It was already her turn to speak again and she still had nothing. The silence was so awkward it physically hurt. Potential responses flew around in her head but none sounded good enough to actually verbalize. She was starting to panic.

They hadn't spoken in almost three weeks. It was the longest they'd been apart since their start a little over a year ago. Up until now, none of their disagreements had gone so far left. It'd kicked off over something trivial and, under unwatchful eyes, had been allowed to morph into a bigger mess. Much bigger than it ever needed to be. In the heat of the moment, she'd told him to leave. She wasn't at all serious, but she should've known he would call her bluff. Now she missed him like crazy. A second didn't pass where he wasn't invading her thoughts. His face, his laugh, that smile; she longed for every part of him. And it seemed like this nigga was about to be cool with them never speaking again, which meant she was gonna have to be the one to fold first. Her pride hated that more than she hated his absence.

"Um..."

"I know. I just, um... how are you?" Embarrassed, she squeezed her eyes shut. That was all she could come up with.

"I'm doin' fine. How you?"

"Honestly, I've been way better."

"I’m sorry to hear that. I hope everything aight."

"Are you busy?"

He glanced to his right. "Actually-"

"Can you come over?" Not really caring what his answer would be, she didn't even give him the chance to finish. Fuck whatever he was doing, honestly.

"It’s two o'clock in the mornin'.”

“I knew you were still awake, so…”

“I'm not gon' be able to do it.”

She frowned. "Stack... be for real."

"I'm deadass."

He was still playing games. Regret made her clench her teeth as she took a deep breath, trying to quiet the voice screaming for her to get off the damn phone. He knew why she was calling, but he was gonna make her say it. And she was already mad at herself for thinking it. For feeling it. "I miss you," she confessed, just above a whisper. Her breath immediately hitched and she threw her hand over her mouth, not even believing she could be this weak.

And he only made shit worse, sighing audibly into the receiver, like she was on his last nerve.

"So, you don't miss me?" she asked, starting to feel less shame and more anger at his blatant lack of a response. Though one could say he'd responded pretty clearly. "Really? You gon' sit your ass on this phone and tell me you don't miss me? After all this time?"

"Look, I don't wanna argue with you, Lyla. So, I'ma go."

"I'm not arguing. I asked a simple question, babe. Just tell me you miss me."

"...I'll call you back."

"Wait! Don't hang up." She sighed deeply as her pride took what felt like another violation. "What's wrong with you, Stack? I don't like this."

"Ain't nothin' wrong with me." He caught a second glimpse of the graceful silhouette sauntering closer to him. "I can give you another five minutes and then I really gotta go."

"Why? Baby, it's me."

"I'm giving you space. That's what you said you wanted." He'd switched to a more serious tone, something he didn't often do. An enormous lump began to swell in her throat.

"I was being stupid. I want you to come home."

"I'm at home, Lyla."

"You know what I mean. It's been three weeks. I feel like you're punishing me."

"Look, we gotta talk about this later."

She frowned again, a lot harder than before. Yeah, she wanted to appeal to him, but the way he was acting was so unexpected. And it was pissing her off . "Why can't we talk about it now? Why you trying so hard to get me off the pho-?"

"Stack, honey. Just how long are you gonna keep me waiting?"

That airy, sensual cadence knocked the wind out of Lyla. It felt like a heavyweight punch to the chest. "Who is that?" The question had come out much softer than she'd wanted.

"I'ma call you back later, aight?"

"No! Are you serious?!" She launched up from her bed in full panic mode. Suddenly her clothes became too hot, it felt impossible to get sufficient air to her lungs, her thoughts scrambled more than they already were, the room was closing in around her. "Do not hang up this phone."

"Lyla, come on. Don't do this."

"Are you serious, Elias?!" She took the deepest breath she'd ever taken in her life, trying hard to hold back the tears burning white hot in her throat. Just like that, her heart was broken into a million pieces. Why would he do this? "Elias... who the fuck is that? What are you doing?"

"I don't have to explain that to you. I'm sorry."

"Yes, you do!"

"I don't. We ain't together no more, remember?"

Another punch to the chest.

"That's not... what I said," she spoke slowly, through trembling lips and a voice breaking against her toughest will.

"Well, that's what I heard."

"Why can't you just come to me so we can talk about this?"

He sighed. "I can't do that right now."

"You can! You choosing not to, because you fucking somebody else. How long you been doing this? The whole time?"

"Lyla-"

"You don't even care you got me cryin', Stack." She sobbed into the phone, immense pain overtaking the last bit of her restraint.

"That ain't true, I'm just followin' your instructions. You told me to get the fuck on, so that's what I'm doin'. I'm not just tryna hurt you."

"How? That's exactly what you doing! You know I wasn't serious."

"You can't be sayin' things you don't mean, mama."

"Babe, please... don't. I love you."

Breaking down like this was never part of her plan, but she was so overwhelmed she didn't know what else to do. He wasn't listening and she couldn't think straight enough to continue arguing with him. Though the signs had always been there, she'd never been personally subjected to this side of him before. She didn't even know what to expect anymore. But it certainly wasn't the last words she heard before the call abruptly ended:

"Don't worry, sweetheart. I'll send him back to you when I'm done."

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Late night after the club called for snacks. There’s nothing worse than getting home from a good night out and not having something to munch on. So, it was for this reason you found yourself in one of the only gas stations open this time of night in the delta. You were still in your club clothes, and your hair was more than frizzy from a long night of dancing. 

Outside, Elias was leaning up against his car and finishing up a blunt. He noticed you as soon as you pulled up. The bass coming from your car was heavy enough to wake up the whole neighborhood, and it was surely quite the way to make an entrance. 

Honestly, Stack was expecting a grown man to hop out with the way that you were bumpin’. He was pleasantly surprised when you stepped out, pretty brown legs preceding you. Stack watched with intrigue as you sashayed to an invisible rhythm as you made your way into the store. 

Without meaning to, he started taking smaller pulls from his blunt, extending its life just a little longer. He watched you the whole time through the glass. Mostly because you were alluring to him, but also to make sure you were straight. Generally, Stack minded his business. But a pretty lady like yourself out this time of night was a disaster waiting to happen in this part of town. And this fact tugged at something protective in his chest for reasons he wasn’t sure of. 

He waited patiently until you stepped out with your bag, ashed his blunt, and pushed off of his car slowly like he had all the time in the world. Stack was careful not to frighten you as he approached. He kept his distance, hands visible, and pace easy.

“ ‘Scuse me, miss.”

The one line you dreaded hearing at gas stations, especially at this hour. Instinctively, you picked up your pace and avoided eye contact, a tactic you’d acquired from more than a few unwanted encounters. You slowed when the voice came softer, laced with a sultry southern drawl,

“Ain’t out to get nothin’ from, ya. Just wanna know your name.” Then you looked at him. And you couldn’t believe you hadn’t noticed him earlier. Stack stayed a respectful step back, waiting for you to decide if you were gonna keep walking or not. 

A brown leather vest hung open over his chest and revealed soft caramel skin and a defined six-pack with a light sheen of sweat that was catching the fluorescent overhead lighting. Denim jeans sat low on his hips, and the slight v of his pelvis was visible. A thick chain rested across his collar bones, the kind you were certain would pass a diamond tester. And sitting low on his head was a cowboy hat that added an air of mystery, partially shadowing his face.

Stack tilted his head toward you, tipping his hat and smiled. When you caught the glint of grills your tummy flipped.

“How you doin’?” Even from where you stood at a distance, he was hard to look away from. Your eyes dropped to his chest for a half second before you forced them back up. He noticed. 

“I’m good” You said flatly, still skeptical of this stranger. This very, very, handsome stranger. He fell into step with you but still gave you plenty of space. And that smile was working overtime — in a good way. He was looking at you as if he’d already decided you were worth the effort.

“You got a boyfriend?” At this, you stopped at your car and raised an eyebrow. The accent made the question sound innocent but the confidence backing it was bold.

“I got a man, why?”

“Damn, you can’t have no friends?” He chuckled like you were being difficult and leaned against the pump nearest your car. His body language was open and his eyes stayed on you, amusement dancing in them. “Just tryna talk to ya. You too fine to be out here by yourself this late.”

“I do this every weekend. I’m a big girl, I promise I’m fine.” now you were smiling too. It was hard not to with this fine ass man staring you down, eyes trailing over you slowly like he was already imagining things he hadn’t said out loud yet. His eyebrows rose in surprise at your remark.

“Damn, every weekend? You be outside, girl.” 

“And is that your business?” you shot back. Stack tilted his head as if to say “touché”.

“Tryna make it mine. You makin’ it hard to keep this conversation regular, I keep lookin’ at you and forgetting was I was gon’ say.” Heat spread through your lower belly when he trailed the tip of his tongue over his bottom lip. “I can’t just taste it?”

The question landed so softly you almost thought you misheard him. His accent wrapped around the words delicately and rolled off his tongue. It sounded like an intrusive thought he’d accidentally let slip, but your pulse picked up. You crooked your neck and replied, 

“Boy, taste what?”

“Whatever you got that’s makin me stand out here lookin’ crazy at 2 in the morning.” The grill flashed when he spoke and his voice dropped just an octave, eyes dark under the brim of his hat. “I’m for real. You fine as hell.”

“And you bold as hell. You practice this in the mirror or somethin’?” Genuine surprise flickered across Stack’s features for the first time since the conversation started. He gave you a devilish look that said you just made this way more fun. If it was one thing he loved, it was a quick-witted woman with a sense of humor.

“Got a mouth on you, girl.” He stood up straighter now and stepped closer once your body language had softened. Everything about him made it difficult to continue pretending to be uninterested. A smirk tugged at the corner of his lips and a comfortable silence settled over the two of you. That was until,

“I’m just sayin’… if you gon’ keep lookin’ at me like that, I can’t eat it?” The words came out lazily but his eyes showed you he meant it. He was confident and hungry in a way that made you feel like a teenage girl again. You couldn’t stop the soft laugh that fell past your lips.

“You don’t even know my name.”

“Tryna fix that.” His gaze was glued to your face like he was savoring every moment of this. “I can’t just put my number in yo’ phone?”

With a smirk you turned to your car and placed your bag on the passenger seat.

“My man wouldn’t like that.”

A slow, dangerous smile spread across his face like he was waiting on you to say just that. He leaned in closer now, and the warm scent of his cologne enveloped your senses. 

“Yo man that insecure? I can’t do nothin’?” You shrugged in response. “He obviously ain’t doin’ his job if you out here this late alone anyway. Lemme give you my number. You don’t even gotta use it, just keep it. Maybe we can hang out, just chill.” He paused for a moment then added, “And if he was doin’ you right, you wouldn’t be standin’ here listenin’ to me.”

The tone he used said he already knew he could do better and didn’t need to be loud about it. You stared at him for a moment, considering whether he was worth the trouble. And he waited. Patient and cocky at the same time, he knew you were seconds away from giving in. He didn’t feel like a threat anymore. This was a man who was very used to getting what he wanted without having to use any type of force.

Finally, you unlocked your phone and handed it over. His fingers deliberately brushed yours when he took it from you, eyes flicking up to yours affectionately. He typed the number in and saved it under “Stack 😈💕” before calling it. Once his phone rang, he handed yours back with a look of pure satisfaction.

“Don’t leave me on read now,” he murmured, eyes glued to your lips. “I hate that shit.”

Slipping the phone into your back pocket, you made your way around the car to your driver’s side. Trying—and failing— to hide the smile tugging at the corner of your lips.

“Mhm. We’ll see.”

Stack came around the car too now. He leaned down so that his forearms were resting on the windowsill. That same easy smirk was there, like this whole thing had gone just as he'd planned. 

“Aight. Gon’ head and get home safe now. And answer when I text you.” The authority in the statement brought back that familiar feeling of heat pooling in your lower belly.

The car rumbled to life under your hands and he stepped back as the bass from your speakers kicked in heavy again. He kept his hands in his pockets, shaking his head and watching with pure amusement as you pulled off. 

She gon’ be trouble he thought to himself.

When you hit the stop sign, you turned your head, winked, and blew him a kiss. He reached up and caught it before pressing the hand to his exposed chest. His eyes followed you the whole way down the road. And he was certain he would be seeing a whole lot more of you, very soon. 

At the first red light, you checked your phone. His name was already sitting at the top of your notifications.

Stack 😈💕:  I hope yo man know he got competition now. 

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Late night had settled over Elias’s condo. Leon Thomas drifted from the speakers, lulling the room into a comfortable silence. Dim purple lighting washed over your soft brown skin, making it that much more alluring.

Somewhere nearby, a window was left cracked open and a gentle breeze blew through the curtains across your damp skin, raising goose bumps that sent chills over your body. The air carried the rich, woodsy scent of Elias’s cologne mixed with cooling sweat and the intimate evidence of what you two had been doing for hours. 

Stack shifted so that he was between your legs again. His warm, bare chest rested against yours as his eyes wandered over your features, hands on either side of your head. He leaned in and pressed a soft kiss to your lips, your jaw, down your throat. It had only been 15 minutes, and he was already ready for more of you.

“One more baby? Lemme have you again.” His southern drawl came out sweet and enticing. You traced your fingers down his spine as he continued placing tantalizing kisses across your exposed flesh.

“What we doin’ Stack?” 

He hummed against your skin in confusion, never stopping his torrent of kisses.

“I’m spending more nights at your place now than my own and we been doin’ this for a hot minute now. We spend most of our time together anyway.”

Stack made his way back to your lips now, leaving a soft one at the corner of your mouth. 

“What you gettin’ at, sweetness?” He pulled away to look at you fully now. 

“I just mean… is this all? We just gon’ keep hookin’ up and calling each other friends even though we both know it’s more?”

He held your gaze but his expression was unchanged. 

“You know you special to me. Ain’t nobody else got me like this.” His hands were roaming your thighs and hips now. His kisses made their way down your tummy, ending with a lingering one above your navel. “We know what it is, why we gotta go and complicate it?”

Before you could answer, the conversation died how it always did. With him between your legs and you too lost in pleasure to continue pressing. But truth be told, you were tired of being his favorite option instead of the only one.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

By the time the weekend came you’d made your decision. You had spent enough time waiting around on Elias to finally claim you. Your mama taught you at a young age that you should never beg a man for anything. What one won’t do, another will. And it was for this reason that you finally said yes to Malik’s offer to take you out for dinner and drinks. He worked in the building next to you and had been chasing you for a while now. You had turned him down more than a few times hoping that Stack would finally put a label on things. But after your previous conversation with him, it was clear that wasn’t happening any time soon. So, today when Malik asked what you were doing that night while y’all ate lunch together, you told him the truth. 

Nothing special. 

You made your way to your car after work and settled your belongings in the passenger seat. Like clockwork, your phone lit up with a photo of Elias as it began to ring. You stared at the screen for a moment before opting out of answering. Friday nights had been you and Stack’s thing for months now. You would pick the take-out and he’d pick it up after work along with a bottle—or two— of wine for your movie night. It had become so routine that he never even considered you wouldn’t be attending.

By the time you got home your phone was ringing again. With a deep sigh, you answered this time.

“You a hard lady to get a hold of. Y’know, I was startin’ to think you were avoidin’ me.” He chuckled to himself. He was currently at the liquor store perusing different kinds of wine, hoping to find something you guys hadn’t tried before. “What you in the mood for tonight? White or red?” 

You fidgeted with the sleeve of your shirt uncomfortably as you thought about how to respond. You didn’t necessarily want to lie to him, but you sure as hell weren’t gonna tell him the truth either. Your answer landed somewhere in the middle of those two options.

“I actually got plans tonight. Some of my girls wanna check out this new spot downtown.” Biting down on your lip nervously, you waited for his response. The other end of the line went so silent you almost thought he hung up. 

“Stack?”

Stack was stunned silent. He couldn’t remember the last time he hadn’t spent a Friday night with you. Even if you didn’t come to his place, usually he would just come to yours. The sudden change in routine made him deeply uncomfortable. But alas, he reluctantly quipped,

“Since when you busy on Friday’s? You seein’ somebody else or somethin’?” He was teasing but when you didn’t laugh, he leaned in closer. The silence was not comforting.

“Since tonight. My girls wanna see me, and it’s been a minute since I’ve been out.” You replied simply, suddenly growing irritated that he was prompting you to explain yourself. Stack swallowed and shifted awkwardly on his feet, nodding as if you could see him. He wanted to continue pressing the topic, ask the specific name of this new spot that was more interesting than him or his club. But his pride got the best of him.

“Aight…ladies’ night. Handle your business then, baby girl. Don’t have too much fun without me. Let me know when you make it in the house safe.” 

You promised you would before quickly ending the call. The refusal did not sit well with Stack. He had recovered smoothly from your rejection in the moment, but now that the call was over, he was stuck staring at the same bottle of Moscato he had been holding for the past five minutes. It wasn’t like you to say no to him.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

As much as he hated to admit it, Stack didn’t really have back up plans. He always reserved Friday nights for you no matter who else he was seeing. He sat on his couch for a while, sipping the wine he’d picked for the two of you earlier. He scrolled through his recent messages debating who he should hit up, if anyone. Honestly, his roster had been thinning out the more attached he became to you. They just weren’t like you. They didn’t laugh like you or smell like you, and the more time he spent with you the more intoxicating your presence became to him. 

Truth be told, he was disappointed. Stack kept a line up. There was no shortage of women in his life— he could have anyone he wanted within a single text or call. But you were his favorite. There wasn’t anyone else he wanted to lay up with and kiss on but you. With other women, he usually just skipped to the main event. Minimal foreplay, surface level conversation. Nothing like what he had with you.

Stack’s train of thought was interrupted by his phone ringing. He snatched it from the cushion next to him, nearly dropping it as he tried to answer. A disappointed groan made its way from his mouth when he realized it was just one of his homeboys. Not you. He’d never admit it, but he was hoping that maybe you would change your mind and decide to stay in with him after all— even though he’d never ask.

“Yo” He answered boredly.

“Aye, Stack. What you on tonight? Lil’ Ms. Fine as hell over there?”

Stack chuckled and shook his head. It was no secret that you were the finest woman on his roster, and again, his absolute favorite. You were the only woman he had a silent claim over.

“Naw, she’s with her girls. Said somethin’ about a new spot openin’ up downtown, I don’t know.” he felt his annoyance bubbling to the surface again as he reiterated your words. He had no right to feel possessive over your time, but he couldn’t help it.

“Yeah we gon’ head over there too. You tryna pop out?” 

Stack fixed his mouth to say no. He was aware that it was probably clingy to follow you to the exact place you told him you would be—on the one night you’d taken space from him. Still, the idea that he could feign bumping into you, and that maybe through a turn of events you would end up ending the night with him after all, got the best of him. And there was still something ugly and jealous tugging at him about the way you never answered when he asked if there was someone else.

“Yeah I’ll meet y’all over there. Gimme like 45.” He ended the call with his homeboy and went straight to his closet.

Girls night, huh? He tutted to himself as he scanned his clothing, looking for something to wear. Unfortunately for you, he was about to crash your party.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

Any time Elias Moore stepped into the building, he was the main attraction. The SmokeStack twins were known by people clear across the Mississipi delta— and in other places too. Tall tales and fables alike had been whispered through the grapevine for years now. Stories about men who’d encountered the twins but never lived to tell the tale. Gossip about the havoc they wreaked in Chicago prior to returning to their little hometown… mysteriously, with enough money to open a club of their own. 

Stack didn’t do lines. Upon arriving to the club, hushed whispers and watchful eyes oriented toward him immediately. There was a confident swagger in his walk as he headed straight to the front of the line, like he always did. He slipped a crisp $50 bill to the bouncer out of respect before dapping him up. Then, he made his way inside. No fuss, no muss. 

Vibrant neon lighting flashed across the club, highlighting its lively crowd. Music thumped through the floors and radiated into Stack’s chest. The crowd parted instinctively for him as he found his way through the room. Women stared lustfully, admiring his confident walk and the million-dollar smile he’d flash if you were lucky enough. Stack was fly, it was no secret. He only wore the best and he was always iced out. 

“How you doin’, daddy?” a tall, slim woman cooed as Stack brushed past her. His gaze raked over her, and he nodded in acknowledgement as he made his way into his section. If he wasn’t VIP, he wasn’t attending. 

“Stacks-A-Billion! You made it. My nigga finally got from up under that girl and graced us with his presence.” Donte clapped Stack on his back and pulled him into a brotherly hug. The other men at the table did the same, greeting him one by one like he was a don. 

The night was smooth at first. Real smooth. Stack was in the middle of chopping it up with one of his old flings who he’d cut loose when his eyes caught a familiar face. There you were. He froze completely as he took you in.

You were wearing all black. Leather shorts that sat on your hips low and hugged them just right and a lace-up sleeveless biker top. Black heels adorned your feet, and you were wearing your signature gold jewelry. The corner of his lips twitched upward into a smile involuntarily and he licked them as he took in your appearance.

However, the smile quickly dropped from his face when he realized that your girlfriends were nowhere to be found. Instead— you were with some tall guy. Stack looked hard and long to ensure he wasn’t imagining things. 

Nope. No girlfriends. This was definitely a date. 

Immediately, Stack tuned out the woman that had been talking to him. The music in the club dulled to a thumping pulse, and suddenly he had tunnel vision. He couldn’t help the possessive ugly feeling that arose deep in his chest as he watched the man’s hand brush the small of your back when he leaned in to whisper something to you.

You didn’t see him for several minutes. But when you did— your eyes locked with his. You were caught. Completely and totally caught red-handed in the act. Stack stayed where he was, but he held the piercing stare long enough that you wished you could disappear. Then, he turned back to his boys as if nothing had happened.

It stayed like that for a short while. Stack kept mingling, talking to people who approached him. He managed to make it through half of another drink before he became so consumed with a silent possessive rage that he turned from his boys mid-conversation and headed straight over to you. The crowd parted for him like the red sea.

“ ’Scuse me patna, I need to talk to her for a second.”

Malik looked startled, he hadn’t seen him approach. He looked like he wanted to say no, looking between the two of you as the tension rose. Apparently, he waited two seconds too long, because Stack increased his proximity to the man with one large step, a cold stare closed the rest of the distance between them. 

“I ain’t askin’, I’m tellin’ you. Don’t get hurt boy.” He snarked; tone laced with southern venom. And with that, Malik scrammed.

Stack grabbed your bicep, gentle enough not to hurt you— but with enough force that you knew now was not the time to test him. He guided you to the backdoor of the club and slammed it open. The cold air kissed your hot skin and instinctively made you flinch.

“Let go of me, Elias” you snapped, snatching your arm away once it was just the two of you. He turned toward you with a look that made it hard to pinpoint his emotions.

“Who the fuck is that?” He snapped back. You looked away towards the busy street and crossed your arms defensively. The distant sound of impatient drivers filled the silence.

“A friend.”

He sucked his teeth and responded, “Don’t gimme that shit girl, a friend? I just watched how that nigga was lookin’ at you, and it ain’t nothin’ holy or friendship-like on his mind.” Stack was trying to remain as calm as he could given the situation.

“We grabbed food and decided to stop by for a drink, that’s all” you sighed. You rubbed your temples out of frustration. Why the hell was he even here? Stack’s eyebrows lifted at your confession. He stepped closer and cocked his head to the side.

“Fuck you mean y’all just had dinner? That’s what we doin’ now? You goin’ on two-part dates with random niggas?” Now his voice was starting to raise. He looked away in an effort to find his composure, but he felt his heart beating fast with panic. This was the second part of the date?

“I’m not your girlfriend, Elias! I can see who I want, why do you care anyway.” Your voice rang out sharp and shrill against the brick walls of the alley.

Instantly, his head snapped back towards you. He stepped closer. One step, then another, until your back was against the cold brick wall behind you. One of his palms came up beside your head and he leaned in close enough that you could tell what liquor he’d been sipping on. His eyes flicked from your eyes down to your lips, and back again. Almost like he was trying to make sure they were the same as they were the last time he’d tasted them— untouched by anyone else.

“If you ain’t mine…why you lyin’ to me ‘bout who you with, baby?”

And for that, you did not have an answer. You simply looked at him blankly. After a long hard stare, you scoffed and pushed him by his chest away from you, refusing to give him an answer that he already had. You turned around to make your way back inside to find your date. He was probably scared shitless.

“Tell ol’ boy don’t get caught alone in no dark alleys.” Stack’s voice rang out sharp from the alley as you walked away. You rolled your eyes hard.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

A week went by after your encounter with Stack at the club. You’d sent texts, called a few times. He was radio silent. He had stopped randomly popping up at your place with tokens of his affection, and he hadn’t made any attempts to reach out to you himself. Your last text which read, “How long are you gonna do this? Say something” had been delivered nearly 12 hours earlier and he still hadn’t responded.

You were in the middle of sulking and smashing a bag of hot Cheetos when your phone pinged. A soft gasp escaped you and you quickly picked it up.

Lias ❤️‍🔥: You ain’t mine right? Lose my number.

Your heart sank as you re-read the message. So he gets to keep a revolving door of women, but you go on one date now you’re the bad guy? Furiously, you typed out your next response. Your jaw dropped when you pressed send and the message went green.

He blocked me you gasped to yourself.

A few hours went by, and it never came. You kept waiting for it— a slick little follow up, the way he always did when he knew he had gone just a little too far. The response sat final in the text thread. You stared at it until your screen went black. You guys had fights in the past but never like this. Stack had never shut the door completely before, really he had never fully opened it either. But this time felt different.

Fine.

From that moment, it was on. You started answering Malik’s calls on the second ring, you let him take you out to dinner, and when he asked you if he could see you two nights in a row you said yes. One night, he kissed you outside the restaurant after the date. He waited to see if you’d pull away, instead you leaned in deeper. The kiss felt nothing like Stack’s. But the attention was real and constant, and it was better than the half-ass relationship Stack had been giving you. 

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

Four days. That’s how long Stack lasted before he tried to fill the void you left behind. 

The woman’s name was Tasha, she was real thick and real bold too. He met her at his club, she was staring him down like she heard all the rumors about him and wanted to know if they were true. This night, she’d been looking extra hard, and Stack was always aware of watchful eyes. 

He took her back to his place with full intent on giving her what she was looking for. Another easy and forgettable night with a face he probably wouldn’t remember in a few months unless they gave him a reason to.

The night started off easy enough once they made it back to his place. Tasha started kissing on him while he was preparing drinks, talking about all the things she wanted to do to him. Her perfume was too sweet and sharp in a way that made him miss the signature fragrance you always wore. Stack wandered over to the couch and sat down, legs spread wide. Tasha was on him immediately, she straddled him without waiting for an invitation, rolling her hips real slow like she already knew what he liked.

Out of habit, he rested his hands on her waist. His fingers didn’t dig in or stroke, wander to her ass, he just sat there looking bored. Tasha continued to pepper kisses across his jaw and he allowed it. But when she made her way to his lips— he turned his head sharply. 

The woman’s body tensed and she pulled away with a frown.

“You good?”

“I’m straight.”

Hesitantly Tasha got back into her groove, dragging her nails down his chest. The silence stretched and he could feel her getting frustrated in the way her body tensed. Still, he kept the same bored expression.

“You sure you good? Cause you actin’ real bored for a man who invited me over.”

Finally, Stack looked at Tasha. She was pretty. Nice body, pretty smile. There wasn’t anything wrong with her, but still Stack didn’t feel a pull low in his belly or any urge to flip her under him. There was no interest in hearing what she sounded like when she came or moaned his name. He just kept thinking about you. How your thighs slotted perfectly over his and how your mouth always tasted like whatever chapstick you’d chosen that day.

“Yeah, you right. I think you should go.” He mumbled, gently lifting Tasha off him by her hips. She didn’t move from where he placed her on the couch. She continued to sit, staring at him in blatant disbelief.

“You serious right now?”

Stack stretched and reached over, grabbing the remote. He clicked a button and the television came on, filling the silence of the room.

“Yeah.”

If looks could kill Stack would’ve been six feet under. 

Tasha rose from the couch hastily, snatching her bag from the coffee table before leaving. The door slammed behind her harder than it needed to and the echo of it sounded through the apartment. Still unphased, Stack let out a heavy sigh as he started flicking through different movies on Netflix. He kept the tv on, letting it consume the silence. Quiet had never bothered him before you.

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Smoke stopped by to check on Stack two days later. Ever since they were in the womb, he knew when something was wrong with his twin. He didn’t knock when he stopped by, he always came in unannounced. Smoke walked into the kitchen and dropped the greasy takeout bag on the counter. He looked his twin over like he was diagnosing how bad the heartbreak was— and he’d never seen it this bad. Not even with Mary.

“You look like shit. Y’ain’t been sleepin’, have you?”

Stack was sitting motionlessly, halfway watching a basketball game with no idea of who was in the lead.

“I’m fine, what you got to eat?”

Smoke nodded his head silently as he started unpacking the food. But he didn’t leave the topic alone just yet.

“Y’all still on that silent treatment?” Now it was Stack’s turn to ignore the question, that was all the confirmation his brother needed. “Once you start catchin’ feelings, nobody else taste the same. Y’know that right?”

At this, Elias shot his twin a look that said leave it be. 

“Ain’t nobody catchin’ feelings.”

“You put that fine ass stallion out the other day ‘cause she wasn’t the one you wanted in yo lap.” Smoke’s voice stayed flat, bored almost. “That sound like not catchin’ feelings to you?”

The temperature in the room stayed the same despite the heaviness of Elijah’s words. As much as Elias wanted to curse at his brother and tell him he was wrong, he was right. Still, he mumbled an annoyed “whatever” and sat across from him at the table, fighting back a smirk when he noticed his favorite Indian food.

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Bad news came the next Tuesday. The gym had put a hurting on Stack, and he was making his way from his car to his front door when Smoke pulled up. Evening was settling over the city, and his shirt was still clinging to his back with sweat from his work out.

“I got bad news.” Smoke said simply. Stack wiped his face with the bottom of his shirt as he slowly approached his brother’s car. If it warranted an in person visit, it was more than bad.

“What.”

“Saw ya girl at the comic bookstore on 5th street. She was with ol’ boy from the club, tall nigga.”

Stack went totally still and the towel in his hand stopped moving over his neck. 

“She still dealin’ with dude?” 

Shrugging once, Smoke held his hands up.  “Look like it to me. They was walkin’ out together and he was holdin’ a bag for her. Looked real comfortable if y’ask me.” He took in his twin’s ragged appearance before adding, “If you love that girl don’t wait too much longer. He got plans for her. I can tell.” That was all. He didn’t comment further, ask what his brother planned to do, or offer further advice. He delivered the last sentence and held Stack’s stare for a second longer than necessary before leaving.

When the conversation with his twin ended, Stack stood in his living room for a long while thinking hard. It was one thing for y’all to be at the club, but a bookstore date? Nah. That’s too close to home. He couldn’t stomach the idea of you going on real dates with this man. Smiling at whatever stupid thing he said, letting him touch you. The uncomfortability of it all settled deeper under his skin the longer he pictured it like a petulant sunburn. You weren’t even trying to hide that you were dealing with this guy anymore. You were just out here, dating in the open like he’d never put his mouth between your legs and made you shake.

Autopilot mode was the only way to describe Stack’s thought process once he entered the shower. The night at the club kept replaying behind his eyelids. The way you looked at him when he caught you. How you went back to Malik instead of staying, instead of going home with him. And especially— how you kept seeing this man even after Stack had told you to lose his number. Pride and jealousy wrenched together in his gut until he couldn’t tell which hurt worse.

When the water from the shower was cut off, he had already made his decision. The only way through this was to make you his. Quickly, he got dressed. Grey sweatpants a black t shirt, and the chain you always played with when you sat in his lap. He was out the door before the water had even fully dried on his skin.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

By the time Stack was halfway to your place he was fully dry and his thoughts had unfogged enough for his good sense to be activated. He couldn’t come over empty handed. He shook his head at the thought of coming to your place and agitating you without having food to soothe you after. Only a fool would do something so stupid. So, like a good boy, he stopped and ordered your favorite food and grabbed your preferred wine and some flowers for good measure. His elders always taught him you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. 

The bags sat in the passenger seat of the car and Stack kept looking over at the flowers like they might disappear if he didn’t check. By the time he pulled up at your place he had rehearsed what he wanted to say a million times over in his head. He was coming to fix things, and he brought things you liked because some part of him thought it might make a difference. He knocked on your door in that familiar rhythm only he used. You knew it was him without checking the peep hole.

When you swung the door open, your attitude was on full display. There he was, bags in one hand and flowers in the other. The familiar scent of his soap clung to his skin and his hair was still damp. The second he laid his eyes on you his expression softened and he forgot everything he planned to say. Except for,

“You datin’ niggas now?” His voice was pained and tight. Your gaze dropped to the items he was holding and drifted back up to his face. Grudingly, you stepped to the side and allowed him to come in.

He watched with greedy eyes as you sauntered into the kitchen to grab wine glasses, hips switching and jiggling your ass as you walked.

“Do my eyes deceive me, or is a man who told me to lose his number actin’ brand new?” You grumbled, avoiding eye contact. Stack shut the door behind him with a quiet click. The bags were set down with more care than his voice had. Suddenly, the space felt a lot smaller than it did before. Stack crossed his arms over his chest and his eyes moved over your face like he was looking for something.

“You out here goin’ on dates, my patnas tellin’ me you still spendin’ time with ol’ boy after I caught y’all at the club.” Your expression remained unchanged as you uncorked the wine and began pouring the glasses. “Why you bein’ like this?”

When you still didn’t answer, just raised an eyebrow in annoyance, he increased his proximity. You felt the solid heat of him against your back. He wasn’t touching you— yet. Just letting you feel the warmth of him against you. Then, he brushed his lips against the back of your neck and said, 

“Tell me baby. Why you doin’ me like this, hm? Like I ain’t never stroked you so deep you cried for me ‘cause it felt so good… like this lil body don’t react every time I touch it.” As if on cue he pressed his lips against the side of your neck and you let out a soft involuntary sound, leaning back into him instinctively.

“You made the rules stack. Don’t get mad when I finally start playin’ by ‘em. And you damn sure don’t just get to show up with food and these sorry ass flowers like that fixes everything.”

He pressed his back against your chest fully now and mumbled, “Look at me.” When you didn’t, he gently turned you in his arms by your waist. His voice was barely above a whisper when it came out. “I don’t wanna see you with nobody else. I don’t wanna think about somebody else knowin’ how sweet those pretty lil moans sound when you get like that. So I need you to tell me it still belong to me.”

The audacity of this man was astonishing honestly. You stared at him unblinking. The raw honesty in his voice almost had you until you remembered that last nasty text he’d sent. Then your eyes sharpened.

“I’m not yours. You never claimed me.”

“I’m claimin’ you now” he replied simply, as if it was obvious.

“No” you shook your head firmly. “You only sayin’ that because somebody else wants me. You comin’ over here today doesn’t change that.” His hands came to rest on either side of you on the counter, trapping you in between his arms. 

“I’m sayin’ it ‘cause I mean it. I’m done pretending I don’t”

When he leaned in, you instinctively leaned back. You held his gaze for a moment and he respected the distance. It lasted for only a second. Once his thumb brushed over the exposed skin of your belly, you allowed him to catch your waist and pull you in. Initially the kiss was pride and anger. Teeth and tongue, both looking for dominance. 

The second time your lips joined, it was slow enough for him to slide his tongue against yours in a tantalizing rhythm. A small sound escaped your lips without permission, and Stack’s breathing changed when he heard it. By the time you went in for a third kiss, you were on top of the counter and he was fully between your legs spreading them wider. His hands were roaming under your shirt like he’d been starving for the feel of you.  

“You still mad, I know.” he said the words in between needy kisses. “But I know you missed me just as much as I missed you.” He voice had dropped several octaves and it was rough with lust. Your pulse quickened against his lips as he kissed your throat and he squeezed your hips to show he noticed.

“Fuck you, Stack”

“Oh I’m bout to, baby. Don’t even worry that pretty lil head.”

With that, he lifted you from the counter and you reflexively wrapped your legs around his waist. Straight to the bedroom you went.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

Clothes hit the floor in random pieces until they were all gone. Stack made himself comfortable between your legs and gazed over your features as if he was still deciding how nice he was gonna be to you. Whatever he saw made his pupils become more dilated with lust— most likely your stubborn unwillingness to secede.  When he kissed you his tongue moved slow and thorough like he was trying to make you forget every bit of the argument you two had.

A hand drifted between your legs and he groaned against your lips when he found that you were already wet for him. His eyes flicked down to your sex and back to your face, watching your expression closely as he slid his middle and ring finger inside you. A satisfied grin made its way across his features when your lips parted and your lashes fluttered against your cheekbones.

“This pussy gon’ tell me it missed me even if you don’t.” he cooed as he continued his torment, curling his fingers just right against that spongy spot inside you. Your thighs twitched and a shaky breath passed your lips. Your hips chased his fingers and he drank in every little pleasured expression greedily. He paid close attention every time your expression changed.

“Tell me it’s mine” he murmured. When you shook your head stubbornly, he used his other hand to push your—his— t-shirt under your collarbones and just above your breasts. He latched a hot mouth to your areola, drawing a surprised cry from you as he suckled your nipple gently into his mouth. Your refusal to give in to him ignited something. A third finger joined the others and pressed harder, thumb circling your clit with precision until your thighs started shaking.

“Say it baby, stop playin’ with me. This pussy loves me just as much as I love you.”

A small squeak escaped you as your hips chased his hand desperately. You’d been craving his touch just as much as he’d been craving your presence in his bed at night. Still, in all your stubbornness, you uttered,

“Make me”

When the words he desired never passed your lips, he withdrew his fingers and sucked them into his mouth, holding your eye contact steadily as he tasted your essence. Hungrily, you tugged at his sweats. Stack drew his teeth between his bottom lip when his length sprung free, hard, thick, and leaking pre-cum. You nearly drooled at the sight, not having seen it in two weeks. Before you could touch him, he shifted you onto your back. And before you knew it, your calves were pinned on either side of your hips.

Stack dropped his forehead to yours as he gently dragged the head of his dick between your folds, nudging your clit intentionally each time. He waited until your expression grew needy with want before gently pushing past your entrance. He stretched you slowly, head dropping further into your neck the further he sank into you. When he was buried inside you, he let out a deep exhale. Like he’d been homesick and was finally home.

“Fuck— I missed bein’ this deep inside you. You feel that baby?” He lifted his head now, longingly staring into your irises. “That’s me puttin’ it back where it belong. Go on dates if you want, keep lettin’ that nigga buy you books. But this right here still answer to me. Say it.”

Instead of answering you whimpered and the sound make his stomach tighten. He adjusted his angle so that the head of his dick massaged intensely into that swollen bundle of nerves that only he seemed to find so easily. Your eyes flew open and a high-pitched moan flew past your lips. His breathing hitched as he watched the way your lips trembled. Something real close to satisfaction settled over his features.

“Yeah, that’s it baby. Whenever I kiss that lil spot just right you start shakin’ for me. Keep them pretty eyes on me. Wanna see what you look like when you finally stop fightin’ it.”

And true to his word, he stayed right on that spot. Your walls started fluttering around him and he noticed the change immediately. He slowed his strokes, deliberately dragging them out to hear you moan real pretty for him. When your first orgasm hit, your mouth fell open and your eyes went glassy. Stack drew his bottom lip between his teeth as the sight and kept grinding through it, relishing in the way your expression grew desperately needy.

“That’s one. Still ain’t said it though.”

You were still riding through the aftershocks of your first orgasm when he hooked both your legs over his arms and folded you deeper into the mattress. The new angle forced a high-pitched sound he hadn’t heard before from your lips and his eyebrows rose in both enjoyment and surprise.

“Stack— wait. Too much” you stuttered through deep breaths.

“Nah. You said make you, right?” He ground against that small bundle nerves in slow circles and your face twisted with ecstasy. Stack’s own expression tightened with hunger as he watched you. “So I’m gon’ make you. Say it belong to me.”

Unwilling to relent, you shook your head even as waves of pleasure crashed through your core. He saw the refusal sitting behind your eyes and his strokes got meaner, more precise and deliberate. Your stomach clenched again and your thighs trembled against his arms. He felt every little flutter and took pleasure in knowing the words he desired were an orgasm away.

“Say it, baby.”

“It’s yours Elias, it’s yours.” You cried as your second orgasm rose slowly but intensely. His eyes closed and the words fell over him like a prayer. The confession hit him harder than expected. When he opened them again, he was completely focused and he drove deeper.

“Again” he mumbled against your lips.

“It’s yours” you whimpered brokenly. He leaned down and brushed his lips over yours. Not really kissing, just letting you feel the soft heat of his mouth against yours while he kept up that focused rhythm between your legs. Every time the head of his dick dragged over that spot, your pussy clenched and fluttered around him.

“Stack—” you stuttered, voice still shaking. “It feel… it feel so good when you dig in me like that. Right there, please, I think I’m gon cum again”

He moaned softly against your lips, a low intimate sound that was pulled deep from his chest. He kept repeating that same motion, intentionally grinding into that little spot over and over again in relentless strokes. He watched your face the whole time. His eyes tracked the way your brows furrowed and how your lips parted every time he pushed inside you a little deeper. The orgasm started pulling out of you in long, drawn out waves. Those little sounds that Stack had missed so dearly kept spilling past your lips as you creamed around him in messy gushes. His jaw went tight when he felt it.

Right as the orgasmic wave hit its peak, he pulled back just enough to look you in the eyes. His were dark with need.

“Open”

You opened your mouth without hesitating, and he let a string of saliva drop from his lips onto your tongue. The second it landed you swallowed and your orgasm intensified hard. Your pussy clenched around him in intense, rhythmic pulses and another rush of cream squelched around his dick. The wet sounds got obscenely loud and Stack’s gaze stayed locked on your face. He admired the way your expression cracked even further, like the sight of it was doing something to him.

“That’s it, good girl baby.” He groaned against your mouth. “Take it just like that. Let me feel how wet you get when I stroke it real deep like this. Tell me again. Who it belong to?”

“You” you sobbed, completely fucked out at this point. “It’s yours, Stack. I promise.”

Something in his expression softened and he kissed you deep and slow while he continued fucking you through the aftershocks, never fully letting the overstimulation fade.

“I got you, mama. This stays mine. These legs stay open for me… this soft lil pussy only gon’ get wet like this for me. Promise me.”

“Yes, anything. You can have whatever you want. This pussy’s yours” your voice was still shaking from the intensity of your orgasm.

“Fuck— gon’ make me cum talkin’ to me like that girl” he growled. Only when you had promised yourself to him several times over and your body was trembling non-stop did he bury himself as deep as you’d take him. His eyes stayed locked on yours as he came, and a low, primal sound left his chest while his dick pulsed hard inside you. He watched your pretty face the whole time, like he needed to see you were taking it.

After, he stayed inside you, still breathing hard. One hand stroked over your hip where it met your belly like he still couldn’t believe you’d given yourself to him like this. His pupils were still dilated and searching your face.

“You mine. That ain’t changin’” he said quietly. It wasn’t a question. Just a fact he decided to force into existence. You didn’t answer. You were still shaking and your adrenaline was still pumping. The anger hadn’t fully subsided yet but something warm and tender was taking its place. He kissed you again, slower and deeper this time, and still didn’t pull out.

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you adjusted the oven door before reaching for another skillet.

salt pork crackled as it hit the hot cast iron.

just as you reached for the coffee pot to take off the burner, a knock sounded at the door.

granny wiped her hands on her apron rising from her chair.

"i'll get it."

you continued cooking.

a moment later...

"well, look who the lord done sent!" granny shouts out

you paused trying to get a listen.

"mornin', miss claudia."

that voice...

"sammie?" you ask yourself.

you quickly peeked around the doorway.

sammie is standing on the porch with a woven basket tucked beneath one arm and his guitar resting across his shoulder.

"come on in, baby!"

granny stepped aside.

"what you standin' out there for?"

sammie laughed softly.

"mama sent me over with a few things for the church ladies."

he handed over the basket.

"said these was for you and miss eleanor."

"mmm."

granny nodded approvingly grabbing it.

" tell your mama i said thank you."

"i sure will."

you stepped into the doorway.

"...sammie."

he looked over.

"there she is!"

you smiled.

"i wasn't expectin' to see you again so soon."

"neither was i."

he chuckled.

granny interrupts clapping her hands once.

"well, don't just stand there jawin'! come in sammie!"

granny grabs sammie by the shoulder, bringing him to the dining table

"and you ain't leavin' my house without eatin'!"

"oh, no ma'am."

sammie waved both hands

" i'm alright. i ate alrea-"

"i said...you ain't leavin' hungry."

there wasn't much arguing after that.

you smirked to yourself shaking your head at granny's antics.

some things just never change.

granny turned toward the kitchen.

"y/n!"

"yes'm?"

"warm them biscuits back up!"

"fry him a couple more eggs."

"cut up that salt pork."

"and put that coffee back on!"

"yes ma'am,"

you tied you apron on a little tighter before returning to the stove.

behind you, granny had already settled sammie at the table.

"so.."

"how ya mama doin'?"

"she's doin' alright."

" and passa?"

"he good too."

"you still keepin' yourself busy?"

sammie laughed.

"everday."

you quietly carried over the coffee pot.

before sammie could reach for it, granny took the handle first.

pouring it for him.

"there now. that's how you pose to start your mornin'"

she finishes, pouring her a cup

"y/n! hurry up with them plates na! this man gotta eat!"

"it's alright miss claudia. ain't inna rush."

sammie says attempting to get granny to stop badgering you.

"boy hush! gal should've been had that food done!"

sammie shakes his head subtlety not to trigger granny furthermore.

you huff quielty clenching your teeth returning to the stove.

♡♡♡

breakfast was ready.

you carried each plate to the table.

eggs.

biscuits.

salt pork.

fresh coffee.

granny beamed proudly.

"there!"

"now that'll stick to your ribs."

sammie gave a smile and nod towards you in appreciation and then looked towards granny.

"thank you, miss claudia."

"awe..hush! call me granny!"

you quietly took the empty skillet back toward the sink.

before you could even reached it—

"y/n."

you turned.

"yes'm?"

"bring me that jelly off the counter."

you nodded.

"yes, ma'am."

a few minutes later—

"y/n!"

"Mm?"

"fetch another napkin."

"yes, ma'am."

then

"y/n!"

"bring me that butter."

"yes, ma'am."

sammie noticed.

every time you finished one thing...

another followed.

never complained.

never sighed.

never rolled your eyes.

you simply...

did it.

" uhh...miss clau—granny? ain't y/n gonna sit n eat too?"

" awe, don't worry bout that baby! y/n got all day ta eat! you's my guest."

...

by the time breakfast ended, you was already gathering empty plates.

"i'll get those." sammie tries grabbing the used dishes.

" aht aht, she got em!"

granny intervenes with a raised hand

sammie looks towards you for confirmation.

"i got 'em." you say stacking the dishes before carrying them back into the kitchen.

water ran into the sink.

coffee cups and silverware clinked softly against the basin.

the conversation in the dining room continued while you quietly washed dishes alone.

sammie found himself glancing toward the kitchen more than once.

you hadn't sat down since he'd arrived.

not once.

a little while later...

granny finally waved him toward the front door.

"you tell your mama thank you again."

"i will."

"and don't be no stranger."

"yes'm."

you followed him onto the porch.

the late morning sun had climbed higher now, warming the old wooden steps beneath y'all feet.

for a moment...

neither of you spoke.

"i'm glad we finally got a chance to catch up."

you smiled softly.

"me too."

"it still feels strange."

"what?"

"seein' you after all these years."

you laughed quietly.

"i know."

a breeze stirred through the pine trees.

sammie adjusted the strap of his guitar.looking back to check if granny wasn't close by

"you doin' alright?"

you blinked.

"...yeah."

"you sure?"

you smiled reassuringly.

"i'm alright, sammie."

he studied you for another second.

he wasn't entirely convinced.

but he also knew better than to push.

instead...

he smiled.

"when you finally get yourself a free day..."

you looked at him curiously.

"...yeah?"

"go enjoy it."

you tilted your head.

"what do you mean?"

"i mean..."

he shrugged.

"go somewhere."

"walk through town."

"sit by the creek."

"do somethin' just because you want to."

a thoughtful smile crossed your face.

"i'll keep that in mind."

"you should!"

sammie chuckled.

"life got more to offer than the same four walls."

you looked back toward the house.

then back at sammie.

"...i hope so."

before either of them could say another word—

"sammie!"

granny's voice rang through the screen door.

"you come back now, ya hear?"

"and tell your mama i said thank you!"

"yes'm!"

he tipped his cap.

"i better get on."

you nodded to him

"tell your mama I said hello." granny adds on again

"i will."

"and passa too!

" you take care na! God bless!"

"i sure will granny. God bless you too."

"see you 'round y/n."

"see you sammie."

you respond softly with a wave as he started down the porch steps.

you watched him disappear down the dusty road until he was nothing more than a figure against the nississippi morning.

only then did you quietly step back inside.

the smile on your face lingered...

right until another memory slipped into your thoughts.

smoke.

"you gon' see me again."

heat crept into your cheeks.

you shook your head.

"...Lord."

the late morning, mississippi sun beat down on the dirt road as sammie made his way back toward town, his guitar resting comfortably across his shoulder.

he hadn't made it but another mile before the familiar rumble of an engine rolled up behind him.

a sleek black sedan eased alongside the dusty shoulder.

the passenger window slid down.

stack leaned halfway out with that same crooked grin plastered across his face.

"well, if it ain't preacher boy!"

sammie laughed.

"mornin'."

stack looked him over.

"boy, what you doin' all the way out here?"

"headed back toward town."

"walkin'?"

sammie shrugged.

"unless the good Lord done blessed me with wings."

stack barked out a laugh.

"boy, get your smart ass in this car!"

sammie chuckled before opening the back door and climbing inside, laying his guitar carefully across the seat beside him.

the familiar scent of leather, tobacco and lingering summer heat filled the car.

smoke sat in the passenger seat, hat tipped low over his brow.

he glanced back just long enough to nod.

"preacher."

"smoke."

that was all that needed to be said.

the greeting was comfortable.

familiar.

family.

the sedan rolled back onto the road.

for a minute...

nobody said much.

only the steady hum of the engine and gravel beneath the tires filled the silence.

finally, stack spoke.

"so..."

"where you comin' from?"

"miss claudia's."

stack frowned.

"...miss claudia?"

sammie nodded.

"mama had me droppin' some things off from church."

then it clicked.

stack slowly looked toward smoke...

then... back at sammie.

a grin stretched across his face.

"hold on..."

"you mean miss church dress?"

sammie chuckled.

"yeah."

smoke didn't move.

didn't say a word.

stack slapped the steering wheel.

"i'll be damned!"

"how long you stay over there?"

"longer than i meant to."

"granny wasn't hearin' me leavin'."

" y/n fixed breakfast."

"eggs."

"biscuits.

"salt pork."

"fresh coffee."

sammie leaned back against the seat with a satisfied grin.

"man..."

"best breakfast I done had in a good while."

"me and my siblings usually split whatever mama can throw together before everybody scatters for the day."

stack's eyes widened dramatically.

"shit..."

"you tellin' me miss church dress out there feedin' folks like that?"

sammie laughed.

"i'm just tellin' you what happened."

stack shook his head dramatically tapping on his brother's shoulder.

"smoke..."

"we might needa swing back 'round there."

smoke cut his eyes toward his brother.

one brow lifted.

stack only grinned wider.

"what?"

"i'm just sayin'"

"you done?"

stack and sammie chuckles.

"not even close."

the laughter settled.

sammie's smile slowly faded.

"but..."

"truth be told..."

"i felt bad for her."

the joking eased.

stack glanced at him through the rearview mirror.

"why you say that?"

sammie looked out the passenger window for a long moment before answering.

"she never stopped movin'."

"the whole time i was there..."

"she fixed breakfast."

"poured the coffee."

"served the food."

"cleared the table."

"washed dishes."

he shook his head.

"and every time she'd finish one thing,miss claudia'd call her again."

"'y/n!'"

"'go put this away.'"

"'y/n!'"

"'bring me that.'"

"'y/n!'"

"'come do this.'"

sammie sighed, shaking his head.

"i tried speakin' up or helpin' but, that granny would shut it down. y/n would tell me she got it. aint wanna make somethin' worse for her."

"i was there close to an hour."

"i don't think she sat down once."

silence settled over the sedan.

the joking...

gone.

smoke stared ahead through the windshield.

his expression remained unreadable.

then...

almost absentmindedly,

"she seem alright?"

sammie nodded.

"yeah..."

"little tired, maybe."

"said she was fine."

smoke gave one small nod.

"...Mm."

another quiet bout settled over the car.

a few more miles passed beneath the tires.

then smoke asks

"... y/n fixed all that food?"

sammie looked toward the passenger seat.

"yeah."

"every bit of it."

"granny mostly sat there askin' me about church n stuff while y/n kept everything movin'."

stack slowly turned his head toward smoke.

the grin returned.

"that's three questions."

smoke didn't bother looking over.

"you countin' now?"

"damn right."

stack laughed.

"five minutes ago, your ass ain't had nothin' to say."

"now you over here conductin' interviews."

sammie laughed quietly to himself.

smoke rolled his jaw.

...

stack wasn't finished.

not by a long shot.

he looked back toward sammie.

"well..."

"how'd she look?"

smoke immediately cut his eyes toward his brother.

stack pointed across the seat.

"see?!"

"i asked it for you."

sammie laughed, shaking his head.

"thought he wasn't interested."

stack pointed toward smoke.

"don't let him fool you."

"his nosy ass just forgot to ask."

smoke clicked his teeth not even looking over at his brother and cousin

" y'all finished?"

"nah..."

stack says leaning his chair back in the driver’s seat.

"you ain't let sammie answer yet."

"gone head."

"answer the question..."

"then i'll hush."

sammie laughed.

"she looked like herself."

"sweet."

"soft-spoken."

"a little wore out...but, she still smiled."

smoke lookes back out the windshield.

that answer seemed to settle something inside him.

he didn't say another word.

stack watches him for another second before a slow grin spreads across his face.

"hard-headed ass just be tellin' on himself."

smoke finally turns to his brother with a long stare

"you done entertainin' yourself?"

"almost." stack replies going to another subject with sammie.

smoke clicks his teeth once.

then, without another word, he reaches inside his suit pocket and pulls out a cig.

he coolly slips it between his lips,

stricking the match against the dash.

the flame flared briefly before the tip of the cigarette glowed a steady orange.

smoke takes one slow drag...and exhales.

then, he looks back out the windshield.

the smoke drifts lazily through the open window.

stack chuckled at what sammie said.

"mm-hmm."

"thought so!"

their laughter gradually faded around smoke.

the sedan rolled beneath another stretch of towering pines.

outside...

mississippi drifted by in long stretches of cotton fields and weathered fence posts.

inside...

smoke quietly slipped his unoccupied hand into his suit pocket.

his fingers brushed against a familiar coin.

the spare coin he'd gotten back the day he'd paid for your groceries.

he turned it over once between his fingers.

then tucked it away again.

outside the window...

the delta rolled on.

inside the car...

smoke's thoughts stayed somewhere else entirely.

on you.

You can't tell if it's your vocals, the beat, or the lyrics themselves, but something is completely off.

Through the double-paned glass that was in front of you, the luxurious control room, with its plush leather seats, top-notch recording equipment, and the walls that were decorated with a mix of your own plaques and favorite artists' records. Sitting on the other side of the glass are your manager, Ayesha, your assistant and close friend, Tia, and right in the middle, sat right in front of the soundboard is Elias, also known as Stack, your producer and boyfriend.

This was supposed to be a quick session, but it has dragged on for three hours now. Wearing a comfortable brown halter top and camo skirt with a double belt that laid low on your hips, with lots of thigh to show underneath, you shift on your feet, the frustration starting to cloud your mind. You hum to yourself, shaking your head murmuring, "Mmm, something ain't right." Usually, you’re entirely confident in your music, but this creative block is causing a stubborn stagnancy.

Now you being in the studio for hours wasn't something new, but you having trouble like this?? now this was something completely different.

Ayesha watched you through the glass as you hummed to yourself . She took note of how you were nodding your head to the beat, but pen in hand and scribbling on the paper that had your lyrics on them.

You were in the studio longer then expected due to something that was bothering you, and you couldn't even place what it was.

You couldn't put your finger on it.

Ayesha took a brief sip of her water as she sighed leaning back in the office chair, that made a slight screeching noise as she leans back. And Stack, oh Stack's eyes never left you, he saw the tension in your expression the uncertainty and doubt clouding your mind, as you shook your head scribbling more on the paper.

Before any of them could speak, your voice broke the silence in the room.

Turning back into the mic, you ask, "Can y'all isolate my vocals? I'll sing it real quick."

Outside the glass, Stack’s head tilts. He leans his elbows on the mixing desk, his fingers moving smoothly against the sliders to mute the backing track.

But as you begin to sing the lyrics raw, it still isn't working. It’s not what you want to hear, and you weren't…..feeling it??

"What do you think it is?" Ayesha asked aloud, to both Stack and Tia, they both knew what she was asking.

Tia shrugged her shoulders as she shook her head, completely stumped on what could be the problem, she thought the song was perfect and sounded good to her "I'm gonna keep it real i ain't got a clue in the world, i liked the song, but you know how she gets when she don't like somethin', it doesn't leave her mind until she fixes it,".

Stack hums agreeing, he knew how she gets in her head so quickly when it comes to her music, she gets like that because she cares deeply about it, he always knew that everything had a place for her and so once something seems outta place, you were the one to fix it.

He just wonders what you were thinking.

You let out a heavy groan, sucking your teeth, unaware of how intently Stack is watching you. He always catches the small things—the furrow of your eyebrows, the tension in your shoulders, the doubt in your eyes.

He twirls a pen between his fingers, his tongue rolling into his cheek as an idea forms. He knows exactly how to break through your frustration or whatever is going on in your head.

"Tia, Ayesha," Stack says, his tone low and calculated as he speaks to the room. "We haven't had our break yet." He briefly looks at you. "Looks like she needs one, and we could use one too. Why don't y'all step out for a bit so I can talk to her?"

Tia and Ayesha exchange a look, then glance back at him. "You sure?" Tia asks.

Stack nods, rubbing his hand along his goatee. "Positive. Y'all go on and grab some lunch. I know y'all were talkin about the new place on 5th, see what happenin' over there. I'll text y'all when we're finished here."

Tia looks at Stack and then you, "You want us to get y'all a lil somethin, heard they got some good fries there too," she offers.

Stacks waves her off "Nah, I'm straight, but you can probably get her something to eat,".

Ayesha gives him a warning look, "You betta make sure she's alright,"

Stacks nods without hesitation "Always,".

Ayesha sighs, pushing back her rolling chair with a slight squeak, and grabs her purse. Tia follows close behind, their distant murmurs fading as the studio door clicks shut.

Now, Stack leans back in his chair, his eyes entirely fixed on you.

You're still looking down at your lyric sheet, pen in hand, aggressively scratching out words and editing lines. The sudden sound of the heavy booth door opening snaps you out of your daze. Looking up, your shoulders instantly ease at the sight of him walking in. Elias stands there taking in your frustrated appearance, his white shirt clinging to his frame, every ridge of his muscles on display, and for a second, the stress of the track completely fades away.

You turn your head back to the sheet of lyrics.

"Elias, i don't know, how do i sound to you?" your head hangs low as you ask.

"You always sound good to me"

Stack's heart softens even more after he hears you call him 'Elias', it was a soft spot for him always. He walks up behind you, his hand on the music stand looking over your scribbles and notes you made on the paper as his hand slither around your waist.

"What's bothering you so much that it's got you writing liking chicken scratch on the lovely lyrics?" He asks with a smirk appearing on his face.

You sigh and shrug. "I don't know.. something ain't clicking, I'm just not feeling it,"

"I'm just….this never happens to me, you know?" you add.

Stack picks up the paper and looks at it, reading it as he paces the room, and he hums the beat to himself .

"How bout, you tell me what you like in the song and what you got going on in that head of yours?" he ask as he lightly taps your temple.

You look around the room, as you pull the one side of the headphones away from your ear.

"Ummm, I like the percussion on this track, also really like slow vibe on the one part that gives a little sensual vibe,". You begin to hum the song and go to the chorus that you love and sing.

"Why you always take so long to call me? Know I gotta wake up in the mornin'. You know every second adds up to a minute.

As you are singing Stack leaves the room heading back to the control room and standing right in front of the soundboard. He watches you, your eyes are closed and singing, he can see that you are easing into the music and then his finger moves against one of the sliders, slowing the tempo down just a little bit.

You like the way that sounds, so you continue.

You sing .

"Need 10,000 hours, We can be so in love, Don't stop, I'm counting them up.

Run the clock, I be counting them up.

We can be so in love.

You know every second adds up to a minute.

Need 10,000 hours

We can be so in love."

As you sing, Stack is adjusting the soundboard, so when you sing the lyrics "We could be so in love" it loops. Your voice is now a background vocal and looping. It sounds exactly what was missing .

A smile can't help but appear on your face as you sing. Before Stack walks back into the isolated room, he watches you as you finish singing and saves that track. You still sing to the music, and Stack walks up to you smiling.

“How does it sound now?" he asks, looking at you.

You smile as you take the headphones off and place them on his ears. Before he even hears the rest, his lips find yours, melting together. His hands immediately find your ass, as he listens to your voice singing to him

"Y/N, you sound so good" he pulls away breathlessly from the kiss.

He presses himself against you and you smile. Your lips dance together as his hand find the back of your head, bringing you closer to him.

"Hold on baby," he says pulling away ripping a needy moan from you. As he takes the headphones off and leaves the room.

He leaves the room and your panties are soaked, you stand there waiting and soon you hear your voice coming from the speakers of the isolated room.

The song you just sang, now playing throughout the room.

He walks back in with a erection that can't be ignored, but he caresses your cheek.

"Told you before to stop doubting yourself, ain't I?". He asks looking down at you.

"Y-Yes," you lean up to kiss him but he doesn't let you get the satisfaction just yet.

"You were stressin' and all I needed to hear was what you were fucking with and what you weren't, and I knew what to add once I heard it.” He kisses your neck, his wet lips sliding up your neck with little bites he leaves as he makes his way up to your ear and kisses it.

You can't help but let out a moan "Mmm, baby,".

Stack smiles against your ear, your hear a soft huff of air and shiver, "Now you just listen to yourself and how pretty you sound," he directs.

You take a sharp breath as he kisses your ear, and smiles.

As you kiss him, your soaked panties cling to your soppy pussy. You feel his fingers pull them to the side, toying with your sensitive clit, causing you to jolt in his arms.

He smirks something cocky as he watches you. He lives for how sensitive you are for him, how wet you are.

His hand slowly holds you, pressing you against the double glass-paned window. You kiss him before he pulls away and shows all the love to your chest, licking the part of skin that shows on your test and squeezing your nipples through your bra.

His eyes lock with yours, causing you to whimper as his other hand has remained busy on your clit. He kisses down your body, your breathing becomes heavy. He moves the material of your skirt and kisses the meat of your thighs. He then drags his tongue on your clothed pussy a couple of times. Your head leans back on the glass window pane.

" 'Lias- you ain't gotta-" you begin to say

"Shh, what i need you to do is it back and sing for me, go on and listen to your song and hit those high notes for me," Stack grins as he pushed your soaked panties to the side, giving your pussy kisses and licks before sliding your panties off.

His grabs your thigh, placing it on his shoulder as he begins to devour your pussy, full of tongue as his nose begins to rub your clit, your eyes widen and mouth agape as you hand supports the back of his head. "F-Fuck S-S-Eliass you—".

Stack smiles as his tongue delves into you. He groans as he hears you having trouble speaking, stumbling and stuttering over your words. Doesn't sound like much singing to him.

Your moans can't be helped from escaping you.

"Baby, I need more, please. I- could you please stop teasing!" you whine out, your hands caressing the back of his head.

Stack chuckles and hits your g spot one last time, leaving a drabble of spit and your juices smeared on his lips and your pussy. He slurps every bit, and he pulls away, standing to his feet as he hears your pleas.

"So damn, impatient. I ain't doing shit until I hear my pretty girl sing like I hear you on these fucking speakers. You got a voice of the angels, princess, and I wanna hear that." He rasps as his dick throbs in his pants.

You clear your throat, realizing he is serious. As he smiles, tilting his head, grabbing your hips and turning you to face the glass window, your hands immediately bracing on the cold glass and your breath panning on the window, fogging up just as you exhale.

And you begin to sing, the lyrics. Your voice oozing like honey in his ears. You are harmonizing with yourself. "I've been high and I've been low." He holds your hips, kissing your shoulder and neck as you continue. You feel the bass from the speakers in your chest, or maybe that was your heart racing because of how wet you were. You begin to find the rhythm of the music as if there wasn't a care in the world."But this time I know it's for sure." He watches you in the glass , his eyes taking in your figure, and feeling your ass, and soon his hands aren't on you. You

You hear a zzziiiipppp sound behind you. Stack fists himself behind you, tapping your leg, signaling for you to spread your legs wider . You continue singing."Cause I'm right where I belong, and we are only getting stronger. Feel's good to be down in my—!"

"Oooouuuu shiit—" You moan as your head leans on the glass, your breath fogging a spot on the window. Stack lined himself up with your soaked pussy so quickly you didn't even realize, and his thrust wasn’t so gentle; they had urgency and passion behind it.

"Fuuck!. You are everything, baby. Ain’t nobody doing it like you ain’t, that right?". He sinks into you again, causing your body to jolt to the window as Stack grips your hips. Your back arching, Stack looks down, looking down as his dick thrusts into you.

In and Out. In and Out. In and Out.

A constant pace, a relentless one.

“You’re so wet for me, baby. All for me, my pretty girl. Sing just for me." He grunts as he kisses your neck. Both of your senses were blown. Your music on a loop in the room, mic stand kicked on the floor. Hands everywhere, and Stack fucking you like there was no tomorrow as you throw your pussy back to him. Stack moaning and grunting in your ear as your head is leaned back on his shoulder, hand on the window, bracing and back arching.

"You sound really close, baby. You gonna come for me, ain't you?" Stack kisses your shoulder, the sound of your lovemaking, remixing with the music you just made in the studio.

Tears begin to prick into your eyelids as you whine. "Aaa-aa- I-I can't hold it anymore".

The wet slapping sounds coming from your pussy only grew as Stack continues, the material of your skirt flipped to your back. You cum, no longer able to hold it, as a moaning cry leaves your lips as your whole body convulses and locks. That doesn't cause Stack to pull back; in fact, it drives him even crazier.

Stack pulls your hips back as he is chasing your release with his own. His thrust pushes you forward to the glass. You use the glass as leverage, pushing your pussy back onto his dick, and you hear him moan. Stack cums with a groan , kissing your neck and sinking his teeth, leaving marks on your skin.

Stack fills you up, and some cum spurts onto the underside of your skirt, sinking into the material. You two catch your breath. As he pulls out slowly, smacking your ass, causing you to yelp, "Eliass!"

“Girl, stop all that," Stack chuckles, rubbing your ass softly and leading you to take a seat.

You both take a minute catching your breath as his arm wraps around you. You look at the glass closely. Squinting and smirking as you whisper, "Oh my god."

Stack looks at you as he is adjusting himself back into his pants, as he zipping his pants back up and catches his breath, "Oh my god, what, what are we whatin' about?" As he moves his head trying to match your eye line and see what you are seeing, a smirk that shows his dimples all too well appears on his face.

You try to stop him. "Don't start."

But you knew it was already done

Stacks smile is wide with pride, "Oh ho hoooo, I'm definitely taking a picture of this for keepsake, damn baby, I had your hand print like that.”

You roll your eyes, giggling at his foolish behavior, as he gets up and grabs his phone, snapping a picture at an angle for the lighting to be just right and.

Click. Click. Click.

A couple of shots were taken, and as he bends down, picking up the music stand and fallen lyrics, phone in hand, he can't help but smile as his eyes examine the picture closer.

"Hold up, I'm not gonna lie, this would make a dope ass cover for the album." He nods at the picture, already thinking of a way to edit it, if you agreed.

You can't help but roll your eyes, but now that you think of it, maybe you would.

A hand print of your love, where you make the music you love, isn't such a bad idea.

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She dried her hands on the small towel hanging next to her, grinning up at his scrumptious reflection. “You missed me?”

“Mhm. So bad, baby.”

A bigger smile was creeping onto her face as he sat his cap and glasses down by the sink, but then she realized something. Her brows scrunched in confusion. “Why are we talking so low?”

“Tink is sleep.”

“Oh, ok. That must’ve just happened.”

“Which means we got 'bout fifteen minutes, give or take,” he said, hurrying out of his t-shirt and tossing it to the floor.

Her head jerked forward, lips pursed, but she was only partially confused now. “Um, to do what?”

Ignoring her completely, he curved his arms around her waist and licked his lips, trailing wet kisses at the crook of her neck.

“Nope.” She whipped around to face him, throwing her hands up to his bare chest before he could wrap her up too tightly. Or get her too loose.

“Why not?”

He was frowning like she was the one not making any sense. So, naturally, she frowned back, aware that he was the actual crazy person.

“Baby, what if she wakes up? What if she walks in here?”

He shrugged. “Lock the door.”

“But, then, what if she needs one of us and we’re in here with the door locked? Being nasty.”

“Baby, I need you.”

“Mike, you gotta focus, boo,” she instructed, snapping her fingers near his face. “Focus.”

He sighed and dropped his head in defeat. He knew she was right, but his hunger was outpacing all of his good sense right now. “If she needs one of us, I can move quickly.”

“Ok, but she’s right in our bed. What if she hears something? She could be scarred for the rest of her little life.”

“Simple. You the loud one. Just be quiet.”

Her eyes widened as her jaw fell slack, into a smile. “Not ‘Mr. huff and puff, moan and groan’ tryna play me--” They both ducked into near-silent laughter, throwing their hands up to catch the noise before it could go too far. “You be quiet, too, shit.”

“Ok, ok. I will. So, come ooon.” He pressed his body against her plushness, allowing her to feel all the frustration he'd been carrying around with him. Her stomach did a violent flip.

“Mike… I don’t know about this.” She bit her bottom lip, carefully sliding her hands down to his abs, knowing she was very close to giving in. He knew it, too.

“Mama… please," he whispered right against her ear, grazing it lightly with his soft lips. "You know you love the way I make you feel.”

He raised one of her legs and pushed himself even closer, sinking his starving fingers into the suppleness of her thigh. The desperation in his words as well as his unsteady movements had her soaking her panties.

“Baby,” she released a frustrated sigh, “...we can’t. Not while Tink’s in here.”

“But she’s asleep, Crys. Come on, we wastin' precious time.”

She stared at him for a second, just to see how serious he was. He stared back with the eyes of a man who didn’t have a playing bone in his body. Without warning, he grabbed her waist and lifted her up onto the sink, sending more than a few of her products tumbling. One even rolled onto the floor.

“Michael!” she whispered, intensely.

“Just let me…” he begged, going straight for her lips. She dodged his kiss, but his hand was caressing her thigh and slowly creeping up her shorts. “Let me make that pussy feel good.”

She gasped when his lips touched her neck right as those filthy words entered her ears. He was talking to her like their baby wasn’t right in the next room. His brain wasn’t in full control and hers was about to follow, her glossy walls clenching around nothing, begging to be touched. 

"But, babe, you know it's just a cat nap. She ain't even sleep for real," she breathed, eyes closed, neck stretched out and giving him more space.

"We got 'bout ten minutes now."

He was relentless. In the moment, there was only one logical thing she could think to do. She knew she would pay handsomely for it later, but that was a problem for future Crystal. “…Tink, baby, daddy’s home!” she suddenly yelled, covering her face right after.

She watched through her fingers as he backed away, blinking slowly, eyes wide. “Crys…” he whispered. She licked her tongue out at him, laughing uncontrollably at the genuine shock in his expression. He shook his head, unable to hold his laughs seeing her lose it. "I can't believe you, girl.”

"I'm sorryyyy! I didn't know what else to doooo!"

His head slumped back and he huffed toward the ceiling, so dramatically. Of course, she just laughed harder. About two seconds later, Tink ran into the bathroom with a huge smile, rubbing the residual sleep from her eyes. “Daddyyyy!”

“Tiiiiiink!” He scooped his baby girl up, peppering kisses onto her cute little face through her giggles. Then he turned back to Crys swinging her legs up on the sink, and cupped his hand over Tink's ear. “That ass gettin' put smoove through the mattress tonight. Believe that.” Crys' mouth dropped. He'd spoken softly, but he didn't want that to curb the severity of his statement. “And I'm not playin'.”

"Oop!" She pulled her lips in and bit them, letting her head fall. She knew she was in trouble, but it was undoubtedly her favorite kind. She couldn't wait for the sun to go down. "Well, put me through it then."

He chuckled, nodding his head. "...Aight."

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