escape from reality passed those doors. One small piece of the week that belonged entirely to the people who stepped inside.

Smoke rested both hands on the steering wheel. For months he had believed Honey & Oak was another location on Malaya’s route. Another point on a map. Now he understood something different. This wasn’t where she bought coffee, it was where she caught her breath. He looked through the windshield toward the front door.

If he intended to become a part of her everyday world…there would never be a better place.

Nor a more dangerous one.

Smoke reached for his phone.

Brick answered on the second ring.

“You busy?”

“I got time.”

“I need to move my standing appointment.”

A brief silence settled between them.

“What day you thinkin’?”

Smoke kept his eyes on Honey & Oak.

“Thursday.”

“Aight.”

Smoke ended the call.

Across the street, the bell above Honey & Oak’s front door swung open as another customer disappeared inside.

Operation: The Familiar Stranger had begun.

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Short Modern!au oneshot - Smoke x Annie.

The 1964 Impala Lowrider rolled into the parking lot of Barnes & Noble, sticking out amongst the parked cars with its sleek light blue paint finish and shiny rims. Stack reversed parked the car with one hand, lining up within the empty parking space right across from the entrance to the store.

Lucky bastard. Smoke watched his brother conveniently find a parking space in perfect view of the store, park Smoke's car into the space.

"You gon' hit the post" Smoke reached his hand to the wheel but Stack whacked it away from him.

"Can't you see I'm driving?!" His brother snapped. "And look, its not touching" He harshly tapped the screen that displayed the camera's view of the back of the car. The beeper in the car had flatlined which told Smoke enough.

One rough shake and the car will scrape it.

"Don't turn on the hydraulics"

Stack gripped the steering wheel with a grin, excitement buzzing off from him. "Can't promise that"

Smoke sunk down into the passenger seat, hands at the sides of his head and his eyes locked on to the store front. He knew he should of stayed quiet. Being quiet saved him many times.

But not every time.

Annie was fighting with him. She calmly sent him a text, telling him if he couldn't make time for her, after he rescheduled for the fourth time on the same date, then she wasn't going to wait anymore. Said she didn't need him.

Smoke already knew that. He wasn't with her cause she needed him. He needed her. Wanted to provide anything she wanted, dreamed of, wished for. She was pure radiance in his life and he chased the sun that she was, would gladly burn like Icarus if he could spend every moment with her.

Though, he was also not able to stop the constant rescheduling. The life him and his brother led was highly unpredictable. Annie knew parts of it. He made sure she knew only vague details, as to not tie her to anything specific.

He was devastated every time he had to cancel. He could hear her sad voice through the texts she sent. Initially brushing it off and feigning nonchalance but he knew she would reach her breaking point. She loved with all of her heart but he couldn't stop the motion of his life enough to keep it from breaking her.

So he was left for a week of no replies, she was blocking him out.

Love drove him crazy and, cause of that, he spilled his worries to his brother, who was shocked at hearing how upset Smoke had gotten.

Stack didn't laugh at him, didn't tell him he was a lovesick idiot, he just picked up the keys to Smoke's car and forced him into getting in the car with him.

Forced being a lighter word - he harassed him.

Now they staked out her work place, waiting.

"What time her shift end?" Stack questioned.

"Around..." Smoke checked his watch. "Now...apparently" He was losing confidence by the day.

Stack hummed, tapping his fingers on the wheel until several people exited the store wearing staff uniforms, chatting to each other. They appeared to have finished their shift with jackets on and carrying their bags.

"I'll ask 'em" Stack said and reached behind into the back seats of the car.

"Don't harass them too, they not gonna tell you shit" Smoke grabbed Stack's jacket and pulled to sit him back in the front seat but Stack brought back with him a megaphone in his hand.

"The fuck is th-"

"I came prepared" Stack flashed a smile and held the button down for the driver's window to lower.

"Over my dead-" Smoke slapped both hands onto his brother's right arm, attempting to yank him back but Stack was already hanging out the window."-body" Stack's legs manouvered in the seat to have a better stance on his position, right foot kicking here and there to stop Smoke.

"Get your fucking dirty ass shoes off my seats!" Smoke grabbed his ankle and pulled but Stack wrapped an arm on the roof of the car outside.

"Ay! Barnes & Noble!" Stack's voice boomed out the megaphone, startling the staff. They gingerly looked to him. "When's Annie's shift end?!"

The group looked to each other with perplexion, glancing to him and then decided to ignore him.

Stack continued to badger them while Smoke attempted to bring him back in. He didn't like the idea of getting out the car to shove him back in, cause Stack would just lock him out. But his brother wouldn't budge from his position. Smoke thought if he dragged his brother's pants down, the man may panic and stop his antics, but he had belted his pants securely, thwarting another of Smoke's attempts at stopping him.

"I know she in there!" Stack smacked the roof of the car and it echoed out the megaphone. Trashing his fucking car. "I got a present for her!"

"You sound like a motherfuckin' stalker!" Smoke shouted in the car, fending off Stack's kicking. His brother momentarily paused his efforts and twisted in his position, using the driver's seat as leverage for him to deliver a heavy kick to Smoke's shoulder. Smoke caught it but the force pushed him back up to the passenger's door.

He popped his head back out the window and called through the megaphone again. "Annie! Girl where you at?!"

Smoke pried Stack's jordan off his shoulder just in time to view what Stack was celebrating about into the megaphone. He held his foot in his hands and through the windshield he saw his woman, that he believed to be sent to him by god, appear out the front doors of the store. She held her handbag in one hand, her jacket in the other. Her brows raised high and her head tilted down slightly, eyes wide. He could make it out that her lips parted but didn't move more than that.

"Annie! Thank God, this one's for you!" Stack's low chuckle travelled across the parking lot and suddenly he pulled his foot out of his jordan in Smoke's hold, using his heel to hit the play button on the sound system of Smoke's car.

Smoke froze, still holding his brother's shoe as a song started to play at full volume. He recognised the first few notes and scrambled to turn it off, volume down first. Which alerted Stack who had decided to move back inside the car and fight him for control.

"I want you to be mine~ again, ba....."

The volume increased and decreased at a ridiculous pace, Smoke checking when he could to see if Annie was still watching them. She was, shrugging to her colleagues at the scene without keeping her eyes off of them.

"I kno....my life...s drivin' yo.....azy, ayy!"

Smoke was ready to shoot the player into shutting off from how desperate Stack was determined to do this when the hydraulics started, throwing Smoke back against his seat and holding onto anything to steady himself. It lifted at the front so high he wished he had never installed them.

"I cannot see myself without you!"

Stack tightly held the wheel, cheering at the movement of the hydraulics like he was at a rodeo and shifted gears.

"We call them fans, though, girl, you know how we do"

"Are you fucking nut-!" The car lurched forward, cutting Smoke off when his head hit the roof.

"I go out of my way to please you!"

"Shit my bad!" Stack laughed, barely audible over the music, which blurred in Smoke's head he couldn't understand anything for a while. So focused on staying upright.

"I go out of my way to see you!"

Stack retracted the roof of the car as the front of the car hopped, turning in a giant circle anti-clockwise towards Annie. Smoke held onto the top of the car door, and then to the back of Stack's seat for dear life as he lost control of how he was being thrown up and down, his eyes helplessly watching her. The right side of the car where Smoke was on then lined up to her, just a few paces away and Stack stopped the hydraulics and pulled up the handbrake.

"I ain't playing no games, I need you!"

Smoke was lost for words on what to say to her as they both stared at each other silently with the music still blaring around them from the car, until he felt Stack grab him around his T-Shirt and chain.

They argued, hitting each other as Smoke tried to get out his grasp, swearing at him but somehow Stack kicked the lock of the door open behind Smoke and with his other foot, hit Smoke in the chest and pushed him out the car and onto the ground.

Smoke turned from his side onto his back and stared up to his girlfriend.

"She don't give a fuck who stares, looking too good"

She dropped her bag and jacket by her sides, staring down at him, blinking.

"Get you fucked on sight, I'm tryna finish this who I started with"

She held out her hand to him, her features soft and inviting despite her stunned expression. Music fading into background noise as she descended closer to him on the ground and touched his face where he scraped it on the ground.

Stack turned the music down and shut the passenger car door. "I ain't picking you up until y'all kiss and makeup!" He yelled into the megaphone and revved the engine before he pulled out of the parking lot.

~~~~~~

A spiritual sequel to the 21 questions fic? 😂😂 I hope you enjoyed this as much as i did. I laughed so much i coughed like an old man. There's a youtube short I watched and its exactly what i had in my head for this.

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Stay Where I Left You

Summary: Zariah Saint-James is everywhere. Runways. Campaigns. Magazine covers. Private dinners packed with people rich enough to hide their intentions behind polished smiles and designer tailoring. The world knows her face before they know her voice, and lately her career is moving faster than she can keep up with.

Smoke lives in a different kind of world.

Warnings: Smoke x BRATTY OC SMUT. Spoiled, rich dark skin baddie x Daddy Dom/Strict!Smoke. Heavy dirty talk. Very descriptive smut. Spanking. Discipline.

[I didn’t tag since I am currently working on a new taglist. Apologies in advance. Wanted to give you guys something while I work on these updates!]

The car drops her a half step past the entrance like the driver doesn’t want to block the curb too long. Zariah steps out into a slice of low overhead light and the door shuts behind her with an expensive thud. The building doesn’t announce itself. There was no line, no loud music spilling out. Just a matte black door and a man who looks like he’s part of the wall until you meet his eyes. 

Zariah gives her name. The man checks it once, then again without looking like he’s checking anything at all, and opens the door. 

Inside, things felt different. Not quite the music, more like a pulse under everything. Velvet seatings. Dark wood. People who speak in half-voices and don’t repeat themselves. 

Zariah pauses just inside, long enough to take it in. It was just a breath, nothing obvious. Her shoulders settle into their usual line, chin level, eyes forward. Zariah belongs in rooms. That part is muscle memory. 

A hand touches her elbow lightly, her spine goes rigid. 

“Saint-James.” 

Zariah turns. Malik. He’s familiar enough to ease the first second of it. Zariah’s seen him at fittings, at a campaign wrap, once backstage where he talked too smoothly to be anyone’s assistant. Tonight, he looked sharper, but same smile though. Same confidence that assumes a yes before it’s given. 

“You made it,” he says. 

“Mm.” A small nod. “For a minute.” 

Malik steps in beside her, hazel eyes boring into hers, not blocking, just aligning. 

“Come on. I’ll show you around.” 

Zariah lets him guide the direction not the movement. There’s a difference. He knows people here. That’s useful. He speaks in low tones as they move, greeting without stopping, names traded like small coins. When he introduces Zariah, his hand rests at the small of her back for a second too long, then lifts. 

“This is Zariah. Saint-James.” 

Heads turn. Not many. Enough. 

She offers the version of a smile that doesn’t invite questions. 

“Hi.” 

A woman in a silk slip dress made by some foreign designer studies her, then softens, “I know your face.” 

Zariah dips her chin once. “That happens.” 

A glass appears in her hand without her asking. She doesn’t drink it yet. She holds it, lets the cool settle into her palm. Malik leans in to say something near her ear. His breath brushes too close. Zariah tilts her head just enough to hear without giving him the rest of the space. 

“Good room,” he says. “Keep your face around.”

“Mm.” She takes a small step forward, easing the distance. “I’m not staying long, Malik.” 

They drift to a cluster near the bar. Four men, maybe five. Conversation tight. Phrases that loop around meaning instead of landing on it. Numbers, but not spoken like numbers. Very mysterious in a way that makes you wonder. Zariah listens without looking like she’s listening. That’s a skill she learned early. One of them glances at her, then at Malik. A beat. A question that never becomes a question. 

Malik answers it anyway.

“She’s good,” he says, easy. “She with me.” 

One of the men drags their eyes over Zariah.

“This you, Malik? Whatever happened to that French model you had on your arm during fashion week?” 

“You know that was all business,” Malik leans into Zariah, placing his hand on her lower back. “This is Zariah Saint-James. She’s gonna be the new face taking over the fashion industry. Ain’t that right, baby?” 

Hums of approval circulated.

Zariah stills. Not a freeze. A correction. She turns her head, just enough to catch his eye. Her voice stays light, even.

“I came by myself, actually.”

It lands clean. No edge. No apology. 

A couple of the men look away first. Malik’s smile doesn’t falter, but it tightens at the corners. 

“Yeah,” he says, like he meant it that way. “For a minute.” 

“For a minute,” she repeats, and lifts the glass to her lips without drinking. 

Zariah notices the details in the room now. How people stand angled instead of square. How no one laughs too loud. How eyes track movement without turning heads. This isn’t a creative room. Not really. It wears the shape as a disguise but the weight under it is something else. Something she clearly didn’t prepare herself for. Because this space was dressed up like any other she’d been in. But clearly, this room full of powerful people was another side of stardom she didn’t understand enough.

Malik introduces her again, this time to a man in a dark suit with a watch that probably costs more than what Zariah is worth. Older. White. The man’s gaze rests on her a fraction longer than it needs to. 

“Pleasure,” he says. 

Zariah meets it, steady. “Mm.” 

He smiles like that answer told him something. Zariah blinks away quickly.

Malik’s hand returns to her waist, guiding her half a step closer to the circle as if to anchor the introduction. She lets it sit there for a second, then shifts her weight, a small turn of her hips that leaves his hand with nowhere natural to land. It falls away. 

“I’m gonna grab something,” she says, already moving. Heart racing.

Stay,” Malik whispers, soft enough that it could pass for a suggestion. 

Zariah doesn’t stop. 

“I’ll be right back.” 

At the bar, she can breath better. She sets the glass down untouched and rests her fingertips on the smooth marble of the bar top. Her reflection glides along the surface, broken by light. Zariah smoothes the line of her dress at her hip, more to ground herself than to adjust anything. 

Her phone buzzed once. Zariah glanced at it. A text from a stylist about a call time tomorrow. She types back a quick answer, then locks the screen. Behind her, the private lounge continues like it didn’t notice her stepping away. 

Malik returns, closer than before. Zariah stiffens.

“You good?”

“I’m fine.” Zariah keeps her gaze on the bar, then turns to Malik. “I’m heading out in a second.” 

“Already?” Malik smiles, but there’s something under it now. “You just got here, baby.”

“I said a minute.”

Malik leans in again, voice low. “Don’t do that, Zariah. It’s a good look for you to be seen here. I called some connects. Got you on the list…the least you can do is play along. Don’t you want that Vogue spread?”

Zariah holds his gaze. 

“I’ve been seen.”

There was a pause. Malik’s eyes search her face like he’s trying to decide how far to push. It was making Zariah feel uncomfortable. 

“Come meet one more person,” he says. “Then you can go.” 

Zariah considers it. Quick. The room presses at the edges of her awareness. 

“One,” she says. 

Malik nods like he won something. They cross the floor again. This time, the path feels longer. Or maybe she’s more aware of it. The man Malik wants her to meet stands near a corner where the ambiance is softer. He looks up as they approach, already informed. 

“Saint-James,” Malik says. Like he’s placing a piece on a board. “Told you.” 

The man’s eyes take her in without apology. Dark. Unreadable. A face so chiseled it could only be described as a plastic surgeon’s work. 

“I’ve seen you. That shoot with Alberto Rodriguez. Stunning. Versace.”

“Thank you.” Her tone stays even.

“I’m Westley.” He smiles. “You’re in the right room.”

Zariah meets that without returning it, “I’m in the room I walked into.” 

Malik laughs under his breath like she said something charming. The man doesn’t laugh. 

For a second, no one speaks.

“…well. It’s nice to finally meet you, Saint James. Hopefully the next time we meet, It’s us working together.”

Zariah lets it sit. Then, she inclines her head, gives Westley a faint smile, small and final.

“I’m heading out.”

Malik’s hand ghosts at her back again, then stops when she doesn’t slow. “I’ll walk you.”

“No, you’re good.” Zariah turns slightly, enough to keep it polite, not enough to invite him to follow. “I got it.”

Zadiah moves toward the door with the same pace she walked in with. Composed. The man at the door opens it before she reaches for the handle. 

Outside, Zariah exhales, a real one this time, and steps onto the curb. For a second, she stands there, looking back at the black door like it might explain itself if she gave it long enough. 

It doesn’t. 

Zariah pulls her phone out to call her driver, thumb hovering over the screen. Then, she stills. 

A small thought crosses her mind. 

I should’ve said something.

The ride back felt longer than it should have. Zariah sits angled toward the window, city lights dragging across the glass in streaks of gold and white. Her phone sat in her lap, the screen dark. She picked it up once, unlocked it, then locked it again without doing anything. Her reflection stared back at her faintly in the window. Same face. Same poise. But there was something tighter around her eyes now. 

She exhales and leans back. 

By the time the car pulls up, most of the lights in the surrounding units are off. Her driver tells her goodnight. Zariah answers without thinking and steps out, her heels landing soft against pavement. Inside, the elevator ride was short. Too short. She watches the LED numbers climb, arms folded loosely, thumb brushing over her wrist. Not nervous. Just…aware. 

The elevator doors open. The hallway leading into the hall of her apartment building is dim, lined with soft recess lighting along the ceiling. Her steps are steady and cloaked by the hand-tuffted carpet runner in dark green as she walks to her door. Zariah reaches into her bag, pulls out her keys, and unlocks it. 

The door opens with a hiss. 

And the first thing she notices is the light. It’s already on. It wasn’t every light, but enough. The living room. The kitchen. 

He’s here. 

Smoke is sitting on one end of her sectional, elbows resting on his knees, hands loosely clasped. No TV. No phone. Just him. And that was enough to make her pause. 

He looked up when she stepped in. Zariah pauses just past the foyer for half a second. Then, she sits her bag down on the coffee table. 

“When did you get here?” She asked, proceeding to take off her heels like everything is normal. 

Smoke doesn’t answer right away. His eyes stay locked on her. 

Then—

“Where you come from?”

Flat. No extra weight in the words. That’s what makes it land hard. Zariah slips her other shoe off, placing them beneath the coffee table. 

“Out.” 

A beat

“With who?”

Zariah straightens, smoothing her dress down at her hips before turning to face him. 

“Some people from work.” 

Smoke’s gaze doesn’t break. 

“What people?” 

Zariah tilts her head slightly, studying him now. 

“Why you askin’ like that?” 

Smoke leans back just enough to rest against the sectional, but his eyes remained glued to her like he was seeing past the guard she was trying to obtain.

“Answer the question.”

Zariah’s jaw sets for a second. 

“I told you. Work people.”

Silence. It stretched just enough to be felt. 

Then—

“You was at that lounge on Mercer.” 

It wasn’t a question. Zariah’s eyes flicker once. She wasn’t surprised. Just confirmation that she knew he would be keeping an eye on her location. 

She folds her arms loosely. 

“…Yeah.”

“Who took you there?”

“My driver dropped me off. I went by myself.”

Smoke’s gaze sharpens just a fraction. 

“Don’t do that.” 

Zariah’s brows pull together. “I just told you—”

“Who brought you in?”

His voice doesn’t rise. It just tightens. Zariah exhales through her nose.

“A creative I know. Malik was there.”

Smoke leans forward slightly, forearms resting on his knees again. 

“Malik.” 

Smoke repeats it like he’s placing it somewhere. Then, he looks back at Zariah. 

“And you thought that was somewhere you should be.” 

There was no question in it. Zariah shifts her weight onto one leg. 

“I’ve been in places like that before.” 

“No,” Smoke says, cutting through it. “You haven’t.”

That hit. Zariah’s arms drop from where they were closed. Her posture straightens. 

“You don’t know every place I’ve been,” Zariah replies, voice firmer now. 

“I know that one.” 

Zariah studies him, eyes narrowing slightly. “You actin’ like I walked into something crazy, Smoke.” 

He holds her gaze. “You did.” 

Zariah’s lips press together. For a second, she looks like she might push back harder. 

“I was fine,” she says instead.

Smoke’s expression doesn’t change. “No, Z. You wasn’t.”

Short. Final. 

Zariah’s breath catches slightly, more from the certainty than the words themselves. She looks away for a second, then back at him. 

“I handled myself. Like I always do.” 

The corner of Smoke’s mouth twitched. Enough to part his full lips and reveal silver slugs. He watched her with a slight squint of his eyes. Because he knew. He always knew. 

“I’m sure you think you did, baby.”

That stung more than anything  else he’d said. 

Her chin lifts just a touch, fighting the urge to roll her eyes. 

“I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Silence again. This time more overbearing. Smoke leans forward more, closing some of the space between them without standing. 

“Look at me.”  

Zariah’s eyes snap back to his. She holds it. 

“I am.” 

Then, Smoke asks, calm and direct. “He put his hands on you?” 

Zariah stills. Her fingers curl slightly at her sides. 

“It wasn’t like that.” 

That’s not an answer. 

Smoke’s gaze doesn’t waver. 

“Did he touch you.” 

Zariah exhales. “…Yeah.” 

Another pause. 

“Where.” 

Her jaw tightens. 

“At my back. My waist. He was just—guiding me.” 

Smoke nods once, slow. “Guiding you.” 

He repeats it, but it wasn’t like he agrees. 

Zariah shifts her weight again. “I moved. I corrected it.”

“I know you did.” 

That catches her off guard. Her brows lift slightly. 

“You know?” 

“I know how you move.” His tone hasn’t changed, but something underneath it has. “And you still stayed.” 

There it is. 

Zariah’s shoulders drop just a fraction. 

“I was trying to leave without making it a thing.” 

Smoke sits back again, dragging a hand over his face once before letting it fall.

“You already was a thing the second you walked in there.” 

Zariah’s gaze softens, just a little. She looks at him for a long second, then speaks quieter. 

“I didn’t know it was like that. That he…that it was more than making connections. Helping my career. I–I didn’t realize he was tryna push up on me, Smoke.”

Smoke watches her. And for the first time, something shifts in his expression. Edged with something else. A softness rarely seen.

“I know you didn’t, Z. That’s the problem. Because he could have taken advantage. Like that nigga always do.”

Zariah exhales, slow. Her shoulders ease. She steps a little closer now, enough to close some of the distance. 

“I hear you.”

It’s quieter than anything she’s said so far. Real. Smoke holds her gaze a moment longer. Then, he leans back against the sofa, one hand resting on his jaw.

“Next time,” he says, voice steady, “you tell me where you goin’.” 

Zariah nods once. “…Okay.”

She means it, but she looks away right after she says it, eyes drifting toward the kitchen like the conversation might loosen if she doesn’t hold it. 

It doesn’t. 

The sofa creaks as Smoke Stands. He steps toward her, closing the space she left between them. Zariah’s shoulders tighten just a fraction as he stops in front of her. 

“Don’t look away.” 

Smoke’s voice stays low and firm. Her eyes lift back to his, slow and steady. Smoke studies her for a second. Then, his hand comes up, fingers settling under her chin, thumb along the side of her jaw. 

“Look at me when I’m talkin’ to you.” 

Zariah’s breath shifts. She doesn’t pull away. 

“Mkay,” she replies with a soft voice. 

“You walked into a space where nobody in there is who they say they are,” he says. “Not to you.” 

Zariah watches him, listening.

“…That wasn’t no industry lounge,” Smoke continues. “That’s a place people use to meet when they don’t want nothin’ traced back to ‘em. Deals get made in there that don’t got nothin’ to do with clothes or cameras. People walk in there one way and come out different. This industry will chew you up and spit you out, baby. I know it.”

Zariah’s brows pull together slightly. “I didn’t hear anything like that.”

“You wasn’t supposed to,” he answers, just as even. “That’s the point.” 

Zariah’s lips part, then press together again. Smoke’s thumb shifts against her jaw, grounding her attention back to him. 

“And that nigga, Malik?” Smoke goes on. “He ain’t no creative you just ‘know’. He move with people who use faces like yours to get in rooms easier. To make things look clean.”

Zariah’s posture straightens. She exhales. 

“He didn’t do anything to me. I wouldn’t have let it get that far, Smoke. I had it under control,” she says, a little firmer. “And I didn’t even expect to see him tonight. A friend of mine put in a word. I…I just…I figured it was just some exclusive party for A listers and I could—I could walk in there and—”

“I didn’t say he did anything.” Smoke cut her off. “I said he put you somewhere you shouldn’t have been. And that friend? I wouldn’t be surprised if they a part of it. So you need to cut them off.” 

Zariah’s gaze flickers, then steadies again. 

Smoke leans in just slightly, enough to make sure she’s locked in with him. 

“I’m in this enough to know how that goes,” he says. “I seen how fast it turns. You walk in thinkin’ it’s one thing, and next thing you know you tied to somethin’ you don’t even understand yet.”

Zariah swallows lightly. Smoke’s eyes stay on hers. 

“And I don’t play about what’s mine.” 

There’s no rise to his voice. No dramatics. Just fact. Zariah feels that one’s it sits heavy on her chest. Her fingers curl slightly at her sides, but she doesn’t break eye contact. Smoke lets that hang for a second before continuing. 

“So listen to me,” he says. His hand drops from her chin, but his presence doesn’t pull back. “When you go somewhere, you let me know first.” 

Clear.

“You don’t just show up anywhere off impulse. I don’t care who invited you.” 

Zariah nods, lips scrunched up. “Okay.” 

“If you walk into a spot and somethin’ feel off,” he continues, “you don’t stand there tryin’ to figure it out. You leave.” 

Zariah’s lips part slight like she’s about to speak but she lets him finish. 

“You call me,” he says. “I’ll come get you. I don’t care where you at.”

Certainty. 

“And if somebody put their hands on you,” Smoke adds, voice still low, “or make you feel any type of way…”

He paused, enough to let Zariah know he’s dead ass serious. 

“You tell me. And I’ll handle it. My way.” 

Zariah’s breath slows. “I will.” 

Smoke studies her, making sure. 

“Say it again.” 

Zariah’s eyes stay on his. “I’ll tell you.” 

Smoke hums, then he nods his head before leaning down to kiss her forehead, then her cheek, and ending with her lips. A soft peck that stirs her. Zariah breaks the kiss, exhales, then she looks at him. 

“I didn’t know—”

“I know, baby girl. Just…listen to me, okay? You know this shit triggers me when you go off doin’ shit that make me worried. I’m serious, Z. Don’t do this shit again.” 

She purses her lips, but ultimately gives him another kiss, falling into his big embrace that swallows her.

Correction. 

Weeks pass. At first, Zariah tells herself Smoke is just being attentive. Protective. Present. 

After the lounge incident, Smoke starts rearranging his life around hers in ways that don’t announce themselves immediately. It begins small enough to almost feel thoughtful. He starts picking her up from late shoots instead of sending a driver. He waits outside fittings in black SUVs with the engine running while she changes out of couture and campaign makeup under bright studio lights. When she lands in another city for a show, he’s already there before she reaches baggage claim, one hand wrapped around a coffee cup, eyes scanning the terminal before they settle on her. 

Smoke never makes a scene. Never acts possessive in public. That’s what makes it harder to argue with. To everyone around her, Smoke looks dependable. Solid. The type of man women brag about having.production assistants smile when he takes garment bags from their hands. Publicists relax when he quietly checks exits and entrances before an event. Designers greet him like they trust him instinctively, even when they don’t know why. 

And Zariah hates that part a little because he’s so good at it. Too good at it. 

Her world keeps moving at full speed while his begins orbiting around it with frightening precision. Editorial spreads in Paris. Beauty campaigns in New York. Fashion week dinners packed with actors, athletes, stylists, investors, people who speak in air kisses and coded conversations. Zariah is everywhere lately. Her face is in windows three stories high. Magazine covers. Digital campaigns looping across giant screens downtown. And somehow, Smoke is always there now too. 

Not beside her. Near her. Outside the room. At the car. 

Watching. 

Waiting. 

The first few times, Zariah lets it go. She tells herself it’s temporary. That he’s going to go back to work doing what he does that’s so top secret and get bored of all the glitz and glam. That he’s trying to make a point after what happened with Malik and the lounge. But the weeks stretch and instead of easing up, Smoke becomes more involved. 

More structured. 

He starts asking for schedules in advance. What event. Which hotel. Who invited her. Who’s attending. What time she expects to leave. 

Not interrogations. 

Expectations. 

And that’s what starts irritating her. Because Zariah has spent her entire adult life moving independently through spaces exactly like these. She built her career on instincts, timing, reading energy, staying graceful under pressure. Men in fashion flirt. Men in entertainment hover. Wealthy people invite you places with hidden motives attached to every smile. She learned how to survive that years ago. So when Smoke starts appearing downstairs before she even calls for a car, something in her begins pushing back automatically. 

She stops texting updates as quickly. Leaves details out. Answers questions vaguely. 

“Just work.”

“A dinner.” 

“Somewhere in SoHo.” 

Nothing technically disrespectful. But it was enough for Smoke to notice she’s testing the edges of what he said in that apartment weeks ago. And Smoke noticed everything. Especially patterns. Especially when someone starts moving different on purpose. 

The irritation builds on both sides slowly, layered beneath long workdays and late nights. And the worst part is she can’t tell where protection ends and control begins anymore. 

Zariah’s up early, wrapped in a robe, hair slicked back into a bun, glass skin and fuzzy Louis Vuitton slippers on her pedicured feet. She’s standing at the kitchen counter with her phone propped against a glass of hot water with lemon and ginger. A call time gets pushed. A fitting added. A dinner penciled in. Her voice stays even, professional, the version of her that never slips. 

“Yeah, I can make that,” she says. “Send me the address.” 

She doesn’t mention it to Smoke. Not when she hangs up. Not when she toasts her sourdough bread to add slices avocado and sliced smoked salmon. Not when she walks past the living room where Smoke is sitting, reading. 

He glances up when she crosses. Zariah doesn’t stop. 

“I got a dinner tonight,” she says like it’s an afterthought. “Brand people.” 

Smoke nods, “what time?”

“Eight.” 

“Where.” 

Zariah takes a sip of her water. 

“I’ll text it.”

Smoke studies her for a second longer than usual. Then, nods again. 

“Aight.” 

And Zariah doesn’t text it. Not at eight. Not at nine. She’s already dressed and out the door by the time the reminder crosses her mind, heels clicking down the hallway, phone buzzing in her hand with another message that isn’t his. 

When she comes back, Smoke’s in the same spot. That’s the first thing she notices. Not the fact that he’s there. The fact that he hasn’t moved much.

Zariah steps in, sets her bag down, slips her heels off. 

“You been sittin’ there all day?” Zariah asks, light, like she’s asking about the weather. 

Smoke’s eyes lift to her. “Where you just come from, Zariah.” 

Zariah walks past him, heading toward the kitchen. That little fancy plate of French food wasn’t enough to settle her hunger. She considers ordering in some Pho from her favorite Vietnamese restaurant. 

“I told you,” she says. “Dinner.” 

“With who.”

Zariah opens the fridge, bends over, little cocktail dress rising up, almost revealing no panties. She scans it like she’s actually looking for something. 

“People from the brand.” 

Smoke doesn’t say anything right away. But his jaw ticks. Zariah pulls out a bottle of water, shuts the fridge, leans against the counter. 

“You ask a lot of questions,” she says, taking a sip.

There’s a small edge to it. A sassy little tone that reeks of an attitude that needs to be checked. 

Smoke watches her unblinking. 

“I asked you where, Zariah.” 

She shrugs one shoulder. “It was in the city.”

That’s it. That’s all she gives him. And she knows it. Something stills in Smoke. He’s locked. Smoke sets his phone down on the table beside him. Slow. Then, he stands. Zariah watches him this time. She doesn’t look away. Smoke walks toward her, closing space like an imposing shadow. Zariah straightens a little as he stops in front of her. She braces her hand on the counter behind her. Smoke’s eyes narrow slightly, orbs darkened with frustration. 

“You ain’t text me nothin’.” 

Zariah takes a sip of her water, avoiding his eyes as if the vase across from her on the dining room table was more interesting. 

“I was busy.” 

Smoke tilts his head. “I told you, Z. You go somewhere, you let me know.” 

Zariah lifts her gaze, chin lifting slightly. Defiantly. 

“And I heard you.” 

There it is. That fucking tone. 

Dismissal.

Smoke’s gaze tightens just a fraction. “But you ain’t do it.” 

Zariah shrugs, “I got there, everything was fine. It wasn’t a big deal.” 

Smoke stepped in closer to where she was nearly pressed between his solid frame and the countertop behind her. Her breathing shifted but she checked it as best as she could. 

“It was to me.” 

Zariah rolls her eyes. She pushes off the counter, standing fully now. 

“You can’t expect me to check in every time I step outside, Smoke,” she argues. “That’s not how I move and you know that.” 

More edge now. More bite. Zariah knows she’s pushing. Smoke watches her for a long second. Then, he exhales once through his nose. 

“You think that’s what it is.” 

It wasn’t a question. 

Zariah folds her arms. “I think you’re doing too much.” 

The silence was heavy. 

Then. “Say that again.” 

Zariah holds his gaze. Doesn’t flinch. 

“I said you’re doing too much.”

Smoke’s haha comes up, firm fingers gripping her jaw, turning her face just enough so she can’t angle away. 

“Don’t do that.” Smoke said, low. Controlled yet deep.

“I’m just sayin—”

“NO,” Smoke cuts in, sharper. “You talkin’ like what I said don’t matter. And that’s a problem for me.” 

Zariah’s eyes flash. “That’s not what I—”

“That’s exactly what you doin’.” Smoke’s grip tightens. “You hear me them weeks ago. Loud and clear.” 

Zariah’s chest rises and falls a little quicker now. 

“I did.” 

“But you moved like you didn’t.” 

There’s no way around that. Zariah looks at him, really looks this time. There’s something building in her too. It wasn’t fear. It was friction. 

“I’m not one of your operations,” she says. “You don’t get to run me like that.” 

Smoke scuffs. “Aight.” 

He releases her jaw. Steps back half a step, and that almost feels worse. 

“You right,” Smoke says. And it’s too calm. “I don’t run you.” 

Zariah’s shoulders ease slightly. But only for a second. 

“Which means,” Smoke continued, “you make your own decisions.” 

Zariah watches Smoks cautiously now. 

“And you deal with whatever come with ‘em. You don’t call me. You don’t tell me where you at. You don’t move how I told you to move—”

Smoke pauses. Not long. 

“You on your own with that.” 

Zariah’s brows pull together. “That’s not what I—”

“You wanted independence,” he says, cutting in, still calm. “I’m givin’ it to you.” 

Zariah studies him. 

This isn’t him trick to control her. This is him stepping back. And that doesn’t feel how she thought it would. 

“You serious?” She asks. 

Smoke nods. “I don’t chase grown decisions, ma. But don’t stand in my face and act like what I said ain’t carry weight.”

Zariah exhales. She folds her arms and juts that hip out. Lip poked. She looks at Smoke for a long second. Then, softer, but still holding onto herself: 

“That’s not what I was tryin’ to do. And you don’t mean none of that shit. Soon as I leave you gon’ be right there , outside, waitin’ on me. Tell me I’m wrong?”

Smoke cuts his eyes at her. Then, he walks off. Leaving Zariah fuming. 

Zariah spends the rest of the evening like she lives alone. That’s the first thing that gets under Smoke’s skin. 

Just…dismissal. 

She moved through the luxury apartment with that polished calm of hers, never quite looking at him, never quite acknowledging the weight sitting in the space between them. She replies to texts on the sofa with one knee tucked under her, laughing softly at something on her screen, walks past him like he’s furniture. 

Smoke says her name once. 

Zariah hears it. He knows she hears it because her shoulders tighten for half a second. But, she keeps on walking. That does more than attitude ever could because now she’s choosing it. And one trigger of Smoke’s, one thing that really ticks him off—being ignored. He watched her enter her bedroom. Smoke sits there another few seconds, jaw working once. 

Then, he stands. No rush to it. He rolls his shoulders once, loosening the tension sitting there. Smoke reaches for the watch on his wrist and sets it on the side table. Neatly. That alone would tell her everything if she saw it. Smoke never tosses things. When he starts setting items aside with care, he’s making room for discipline. He walks to the kitchen, pours a glass of water, drinks half, sets it down. Runs both palms over his face, then drags one hand across the back of his neck. 

Collecting himself. Not cooling off. Centering. 

By the time he reaches the bedroom, the bathroom door is cracked open from the steam, he pushes the door open wider and steps inside. Zariah is standing in front of her vanity, fingers hooking the thin straps of her sleek black cocktail dress. She tugs one strap down her shoulder, exposing smooth dark skin inch by inch, the fabric whispering at her elbows while she twists to face the mirror, grabbing her hair to pile it high, pinning it loose but secure with a claw clip. 

Smoke leans against the frame, hoody heavy against the door jamb, arms crossed over his chest, fitted black tee stretching across his pecs. His eyes track every peel of fabric like he owns the view. Tension crackles thick from the kitchen standoff earlier, her defiance still simmering hot under her skin. 

She sees him in the mirror, and now she’s taking off her strapless lace bra and matching thong. Completely naked and glowing like her body was slathered in liquid gold. That little performance almost makes him smile.

Almost. 

“You done?” Smoke asks. 

Her voice stays light. “With what?” 

“With this act you tryna put on to piss me off.” 

Zariah grabs a plum-colored silk robe from a wall mounted hook, hiding that beautiful body. 

“I’m getting ready to shower. Then I’m going to bed. I have a busy schedule tomorrow, Smoke.” 

Smoke closes the bedroom door. The click of the latch is small but it lands. Zariah’s fingers pause over the tie of her robe. Only for a second. Then, she resumes, adjusting the front of her robe like nothing changed. Smoke walks up until he’s directly behind her, watching her reflection instead of her directly. 

“You been real busy not seein’ me tonight.” 

Zariah shrugs one shoulder. 

“I’ve been minding my business.”

“That so.” 

“You got something to say,” she says, voice even, “say it.”

“I did.” His tone is lower now. “You ignored it.” 

Her chin lifts a little in the mirror. 

“Maybe I was tired of hearing it.” 

Smoke’s hand comes to the robe knot at her waist, fingers brushing the bow but not pulling it loose. Zariah finally turns them, eyes lifting to meet his. 

There’s a challenge there. Smoke matches that, boring his eyes into hers like he was asking her telepathically ‘you really wanna take it there, baby girl?’. His gaze dropped briefly to the robe that barely hugged her frame, the one she loved to put on after her showers. The one she wore whenever her skin was slicked with body oil so it could mold to her body in ways that had Smoke dickin’ her down to put her to bed properly. 

“You been pokin’ at me all night.” 

Zariah folds her arms over her chest. 

“Maybe you’re easy to poke.” 

That earns a quiet breath through his nose. And he wasn’t amused. 

He steps closer until there’s no way for her to forget he’s there. The heat of him reaches her before contact does. Her spine straightens automatically. Smoke notices. His hand slides to her jaw, thumb settling near her chin, guiding her face up. 

“Wrong answer.” 

Zariah’s lips part.

She means to say something slick. He sees it forming.

But the words stall when his other hand reaches down,  tugs the robe knot loose in one pull, then lets it fall open on its own. He takes a small step back, eyes downcast to admire her. Take in the view like she was modeling nudity for his eyes only. Robe parted wide and framing that long, elegant frame without hiding a damn thing. 5’10 of slim-thick lines hit different up close. Her long torso stretched down to a waist he could circle with both hands and still have room, dipping into hips that curved fuller from the side, that rich brown skin glowing warm.

Her chest rose steady with each breath, full and natural, nipples tightening just from the air or maybe his stare, elegant shape softening the sharp edges of her shoulders and collarbones. He clocked the subtle give in her stomach, toned thighs long from runway miles pressed together slight, calves flexing strong as she held runway poise even now. 

Smoke’s eyes never leave hers.

“That attitude you got,” he says quietly. “I’m ‘bout done with it.”

“You ain’t my bodyguard no more, Smoke,” Zariah snaps, voice laced brat-sharp. “Stop actin’ like you run shit. I do what I want.” 

Smoke chuckles low, rumble deep from his chest rolling out gravel-thick, his hand shoots out to snag her wrist before she grabs the front of her robe, pulling her half-turn into him, cedar scent faint mixing with her floral perfume. 

“Yeah, but who you come runnin’ to when you needed help? Who handled things to make shit easier for you? Roughed niggas up that got too close? Would kill anybody that so much as try you?” Smoke drawls slow, southern thick, free hand palming the front of his joggers where his thick bulge thickens obvious. “Yeah, but you was feenin’ for this dick. We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you beggin’ me to fuck you in that dressing room. Remember? Or you forgot just like you forgot who the fuck I am. And when I say somethin’, you do as you told.” 

Smoke’s eyes never left yer face, unblinking and coal-dark, jaw set under stubble. 

Zariah yanks her wrist free, twisting away but stays close, turning full to shove her palm flat against his chest, pushing half-hearted, his pecs unyielding under her spore as fingers. Zariah leans in, chin high, lips curling into a smirk. 

“And wasn’t you the one that couldn’t wait to fuck me?” She fires back, hip cocked. “Ain’t never had a bitch like me in yo’ life. Soon as you got a taste, you obsessed, right? That’s why you still actin’ like a good little soldier. Now who’s in control now, big bad Smoke?” Her voice pitches taunt, one hand sliding down to trail the ridge of his abs where his tee clings, nails scraping light to test the flex. 

Zariah walks off, brushing past him. Smoke snorts  breath. 

“Control? Lil’ girl, you testin’ ropes right now.” Smoke growls. His large Pam clamps her hip, yanking her flush from behind, his hard dick against her ass. His beard grazes her cheek as his head dips. “That dressin’ room…you hiked that dress, spread your legs wide, pussy was drippin’ and beggin’ for my tongue first. Then you rode this dick cryin’ daddy til you squirted all on this dick. Obsessed? Yeah…I ain’t got a reason to deny shit. But you hooked, baby girl. Chasin’ this nut every night since.” Smoke’s fingers trail up the arch of her spine, his other hand cupping her ass cheek. 

Zariah gasps sharp, twisting her hips, bucking against him, but eventually she breaks the hold. 

“Hooked? Please. You stalkin’ my every move like a lost puppy.” She spits, laughing brittle, backing toward the bathroom door. “Body guard days over, but you still guarding this pussy like it’s yours. And I’m glad you know exactly how obsessed you are.” Her eyes flash, lips parting to rest her tongue at the corner of her mouth. 

Smoke steps forward, hands shooting out to brace the doorframe over her head, caving her without touch. 

“Mine? Damn right. Till you prove otherwise.” He rumbles. “Go ‘head, shower off that dinner, but don’t think slamming doors gon’ end this talk.” His eyes rake over her body, dick tenting the front of his joggers. Zariah places her palm flat against his chest before giving him a final shove to the ripple of muscle, the door swinging hard bang latch catching. The shower turned on beyond the door and as much as Smoke wanted to open that door, he waited. Waited until he heard that shower shut off.

Zariah is standing at the vanity in nothing but a towel, lotion bottle in hand, acting deeply interested in the label. She bends to reach for her toner in the cabinet beneath the sink. The bathroom door opens, the humidity in the bathroom turning the air chill. The fog on the glass began to disappear. The way she knows exactly where he is behind her without turning around. She just wants him to know she can ignore it. 

Zariah rises slowly, and sets her toner on the sink with careful precision. 

Still won’t turn. 

Zariah swallows. Her arms start to cross over herself instinctive. Smoke catches both her wrists and lowers them back at her sides. 

“No.” 

Zariah looks at him now, fully. Some of the bravado thinning at the edges. Because she knows this version of him. The one who gets calmer the more serious he is. He releases her wrists only after they stay where he put them. Then, he steps back half a pace and gestures toward the counter. 

Smoke steps behind her, broad hand spreading over the back of her neck for one steady second, claiming her attention. 

"Good," he says.

The steam from her shower clings to the air, thick and warm, fogging the mirror above the sink in faint swirls. Zariah stands there naked, skin dewy, water droplets tracing slow paths down her shoulders and the curve of her back. The towel lies discarded on the floor by her feet, leaving her fully exposed. Smoke’s hand lingers at her neck a beat longer, thumb pressing firm against her pulse, anchoring her in place. The heat of his palm seeps into her, carrying that familiar cedar scent that always seems to cut through everything else. Smoke's chest brushes her back as he closes the space. Zariah can feel the expansion of his black tee against her shoulder blades when he draws a controlled breath.

"Hands on the sink," he tells her, voice low and even. 

Zariah does not move right away. Her chin lifts a fraction, eyes flicking to his reflection in the mirror, holding his gaze there. Bold still, testing. 

“For what?” she asks, tone carrying that edge she knows gets under his skin, words clipped. 

Smoke doesn’t rise to it. His free hand slides down her side, large fingers splaying over her hip, gripping just enough. The veins in his forearm stand out as his muscles flex. 

“You know why,” he says. “All that mouth. Ignoring calls. Acting like rules don’t stick. Time to fix it.”

Zariah exhales through parted lips, a subtle shift, but her hands stay at her sides. Her posture remains upright, feet planted on the cool tile. Inside, she feels the pull, the way his presence makes the steam feel heavier, but she pushes back one more time.

 “I was busy. You act like I owe you every second.”

Smoke's grip tightens on her hip, thumb digging into the soft flesh there. He leans in closer, lips near her ear, breath warm against the damp shell. 

“Busy playin' games. Poking. Now I’ma show you. But that’s what you wanted, right?” His other hand lifts from her neck, trails down her spine, ending at the swell of her ass. He cups one cheek fully, squeezing hard enough to make her shift her weight.

"Hands. Sink. Now."

This time, her body responds before her mouth does. Palms flat on the cool porcelain edge, fingers splaying wide. She arches her back slightly without meaning to, ass pushing out toward him, skin prickling under the humid air. Her eyes stay on his in the mirror, defiant spark still there, but her breathing picks up, chest rising faster.

“That's better. So, you do as you told then?” he says, stepping fully behind her now. His feet plant wide on the tile, knees bracketing her legs as he positions himself. One hand stays on her hip, holding her steady. The other rears back, large palm open, veins bulging along his wrist.

The first smack lands solid across her right cheek, skin meeting skin with a sharp crack that echoes off the tiled walls. Her ass jiggles from the impact, flesh purpling instantly under his handprint. Zariah's fingers curl against the sink, a hiss escaping her teeth, but she bites down on anything louder.

 “That all?” she throws back, voice tight, trying to keep the bold front.

Smoke sees it. The way her thighs tense, pussy lips glistening between her legs from more than just the shower. He knows she’s wet, knows the defiance is her last push before she settles. His dick barely had room to grow in his joggers, that thick length pressing against the seam as he watched her in the mirror. 

“Keep talkin',” he warns, hand coming down again, harder this time, left cheek taking the full weight of his swing. The slap rings out wet in the steam, her ass bouncing, a fresh mark blooming dark against her skin.

Zariah gasps, knees buckling a touch, but his grip on her hip keeps her upright. Heat spreads across her backside, stinging deep. 

“Fuck,” she breathes, eyes narrowing at him in the glass. “You mad at me daddy?”

Smoke doesn’t answer with words. Instead, he delivers three quick spanks in succession, alternating cheeks, each one heavier than the last. Palm cracks against flesh, her ass rippling with every strike, turning hot and swollen under his assault. Her pussy clenches visibly, slickness dripping down her inner thigh, betraying how much she needs this correction. Smoke's free hand slides between her thighs from behind, thick fingers parting her folds roughly, middle finger plunging into her soaked pussy without warning.

“This what you wanted?” Smoke growls low, pumping in and out once, twice, feeling her walls grip him tight. She moans despite herself, hips bucking back. But he pulls out just as quick, smearing her juices over her ass before landing another brutal smack right where her cheek meets thigh.

Zariah's head drops forward a second, elbows locking on the sink, but she lifts it back up, meeting his eyes again. 

“Keep goin' then,” she challenges, voice breathier now, the bold cracking at the edges.

Smoke's chest rumbles with a low sound, approval mixed with hunger. That big dick throbs, straining as he tugs his joggers down with one hand, freeing the curved shaft and wide tip. Pre-cum beads at his slit, heavy length slapping against her bruised ass. But he ain’t done punishing her yet. Smoke grabs a fistful of her wet hair, pulling her head back gently but firm, forcing her to arch deeper. 

“Count 'em,” he orders.

His hand cracks down again, full force, the loudest yet. Her ass quivers, marked deep purple, heat radiating. 

“One,” she grits out, pussy aching empty.

Another on the other side, palm stinging his own skin from the velocity. “Two.”

Smoke spreads her cheeks with his thumbs, exposing her tight asshole and dripping slit, then spanks right across both, the impact jarring her whole body. 

“Three,” she moans, thighs shaking. Teeth chattering. 

Smoke leans over her, his dense midsection pressing into her back, shirt damp from the steam and her skin. His beard scraping her shoulder as he bites down lightly there, marking her while his hand rains down five more measured strikes, each one pushing her closer to breaking that last wall. Her counts come faster, voice turning needy, ass on fire, pussy clenching around nothing as viscous arousal slicks her legs. By the tenth, she is panting, body trembling in his hold, bold facade shattered into raw want.

 P-Please,” Zariah whispers finally, not begging wildly but settling, hands gripping the sink.

Smoke pauses, rubbing his palm over the abused flesh, soothing the burn while his tip nudges her entrance, thick head parting her lips. 

“Good girl,” he says, voice thick with possession. 

Then he thrusts in deep, stretching her pussy wide around his girth, filling her completely. His hips snap forward once, deep and punishing, fat dick buried to the hilt in her dripping pussy, stretching her walls tight around his thickness. 

When he eased that fat length inside her it opened her pussy with a slow burn, the girth demanding space as it sank deep. The curve to the right caught along her slick walls, dragging firm pressure against the sensitive ridge there with each inch that followed. Long and solid, bottoming out steady, filling her to the limit while her body adjusted around the thickness pulsing hot and full. Every shift would send that curve nudging the same spot over and over, building a tight coil low in her belly that made her thighs tremble without her meaning to. Zariah's breath catches sharp, body jolting against the sink, but Smoke pulls out slow, leaving her clenching empty, creamy slick coating his shaft. Not done yet. Her ass still needs more work, cheeks blazing hot under his palm prints.

Smoke's hand cracks down again, heavy and mean, right across both bruised globes. The slap echoes wet in the bathroom, her flesh rippling, thighs quivering from the sting. Zariah whimpers low, knees buckling inward, but his grip on her hip locks her straight.

“I don’t know why the fuck you act like you tough, baby,” Smoke growls, voice thick with that Mississippi drawl, low and gravel-rough, breath hot on her neck. His free hand fists her wet hair tighter, yanking her head back so her eyes lock on his in the fogged mirror. Dark brown gaze bores into hers, heavy-lidded and unblinking. “Why the fuck you keep actin’ up? Huh?”

Another smack lands harder, palm flattening her left cheek, sending fire blooming deep. Zariah’s legs shake harder, pussy leaking fresh wetness down her inner thighs, mixing with shower droplets on the tile. Zariah bites her full lip, trying to hold the sound, but a needy whine slips out anyway, body arching despite the burn.

“Why? Answer the fuckin’ question,” Smoke demands, leaning his solid chest heavier against her back, tee clinging damp to his thick torso. The weight of him pins her forward, broad shoulders eclipsing her reflection. His cream-coated dickthrobs hot against her thigh, pre-cum smearing her skin, but he holds off, rubbing her sore ass roughly with his rough palm, veins popping along his forearm whenever he would grip the flesh with his fingers. 

Zariah exhales shaky through parted lips, fingers digging into the sink edge, porcelain cool under her palms. That bold edge frays, but she pushes one last time, voice breathy and tight. “I heard you...just didn’t think…”

Crack. His hand swings full force, spanking the spot where ass meets thigh, jolting her whole frame. Her pussy clenches hard, clit twitching, inner lips trembling from the impact, visible drip falling to the floor. Her legs trembled bad now, barely holding her up.

“Didn’t think what? That I mean what I say?” Smoke presses closer, beard scraping her shoulder as he leans in to kiss the spot where his teeth was minutes ago, soothing it. He spanks again, rapid fire—three in a row, alternating sides, each crack louder, her ass swelling fuller, hot to the touch. 

“You went out there actin’ like my words ain’t shit. Ignorin’ calls. Playin’ like you run this. Nah, baby. That stops now.”

Zariah’s whimper turns into a gasp, body softening under the onslaught, shoulders dropping a fraction. She feels his control sink in deep, the dense gravity of his frame making the steam thicker, her vanilla-musk scent mixing with his cedar smoke. 

“Y-Yeah... I hear you,” she admits quieter, chin lifting less defiant, eyes holding his with that flicker—irritation yielding to the weight.

Smoke pauses, large hand soothing over the fiery flesh, squeezing possessive. But his voice stays mean, drawl dragging slow.

 “Too late for that hearin’ shit. You gonna learn tonight.” That dick nudges her slit again, thick head parting her soaked folds, teasing that creamy entry without giving it what it wants. One more spank, brutal across the fullest part of her right cheek, making her cry out soft, hips bucking back involuntary.

“Count the rest. And don’t make me ask twice.”

Her voice comes steady now, reined in, body present under him. “E-Eleven.”

Smoke’s hand lifts off her throbbing ass cheek, fingers digging into the heated flesh one last time before shoving her shoulders down firm. Enough with the slaps. Time to shut that mouth up proper. Her knees hit the wet tile with a soft smack, water slick under her shins. Zariah’s dark eyes lift to his, breath still ragged from the burn, but she don't hesitate. Her body shifts smoothly, settling low, full tits swaying as she balances on her heels.

Smoke steps up close, black tee clinging to his broad chest, sweat and shower mist beading on his deep brown skin. One thick hand wraps the base of his dick, pulling it free from where it hung thick and heavy between his muscular thighs. Almost as thick as her forearm, easy nine inches stretching out straight at first, then curving wicked at the tip like it know exactly where to hit deep. Girth thick around, veins bulging ropey along the dark shaft, skin a rich chocolate shade fading near the fat, flared head that's glossy with pre-cum leaking steady. Heavy balls swing low underneath, plump and full, hanging loose in that wrinkled sac, dark and musky from the heat. Whole thing pulses alive in his grip, smelling of clean soap mixed with his natural cedar-earth scent up close.

“See this dick right here, baby? You wanna talk back, runnin’ yo’ mouth like you run shit? Get this dick in that throat,” Smoke growls low, drawl dragging thick and mean, free hand tangling rough in her wet curls. He yanks her face forward, smearing the leaking head across her plump lips, leaving a shiny trail. “Suck big daddy’s dick. Put that mouth to work since you actin’ all tough. Throat it deep, show me you learned somethin’ tonight.”

Zariah parts her lips wide, tongue flicking out to lap the salty bead from his slit before she stretches her jaw open. Head disappears first, her cheeks hollowing as she sucks hard around the ridge, pulling him in inch by girthy inch. Those full Saliva spills quick, dripping down her chin. She trained for this, months of him working her down slow at first, gagging her till she took every curve without choking. Now she slides forward steady, throat relaxing open, feeling that bend nudge the back of her mouth then slip past her tonsils smooth.

The soft flesh of her lips stretches wide and presses flush against his shaft as she sinks lower, creating a tight seal that drags with each slow pull. Wet suction fills the quiet with each bob of her head, the sound thick and wet as her mouth works to take more. Heat and pressure builds around Smoke from the way her lips clamp and slide, her tongue pushing up from below while her throat opens to pull him deeper with every descent.

Zariah’s face pulls tight around that thick girth filling her mouth, her cheeks drawing inward in deep hollows that frame the shaft with sharp definition as she sinks lower. She maintains a steady rhythm of long, controlled pulls, her tongue pressing firm and flat underneath while her throat opens to swallow more with each descent, creating a constant wet drag and suction that tightens on the upstroke. Her jaw works visibly with the effort, lips sealed flush and sliding in a smooth, milking motion that builds pressure without pause.

Smoke groans deep in his chest, hips bucking shallow to feed her more. “Yeah, that's it, fuckin' swallow this big dick. You know how I like it, don't play. Deeper, baby, choke on it if you gotta, but don’t stop.” His voice rumbles harsh, hand guiding her head, thick fingers pressing her nose toward his trimmed pubes. His fat nuts slap light against her chin as she bobs, throat bulging visible with his length buried fully. Zariah gags once soft, eyes watering, but pushes through, humming low around him, tongue pressing flat underneath to stroke the bulging vein.

Smoke watches her work in the mirror, heavy-lidded eyes narrowing mean. “Look at you, all that fire earlier, now you slurpin' dick like a good lil’ girl. Shoulda did this from jump, keep that ass in line and yo’ throat full. Mmm, suck harder, baby. Drain these nuts dry.” His grip tightens in her hair, fucking her face, pulling out to the tip with a wet pop before slamming back in, curve hitting her gag reflex perfect every thrust. Her hands brace his thick thighs, nails digging into the dense muscle, feeling him flex under her palms as drool strings from her stretched lips.

Zariah’s pussy aches empty between her spread knees, thighs slick with her own drip mixing on the floor, but she focuses, hollowing her cheeks tighter, swallowing around his girth to milk him. Her nose buries in his coarse hairs finally, balls snug against her chin, holding him deep till her lungs burn. She pulls off gasping, strings of spit connecting her mouth to his shining shaft, then dives back, faster, head twisting side to side for friction.

“That’s my girl, train that throat right. You ain’t goin’ nowhere till I bust down yo’ neck,” Smoke grunts, free hand cupping her jaw rough, thumb smearing spit back in. His heavy balls draw up tight, dick twitching hard in her sucking mouth, but he holds off, drawing it out mean. “Keep goin’. Earn that forgiveness, baby.”

Zariah’s right hand wraps around the base of his thick dick, fingers barely meeting around the girth as she strokes up slow, twisting at the swollen head slick with her spit. She sucks deeper on the pull back, lips sealed tight around his veiny shaft, tongue swirling under the curve that presses her cheek out. Her left hand steadies on his heavy thigh, nails scraping light into the dense muscle as she bobs faster, throat opening wide to take him balls-deep again, humming vibrations along his length.

Smoke's eyes narrow sharp, watching her work from above. His big palm cracks down quick on her stroking hand, slapping it off his dick with a wet smack. 

“Nah, baby. Hands where I can see ‘em. Up behind yo head or on them thighs. This mouth mine now.”' He grabs a fistful of her wet curls tighter, yanking her head back just enough to pop his dick free, strings of saliva stretching long before snapping. Then he thrusts forward, burying every curving inch straight down her throat in one push, balls smacking her chin heavy.

Zariah gasps around the invasion, eyes watering, but puts her hands in her lap. Her throat bulges with his girth, the  bend lodging deep, cutting off her air till black spots dance. He don't let up—hips snap forward, fucking her face, pulling out to the flared head where she gasps ragged, then slamming back in, pubes grinding her nose.

“Fuckin’ tired of yo games, Zariah. All this bullshit you pullin’,” he growls low, thick and gravelly, voice echoing off the tile. Smoke picks up meaner, dick pistoning her mouth, heavy balls swinging to slap her jaw each thrust. “Back when I was yo’ bodyguard, dealin' with yo’ spoiled, uptight, prissy ass barkin' orders left and right. Actin’ like you own the world, snappin’ at me like I'm one of yo’ lil' errand boys. Had to bite my tongue, watchin' you strut ‘round thinkin’ you untouchable.”

Zariah’s knees spread wider on the slick floor, thighs quivering as drool pours down her chin, soaking her tits glossy. She gags hard on a deep plunge, throat convulsing around his pulsing shaft, but holds the position, hands laced tight in her lap, fingers twitching to grip something. That wet ass pussy throbbed neglected, juices trailing down to puddle under her.

Smoke grunts deep, free hand bracing the sink edge, muscles flexing in his thick arm as he rams harder, curve dragging her tonsils raw. “And now? Now you on this dick, slurpin’ like you starved, and still think you run shit? Nah, baby girl. I run it. Always did. Just lettin’ you play pretend till I remind this lil’ ass who in charge.” He yanks her hair sharper, holding her nose-deep, balls snug on her chin, grinding slow circles to stretch her throat wider. “Feel that? Feel daddy ownin' this mouth? You gon’ take every inch till I say stop. No more actin’ brand new.”

Zariah’s chest heaves desperate around the blockage, tears streaking her cheeks mixing with spit, but her eyes stay locked up at him, defiant spark fading to raw submission. She swallows around his girth, milking the veiny underside, tongue pressing frantic when he pulls back for air. Her hands stay put, obedient, elbows trembling from the strain as he resumes pounding, wet gurgles filling the humid air, his heavy balls tightening with each brutal thrust.

Smoke abruptly snaps his hips back, dick leaving her throat. Zariah sucked in a lung full of air, sniffling, teary eyes cloudy as she looked up at her daddy with a bite of her bottom lip. She’d sucked a few dicks in her twenty-nine years of living but she would have never thought a nine inch, veiny monster would fit down her throat. Normally, she would pat herself on the back, but right now, Smoke was pissed off. Her reward would come later. Right now, she’s a throat to fuck and nothing more. Her eyes went hazy from staring at his hard dick bobbing and twitching in her face, glossy and dripping with saliva. She knew he was close because his tip was a deep purple and it flared so wide it left the corners of lips raw. The map of veins along his shaft bulged in size, and his nut sack sat full and loaded with cum. 

“Open up.” Smoke commands.

Zariah does as she’s told, eager for more. That big dick slid in smooth and full, making her eyes roll. 

Smoke's hips jackhammer faster now, thick dick plunging her throat raw brutal snaps, the curve battering her tonsils. His balls draw up tight, slapping her chin wet and relentless, his breath turning into ragged grunts as the pressure coils low in his gut. Sweat beads down his solid chest, tee clinging damp to the full slabs of pecs heaving with each drive. He feels her throat spasm greedy around his girth, milking him closer to the edge.

“Eyes up here, Zariah. Look at me while I feed this throat,” he snarls, free hand clamping her jaw firm, thumb digging into the hinge to force her gaze up. Watery brown eyes meet his dark, heavy-lidded stare, hers wide and pleading, his burning with ownership. “Hands in yo’ lap. Fingers laced. Don't move ‘em.”

Zariah shifts quickly on her knees, pulling her elbows in to drop her hands to her thighs, palms up and fingers interlocking obediently in her lap like a proper slut. Her thighs quake wider apart on the tile, pussy clenching empty and dripping strings of arousal to the floor. Her jaw slackens under his grip, relaxing loose as he demands, lips stretched obscene around his pistoning shaft, drool bubbling out the corners to sheet down her neck and pool between her heaving tits.

“Good girl. There you go, relax that jaw. Let daddy bust,” Smoke growls deep, gravel scraping rough, pace turning erratic, hips stuttering as his dick swells thicker in her gullet. His balls contract hard, and he slams balls-deep one final time, grinding his pubes flush to her nose, holding  as ropes of hot cum erupt straight down her throat. Pulse after thick pulse floods her, warm, slightly salty jets coating her esophagus, forcing her to gulp convulsively around the buried length.

He don't budge an inch, big hand locked on her curls, the other on her jaw, keeping her pinned nose-deep while she swallows every drop—no spill, no waste. Her throat works visible under the skin, bulging swallows pulling his load down greedy, chest fluttering desperate for air around the blockage. Her eyes remain locked on his, tears carving clean tracks through the spit mask on her face, but that defiant spark's gone fully, replaced with raw, owned surrender shining back.

Smoke holds till the last twitch fades, dick softening just enough in the wet heat, then eases out slow, dragging the sensitive underside over her lolling tongue. Strings of cum-mixed saliva cling thick, snapping as the flared head pops free. She coughs hoarse, sucking air in big whoops, hands twitching in her lap but staying put, lips puffy and glossy. He strokes her cheek with his thumb, smearing the mess, voice dropping low and satisfied. 

“Every drop. That's how you take what’s yours. Don’t forget who run this shit.”

Smoke’s thick fingers loosen from her curls, sliding down to hook under her arms with that unyielding grip, hauling her up off the tile slow and steady. Her knees wobble jelly-soft, thighs slick from her own dripping need, but he steadies her full against his sweat-damp shirt, broad chest rising firm under her cheek. His big hand cups her elbow, the other spans low on her back, guiding her bare feet over the bathmat and out the steamy bathroom door.

He snags a clean washcloth from the sink edge first, soaking it under hot tap water till steam curls off, then presses it gentle but thorough to her chin, wiping away the glossy streaks of spit and tears. His thumb traces her swollen lips, the cloth dragging over puffy cheeks and her jaw, leaving her skin flushed warm and bare. 

“There. Clean slate, baby girl,” he rumbles low, voice that quiet thunder rolling deep from his chest.

The king bed dominated the dim space, sheets rumpled from earlier. He sinks onto the edge, thighs spreading wide like tree trunks, then tugs her forward to drape her naked body across his lap face-down. Ass up high, cheeks still blooming hot from the spanking, pussy lips peeking swollen and slick between spread thighs. His weight shifts the mattress deep, one massive palm flattening broad on her lower back to anchor her still, the other dipping into the jar of balm on the nightstand. A cool, thick shea and aloe mix he keeps stocked for nights like this.

His fingers dig in generously, spreading the cream in firm circles over her left cheek first, kneading the stinging heat away, thumb pressing into the tender underside where it meets thigh. Smoke switches to the right after a while, palms gliding slick, parting the globes slightly to smooth the balm down the cleft, grazing her puckered hole and dipping low enough to tease her soaked folds without mercy. 

“You know why that ass got lit up, Zariah,” he starts, tone even, dangerously calm wrapping each word like barbed wire, dragging vowels long and weighted. “Pushin’ me like that, testin' boundaries when I done told you how it's gone be. Mouth runnin’ reckless, darin’ me to snap. I spank you again and again if you keep triggerin’ this fire. Don’t make me prove it twice more tonight.”

His hand keeps working, the balm sinking in as her skin drinks it greedy, cooling the fire to a throb. Smoke’s palm cups one cheek full, squeezing soft, then leans down to press open-mouth kisses along the curve—lips dragging hot and wet, tongue flicking out to taste the salted balm on fevered flesh. Peck after peck trails inward, nipping the fullest swell before soothing with flat laps.

“Mmm,” he draws back, biting his bottom lip, her slick sticking to his goatee, “pussy puffy from me popping that ass,” Smoke takes two fingers, tapping her pussy lips, labia peeking through like petals. “I know you love it when daddy turns you out like a fuck doll…pussy leakin’ for it. But safety first, always. Top of my list. You play brat, defy what I say to keep you whole, that shit upsets me deep. I’d kill anybody—end ‘em slow—who so much as touches a hair on your head. Bleed ‘em dry for less.”

Smoke’s voice stays level, no rise, just that steel edge slicing through, breath ghosting her skin between kisses, one hand landing square on the sit-spot welt. Smoke pauses, hand stilling to pat her ass possessive, waiting till her breath evens soft against the sheets.

“Now, you know what I want you to do. Say it clear.”

Zariah shifts slightly across his lap, thighs clenching, posture holding upright even prone, spine straight, hands smoothing the bedspread once to ground herself. Her voice comes soft, that self-possessed edge threading through.

“…I’ll listen to what daddy says.”

“Good girl, keep goin’.”

Smoke’s palm resumes stroking the balm in, fingers parting her cheeks wider for a deep kiss right above where her puckered hole sat, his tongue circling lazy.

“…I—I’ll stop being m–mean to daddy…and understand t–that he’s trying to protect m–me, not control me,” her full lips press thin a beat, exhale parting them tense, brown eyes flicking back over her shoulder to hold his gaze steady. Even though her body couldn’t stop shaking.

“Mm. That’s my girl,” another peck lower, between the under cuff of her ass where her thighs met, “finish it.”

“H–He wants me to continue t–to be independent…but understand that m–my man w–wants and needs to step up. To provide, protect, a–and spoil me. To create a life for me w–where I can continue to be t–the phenomenal women that I am. The beautiful woman t–that I am. The sexy woman that I am.”

Her words came out even in some ways and shaky in others. No plea. Only quiet dominance and echoing his, her body relaxing fuller into his lap as the balm soaked deep. Smoke nods once, satisfaction etching his heavy-lidded stare. He gave his girl a final kiss planted firm on her tailbone, one large, calloused hand sliding up her slick spine to tangle light in her hair, tugging her head back gently for more eye contact.

“That’s my girl. Good job. Now…rest that ass here while daddy thinks up how to spoil you next.”

Smoke positions Zariah on her stomach across their bed. He spreads her thighs wide from behind and lifts her hips into the right tilt. Smoke dips his head and admires her pussy lips sitting in the shape of a heart below her ass that glistened from the balm. His tongue moves in slow strokes from the base of her pussy upward, gathering every bit of wetness. He seals his lips around the folds and sucks them clean with steady pulls before pressing soft kisses along the slick skin. His tongue dips inside to lick deeper then returns to lap and suck without rushing, working through the mess until only his mouth leaves her glistening.

Zariah’s body rocks with small shifts under his hold. “Yes daddy." Her voice comes thick. “Thank you daddy.” She pushes back a fraction as his suction holds on her clit. “I love it when you eat my pussy.”

Smoke keeps his pace while his voice rumbles low against her. “Stay open for me. Let daddy clean every drop. You taste so good when I take my time like this.” He kisses her tender entrance then sucks again, tongue circling slow. “That’s it. Give it all to me.”

Zariah shifts her hips back in a slow roll, pressing her soaked folds against Smoke's mouth. He meets each motion by sealing his lips around her clit and sucking with firm, steady pressure, drawing the swollen bud between his lips in a gentle pull before releasing. Her thighs tremble under his grip as she rocks again, grinding back for more contact.

"Oooo," she breathes out, the sound stretching long. “Fuck. Yes.” The words slip free between moans while her body keeps moving, seeking that same suction each time she pushes her pussy toward him.

Smoke's tongue works in skillful laps, flattening broad against her entrance before dragging upward to circle her clit again. His voice stays low and even, vibrating right against her skin.

 “That’s right, keep bringing it back  like that. Let me suck on this pretty pussy. You feel how wet you stay for me?” Smoke proves her opening with the tip of his tongue to catch some of that wetness. “I can taste every bit of it, so sweet and thick on my tongue. Gon’ fuck you so deep after this, stretch you open slow with every inch until you can't think straight. This pussy gon' take it all, and I'ma give it to you proper.”

Snoke sucks with more pressure on her clit as she rocks back once more, holding the pull for a beat longer before easing off to lick through her folds. “Tastes so damn good, baby. Can't get enough of how you drip down my chin.”

Zariah’s voice comes out husky between her moans. “You love this pussy, baby?”

Smoke answers without lifting his mouth, the words rumbling straight into her. “Daddy love this pussy. Best fuckin’ pussy I ever had.”

Zariah’s voice lifts soft and questioning as she rocks back once more. “Daddy?”

Smoke answers with a low hum that vibrates against her folds, the sound deep and steady while his tongue continues its work.

Zariah pushes again, her words coming clearer now. “Daddy I wanna watch you eat my pussy.”

In one smooth motion Smoke flips her onto her back, his hands guiding her body with controlled strength. He pulls the black tee over his head and drops it aside, leaving him fully naked as he settles between her open thighs. Zariah spreads wider for him, and he eases down to keep his mouth on her, licking and sucking with focused attention. She grinds her pussy into his mouth, hips rolling to meet each pull of his lips. Smoke gently pushes her thighs open further, holding them apart so he can slurp directly on her clit with wet, smacking sounds. He stays right there, working that spot alone because it builds her up fast. Her body tenses and then releases in a sudden rush as she squirts, the warm fluid spilling over his tongue and chin while he keeps sucking through every pulse.

Smoke stays locked between her thighs, refusing to ease up. His tongue drags in long, wet strokes that feel heavy and thick against her folds, each one landing with pressure that makes her hips twitch. Zariah’s pussy quivers under the attention, the sensitive skin pulsing and tightening as he circles her clit again and again. He holds her legs open wider with firm hands, keeping her spread so nothing interrupts the steady motion of his mouth. The wet sounds grow louder with every lick, and he focuses right there, building the heat until her body starts to tighten once more. She grinds down into him, chasing the sensation as the pressure coils deep inside. His tongue works without pause, thick and insistent, pushing her straight toward the edge until she breaks again, fluid spilling over his lips while he keeps sucking through the pulses.

Smoke stays locked in place, his mouth sealed over her pussy as he sucks deeper, pulling her swollen clit between his lips with steady pressure. His tongue follows in thick, wet drags that lap up every fresh trickle of her arousal, working in firm circles that make her thighs shake in the air. Zariah keeps her legs spread wide, knees bent and feet towards the ceiling, giving him full access while her hips roll in small, desperate circles against his face.

Her body reacts in waves. The muscles in her lower belly tighten and release with each pull of his mouth, sending ripples across her frame. Her rich brown skin glistens with sweat, the soft curve of her waist flexing as her back arches off the bed. Her breasts rise and fall faster, nipples tight and dark against the air. Inside, her walls pulse and flutter around nothing, clenching with every lick that drags from her entrance up to her clit. More slick heat spills out, coating his tongue and dripping down his chin as he swallows it down without pause.

“Uhuh, yeah baby.” Smoke rumbles against her, voice low and thick with command. “Keep those legs open. Let me feel you gettin' close. I want every drop this time. Right in my fucking mouth. Feed me.” His words vibrate through her core, pushing the tension higher. Smoke sucks again, lips sealed tight while his tongue flicks quick and firm right on that sensitive spot, building the pressure until her moans turn ragged.

Zariah’s hands fist the sheets. Her pussy quivers harder now, the inner walls squeezing in quick spasms that grow stronger with each pass of his tongue. The heat coils low in her belly, spreading outward until her toes curl and her breath hitches in short gasps. "Haah—Fuck," a sharp inhale caught in her throat, then she breathes out, the word breaking on a moan as another rush of wetness floods his mouth. Her hips jerk upward, chasing the sensation while her thighs tremble around his shoulders.

Smoke doesn't let up. He slides two fingers inside her, curling them against that spongy spot while his mouth keeps working her clit in wet, insistent pulls. “I know you feel it buildin’. Don't hold back on me. You gon’ give it all, you hear me?” His free hand presses her thigh wider, keeping her open as her body winds tighter. Her stomach flutters visibly, the muscles jumping under her skin. Her pussy clenches around his fingers, gripping and releasing in a steady climb toward the edge.

"I'll be your good girl—” Zariah gasps, voice cracking as the pressure peaks. Her whole frame locks up for a beat, then shatters. A hot rush pours from her, squirting in pulsing waves straight into his mouth. Smoke groans low and drinks it down, tongue still moving through the contractions that ripple through her walls. Her orgasm rolls on, body shaking as fresh slick spills over his lips and chin, her moans filling the room while he holds her through every last spasm.

Smoke lingers between her thighs after the last tremors fade, pressing slow, open-mouthed kisses against her slick folds. Each one lands soft, his lips brushing over the swollen heat while his tongue gives the lightest flick to catch the lingering taste. 

“That’s a good girl," he whispers low against her, the words vibrating through her sensitive skin. “Took every bit of it just like I said. Look at you, still shakin’ for me.” His praise comes steady and warm, laced with that deep southern drawl that settles right into her bones.

Zariah’s breath hitches in the aftermath, her body still sprawled open on the sheets. Her rich brown skin gleams from the vanilla oil, a fine sheen of sweat tracing the narrow dip of her waist and the soft flare of her hips. Her breasts rise and fall in quick, shallow pulls, nipples drawn tight from the rush that just tore through her. Inside, her walls continue to flutter in small, involuntary pulses, the aftershocks making her thighs twitch around his shoulders even as she keeps them parted for him.

Smoke trails those kisses upward, dragging his mouth across the smooth plane of her lower belly. Each press of his lips leaves a ticklish, wet mark that cools against her heated skin, moving higher with unhurried purpose. His hands slide along her sides, palms broad as they frame her ribcage. When he reaches her chest, he pauses at one peaked nipple, drawing it between his lips with a firm, wet pull. His tongue circles the tight bud then strokes while he sucks, the pressure sending fresh sparks straight down to her still-throbbing core.

Zariah arches into the contact, a broken moan slipping free as her fingers thread into the sheets again. The pull at her nipple feels sharper now, heightened by how raw everything still feels below. Her other breast settles against his cheek when he shifts to give it the same attention, sucking deep while his tongue works in lazy, insistent laps. 

“So damn responsive,” Smoke rumbles between pulls, voice thick with approval. “Every part of you knows who it belong to.”

Zariah’s legs ease wider on instinct, the earlier tension melting into a loose, pliant sprawl. The muscles along her stomach quiver visibly under his path, and her hips give a small, involuntary roll upward as if chasing more of the contact even though he's moved on. Smoke keeps his mouth latched, alternating between gentle suction and firmer draws that make her back bow off the bed, her full lips parting around another shaky exhale.

Smoke stays latched on her nipple, drawing it deep into his mouth with sucks that make her whole chest tighten. His tongue works in firm circles, pressing and flicking against the stiff peak while his teeth graze just enough to send sharp little jolts straight through her. Zariah’s rich brown skin flushes darker across her breasts, the full weight of them rising and falling with every breath as he switches sides, sucking the other nipple just as hard, his broad hand cupping the first one to keep the wet heat from fading.

Her pussy responds fast, slick folds parting on their own as fresh wetness slips out in a steady drip that trails down toward the sheets. The sensation builds low and insistent, her clit twitching in time with each strong suck, the tiny bud swelling and pulsing without any direct touch. Her slim-thick thighs part wider on the bed, hips rolling in small, helpless circles as the throbbing between her legs grows heavier, matching the pull of his mouth.

Zariah’s long legs tremble as another rush of heat floods her core. She can feel it clearly now, the way her pussy clenches around nothing, dripping steadily while her clit jumps and aches for friction. Smoke doesn’t let up, his lips sealed tight around her nipple, sucking with that deep, focused technique hat leaves her gasping. His free hand slides down her side, palm broad against the curve of her waist, holding her steady as her back arches higher off the mattress.

“Look at that,” he says low, voice rough against her skin between pulls. “Your body tellin’ on you. Drippin’ all over just from this.” He drags his tongue across the sensitive tip one more time, then seals his mouth around it again, sucking harder until her clit twitches visibly with the next wave of wetness sliding free.

Zariah’s breath comes in short, shaky pulls, her full lips parted, eyes half-lidded as the pressure builds. Every strong draw from his mouth sends fresh heat straight down, making her pussy clench and release, more slick gathering and spilling out in warm trails. Her clit keeps twitching, swollen and sensitive, the empty ache growing sharper with each passing second. She rolls her hips again, seeking something, anything, but Smoke keeps her pinned with his weight and his mouth, focused entirely on working her nipples until the dripping and twitching leaves her shaking.

When he could see that pussy weeping the way he needed it to, Smoke releases her nipple with a slow drag of his lips, the wet pull leaving a shiny trail across her deep brown areolas. He rises over her, his thick frame blotting out the light above the bed as he lowers his mouth to hers. The kiss lands heavy and unhurried, his tongue pushing past her parted lips to stroke deep, carrying the taste of her own sex. Zariah meets him without hesitation, her full lips pressing back while her breath hitches against his. Her hands slide up his arms, fingers curling around the dense muscle there as the kiss stretches on, turning hotter with each slow pass of his tongue.

Her body stays open beneath him, thighs spread wide on the sheets. The steady drip from her pussy continues, warm slick sliding down the curve of her ass and soaking into the sheets right along with the puddle she made from squirting. Her clit keeps twitching, swollen and sensitive, each pulse sending fresh heat through her core. Zariah rolls her hips upward, seeking the press of his weight, the hard length of him brushing her inner thigh as he settles closer. Smoke's hand moves to cradle the back of her neck, holding her still while the kiss turns rougher, his teeth catching her bottom lip for a brief tug before his tongue claims her mouth again.

His hand lingers tangled in her curls, thumb stroking the nape of her neck in lazy circles 

“Spoil you proper now,” Smoke rumbles that reminder, voice vibrating through her bones. His big palms slide down her sides, gripping her hips firm to flip her upright in one smooth hoist, straddling his thighs now, knees sinking into the mattress on either side of his hips. That heavy and rigid, curved dick all thick-veined and standing tall from those low-hanging balls, say wedged between her pussy lips, tip glossy from pre-cum beading thick.

Zariah braces her hands on his full chest, fingers splaying over his pecs, feeling the dense muscle shift under her palms as he breathes deep. Glossy brown eyes lock on his heavy-lidded stare, lips parting on a soft exhale, posture straight even perched like this, thighs flexing to lift her hips. Zariah sinks down slowly, pussy lips parting wide around his girth, swallowing the flared head first with a wet stretch, inner walls clenching greedily as inches disappear inside. Halfway down, she pauses, breath hitching, hands smoothing over his pecs to steady herself. 

Smoke’s arms snake around her, one thick forearm banding her lower back, the other spanning shoulder blades, yanking her flush against him. Chest mashes to chest, her nipples dragging hard points over his skin, his beard scraping her jaw as he nuzzles close. “

“Ride daddy, baby girl,” Smoke growls low in her ear, hips snapping up suddenly, thrust punching deep, balls slapping her ass with a meaty smack. Zariah gasps, spine arching but Smoke holds her locked, pumping from below relentlessly now. Each buck rolls his pelvis up hard, curved dick spearing her g-spot dead-on, grinding the base against her swollen clit with every bury.

Thighs like steel pistons flex under her, driving up fast then slow, varying the rhythm to make her chase it, his arms crushing her closer, one hand fisting her ass cheek to spread her wider, fingers teasing her hole while he rails her pussy. Sweat slicks their skin, her juices coat his shaft glossy, dripping down to soak his balls. 

“Feel that? Daddy fillin’ you full, protectin’ this pussy ‘cus it's mine. Phenomenal woman takin’ every inch.” His voice stays that dangerous calm, breath tickling her neck between grunts, lips sucking marks along her collarbone.

Zariah rocks with him, hips circling intentional, walls fluttering tight around his length. Her voice was soft, edged with that self-possession. 

 “Yes, daddy...feels so good.” No begging, just owning the ride, thighs quivering as tension builds. He ramps it harder, arms vise-tight, fucking up into her like a machine, wet slaps echoing loud, her ass bouncing on his thighs, pussy creaming thick down his dick. 

Zariah’s moans spill out breathy at first, soft exhales pitching higher with each deep punch,,starting as hushed mmh's from deep in her throat, lips parting wider to let ahh's drag long and throaty, vibrating against where her mouth presses open near his collarbone. Tension coils her core tighter, breaths coming measured but ragged now, moans layering into nngh-ahh-mmh, each one punched out precisely by his upward drives, voice never cracking loud but husky-thick with need, edges fraying just enough to feel raw.

“Yes, daddy,” Zariah breathes into his neck, her hips working bolder, starting to throw it down now, lifting high to slam her ass back onto his thighs with snaps and deep grinds, pussy gripping his girth on every drop. “You fuck me so good. Fuck this pussy. Fuck me with that big dick.” Her thighs flex hard, bucking wilder to meet his thrusts, wet hole sucking him deeper, creamy froth building at the base where her pussy lips stretch taut around his veined curve. “Fuck, I love this big dick.” Her voice stays in that self-possessed tone, edged needy, no shrieks or pleas because she was owning every word as she grinds down, clit dragging his pelvis, walls pulsing greedy. 

Smoke’s grip tightens, one forearm locked across her lower back to mash her tits flush to his chest, the other palm cupping her ass full, fingers digging into the balm-slick cheek to yank her harder onto each buck. His toned hips piston up relentless, thick thighs bulging under her weight, curved length spearing her depths over and over. Those heavy balls swinging up to tap her perineum with heavy thwacks. 

“Fuck yes, baby girl, throw that pussy on daddy's dick like you ownin’ it, good girl, get your dick,” Smoke rumbles low in her ear, thick and commanding. “Look at you ridin’ this big Mississippi meat, creamin’ all over my balls. Feel how deep I'm feedin’ this wet hole? Huh? Stretchin’ you wide, hittin’ that spot ain’t I’m?” Smoke thrusts up and holds, tapping Zariah on the rump as she shakes all over. “All that boss shit disappear when I give you dick. You safe wit’ me, act like it.” 

Smoke rolls his pelvis on the upthrusts, grinding the fat base against her clit, varying the pace from slow deep grinds to three fast snaps, making her chase the friction. Sweat beads on his chest, his beard rasping her jaw as he turns her face to capture her lips in a messy suck, tongue thrusting in time with his hips. “Keep talkin’ to me, bad girl. Tell daddy how this dick rearrangin’ that tight pussy. You takin’ it perfect.” Smoke’s thumb teases her back entrance light, pressing the puckered ring while he rails her pussy, arms crushing her immobile against him, and Zariah was owning it even as she bucks wild.

Her pace picks up frantic, hips slamming down to swallow him balls-deep every time, pussy squelching loud around his girth, juices dripping warm down his sack to soak the sheets. Her moans turn into throaty-soft pleas now.

“Ahh-nngh-yes!” blending with his grunts, body trembling. Smoke feels her tighten vise-like, knows she's close, but holds back his own load, hips snapping sharper to drag it out.

Zariah’s walls clamp down vise-tight around his thick length, that deep coil snapping loose as the orgasm rips through her, body seizing rigid in his iron hold, thighs locking hard against his hips, back arching sharp but pinned flush by his forearm across her back. Her pussy floods him in hot gushes, creamy release squirting thick around his pistoning shaft, soaking his heavy balls and dripping messy down to the sheets below. Zariah can’t buck anymore, stuck impaled balls-deep on his curved girth, every ridge dragging her fluttering walls as Smoke keeps snapping up relentless, his hips rolling precisely to grind that swollen spot inside her over and over, forcing wave after wave to crash harder.

Moans pour from her throat uncontrolled, delicate but fractured, starting as a long, drawn out ‘ahhhh’ vibrating deep in her chest, pitching into sharp ‘nngh-nngh’ gasps punched out by each thrust, lips trembling open against his neck where her face buries hot and slick with sweat. They layer ragged, breathy exhales fraying at the edges ‘mmh-ahh-mmh’ blending into a throaty hum that shakes her frame, her voice husky-thick and edged raw, never shrill but owning the depth of it, body quaking helpless as she creams all over his big dick.

Smoke doesn't let up, thick arms crushing her immobile against him, his biceps bulging under her sliding palms, one hand palming her ass cheek deep to spread her wider, fingers splayed to feel her hole pulse and leak around him. His pelvis snaps up in deep strokes, curved head battering that g-spot without mercy, balls wet against her perineum through her flood. That thick length gleamed with her juices and he just kept fucking her pussy straight through the peak. Smoke turns her face to lock eyes with him, his heavy-lidded gaze burning steady into hers, full lips parting on a low grunt.

“Yeah, cum on this dick, baby girl, keep cummin’ on this dick.” Smoke growls thick in her ear. “Pretty pussy grippin’ me so tight, squirtin’ all over daddy’s balls. Stuck right here takin’ every inch while I hit that spot. Keep cummin’ for me, baby, flood this big dick, bad girl. You own this nut, pussy milkin’ me deep.” He varies the drives—three short punches to her depths, then a slow grind circling her clit with his base, drawing out the spasms, her walls sucking greedily even as she trembles locked.

Zariah’s body jerks in aftershocks, pussy clenching around him, more cream bubbling out to coat his veined length shiny, her thighs quivering helpless. All Zariah can do is moan throaty into his collarbone, ‘ahh-nngh-yes’ spilling fractured as he rails her sensitive hole. He feels his own sack tighten heavy, but holds it back, hips powering through her mess to chase every drop from her. He’d continue to edge himself as long as he gives his bad bitch plenty of orgasms. 

Smoke eases out of her spasming pussy with a wet pop, Zariah’s cream clinging thick in strings to his veined shaft, glossy from tip to base where her squirt and cream mixed in slick trails down his heavy balls. Smoke wastes no time and flips her over rough but steady, large hands gripping her hips to yank her ass high at the bed's edge, face pressed flat into the rumpled sheets, knees spread wide under his direction. One palm presses firm between her shoulder blades, forcing that deep arch in her spine until her spine hollows out perfectly, ass cheeks parting naturally from the stretch, lower back dipping sharp.

Her pussy blooms open in that position, lips puffy and flushed dark from the pounding, inner folds glistening raw and swollen, stuck slightly agape from his girth, unable to close full after the stretch. Cream leaks steady from that stretched, creamy hole, thick white rivulets bubbling out slow to trail down her inner thighs, mixing with squirt sheen that soaks the sheets beneath her knees. Above it, her pretty asshole winks in the cool air, the tight ring pulsing faint with each aftershock clench from her pussy below, pink-brown rim flexing open a fraction before snapping shut, begging subtle under the exposure.

Smoke stands planted at the edge, bare feet firm on the floor, thick thighs framing her as he lines up, messy dick heavy in his fist, curved length slapping once against her leaking slit to smear her own juices back over her clit. Then, he sinks in, crown breaching her folds with a squelch, inch after girthy inch parting her walls until his pelvis meets her ass full, balls nestling heavy against her clit. Slow strokes start, pulling back to the tip so her pussy lips drag reluctant along his ridges, then driving deep again, his hips rolling weighted to bottom out each time, grinding her depths before he withdraws again. 

“Zari…you daddy’s little bratty girl, huh?” Smoke rumbles low, thick and edged mean, one hand sinking deep into her left ass cheek, fingers digging to spread her wider. He watched his curved dick emerge shiny-coated in fresh cream, veins pulsing as her hole grips and tugs. “You piss me off just so I can fuck you like this? Bend you over and drill this good pussy deep?” Smoke popped her ass. “See how sweet you get when you finally let go?” 

“Yes, daddy,” Zariah gasps throaty into the mattress, voice husky-fractured from the stretch, ass pushing back instinctively to meet his plunge, her walls fluttering around the slow invasion. “Yes, sir, I do—want this dick so bad.”

Smoke grunts his approval, other hand claiming a full handful of her right cheek—palms rough and veined, overflowing with soft flesh, kneading hard as he pulls her onto him deeper, pace still controlled but forceful, balls tapping her clit wet on each burial. Her leaky mess coated him fresh, pussy slurping audible around the drag. 

“That’s right. Act up so daddy give you some dick, stretch this bratty hole wide. Piss me off on purpose, gettin’ that arch just right for me too. You love bein’ face down, ass up, leakin’ all over my balls while I stroke it slow like this? Huh?”

“Mmm-yes sir,” Zariah moans soft-edged, body rocking forward with each deep seat, tits dragging along the sheets, back holding that arch under his palm's pressure, thighs quaking faint as the slow grind builds the pressure anew.

 “Love it daddy, love pissin’ you off for this—fuck me deep, please sir.”

Smoke’s grip tightens on her ass, spreading her cheeks farther to stare down at the sight, thick dick disappearing into her gripping pussy, lips hugging tight on the outstroke, cream frothing at the base where her hole milks him greedy. He picks up a fraction, strokes still deep but adding a twist at the end to nudge her g-spot, heavy balls swinging to smack her clit. Sweat beads his sculpted chest, biceps flexing as he holds her steady, heavy-lidded eyes tracing the messy union.

Each withdraw dragged her puffy lips outward, clinging to his veined length before he fed it back in full, pelvis slapping her ass cheeks with a meaty thud that echoed off the walls. His large hands overflow with her flesh, thumbs digging into the crease where thigh meets cheek to pry her wider, exposing the way her hole stretches taut around his girth, inner walls visible in flashes of pink and slick as cream bubbles fresh at the seam. Her asshole keeps up its subtle pulse above, ring contracting in time with her pussy's greedy squeezes, a faint sheen of her own leak trickling down to gloss it further.

Zariah twists her neck, cheek lifting off the damp sheets, eyes glassy and desperate locking onto his over her shoulder, those lips he loved so much parted on heavy breaths, kinky hair spilling wild across her back. 

“Daddy–yyy,” she pleads raw, voice cracking high as one of her hands snakes down between her spread thighs, thumb finding her swollen clit to rub frantic circles, chasing the building coil. “Please sir, harder—gimme more dick, I need it deep.” Her hips buck back insistent against his controlled pace, ass jiggling faint in his grip, pussy slurping louder on the next plunge as her walls clamp down fluttering.

“Not yet, brat,” he growls thick, voice rolling low, free hand sliding up her spine to press her chest flatter, keeping that arch locked while his hips roll weighted, grinding the curve of his dick against her front wall on every bury. “You gon’ beg pretty for daddy first. Tell me how bad this pussy want it—how you act up just to get stretched like this, leakin’ all over me, nasty girl.” He watches her fingers blur faster on her clit, the way her thighs start quaking harder. “You feel how hard you holdin’ onto me? That stress been sittin’ in your body all damn week. Use me then, go ‘head.” 

“Daddy, yes, I'm your bratty girl, piss you off for this dick every time,” Zariah whines, head turning full to hold his gaze, eyes pleading wide while her fingers grind her clit ruthlessly, body rocking violently now between his strokes and her own touch. Her eyes go cross eyed as she gushes fresh around him, walls rippling wild as the pressure crests, her back bowing deeper under his palm, ass pressing back to take him to the hilt. “Daddy, daddy—I'm squirting, oh fuck sir, it's comin’—don't stop, talk me through it please!”

Smoke leans forward slightly, chest brushing her back as one hand releases her cheek to tangle in her hair, yanking her head back gently but firm to keep those eyes on him, the other palm smacking her ass once sharp to jolt her higher. His strokes stay slow but deepen, twisting at the base to nudge her g-spot while her fingers strum. 

“Good girl, there you do, baby girl, let it go for daddy. Feel that pussy squeezin’ me tight? You squirtin’ all over this dick, you can't help it. Push back on it, rub that clit harder—gimme that mess. You like bein’ handled, huh?”

“Yes—”

“That’s my baby right there.” 

His voice stays gravel-rough, guiding her edge with words as her body seizes, thighs locking, toes curling into the mattress, a sharp cry ripping from her throat.

Her squirt hits explosive, clear jets pulsing out around his buried length to spray his pelvis and thighs, puddling hot on the sheets below as her pussy convulses violently, clenching him in waves that force more cream to froth at the base. She stares back at him wild-eyed, mouth slack on gasps, fingers slowing sloppy through the aftershocks while he holds steady inside her, hips grinding minimal to prolong the clench, watching her leak mix with the spray in rivulets down her legs.

 “Good girl, just like that—daddy got you, keep cummin’ good tonight. There you go, let all that pressure out. Ain’t nobody gon’ take care of you like me. Daddy got you. Been a mean bitch for so long ain’t nobody fuck you stupid til I cam around,” Smoke pops her on the left cheek. “Quit actin’ tough and come get this comfort. Say, yes sir.” 

“Y–yes, sir.” 

 “Now we gettin’ to the good part. I’ma move when you ready, but when I do, you gon’ feel every stroke. You with me? Say it.”

Zariah exhales, “I’m with you, daddy.” She grips the sheets. 

“Talk to me, Zari. Words. You ready or daddy gotta give you a break?” 

Zariah sucks in air and lets it out meditating slow. 

“I’m ready, sir.” 

Smoke's grip shifts lightning-quick from her hair to her shoulders, thick fingers clamping down over the knobs of bone there, palms splaying wide across her upper back to yank her torso up off the soaked sheets, forcing that spine into a brutal arch. Her head snaps upright, chin tucking toward her chest while her eyes glaze over fucked-out, pupils blown wide staring dead ahead at the headboard, mouth hanging slack on drooling whimpers, tongue lolling faint as spit beads at the corner. The new angle spears his dick straight down into her core, her ass cheeks spreading obscene on his pelvis with every hilt, pussy lips puffing out bloated and raw around the veined stretch, cream and squirt foaming thick at the root to splatter his heavy balls on the upstroke.

Smoke rears back tall behind her, knees digging wider into the mattress for leverage, broad shoulders rolling fluid as his dense core tightens, abs flexing solid under sweat-slick brown skin that gleams. Those rounded delts bunch heavy, veins popping along his forearms as he hauls her back onto him harder, his hips snapping forward with punishing force now, no more tease, full throttle wrecking. Each thrust lands weighted and final, his pelvis crashing her ass with claps that ripple flesh outward in waves, her cheeks clapping back against his thighs while her entire frame jolts forward violently, tits swinging beneath her to smack her ribs. The bed frame groans protest under the onslaught, pure power uncoiling from that grounded stance, thighs thick and corded pumping relentlessly.

Zariah’s body's a live wire in the pound, pussy walls seizing erratic around his plunging length, clenching desperate to hold him but fluttering loose on the withdraw, gushing fresh squirt in erratic sprays that arc down her quaking thighs to puddle wider on the sheets. Every bury shoves her forward an inch before his shoulder grip reels her back, her ass meat compressing flat against him then bouncing rebound, ripples traveling up her spine to make her curls lash wild. Her thighs attempt to lock rigid then spasm open, toes scrabbling, curling into the mattress as her belly sucks in hollow, ribs heaving under sweat-sheened skin, fucked-out stare fixed unblinking ahead, lashes fluttering half-mast while tears streak silent from the corners, jaw slack wider on guttural cries that pitch higher with each rip through her depths.

“That little mean streak disappear fast when I touch you right. You been wantin’ this all day. Nah, stay right there I wanna watch you take it—look at my girl—take this dick tearin’ you open,” he rasps, drawl thickening hot over the wet slaps, one hand sliding from shoulder to tangle back in her hair—yanking her head higher to deepen the arch while the other digs  into her shoulder, pinning her steady for the ram. His chest heaves, heavy breaths fanning her neck as he leans over partial, hips pistoning machine-like, balls swinging to batter her clit, smearing her mess back up her folds. 

“Feel daddy rearrangin’ your guts? You soaked the whole damn bed beggin’ for it—now wet this dick up  again while I pound you stupid. Arch that back deeper, push this ass on me—gimme that grip, baby. You gon’ relax for me or keep fightin’ me, baby?”

Zariah chokes out a keen, body betraying full surrender—hips grinding back frantic despite the overwhelm, pussy convulsing in fresh spasms that squeeze him vise-tight, walls undulating a massage along every vein as another squirt builds from the core. Her arms buckle, elbows to the sheets, fingers clawing fabric while her tits drag heavy across the damp cotton, nipples scraping raw. Her entire frame shudders electric with the force, ass lifting instinctively to meet his slams even as her vision blurs white-hot ahead. Sweat rivers down her cleavage, pooling in her navel before dripping off to mix with the flood below, thighs slick and trembling spread wide around his pistoning thighs.

Smoke grunts approval low, pace ratcheting inhuman, thrusts blurring to a frenzy that shakes her teeth, his solid midsection slapping her ass endless while those large hands anchor her, veins throbbing prominent down his forearms from the haul. Sweat beads thick on his brow, trickling into the heavy stubble framing his jaw that’s set hard, dark eyes locked on the destruction between her legs, watching her hole gape briefly on pulls before swallowing him balls-deep again. 

“FUCK, just like that—pussy talkin’ back to daddy, on every stroke.” His voice coaches steady through the chaos, drawl wrapping command around her haze as her body hurtles toward shatter again, the room thick with their slap-echo and her broken pleas. “Breathe through it. You can handle it. This what happen when you act like you don't need me tellin' you what to do. Next time you think about steppin’ out of line, you remember how this dick feel stretchin’ you open and makin’ you cum so hard you can't even talk.” 

Smoke yanks free with a wet pop that leaves her hole gaping, pink inner walls fluttering visible, clenching air desperate around nothing while thick strands of her cream stretch and snap between his retreating length and her wrecked folds. Frothy white coats his dick heavy from root to tip, balls glossy-slick swinging low and heavy beneath, veins pulsing prominent along his curved shaft.

 “Flip over, clean this dick spotless, baby,” Smoke orders, cutting sharp through her haze as one large hand strokes himself base-up lazy, smearing her mess while the other pats her ass firm to roll her.

Zariah twists compliant on trembling limbs, spine sinking into the drenched mattress as she sprawls supine, hair fanning wild across the pillow, belly quivering faint under the aftershocks. Her thighs splay wide, knees bending hooks toward her shoulders to bare everything, pussy on full display. Lips swollen fat and parted like it wanted to stay just like that from now on, flushed deep around the edges from the tear-up, inner pink glistening obscene under a sheen of her own squirt that drips lazy from her stretched entrance. Her clit hood peeled back partial, pearl throbbing exposed and raw, folds puffy-ridged from friction with cream beading fresh in the creases, entire slit pulsing like a heartbeat begging refill.

Smoke kneels up tall between her legs, knees bracketing her hips as he feeds his dick forward, tip bumping her lips expectant. Zariah cranes her neck, tongue darting out to lap broad from balls upward, tracing the heavy seam salty with her tang before sucking one orb full into her mouth, cheeks hollowing while her hand cups the other, rolling it. Up the shaft next, flat laps cleaning veins groove by groove, swirling the flared head to hollow her cheeks around it vacuum-tight, sucking her cream off audible with slurps that echo wet, spit mixing fresh to dribble down her chin as she moans low vibrations against him. His free hand dives between her thighs unhurried, palm cupping her mound full before thick fingers part those bloated lips wider, middle and ring sliding through the slick valley, parting her petals to expose that clenching core.

Feels like firework sparks when he rubs. Thick fingers coarse-knuckled dragging pressure perfect over her clit first, circling the hood lazy to make it twitch and swell fatter under the pad of his thumb joining in, then dipping lower to trace entrance rim where her walls suck greedy at the intrusion. That sweet pussy yields butter-soft inside, hot velvet clamping instant on the shallow probes, gushing syrupy response that coats his digits knuckle-deep. Each pass through her folds sends jolts electric up her spine. Zariah’s thighs jerked, spread while her hips buck faint to chase. Her outer lips drag sensitive along his palm skin, inner ridges fluttering as he massaged with his fingertips that scoop cream back up to smear her clit renewed, building that coil tight again with every glide.

Zariah polishes him thoroughly, tongue polishing the underside ridge before popping off clean with a gasp. Her hand wrapped around the base firm now to stroke with a upward twist, the skin gliding smooth over the cleaned glans while her gaze locks with his from below. Sultry heat simmers there, lids heavy-lidded fuck-drunk but sharp with desire, full lips curving wicked as teeth catch the bottom one, dragging slowly, holding his stare unblinking, challenge wrapped in surrender. Smoke groans deep, torso folding forward lean as his mouth crashes hers hungry—tongue thrusting his claim deep to tangle hers messy, tasting her own flavor shared while fingers keep working her pussy, two now plunging knuckle-deep to curl and hook against that front wall.

The kiss breaks on her whine, his beard rasping her chin, then his lips trail fire down her throat, nipping her collarbone before his palms scoop under her breasts heavy, thumbs flicking her chocolate nipples side-to-side to make them diamond-hard. Smoke kneads them, fingers sinking deep into the yielding flesh to shape and bounce them palm-to-palm, mouth latching hot over one peak to suck with a vacuum pull while his teeth graze faintly. His tongue lashes flat on her areolas before nibbling gently. Her strokes quicken on his dick, thumb swiping pre cum at his slit.

Smoke releases her nipple with a wet smack, lips glossy from the pull as his gaze lifts heavy to lock hers, dark eyes boring deep, one thumb still circling the slick peak lazy while the other hand squeezes her other titty, flesh spilling between fingers. 

“Good girl, Zariah,” Smoke rumbles faintly, voice dipping low like thunder. “Daddy proud of you…takin’ this dick so deep, stretchin’ that pussy perfect. Handlin’ yo’ punishment like a champ too, ass sore but you stayed right there, took every lick without runnin’.That's my baby.”

Zariah gasps sharp, hand tightening its stroke on his girthy dick, twisting from base to tip with precum and spit slicking the glide. Her eyes fluttered half-shut before snapping back to him.

 “Yes,” she breathes out needy, hips rolling faint into his stalled fingers still buried knuckle-deep in her folds.

Smoke chuckles low, free hand sliding up her thigh to anchor as he pulls his fingers free with a squelch, strings of her arousal snapping clear. 

“Mmm, yeah…and that's why daddy spoil you rotten. Fuck you good whenever you crave it, eat that sweet pussy till you flood my face. You mine to treat right.” His mouth brushes her earlobe feather-light, beard scraping her chin.  

“Yes, baby, you always know what I need,” Zariah moans velvety, arching her back to press her titties fuller into his palm, legs parting wider. “I love how you treat me. I'm your princess.” Her lips part on a whine, gaze sultry, locked.

Smoke nods slow approval, torso unfolding tall as he nudges her knees wider, settling heavy between her thighs, dick bobbing thick upright against her mound, tip nudging her clit. Zariah’s body's pliant now, limbs loose-jointed from the haze, so he hooks his elbows under her knees easy, folding her double with her thighs pinned to her chest, calves framing his shoulders tight. That pussy blooms upward obscenely, outer lips mashed flat from how spread open she is, inner folds splayed wide and quivering, entrance winking creamy-pink around the void, clit mashed prominent and pulsing under the weight of his dick resting heavy along her slit. Cream pools fresh in the crease, dripping backward to lube her puckered hole. 

Smoke notches his tip at her entrance, eyes never breaking hers, heavy-lidded stare pinning her soul-deep and thrusts in one long stroke, dick disappearing inch-by-thick-inch till his balls nestle snugly against her upturned ass, stretch burning visible in the way her walls bulge around all that girth. 

“Damn, princess, pussy grippin' daddy tight like I ain’t fucked you open,” Smoke praises, drawl stretching vowels lazy as his hips draw back on a slow drag, veins dragging friction along the inner ridges of her walls before snapping forward to bury fully again, pelvis slapping her ass with an audible wet sound. His Stroke pulls half-out next, her inner lips clinging reluctant to the retreat, then he plunges renewed, hitting that bottom with a grind that mashes her clit under his pubic bone. “You know who this belong to. Don't you? Say it for me.”

“Daddy’s pussy…daddy’s pussy.” Zariah whines. 

“I see you. See how you holdin'm’ on. How you lettin’ me own this. You doin’ so good for me, Zari. Real good, baby.” 

Zariah’s folded frame shudders, tits squished between her thighs as her walls clamp on the invasion, sparks exploding core-deep from the deep hits that kiss her cervix. Each thrust sends ripples through her puffy, pussy lips, cream frothing white at the seal where he bottoms out, her breaths punching out on the reentries while her eyes stay fused to his, wide and glassy with the lock, lips mouthing silent pleas. 

“All this dick, baby, take it all—daddy got you,” Smoke coos, pace building like a piston now, balls swinging tap-tap against her tailbone with every deep drive, his gaze unwavering intensely as he watches every twitch, every flutter, every jerk, every silent scream, every shake. 

Smoke's stare sharpen like a predator, jaw clenching, eyes narrowing to slits while his hands clamp on the backs of her thighs, thumbs digging meaty divots to pin her folded frame immobile. He snaps his hips downward piston-hard, big dick plummeting into her splayed pussy with a wet schlap that echoes off the walls, balls slapping her ass crack heavy before the recoil yanks him half-out only to hammer back in, burying full.

No words now, just breath hissing through his teeth, chest heaving as he tunnels, each drop stroke burying to the hilt, dick dragging brutal against her clamping walls that suck reluctantly at the retreat. His pace ratchets machine-steady, bedframe groaning under and the mattress dipping deep where his toes anchored. Sweat beads his temple and trails down, dripping onto her upturned tits that jiggle chaotic with every impact, nipples peaked tight from the frenzy.

Zariah's moans rip free raw, high-pitched keens fracturing into throaty wails that bounce off the ceiling, back arching futile against the fold as her thighs quake trapped in his hold. Her manicured acrylic nails rake fire-trails down his bulging biceps, carving pink welts into the sweat-slick skin that flexes corded under the gouge. Her calves locked rigid around his shoulders while her toes splay then curl tight, soles cramping from the building blaze. That battered pussy convulses wildly around his invading girth, cream gushing frothier at the seal with every plunge, inner muscles fluttering desperately to milk on those veins pulsing hot inside her. That curve hitting spots that make her dizzy. That tip kissing the back of her pussy, making her stomach clench. 

Tension coils her belly taut, breaths punching erratic as sparks ignite white-hot, walls seizing brutally on the next drop that kisses her spot, and she shatters. Squirt erupts forceful, clear jets arcing from her spasming slit to splatter his abs, soaking the shaft still lodged halfway as her pussy clamps and ejects, flooding the crease between her ass cheeks in hot rivulets that puddle onto the sheets, dampening it dark beneath her. Zariah’s body bucks helplessly in Smoke’s fold, eyes rolling on a scream that shreds hoarse while her nails dig crescent moons into his forearms.

Smoke grunts low once, chest rumbling the sound, before yanking free with an obscene squelch, dick springing upright glossy and throbbing, veins livid against the slick sheen of her release coating every inch from balls to tip. He unfolds her legs, thighs blooming wide as gravity settles her limp, then shoulders between them rough—head dipping low to seal his full lips hot over her quivering pussy. That thick tongue plunges flat and broad through her splayed folds, lapping the gush pooled in her entrance like a glutton, tongue flicking up to swirl her clit hood and those lips start sucking the pulsing nub vacuum-tight. Smoke smacked his lips wet, devouring every drop. His thick fingers splay her lips wider, exposing the pink inner clench still fluttering post-squirt, and he tongues deep inside to scoop the cream hollowing her out, beard scraping thighs raw as nose buries into her mound drag her scent full lungs.

Zariah stared down at him dumbfounded. She didn’t have the capacity to form words. He was eating her pussy up and even her twitching didn’t stop him from overstimulating her. 

Her vision blurred as aftershocks ripple through her, body slack against the soaked sheets, chest rising and falling shallow while her pussy throbs exposed, folds. Moans spill lazy from her throat, fracturing into his name drawn long and needy

“Smoke...Smoke…” her hips canting, rolling her slick pussy against his locked mouth, grinding her clit over his probing tongue that flicks non-stop like a propeller. Her thighs clamp his ears, heels digging into his back to pull him tighter into her drenched heat, cream smearing into his beard thick as she chases the friction through the daze, palming the top of his low cut ceasar with the deep waves.

Smoke’s growl vibrates low against her pussy before he lifts, his face slick-shined, eyes burning dark into hers, jaw set granite

“Gon’ nut so deep in this pussy, lock it down tight.” No pause, Smoke surges up fluid, knees bracketing her hips, one hand fisting the base of his dick slick-heavy to notch his tip bluntly at her fluttering hole, then he slams home in a single thrust, burying balls-deep with a meaty thwack that jolts her tits.

Silence is only broken by skin-slaps wet,  his powerful hips snapping, pulling that dick to drag slow, veins bulging against her pussy grip before dropping to grind deep with a roll of his hips. His pace builds, thighs flexing like steel under sweat rivers carving paths down his obliques, abs clenching ridge-defined with every plunge that stretches her walls around that curved dick invading her pussy. The headboard thumped the wall with dull thuds while his heavy balls swung to slap her ass cheeks spread wide, drawing creamy froth at the seal to drip down her crack.

Zariah’s moans pitch frantically while her hands claw his shoulders, gouging fresh welts into the flexing traps. Her Legs hook his waist and she locks her ankles to pull him deeper, pussy clenching, ridges pulsing hot inside, and her words tumbled desperate to coach him through. 

“This yo’ pussy, Smoke—cum in yo’ pussy, big daddy...fill this pussy up, give it all...show me who this pussy belong to. Tear it up, big daddy…stretch me out…ahhh–nnghhh–big ass dick…oh…big dick—yes, right there, right there, don’t stop, stroke it—yessss.” Her voice cracks husky, hips bucking in a counter-rhythm. 

Smoke’s groan shreds guttural, throat raw cords straining as his eyes bore into hers unblinking, heavy-lidded slits flaring wide with the lock. His muscles are cable-tight across his shoulders, biceps ballooning veins livid under her rake, traps bunching while his quads quake to brace the final drives. That big dick swells thicker mid-thrust, tip flaring to kiss her depths, and he erupts—balls drawing up tight, contracting, pulsing thick-hot ropes to flood her clenching channel and paint her walls white. His thrusts stutter shallow, grinding his thick seed deeper, damn near churning it to froth with her cream, that veiny beast jerking erratic against the flutter, that pussy milking every drop while an overflow seeps slow down her ass. His groan drags endless, chest heaving bellows against her neck, forehead dropping to hers sweat-slick as the last pulse fades, his body a heavy drape over her pinned frame. 

Smoke eases his thick, curved dick out of Zariah's soaked pussy inch by inch, letting her feel every ridge and stretch as he pulls free. The wet slide leaves her entrance fluttering, slick with their mixed fluids. He stays close, one broad hand resting on the curve of her hip while he watches her body settle.

“You took all that dick so good for me, baby. Real good. My pretty girl handled every inch. See? Ain’t gotta fight me all the time. C’mere, pretty girl.”

Smoke leans down and presses his lips to her forehead, then again just above her brow, then once more near her hairline. Three kisses that linger each time.

“Stay right there. Don’t move.”

Smoke stands, his heavy frame casting a shadow over her sprawled form. Zariah lies on her side like a goddess, long legs slightly parted, rich brown skin glowing with sweat and satisfaction, full lips curved in a lazy smile from being fucked so thoroughly. Her narrow waist and soft hips look even more inviting in the afterglow. Smoke steps away toward the bathroom first, turning on the jacuzzi tub so warm water starts filling with steady jets. The sound of bubbles fills the space. He then leaves the room entirely to head for the kitchen. 

On his way out. He glances back at her again. 

“Stay right there. I'll be back to get you in a minute.”

About ten minutes goes by and Zariah’s phone rings while she’s still sprawled on the bed, freshly fucked and glowing. She reaches for it lazily, answering with that professional tone she keeps for work. 

“Hey, it’s Z. Ellie…hey. Yeah, I’m here. What’s going on?”

Ellie, her publicist starts rattling off a packed schedule—more shoots, events, back-to-back bookings for the next month. Zariah listens, nodding along even though no one can see her, her voice calm and composed.

Smoke walks back into the room carrying the tray with her herbal tea and water. He sets it down, eyes locking on her. That look says everything without a word. He steps closer, takes the phone right out of her hand, and brings it to his ear.

“Ellie, right? Listen, she gon’ need a week off. Clear the next seven days—yes, a week. Y’all can make it happen.” His voice is final. He hangs up before the publicist can reply.

Zariah sits up a little, mouth opening to protest. “Smoke—”

He leans in and kisses her, slow and with tongue, cutting off whatever she was about to say. When he pulls back, his hand cups her jaw, thumb brushing her full lower lip.

“You gon’ need some rest and relaxation. I plan to fuck you and eat that pussy in every room of this place. You hear me?”

Zariah stares at him, that familiar tension flickering between them—her independence brushing up against his weight. Smoke doesn’t move. He just waits, eyes steady on hers. Slowly, she melts, no need to fight him when truthfully she could use a little break. And seven full days of back-to-back sex with her big, bad, man? Hell yeah. 

“Say it. Yes, daddy.”

Zariah exhales, shoulders softening the way they do when she chooses to meet him. Her voice comes out quiet but clear. 

“Yes, daddy.”

[nahimjustfeelingit-writes]

Distant Lover

Summary: Smoke goes for a late night drive to ease his mind. The radio plays a record that has Smoke in his feels.

Warnings: Fluff. Angst if you squint. 1970s AU Smoke x Annie

The Chevy C/K sat beneath a leaning pecan tree at the edge of the road, engine off, windows rolled halfway down. Mississippi night pressed close from every side. Thick. Damp. Full of insects crying out in the dark fields beyond the ditch line. Smoke had one arm hanging outside the driver’s window, his cigarette burning between his fingers while the radio glowed green across the dashboard. 

Marvin Gaye’s voice filled the cab like the smoke from his cigarette. Smooth. Hurting. Reaching. 

When you left, you took all of me with you…

Smoke shut his eyes. 

The song had been playing for damn near seven minutes already, but he couldn’t make himself turn the dial. Couldn’t move. Every word felt aimed straight at his chest like Marvin was somewhere in the dark talking only to him. 

Smoke leaned his head back against the seat and exhaled through his nose. Annie’s face kept rising up behind his eyelids anyway. The look she had given him before he walked outta that house. She didn’t get loud or scream. That would’ve been easier to take. 

Nah. 

It was the disappointed quiet that stayed on a man longer than a shout ever could. His thumb rubbed against the steering wheel while the strings climbed higher in the song. The ache in Marvin’s voice made the inside of the truck feel too small all of a sudden. 

Smoke thought about Annie standing in that kitchen earlier, yellow dress tied around her waist while grease popped in the skillet. Earth, Wind, & Fire had been playing from the radio on the counter. She’d asked him something simple. Asked if he was gonna be home tomorrow evening or running around with Stack again. 

Should’ve been an easy answer. 

Instead, he got sharp with her. Started talking like she was tryna control him when really all she wanted was time with her husband. 

Now here he sat in the dark like a fool while Marvin Gaye sang every feeling he’d been too hardheaded to say out loud. Smoke dragged the cigarette deep, then flicked it out of the open window into the treeline. His jaw tightened. 

The radio crackled faintly. 

Baby…baby, please…

“Damn,” Smoke whispered to himself. 

His throat burned suddenly, and it wasn’t from the cigarette. It was from truth. 

Because the song wasn’t just about missing somebody. It was about realizing too late that your pride done carries you someplace empty. And the longer he sat there, the more he could picture Annie alone in that house. Probably curled on that sofa with her arms folded under herself. Probably pretending she wasn’t waiting for headlights to pull back into the front yard. 

That woman loved him down to the marrow. 

Stayed with him through nightmares, bad moods, long silences, and hands that shook some nights when sleep wouldn’t come right. Annie knew parts of him nobody else got close enough to touch, and somehow she still looked at him with those beautiful pools of brown like he was the best thing to ever enter her life. Especially when she ain’t need him. She chose him. 

Smoke swallowed hard and looked down at the keys hanging from the ignition. Marvin’s voice climbed again, ragged and pleading, stretching across the night air like somebody refusing to let go. 

A slow exhale left Smoke’s chest. Then, he nodded to himself. 

“Aight,” he spoke quietly. “Aight.” 

He reached forward and turned the key. The truck rumbled alive beneath him while the song played low through the speakers. Gravel cracked under the tires as he pulled back onto the road, headlights cutting through the dark Mississippi trees. 

Back toward home. 

Back toward Annie. 

The backroads home stretched long beneath the Chevy tires. Two narrow ribbons of black cutting through the Delta while Marvin kept singing through the speakers. WDIA must’ve known what he was going through because they played Distant Lover again for those that missed it the first time. Smoke drove with one hand on the wheel and the other rested against his thigh, thumb tapping slow against his Wrangler jeans every now and then to the melody. 

The smell of wet red clay dirt drifted through the open windows along with honeysuckle and something green from the fields. Every so often, the headlights caught the silver flash of frogs leaping across the road or the pale glow of rabbit eyes vanishing into the brush. 

Smoke barely noticed any of it. His mind stayed on Annie. Stayed on the curve of her hips earlier that evening. The hurt she tried to hide in her voice. The way she had gone silent after he snapped at her. 

That had followed him all night. 

The truck bounced lightly over uneven pavement while he reached forward and turned the radio up just a little more. Marvin sounded torn clean open now. 

But every moment that I spend with you…I treasured it like it was precious jewels, oh, baby…

Smoke let out a dry breath through his nose. 

“Yeah,” he muttered to himself. “I hear you.” 

His hand tightened around the wheel. Truth was, he’d been carrying too much lately and letting it spill onto the wrong person. Stack had noticed it too. The short fuse. The pacing. The way Smoke has started sleeping less again. Some nights Annie would wake up and find him sitting on the edge of the bed staring into darkness like he forgot where he was. 

But, Annie never pushed. Never made him feel weak for it. 

She just stayed. 

That woman had held him together more times than he can count. And he knew better than to take that kind of love lightly. By the time he turned onto their dirt road, the cigarette smell had faded from his shirt some, replaced by night air pouring through the cab. The house came into view between the trees. Warm yellow light glowed through the front windows. 

Smoke’s chest tightened at the sight. 

Home. 

The truck rolled to a stop beside the porch with a crunch of gravel. Smoke cut the engine, but this time he didn’t sit there thinking. Didn’t stall. Marvin was still singing quietly while Smoke reached over. And shut the radio off altogether. 

Something I wanna say—

The porch light buzzed overhead while he climbed out the truck. Crickets screamed loud in the grass. Somewhere deeper in the fields, a blues guitar drifted faint through the dark from somebody’s radio a mile off. 

Smoke walked toward the house slowly at first, Red Wing work boots heavy against the dirt path. 

Then quicker. Like his body already knew where peace was waiting.

The screen door creaked when he opened it. Inside, the house smelled like grease, cocoa butter, and the tiniest trace of Annie’s perfume still hanging in the air—Avon Occur! A single lamp lit the living room beside the sofa. 

And there she was. 

Curled beneath one of the afghans in her yellow house dress, asleep on her side with one arm tucked beneath her cheek. 

Smoke stopped right there in the doorway. 

His entire face softened. 

Annie looked like she’d tried to stay awake for him. The television flickered silently across her brown skin while a magazine rested half-open near her hip. Her bare feet peeked out beneath the blanket, toenails painted deep orange-red. A color Annie called grapefruit. 

Smoke swallowed hard. 

Lord. 

He stood there for a long second just looking at her breathing. Then, he crossed the room quietly. The floor creaked beneath his weight, but Annie only stirred a little when he crouched beside the sofa. Her forehead pinched faintly like she could feel him there even in sleep. 

Smoke reached out and brushed his knuckles against her ankle beneath the blanket. 

“Baby,” he said with a whisper. 

Annie blinked away gradual, eyes still cloudy with sleep. For a second, she just stared at him like she wasn’t sure if he was really there. 

Then, her expression shifted. She wasn’t angry. No attitude. Just tired hurt. And somehow, that felt worse. Smoke lowered his eyes briefly before looking back at her. 

“I’m sorry.” 

The words came rough. Real rough. Like they scraped his throat coming out. 

Annie remained quiet, watching him carefully from beneath sleepy lashes while the television light danced across both their faces. Smoke rested his forearms against his knees and shook his head once. 

“You ain’t deserve how I talked to you earlier.” His voice stayed low and steady. “I was wrong.” 

Annie looked at Smoke for a long moment before she pushed herself up against the arm of the sofa. The afghan slipped down into her lap, yellow fabric wrinkled beneath it, and Smoke could see where sleep had pressed lines into her cheek. 

Her eyes stayed on him the whole time. Tired eyes. Pretty eyes. Eyes that had watched him leave and still hoped he’d come back through the door anyway. 

Cicadas cried outside beyond the screen windows. 

Finally, Annie spoke. 

“You know what hurt me the most?” 

Her voice came quiet from sleep, thick and warm around the edges, but there was ache sitting beneath every word. 

“It wasn’t even what you said.” 

Smoke’s jaw flexed. 

Annie pulled the blanket closer around herself and looked down at her hands for a second before meeting his eyes again. 

“It’s how fast you pulled away from me.” 

That landed hard. Smoke felt it straight through the center of his chest. 

Annie shook her head lightly, swallowing before she continued. 

“I asked you one little thing, Elijah.” 

The sound of his name in her mouth always did something to him. Especially like this. Hurt. Honest. 

“All I wanted to know was if my husband was gon’ be home with me tomorrow.” Her eyes glistened faint under the lamp light. “And you looked at me like I was tryna trap ya’.”

Smoke dropped his gaze to the floor.

Because she was right. Every bit of right. 

“I know you been carryin’ things,” Annie continued carefully. “I know some days still get heavy for you. I ain’t blind to that.” She pressed her lips together briefly. “But baby, you shut me out so fast lately.” 

The room felt smaller suddenly. Closer. Smoke rubbed a hand slowly over his mouth, then leaned forward with his elbows on his knees. 

“I ain’t mean to.” 

Annie gave a tiny sad smile at that.

“I know you ain’t mean to.” 

And somehow, that made it worse too. Because she understood him so well. 

Too well. 

Smoke looked up at her finally, eyes dark beneath tired lids. 

“I just…” He exhaled hard through his nose. “Feels like every damn thing been pullin’ at me lately. Stack needin’ me for this and that. Folks actin’ crazy at the shop. Money. Bills. Nightmares still crawlin’ up on me outta nowhere.” He shook his head once. “And then you ask me somethin’ simple and my mind hear it wrong.” 

Annie listened without interrupting him. Smoke’s voices lowered further. 

“Like I’m failing somewhere.” 

That made her expression soften immediately. 

“Oh, baby.” 

She reached for him instinctively. Like she always did. Her fingers slid into his hand, warm and familiar, and Smoke looked down at them joined together like he needed the reminder. 

Annie squeezed gently. 

“You think wantin’ my husband home means you failin’ me?” 

Smoke didn’t answer right away. That silence answered enough. Annie’s face crumpled just a little around the eyes before she shook her head. 

“No.” Her thumb stroked slowly across his knuckles. “No, honey. That ain’t what I be sayin’ to you at all.” 

Smoke finally looked back at her. Annie’s voice turned softer. A deep southern softness that wrapped around bruises. 

“I miss you even when you standin’ right in front of me sometimes.” 

That nearly broke him. 

“You leave before the sun come up. Come home carryin’ the whole world in your shoulders. Half the time you staring off somewhere else even when I’m talkin’ to you.” Her eyes searched his face carefully. “And I know you tryin’. Lord knows I do. But sometimes I just want my man with me. That’s all.” 

Smoke’s throat worked hard. Annie shifted closer on the sofa, blanket falling aside completely now. Her hand slid up his wrist until she could touch the side of his face. 

“You ain’t gotta carry everything alone.” 

The roughness in Smoke’s face cracked a little then. Just enough for her to see it. He leaned into her palm without thinking twice.

Tired. 

So damn tired. 

“I don’t know how to stop sometimes,” he admitted. 

Annie’s eyes watered immediately at the honesty in that. 

“Well…” She gave the smallest trembling smile. “Maybe you start by coming home sooner.” 

A short breath escaped Smoke then, relief touching him for the first time all night. He turned his head and pressed his mouth into the center of her palm. 

“I can do that.” 

Annie’s fingers tugged gently on his kinky hair at the base of his neck, holding him there. 

“I don’t need perfect, Eli,” she whispered. “I just need you.” 

I just need you. 

The words settled over him like Sunday morning light. 

Smoke looked at Annie like he was trying to hold onto every piece of her at once. Her hand still rested against his face, thumb brushing lightly near the corner of his beard.

Then, Annie spoke again.

“And the babies need you too.” 

Smoke’s eyes lowered immediately. 

Annie’s voice remained gentle.

“Aminah been askin’ if you gon’ make it to her school singing next week.” A tiny smile touched her mouth despite everything. “She practiced that whole little song in front the mirror three times today.” 

That pulled something deep in Smoke’s chest. 

Annie continued softly. “Micah carried your work boots through the house this evening talkin’ ‘bout he wanna be just like his daddy.” She shook her head faintly, amused through the sadness. “Almost busted his little behind over them heavy things.” 

Smoke huffed quietly through his nose at that, emotion climbing hard into his throat now. 

“And Imani…” Annie’s face softened all over. “That baby hear your truck before anybody else do. Every evening she wobble straight to the window lookin’ for you.” 

Lord. 

Smoke shut his eyes briefly. 

Too much love sittin’ in one house waitin’ on him. 

Too much trust. 

His calloused hand came up to cover Annie’s where it rested against his cheek, holding it there while he fought to steady himself. When he opened his eyes again, they looked wetter than before. 

“Ain’t no good at this talkin’ shit,” he admitted. 

Annie almost smiled. “I know.” 

Smoke shook his head once, breathing rough through his nose. 

“But I am sorry, Annie girl.” His voice dropped deeper. Honest. Stripped clean. “For tonight. For pulling away. For makin’ you feel alone when you ain’t supposed to.” He swallowed hard. “You my wife, Annie.” 

The way he said it sounded sacred without trying to.

Final. 

“You hear me?” 

Annie nodded slowly, eyes shining. Smoke leaned closer, forearms resting against her knees while his thumb stroked the side of her hand. 

“I love this house.” His gaze drifted around the room briefly before returning to her. “Love our babies. Love hearing ya’ll runnin’ ‘round here actin’ wild.” A tired smile touched him for half a second. “Love knowin’ you waitin’ on me.” His jaw flexed. “I just…” He searched for the words carefully. “Sometimes I get so wrapped up making sure everybody straight that I forget the whole reason I work so damn hard is already here.” 

Annie’s eyes softened so much it almost hurt to look at her. She reached for him again immediately, rubbing her hand across the broad span of his back beneath his shirt. Strong back. Working man’s back. Carrying too much all the time. 

“You don’t gotta prove your worth every second of the day, Eli.” 

Smoke exhaled shakily. 

Her fingers moved steady up and down his spine while his own hand slid across her thigh absentmindedly beneath the blanket. Slow strokes. Familiar strokes. Grounding strokes. Built from years together. 

They stayed like that for a while, just looking at each other. Years sitting inside those looks. 

War. 

Babies. 

Hard winters.

Bills folded on kitchen counters.

Slow dancing in socks.

Crying together in the darkness. 

Holding each other through every version of life they survived. 

Smoke stared at Annie like he still couldn’t believe she chose him. And Annie looked back like she’d choose him every single time again. 

Then, Smoke leaned forward. His hand slid from her thigh up to her waist while he pressed his forehead lightly against hers first, eyes closing briefly as if he needed to feel close before anything else. 

Then, he kissed her. 

Deep. It wasn’t ushed. It wasn’t heated for the sake of heat. 

It was needed.

A kiss a man gives when he finally comes home to himself. Annie melted into him immediately with a soft sound against his mouth, her fingers curling tighter at the back of his neck while Smoke held her close enough to feel her heartbeat through the thin yellow fabric. He kissed her like apology. Like relief. Like gratitude. Like a man worn thin by the world finally reaching the only place that ever made him feel whole again. 

When the kiss finally broke, Annie rested her forehead against his, noses brushing lightly while both of them breathed the same warm air between them. Smoke’s hands remained at her waist, thumbs brushing against the fabric gathered there like he still needed reassurance she was really in front of him. 

Annie smiled first. Small. Sleepy. Full of love. 

“Come to bed, baby.” 

Smoke looked at her for another second before nodding once.

“Yeah.” 

Annie brushed one last kiss against the corner of his mouth before standing from the sofa. The afghan slid down behind her while she stretched lightly, yellow dress pulling across her hips and thighs beneath the dim living room lamp. 

Smoke watched her the whole way. 

Lord, he loved that woman. 

Annie glanced back at him halfway down the hall, catching him staring, that tired little smile returned again. 

“Don’t sit out here brooding all night neither.” 

A faint grin tugged at Smoke’s mouth then. 

“Yes ma’am.” 

Annie shook her head softly at him and disappeared into their bedroom, leaving behind the scent of her perfume, cocoa butter, and home. 

Smoke stayed on the couch another minute after Annie left. 

Just breathing. Settling himself. 

He leaned forward slowly, elbows resting on his knees while he rubbed the back of his neck with both hands. 

Provider. 

Protector. 

Husband. 

Father. 

The weight of those things never left him. But tonight reminded him why he carried it in the first place. 

Smoke stood finally and cut the television off. Then, he reached over and cut the lamp light. Darkness settled through the living room except for the kitchen light glowing faint down the hall. 

The old wood floors creaked beneath his boots while he moved quietly toward the children’s room. 

The door sat cracked open already. 

Inside, moonlight spilled pale blue through thin curtains laying across toys scattered near the wall and little shoes kicked carelessly beside the dresser. 

Smoke paused in the doorway. 

Aminah and Micah were sprawled across the bunk beds without a worry in the world. Micah slept on the bottom bunk flat on his back, one skinny leg hanging halfway over the mattress while one of his comic books rested open on his chest. The Jungle Action Comic Series “Panther’s Rage.” Uncle Stack picked up from some comic shop in Atlanta on one of his business trips. Aminah slept above him curled beneath her blanket with one long braid hanging over the edge of the bed. 

Smoke shook his head lightly at the sight. Then, his eyes moved toward the crib in the corner. 

Imani. Fast asleep with her tiny fists tucked near her cheeks. 

Smoke’s entire expression softened again. He crossed the room carefully, every movement quieter so he wouldn’t wake them. First, he stopped beside Micah, lifting the comic gently from the boy’s chest before laying it on the floor nearby. Smoke bent and pressed a kiss against Micah’s forehead. 

“Love you, boy.” He whispered. 

Micah only smacked his lips softly in his sleep. 

Smoke moved to the top bunk next. Aminah stirred faintly when he brushed his knuckles against her cheek, but she settled once he kissed her temple. 

“That my girl.” He whispered. 

Then, he made his way to the crib. 

Imani looked so small sleeping there. Her curls spread against the little pillow while the moonlight touched her round cheeks. Smoke rested both hands on the front rail and just looked at her for a second, emotion rising up all over again before he leaned down carefully. He kissed her forehead. 

Imani sighed in her sleep. 

Smoke closed his eyes at the sound. 

Lord, thank you.

When he straightened again, he stood there another moment looking over all three of his babies together. 

His family. 

His whole damn heart sleeping inside one room.

Then, he pulled the bedroom door nearly shut behind him before heading toward the back room where Annie waited. 

And the second Smoke stepped inside and saw his wife sitting there against the headboard with her hair wrapped up and her yellow dress slipping off one shoulder, something inside him settled completely.

Her eyes dropped immediately to his boots. Then to the dirt along the cuffs of his jeans. 

One brow lifted.

“No outside clothes in bed. Smoke.” 

The firmness in her sleepy voice made him grin before he could help it. 

There she go.

Back to herself. 

Back to them. 

Smoke leaned one shoulder against the doorway and chuckled low in his chest. 

“Yes, ma’am.” 

Annie pointed lazily toward the hamper near the dresser without another word. Smoke laughed softly through his nose and obeyed. 

He unlaced his boots first and set them neatly by the wall before peeling off his socks. Then came the jeans, heavy belt clinking softly in the quiet room, followed by his faded T-shirt. Warm brown skin stretched over muscle, old scars cutting pale against his chest and shoulders from another life Annie never judged him for. 

She watched him the entire time. Not even trying to hide it. Smoke caught her staring and smirked.

“You supposed to be sleep.”

Annie settled deeper into the pillows.

“You supposed to be listening.” 

That made him laugh again. 

Lord. 

Smoke tossed his clothes in the hamper and headed into the small bathroom connected to their room. Annie listened to the familiar sounds while fighting sleep. Running water. Cabinet creaking open. Toothbrush bristles against teeth. 

Domestic sounds. 

Marriage sounds.

Sounds you stop noticing until one night they’re missing. 

Smoke washed his face, letting cool water clear the last of the heaviness from his mind. When he looked up afterward, droplets clung to his beard and lashes. 

For the first time all day, he looked calm. 

By the time  he came back into the bedroom, Annie’s eyes were half closed. Still waiting on him anyway. 

That hit him straight in the chest too. 

Smoke crossed the room and reached over to switch the lamp off. Moonlight poured through the curtains in silver strips. 

The mattress dipped beneath his weight when he climbed in beside her. 

Instantly, Annie moved closer. Like muscle memory. Her head found his chest while one arm draped across his stomach beneath tue blanket. One strong arm pulled her snug against him while the other rested beneath his head. Annie’s fingertips slid slowly down the ridges of his abdomen, absentmindedly and sleepy. Smoke lowered his mouth to the top of her wrapped hair and kissed her there.

Long. Lingering.

“I love you,” he whispered into the darkness. 

Annie hummed softly against his chest. 

“Love you too, Elijah.” 

The fan whirled overhead and the crickets cried outside. Annie’s breathing started slowing little by little against him while Smoke stared up into the dark ceiling, holding his wife close and listening to the peace of his own home around him. 

Then came a soft knock. 

 Both of them blinked. 

The bedroom door creaked open before either of them could answer. 

Aminah stood there in her nightgown holding sleepy little Imani against her hip the best she could. Micah lingered beside her rubbing one eye with his fist, blanket dragging behind him across the floor. 

Smoke lifted his head immediately. 

“What’s wrong?” 

Aminah looked exhausted. 

“Imani woke up crying,” she whispered. “Then Micah got scared ‘cause of the thunder.” 

Right on cue, distant thunder rolled across the Mississippi sky. 

Annie sighed softly against Smoke’s chest. 

Because of course. 

Smoke pushed himself up onto one elbow while Micah shuffled further into the room. 

“I-I think there’s a m-monster in the closet.” Micah admitted miserably. 

Smoke looked at Annie.

Annie looked at Smoke.

Then both of them smiled at the exact same time. 

Family. 

“Ain’t no monsters in this house,” Smoke said, voice groggy as he held his arm out towards Micah. “Come on here, man.” 

Micah hurried over, climbing onto the bed from Smoke’s side while dragging his blanket behind him. The mattress bounced beneath his little knees before he collapsed dramatically beside his father with a tired sigh. 

Annie laughed softly under her breath. 

“Aminah, baby, bring your sister here before your little arms fall off.” 

Aminah nodded sleepily and crossed the room carefully with Imani tucked against her shoulder. Smoke reached out automatically to steady the baby while Annie pulled the blankets back further. 

“Lay her beside me,” Annie whispered. 

Imani fussed faintly when Aminah lowered her into the bed, tiny face scrunched up with leftover tears and sleepiness, but the second Annie gathered her close against her chest, the baby settled back down. 

Safe. 

Imani’s little hand grabbed hold of Annie’s nightdress while Annie kissed her curls gently.

“There we go,” she whispered. 

Smoke watched the sight from the other side of the bed. 

His whole world right there. Right here.

Aminah crawled in next, slipping beneath the covers beside Annie and Imani while Micah sprawled halfway across Smoke’s side already fighting sleep again. 

The bed suddenly became crowded as hell. Legs everywhere. Blankets twisted. One of Micah’s feet shoved directly against Smoke’s thigh. 

And still, somehow, it felt perfect. 

Annie looked over at Smoke in the darkness, amusement flowing in her tired eyes. 

“Well,” she whispered. “So much for us having room tonight.” 

Smoke snorted quietly. 

“I sleep better with ya’ll in here anyway.” 

That made Annie smile. 

The storm rolled deeper outside, rain beginning to tap lightly against the windows while the fan turned overhead carrying cool air through the room. 

Smoke reached across the bed until his hand found Annie’s beneath the blankets. 

Their fingers laced together naturally. 

Aminah was already asleep curled against Annie’s shoulder. Micah had one arm flung across Smoke’s stomach, knocked out almost instantly. And little Imani breathed tiny warm breaths against Annie’s chest while thunder rumbled far off across the Delta night. 

Smoke stared up at the ceiling for another minute listening to all of it. 

Rain.

His children breathing. 

His wife beside him. 

Home. 

Then Annie squeezed his hand once in the darkness.

And Smoke finally let himself rest.

[hennndo]

[dollribbons]

cute little cow baby in a field of red flowers

[eye-raq]

CHILEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[chaneajoyyy]

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Change In Routine

Summary: Modern AU: Failed relationships make Elijah and Annie throw themselves into work, not leaving much room for anything else. A failed delivery leads them to each other, and an instant attraction makes them question themselves.

CW: Explicit language, use of the n-word, mentions of parental loss, mentions of childhood trauma

Pairings: Smoke x Annie, Stack x OC

4: Assistance

Masterlist

Friday, June 20th, 2025

Annie is standing in the back of her shop, hands on her hips as she looks around the warehouse space. It was about 4:30 in the evening, and she hadn’t accomplished half of the things she wanted to get done. 

Her hand came up to her forehead as she looked at the stack of shipping labels waiting for her to pack and label orders. She knew she needed to start on them, but one glance at the stock shelves told her she’d run out before she finished. 

She felt the urge to start packaging more product from the batches she’d made earlier in the week, but she wasn’t sure what all she’d need, and it was beginning to overwhelm her.

“I’ll just pack what I can,” she murmurs to herself, making her way to the packing station. She puts an earbud in, turning on some soft music, hoping it’ll calm her and help her stay focused.

She looks through the orders and goes to grab what she’ll need to pack them, but as she makes her way over to the first shelf, she sees a half-full delivery box.

Irritation begins to bubble up in her chest when she realizes she forgot to finish packing the last box. She grabs the list that sat atop the products inside the box, scanning it to see what else needed to be added.

After filling it, she pushes it over to the rest of the boxes. She scans them, noticing that she hadn’t taped any of them closed, sighing softly.

She pinches the bridge of her nose as she takes a moment to center herself. She felt overwhelmed by all the emotions sitting in her chest at the moment. She was frustrated, her brain seemed to be scattered, and she wasn’t sure why. She’d been stretching herself thin for a while, but even more so the past few weeks. 

Business picked up now that summer was here, and Annie was taking on more than she could handle, though she’d never admit that to herself. The weekend of her date with Elijah was the last time she felt relaxed, and now, almost a full month later, she was feeling the weight of everything.

She seals the box she’d just finished packing and moves over to the other ones to double-check them. Yebba begins to play softly in her ear as she moves from box to box, and the race in her mind slows down just enough to calm her nerves. 

Just as she tapes the last box closed, her phone rings. She pulls her phone from her pocket, seeing Elijah’s name flashing across the screen. 

“Hello?” Annie answers when the call connects. She slips her phone back into her pocket before moving over to her desk. She can hear the wind coming through the phone, letting her know that he was outside.

“Hey, Sugar. I’m on my way. I just wanted to see if you needed anything.”

She smiles softly, resting against the side of the desk. “You could’ve texted me, ‘Lijah.”

“I know, I just wanted to hear your voice since I ain’t get to call earlier,” he replies, making Annie chuckle. 

“Where you stopping at?” she asks him.

“Where you need me to stop?”

“Elijah…” Annie sighs softly, crossing her arms. 

“Annie,” he responds in the same tone she used, making her roll her eyes.

She sits down at the desk, listening as she hears his car start in the background.

“I’m stopping at the gas station by that little bakery you like to go to. I can get you some of them little cookies cause I know you ain’t ate since breakfast.” 

She opened her mouth to protest, but as if on cue, her stomach growled. She leans back in her seat, smacking her teeth softly. 

“I did eat somethin’,” she murmurs, glancing over at the various snacks sitting on her desk. 

“What’d you eat?” he questions, and she can tell her already knows the answer.

“...Get me the lemon ones with the strawberry icing,” she says after a moment. Elijah chuckles softly.

“Aight. I’ll see you soon,” he says before ending the call. Annie sits there for a moment, a smile dancing on her lips. 

Elijah made a point of calling her every day during his break, which coincided with hers. He’d just started doing it last week, when he was having a particularly frustrating day. After back-to-back meetings with unyielding clients and incompetent architects, a ball of anger had wound itself up so tight in his chest that he was sure it’d never go away. 

That was, until he checked his phone and saw a text from Annie. She asked him to call her on his break, needing to talk to him about her deliveries. The moment her voice filled his ears, everything he was feeling melted away. What was supposed to be one call led to him calling her every day to ‘check in’. 

Today, though, he had an inspection that ran late, and he wasn’t able to call her. Annie assured him it was fine; him not calling made it easier for her to work through her break, knowing he’d make her sit down if he was on the phone. 

She’s pulled from her thoughts when she hears her name being called from the backroom doors.

“Annie?” Sequoia, a young college student who worked the register a few nights a week, calls out.

She looks over at the younger woman standing in the doorway. “What’s up? Everything okay out there?”

Sequoia nods softly. “Yeah, everything is fine. There’s a man out there who’s asking for you, though. He said something about his wife and an incorrect order.”

Annie sighs softly, already knowing who was waiting at the counter. The two of them go out to the floor, and Sequoia moves toward the aisles while Annie makes her way over to the counter.

“Hey, Mr. Richards. How can I help you?” she asks the older man who stood at the counter. 

“Hey, Annie. Michelle sent me up here with this,” he says, reaching into the bag and pulling out a container of shea butter. “She said it’s not the right one, and she wants me to get the whipped one instead.”

Annie smiles empathetically. “I’m sorry about that. Let me see if we have some over there, and I can get that fixed for you.”

“I already checked the shelves, there wasn’t any over there,” the older man says, shaking his head. 

Annie nods. “Okay. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to make more product this week, so we don’t have the one you’re looking for right now. I can return this one for you now, or you can come back next week, and I’ll have some for you.”

The older man shakes his head softly. “There’s no way I can get some today? I came pretty far to get here.”

“No, sir. I’m sorry you had to drive all this way, but I don’t have any ready to be sold. What do you say I return this for you, and I’ll ship some out to Ms. Michelle, free of charge?”

He sighs softly but agrees reluctantly. Annie processes the return for him and sends him on his way.

Sequoia walks up to the counter when she sees the man walk away, her eyebrows raised.

“How’d that go? He seemed upset when he came in.”

“It went just fine,” Annie chuckles. “His wife has been shopping with me for a while, but they don’t live in town, so she doesn’t come in often. He was upset, but I think that had more to do with the fact that he’s goin’ home empty-handed than with the order being wrong. I must’ve mixed up shipping labels or somethin’, cause she got the wrong product.”

“You know I don’t mind helping with all that, Annie. You runnin’ yourself so thin you’re starting to mix things up.”

Annie sighs softly. “I know, but I don’t want you feeling overwhelmed either. This is supposed to be an easy job for you between classes,” she says, shaking her head softly.

“Well, it’s summer now, so I don’t mind taking on more work, or more hours,” she replies, smiling coyly. Annie smiles at the girl, rolling her eyes softly.

“I’ll see what I can do,” she concedes just as the door opens.

Annie looks up just as Elijah steps through the door, and her smile widens when they make eye contact. Sequoia glances toward him, then back at Annie. 

She looks back and forth between the pair, noticing the way they’d zoned in on each other, and smiles when the realization hits her.

“Okay, Annie,” she says teasingly, pulling Annie’s attention away from the man. 

She smacks her teeth softly, the smile not leaving her face as she looks at him again.

“Let me go…straighten something,” Sequoia says, laughing softly as she moves away from the counter.

Elijah walks up a few seconds later, and Annie walks around the counter to meet him.

“Hey, Sugar,” he says, setting the bag from the bakery on the counter. 

“Hey, Elijah,” Annie replies, her voice soft as he reaches forward and grabs her hands.

“You doin’ alright?”

“I’m still the same as I was when you called me 20 minutes ago,” she replies, lacing their fingers.

He chuckles softly, leaning forward to leave a kiss on her cheek. 

“I got you the cookies you wanted,” he tells her. Annie smiles and reaches for the bag.

“Thank you,” she hums, opening the bag. Her eyes widen when she notices a few other pastries in the bag.

“What’s all this?” she asks, reaching in and pulling out a wrapped slice of cake.

“When I ordered the cookies, the lady said, ' Only Annie orders these,' and when I told her they were for you, she put a bunch of other stuff in there too. That cake is mine, though,” he says, taking the slice from her hand with a smile on his face.

Annie lets out a soft laugh as she watches him unwrap the slice, his smile unwavering.

“Is that the rum cake?” she questions, and he nods.

“Yep. I ain’t had a slice of it in years, I just know it’s good,” he says, breaking off a piece to eat. 

He groans softly at the taste, his eyes fluttering closed as the cake melts in his mouth.

“Woah,” he murmurs after swallowing, looking down at the slice.

“It’s good, right?” Annie questions with a smile on her face.

He looks up at her and nods. “It tastes just like my granny’s recipe,” he replies, a soft smile finding his face.

“You want some?” he asks her, breaking off a piece when she nods.

He holds the piece up to her mouth, making Annie pull her head back slightly with a chuckle.

“Lijah, you can’t feed that to me out here. I’m workin’,” she says, glancing around the store.

Elijah smacks his teeth softly. “Aight, let’s go in the back, then.”

He grabs Annie’s hand and leads her to the back of the store, and she can’t stop a small giggle from escaping.

Elijah walks over to Annie’s desk and leans against it. He watches as Annie sets the bag of sweets down before grabbing her hand and guiding her to stand between his legs.

She smiles softly, leaning in slightly when he lifts the piece to her mouth again. 

His hands find her waist as he watches her eat the cake, her arms coming up to rest on his shoulders. 

“How was your day?” she asks.

“It was fine, busy as usual. Got a little hectic after lunch, but it’s all good now that I’m lookin’ at you.”

Annie laughs softly. “Is that so?”

“Mhm,” he hums, pulling her closer. Annie leans down and pecks his lips softly.

“I missed you.”

“You just saw me earlier this week,” Annie replies, making Elijah smack his teeth.

“Yeah, on Monday. It’s Friday, that’s too long without seeing your pretty face in person,” he tells her, pecking her lips a few more times.

“How was your day?” he questions.

“Busy,” she starts, pulling back slightly. “Didn’t make much progress on packing orders, because I need to make more product. Didn’t get to make any product because the store’s been busy.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve been helping you, I know what needs to go where. If you want, I can take the deliveries while you get some more stuff done here,” Elijah offers.

Annie shakes her head. “I can’t ask you to do that, but thank you.”

“You’re not askin’ though, I’m offering.”

“No, Elijah. You’re doin’ enough just coming and helping me out. It’s also the only time we get to spend together lately,” she says, murmuring the last part. 

“Oh, you like spendin’ time with me?” he questions with a smirk, pulling her closer to him.

“Yeah, I guess,” Annie replies, rolling her eyes playfully.

“I think I’m gonna go ahead and start looking to hire someone for my deliveries again, I feel like I’m overworking myself too much,” she says.

Elijah hums softly, straightening up as a thought crosses his mind.

“I might have someone for you.”

“Oh?” Annie says curiously.

 “Yeah. My little cousin, Sammie. He goes to school here. He went home for a few weeks after the semester ended, but he’s coming back up here for summer classes, so he’s gonna be staying with my mama.”

Annie nods, contemplating his words. “How you know he wanna work, though?”

“The way he been blowing up me and Stack’s phones about money, I’m sure he’d love to make some of his own. He’s coming up this weekend, actually, you can meet him Sunday.”

“Lijah, I’m hangin’ with Mani and Jay on Sunday.”

“Oh yeah, that is right,” he says, sighing softly. 

“Well, Stack is hosting a watch party for the finals at his place on Sunday. You and the girls can come.”

Annie raises an eyebrow in curiosity. “Stack know you inviting us?”

“He actually asked if I was bringing you. I’m sure him and his thirsty ass friends won’t mind a few more girls in the room,” Elijah chuckles. 

Annie shakes her head, laughing softly. “Alright, I’ll ask them and let you know,” she tells him, though she knows they’ll be there.

Sunday

“Janelle, for the last time, you look fine!” Imani says, rolling her eyes.

“Don’t rush me! I ain’t say nothin’ when you were hogging the bathroom doing your hair,” Janelle replies, continuing to adjust her shirt in the mirror.

Imani huffs, bumping Janelle with her hip in hopes of freeing up some space in front of the mirror.

“Y’all are ridiculous,” Annie murmurs from her bed as she sits and watches the two of them.

“That’s easy for you to say, Annie. You got a man there waitin’ for you, I’m trying to catch one,” Janelle says, wiggling her eyebrows.

“I would’ve made y'all get ready in the guest room if I knew y’all were gonna come in here acting like we still in college.”

Janelle looks back at Annie with raised eyebrows. 

“I know you not talking, like you weren’t just on the phone with me before your date freaking out because your t-shirt was too plain,” she retorts, making Annie’s jaw drop.

“Look how you acting right now, though, just to go see Stack’s friends,” Imani says without missing a beat as she fixes her hair in the mirror.

Annie laughs as she watches the two of them start going back and forth. When she asked them if they wanted to go to the party, they immediately agreed, jumping at the opportunity to do anything other than wake up before noon for brunch.

Annie was excited, but nervous, as the time for them to leave got closer. She’d spent the past few hours with the girls, and being around Janelle was enough to make anyone excited for whatever they were getting into with her, but the fact that her friends were going to meet Elijah lingered in her mind.

Before she can get too deep in her thoughts, Imani starts talking to her.

“How much time until we leave?” she asks, and Annie checks her phone.

“Ten minutes.”

Janelle groans softly. “Annie, can I please borrow that yellow top you got in your closet? This one ain’t doin’ it for me.”

“Girl, you look good in that,” Annie says, chuckling softly as she stands up from the bed.

“But if it’ll make you feel better, I’ll get it for you.”

Annie walks into her closet, her eyes immediately finding the halter top Janelle was referring to. She takes it back out to her friend, who quickly changes into it.

“Thank you,” Janelle says dramatically, making Annie roll her eyes.

“I don’t know why you doin’ all this.”

“She probably thinks Mikel is gonna be there,” Imani says, cutting her eyes at Janelle.

“This ain’t about him,” Janelle responds, her face neutral as she fixes the shirt in the mirror.

“It better not be! You got on a shirt I ain’t even worn out yet, I would hope it ain’t for a nigga that had a baby on you,” Annie says, folding her arms.

“It’s not! I ain’t worried about him no more. Besides, Imani needs to worry about who touching her cooze tonight and leave mine alone,” she replies with a smile. 

“Girl, go to hell,” Imani shoots back, rolling her eyes as she grabs her purse. 

Annie shakes her head, grabbing her bag. “If y’all are done, it’s time to go,” she says as she makes her way out of the room.

They make their way out to Annie’s car, and Annie pulls her phone out when she gets in. She shoots a quick text to Elijah to let him know they’re on the way.

Imani speaks up from the backseat when Annie puts her phone down.

“Is it just gonna be us girls there, or will there be others?”

“There’ll be other girls there,” Annie says, looking back at her friend. 

“Okay, good. A party full of niggas doesn’t sound fun, even if it is to watch a basketball game,” she says, making Janelle chuckle. 

“You got a point there. Especially if all of them are Stack’s friends.”

Annie starts the car. “Some of Elijah’s friends are gonna be there, too,” she says.

“Oh, you should’ve led with that!” Janelle replies.

Annie shakes her head as she pulls out of her driveway.

“Is this gonna be your first time meeting them?” Imani asks, to which Annie nods.

“You nervous?”

Annie glances at Imani through the rear-view mirror, taking a moment to think.

“A little, but it’ll be fine. I’m more concerned about the two of y’all meeting him.”

Janelle laughs. “Why, friend? You think we gon say something crazy?”

“Yes, especially you,” Annie says, looking over at her friend as she stops at a light.

“You act like I’ll say something crazy,” Janelle scoffs, smacking her teeth softly.

Annie looks back at Imani, who’s already looking at her. They both look at Janelle, making her roll her eyes.

“I thought y’all knew me better than this,” she says, folding her arms. “I’d at least wait until the third or fourth time.”

Now it was Annie’s turn to roll her eyes. The light changes, and she continues driving. The ride from her place to Stack’s was almost 30 minutes, which felt like nothing to the women, as their conversation carried on while music played softly throughout the car.

They caught up, talking about work, life, and the random guys Janelle had encountered while out on the weekends over the past month. She and Imani poked and prodded about Elijah, but Annie didn’t have much to tell, making her realize just how much of the past month she’d spent working.

“It’s a good thing we said yes to this, then. Cause knowin’ you, we’d have gone to brunch, and you wouldn’t have even mentioned sticking to our plans when you know you wanna see him more than us,” Imani says, her eyes not even lifting from her phone.

Annie smacks her teeth, glancing in the mirror as she turns left. 

“So y’all would’ve been okay with me canceling on y’all?” Annie asks, and the sounds they make answer for them.

“Antoinette, you know good and well the answer is hell no,” Janelle says, letting out a soft chuckle. “I don’t know what Imani talkin bout back there. I’m glad you found a man, but I need my time with you, too,” she jokes.

Annie smiles softly, glancing over at her friend. “I know I’ve been working a lot, but hopefully that’ll change soon, and I’ll have enough time for all three of y’all.”

Annie glances down at the gps to make sure she’s going the right way, so she doesn’t see the broken glass in the road. 

It’s quiet for a few minutes as she continues driving, the girls falling into a comfortable silence, until a warning bell chimes through the car. Annie looks down at the dash with furrowed eyebrows, noticing the tire pressure light had come on. 

An animation appears on the screen, letting her know the front tire on the driver’s side was going flat. She sighs softly, pulling onto the shoulder. 

“What happened?” Janelle asks, looking around with raised eyebrows.

“The tire’s going flat. I must’ve driven over something,” Annie says, putting the car in park.

She pops the trunk and glances in her side mirror, making sure nothing’s coming before she opens the door. 

She gets out, checking the tire and seeing that it was indeed flat. She decides to check the others as well, and once she sees that they’re fine, she goes to the trunk. 

Annie opens the trunk and lifts the floor liner to reveal the spare tire, but she frowns softly when she notices the missing tire jack kit.

She drops the liner, leaning down to look further into the trunk, but she doesn’t see it. She pauses, trying to think of where it could be in the car, smacking her teeth when she remembers that she took it out when she started delivering products herself. She could picture the bright red bag sitting in the corner of the backroom of her shop, exactly where she sat it as she told herself that she’d put it back.

She lets out an annoyed huff as she closes the trunk, making her way back to the driver’s seat.

“I’m gonna have to call somebody, I don’t have the stuff I need to change it,” she says to the girls as she grabs her phone.

Janelle watches as Annie scrolls through her contacts, her thumb hesitating over names before moving on to the next.

“Ann…” she calls out, her hand moving to the center console. Annie looks up at her, the frown lines between her brows prominent. 

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing,” Annie murmurs. “I just- I normally do this myself, so I’m not sure who to call. I can’t believe I forgot to put it back in the car.”

Imani and Janelle look at each other, having a silent conversation, while Annie looks down at her phone. 

“Annie,” Imani calls, making Annie look back at her. “First, take a deep breath, it’s fine. The spare is there, right?”

Annie nods.

“Okay then. I know you have roadside assistance; you seem like the responsible adult who’d pay for that,” she continues lightly, making Annie squint her eyes in amusement. 

“I do,” Annie says, her tone a little lighter.

“Great, but don’t call them, they’ll take forever to get here,” Janelle says, making Annie raise an eyebrow.

“Then who do you suggest I call?”

“Uh, Smoke,” she replies like it’s the most obvious answer in the world. 

Annie pauses at her friend’s answer. She hadn’t even thought to call him, but now that he was in her head, she wasn’t even sure why he wasn’t her first thought. She opens her mouth to say something, but the words don’t come out.

“Mhm, go ahead and call him,” Janelle says as she looks back down at her phone.

Elijah’s leaning against the bar in Stack’s entertainment room when his phone rings. The stoic look on his face transforms into something warm when he sees Annie’s name on the screen, and he doesn’t hesitate to answer.

“Hello?”

“Hey, Elijah,” Annie replies shakily, clearing her throat softly, which makes Elijah raise an eyebrow.

“You okay? You ain’t get lost, did you?” He asks lightly, not wanting to beat around the bush as his concern rose at her tone.

Annie sighs out a laugh. “No. I’m going the right way. Or, I was. I, um…”

Elijah stays quiet as he waits for her to finish. As he listens, he hears the wind blowing and cars passing, letting him know she was outside.

“My tire went flat.”

Elijah immediately goes to grab his keys and find Stack as Annie continues to speak.

“I think I drove over something? I was gonna change it, but I didn’t realize I forgot to put my jack back in the car, and since we’re not too far from Stack’s, I was hoping you could come help me change it?” she asks, feeling the need to explain everything to him in hopes of convincing him to come.

“Okay. Send me your location, I’m on the way, baby,” he says.

“Ok,” Annie replies, and there’s a moment of silence. Elijah grabs his keys from the kitchen, and Stack is already there messing over the wings on the island. 

Elijah’s phone vibrates against his ear, and Annie starts talking again.

“I sent it…thank you, Elijah,” Annie says softly.

“You don’t need to thank me, Annie. If you need me, I’m coming.”

His words land heavily, and Annie can’t ignore the feeling in her chest as he says them. They say their goodbyes, and Elijah lets Stack know where he’s going before heading out.

It doesn’t take him nearly as long as it should have to get to Annie; the 15-minute drive was nearly cut in half with how fast he drove to her.

His shoulders were tight with tension from the moment he left Stack’s until he pulled up in front of her car on the shoulder.

The worry etched between his eyebrows fades when he sees Annie in the driver’s seat, laughing at something Janelle said to her.

Elijah sits there for a moment, looking at her before getting out. He goes to his trunk and grabs his jack, then walks over to Annie’s and sets it on the ground in front of her car.

He walks over to the driver’s side as Annie lowers the window. He rests his arm on the roof as he leans down.

“Hey, Sugar,” he says, making her smile up at him. He looks past her into the car, his eyes meeting Janelle’s before moving to Imani’s.

“Evenin’, ladies. Y’all alright?”

Both of the women nod, giving him kind smiles.

“Yes, we’re just fine. Your girl here was panicking for nothing,” Janelle says, making Annie roll her eyes.

Elijah chuckles softly. “Well, there’ll be no more of that. Y’all can sit in the cool air of my car while I get this changed,” he tells them, to which they agree.

He opens Annie’s door, holding his hand out for her. She lets him help her out, her grip on his hand not letting up as he pushes the door closed.

Janelle and Imani get out on the other side, their eyes landing on Annie, whose gaze was trained on Elijah. 

It’s quiet for a few moments before Imani clears her throat. 

“Well, since it doesn’t seem like she’s gonna introduce us, I’m Imani, and she’s Janelle. Nice to meet you, Smoke.”

Elijah gives them a nod. “Nice to meet y’all.”

Janelle smiles at Annie, noticing how close she was standing to Elijah.

“We’ll be in the car,” she says, and she and Imani walk off.

Annie watches them for a moment before turning her attention to Elijah, who was already looking at her with soft eyes.

“So, you were panicking?”

“No, I just…” Annie glances down for a second before looking back up at him. “I just wasn’t thinking straight for a moment. I forgot I emptied my trunk when I started doing those deliveries, so my kit isn’t in the car. That threw me off, so I just needed a moment,” she says. 

“You sure that’s all it was? You sounded off on the phone,” he questions with a raised eyebrow. 

Annie nods softly. “I promise, that’s all it was,” she says, leaning up to peck his lips.

“And I know you said it’s no need to thank you, but I want to anyway.”

“It’s nothing, Annie. Really,” he assures her, smiling down at her. “Now, let me get started so we can get out of this heat.”

Annie shows Elijah where the spare tire is in her car, and he gets started on changing it. Annie contemplates getting in his car as the sun beams down on them, but the soft grunts that leave his mouth as he loosens the lugs and the way his biceps flex underneath the sleeves of his shirt are enough to keep her standing there, watching.

Once he takes the last one off, he pulls the tire off. He rolls it to the side and grabs the spare, placing it on. 

“Baby,” Elijah calls, looking up at her. “You don’t gotta stand in this heat.”

Annie shifts slightly, glancing back at his car.

“I know,” she says. “Just wanna be here in case you…need somethin’.”

Elijah chuckles softly but doesn’t say anything as he makes sure the tire is pushed all the way back. 

“I need you to tell me why you were gonna change this on your own, when you dressed like that,” he says, his eyes raking over her body. She wore a white and blue cropped jersey with a matching blue skirt, which she paired with a pair of white and blue Dunks.

“I normally do it on my own,” she murmurs as heat creeps up her neck under his gaze.

“You done it in a skirt?” he questions, his eyes going back to the tire as he picks up the lugnuts.

Annie smooths her hands over the back of her skirt, letting out a short sigh.

“I didn’t think that far ahead,” she mutters, feeling defensive all of a sudden. “Like I said, I was doin’ what I normally do.”

Elijah glances up at her when he hears the change in her tone, taking in the frown she wears.

“I ain’t mean nothin’ by it, mama, just that you don’t have to do everything alone,” he says evenly.

Annie looks down at him as he keeps working, unaware of the way his words landed. The defensiveness bubbling up in Annie’s chest melted away as she watched him. 

Though his tone wasn’t anything other than the gentle one he always spoke to her in, his question about her clothes took her back to Isaac. 

Just as quickly as she went there, though, he brought her back to here and now. He’d been there for her since right after they met, helping out whenever she needed him to. 

“I know…it’s just gonna take some gettin’ used to.”

Elijah tightens the last lug one more time before standing up. He lets the car down and moves to the flat tire.

“Well, since you wanna help, how bout you come back here and hold the lining up while I put this inside?” he says, smiling softly at her.

She nods softly and follows him to the trunk. Her eyes follow him as she holds the lining up, taking in the way he effortlessly lifts the tire. His muscles flex slightly, the sleeves of his shirt riding up against the skin of his biceps, and Annie takes it all in, her lips pressed together.

Once it’s in, he steps back and dusts his hands off. Annie closes the trunk before turning to face him.

Elijah looks at her with that distinct expression of concentration he wore when he was thinking things over—his eyebrows creased, accompanied by a frown. “You’re gonna need to get that tire changed soon so you’re not drivin’ around on this spare for too long,” he tells her, and she nods.

“And Annie?”

“Yes?”

“When you get to work tomorrow, put that kit back in your car.” 

Annie smiles sheepishly, stepping up to Elijah. Her hands find his biceps as she tips up, planting a kiss at the corner of his lips. 

“I will,” she says sweetly, making the frown on his lips fade. 

“Man, these niggas fuckin’ up my parlay!” is the first thing Annie hears when she steps into Stack’s home.

They made it to his place near the end of the first quarter, and the groans and cheers that could be heard all the way at the front door hinted that the game was already heating up.

Janelle and Imani step inside behind her, and Elijah comes in last, closing the door.

The three women walk further into the house just as Mariah walks by the entryway.

She glances toward them and keeps walking for a second before stopping and looking back with a smile.

“Hey, Smoke! Who are these pretty ladies?” she questions as she looks between them.

Elijah steps up beside Annie, his hand finding the small of her back. 

“Hey, Mariah. This is Annie,” he starts, glancing at her with a small smile.

“And these are her friends, Janelle and Imani.”

Mariah’s smile widens as she walks closer to them.

“Nice to meet y’all! I’m Mariah, Elias’ girlfriend,” she says.

Annie smiles softly at her. “Likewise.”

“The game started maybe twenty minutes ago. I was headed to the kitchen to get somethin’ to drink, if you ladies wanna join me,” Mariah says. Janelle and Imani quickly agree, and the three of them leave Elijah and Annie standing in the foyer.

It’s quiet for a moment as Annie turns to look at Elijah. Their eyes meet, and they both smile after a moment. 

“She seems sweet,” Annie says, breaking the silence.

Elijah hums softly and nods. 

“She is.”

Annie looks around for a moment, pulling one side of her bottom lip between her teeth. Elijah watches her face as she does so, noticing the nervous tick.

“You good?” he asks softly, and Annie nods.

“Yeah, just a little nervous. I don’t know what to expect.”

Elijah raises an eyebrow. “Really?”

Annie nods. “I mean, I’m not nervous about Stack, but your friends are a different story.”

“Ain’t no need to worry about them, Sugar,” he says, wrapping his arms around her waist. “I don’t bring just anybody to meet my people,” he smirks.

Annie rolls her eyes as her hands find his shoulders. 

“Alright, Elijah.” 

He chuckles softly, leaning down to leave a soft kiss on her lips. 

“Now, let me take you to meet some folks, and then you can get somethin’ to eat.”

Annie’s nerves melt away when they get to the entertainment room. Mariah and the girls were already there, mingling with people around the room, while Stack stood in front of the TV, yelling at the screen. 

Elijah’s hand finds the small of her back as they move through the room toward the bar. Along the way, they’re stopped by some of Eijah’s friends, and he introduces them to Annie. When they arrive at the bar, Elijah makes sure she’s comfortable before turning to lean against the counter.

He looks around the room, taking in the faces of those he hadn’t spoken to yet, noticing his closest friend from college, Jamal, was across the room talking with Imani. The two of them were standing closely, Jamal whispering something in Imani’s ear while she smiled.

He looks down at Annie, seeing that her eyes were already on the pair. She looks up at Elijah after a moment with a curious look.

“Who’s that?” she asks him, and Elijah smirks softly.

“That’s Jamal, my homeboy from school.”

Annie nods once, then goes back to looking around the room. Elijah stays planted beside her, putting faces to names for her as she looks around. 

After a while, Annie starts to feel hungry.

“Lijah, I’m gonna fix me somethin’ to eat,” she tells him as she stands up. He moves to follow her, but she stops him.

“I’ll be fine. You should catch up with your friends. I know you haven’t seen them in a while,” she tells him. He nods after a moment, and Annie leans up to leave a kiss on his cheek. 

She makes her way to the kitchen, where there are a few people standing around with plates. 

She makes her way over to the counter and grabs a plate. As she looks over the food, one of the women near her greets her.

“Hey, I’m Kiana,” the woman says, and Annie looks up at her. She smiles softly in return.

“I’m Annie, nice to meet you,” she replies. 

“Likewise. You from around here?”

Annie shakes her head. “No, I’m from Louisiana, but I’ve been here for a few years.”

Kiana hums softly. “I thought so, I hear it in your voice. I got cousins from the bayou. What part you from?”

“I’m from Baton Rouge, so you’re not too far off,” Annie says, her smile widening a little bit. Kiana nods, returning the smile.

“So, how you know the twins?”

Heat creeps up Annie’s neck as she begins to feel a little flustered, but she continues to appear calm.

“Elijah and I are seein’ each other,” she says softly, her eyes turning back to the food in front of her. She adds some pasta salad to her plate as she continues to listen to the woman. 

“Is that right?” Kiana says, her voice pitched up. Annie glances at her and nods.

“How about you?” Annie questions, moving on to the wings. 

“I went to high school with them,” Kiana replies, watching Annie closely. 

“Oh, so y’all go way back,” Annie says, making Kiana laugh. 

“You can say that, I guess. But you and Elijah must, too, if he wanted to bring you around these crazy people.”

Annie looks over at her. “I actually didn’t meet him until about two months ago,” she says softly, and the shock that flickers across Kiana’s face doesn’t go unnoticed. She turns back to the food as Kiana speaks.

“Oh, really? Smoke’s never brought a girl to any of their parties. At least not since Essence.”

Annie pauses for a second as she processes the woman’s words. She recovers quickly enough to make it look like she was deciding what dish to add to her plate next, but the words stick in her mind.

“Is that so?” she replies, adding more food to her plate. 

Kiana nods when Annie looks at her again. “You must be special, then,” she adds with a wide smile. 

“Well, I’m not gonna keep botherin’ you. It was nice meeting you.”

Annie watches for a moment as the woman leaves the kitchen, and at the same time, Imani walks in. She sighs, relaxing a bit as her friend walks up to her.

“Found you,” Imani says as she stops beside Annie. 

“You were lookin’?” Annie questions teasingly, making Imani smile.

“No,” she laughs. 

Annie gives Imani a knowing look when she hears the airiness of her friend’s tone.

“Girl…”

“What?”

Annie looks at her. The two of them stare at each other for a moment before Imani cracks a smile.

Annie smiles, then starts laughing. 

“Girl,” Annie says, making Imani laugh.

“I don’t know if it’s this punch, or what, but I’m gonna see where the night takes me,” Imani says with a smirk before leaving the kitchen.

Annie shakes her head as she grabs some utensils. She makes her way back to the entertainment room and sees Elijah still standing in the same spot, talking with some people. She makes her way back to where she was sitting before, catching his attention.

“You good? Got everything you wanted?” he asks, and Annie nods.

“Alright. I’ll be with Stack if you need me,” he says, pressing a kiss to her temple.

At halftime, Annie lets Elijah know she’s stepping outside for some air.

Stack was sitting next to him, still ranting about Tyrese Haliburton tearing his Achilles in the first quarter, but he wasn’t paying him any attention.

“Nobody told you to bet all that fucking money on them niggas!” one of Stack’s friends says, and the two of them start arguing. Elijah checks his watch, seeing that it’d only been about 5 minutes since Annie went outside, but that was long enough for him to want to see her again.

He makes his way out to the patio, where Annie sits with a cup in one hand, scrolling on her phone.

She looks up when the door cracks open, smiling when she sees him.

“Hey,” she says warmly, making him smile softly as he steps out, closing the door behind himself.

“Just checkin’ on you,” he says, taking a seat next to her.

“I’m good,” she smiles. “Everybody’s been real nice. I got to talk to Sammie, too. I think I’ll be hiring him. I just wanted a moment of quiet after it all.”

Elijah hums softly, stretching his legs out and crossing them at his ankles. He rests his hands on his abdomen as he looks over at her.

“Yeah, I felt that. I can only take so much of Stack’s friends,” he says with a chuckle.

“I bet. It’s just a bunch of different versions of him sittin’ in one room,” Annie says, making Elijah laugh.

“Your friends, though, they’re nothin’ like you,” Annie says. 

Elijah raises an eyebrow. “Oh yeah?”

“Mhm. They real talkative. Not in an overwhelming way, though.”

Elijah nods softly.

“Yeah, I used to be a lot quieter overall when I was younger.”

Annie cocks her head to the side playfully, raising her eyebrows.

“How is that possible?” 

“It was easy with a brother like Elias. All he does is run his mouth.”

“Don’t I know it,” Annie quips, laughing softly.

Elijah shakes his head with a smile, looking out over the backyard.

“We were new in town, and our dad dyin’ was still weighing on me. Stack made friends easily, I didn’t,” he shrugs.

“That was until we met Kiana. She wouldn’t leave me alone, and now she’s like a sister.”

Annie smiles at that. “I met her in the kitchen earlier.”

Elijah’s head snaps in Annie’s direction, his eyebrows raised. 

“She ain’t say nothing crazy, did she?” he questions, a hint of panic in his voice.

“No,” Annie chuckles. “She just told me how long she’s known you. She was a little shocked that we haven’t known each other for that long.”

Elijah raises an eyebrow, sitting up.

“She say anything else?”

Annie swallows lightly, her shoulders stiffening, her eyes locking on his as she prepares for any reaction from him.

“Yeah. She said I must be special…that I’m the first girl you’ve brought around since Essence.”

Elijah’s shoulders stiffen. Annie notices the panic that flickers across his face, the way his mouth opens and closes, like he’s at a loss for words.

“Annie-”

“It’s fine, Elijah,” Annie cuts in before he can say anything.

“You had a life before me, it didn’t bother me. I won’t lie, though, it made me wonder why that is.”

Elijah looks at the ground as he gathers his thoughts. “Things ended badly between her and me,” he starts.

“We met in college, and dated for 5 years. After graduation, she stayed in Jackson, but she ain’t want to.” Elijah stands and walks to the edge of the patio, staring out into the yard.

“She couldn’t find her footing here, so she wanted to leave. I didn’t. My mama’s here, Elias is here. I promised myself I’d always be there for him when we were younger, and I’d already spent four years away from him,” he says with a gravelly voice, looking down.

Annie comes up beside him, snaking her arm around his. He takes a deep breath and clears his throat.

“Anyway, I guess she was sick of waiting for me to change my mind. She found a job out of state and told me she was leavin’, whether I came with her or not.”

Elijah glances down at Annie, seeing that she was looking out into the yard, a pensive look on her face. He nudges her slightly, making her look up at him. 

“I don’t want you thinkin’ I still feel some type of way about all that. It was over before it actually ended, looking back now. I was selfish then, and I let that guide how I moved.”

He grabs her hand, lacing their fingers and giving it a gentle squeeze.

“I’ve spent the past few years focusing on work. I wasn’t looking for anything with anybody, until I met you,” he finishes, a soft smile ghosting his lips. 

Annie holds his gaze, searching his eyes for anything other than the sincerity that shines through them, smiling softly after a few moments.

“I’m glad us meeting has helped you slow down, then,” she tells him, her free hand coming up to rest on his cheek. 

“Me too. It’s been nice, not stressin’ myself out so much. Especially if it means I get to see you.”

Annie chuckles. 

“Mhm. In that case, I hope you’re not too busy on Wednesday evening. I’m makin’ Étouffée.”

Elijah leaves a few kisses on her lips.

 “I’ll be there, Sugar.”

A/N: Lolll, life been lifing and time has been speeding by, but we made it lmao. I hope you enjoyed!

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