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“want to be chosen without convincing. Needed without begging. Missed in a way that doesn’t just say I miss you but moves like it. I want forehead kisses and hands on the small of my back. Random texts. Shared playlists. The kind of stuff people forget to ask for when they’re in love.”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“It’s in my blood. This city teaches you how to survive and celebrate at the same time. Every block’s got pain”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“Ladies, if he got the nerve to be missing a tooth and talking down on women—just know, you’re not asking for too much… you’re just talking to somebody who ain’t even got all his body parts.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“Then, without a word, her hand trailed down… and landed square on the print in my pants. She rubbed—slow, confident—and leaned in close to whisper right in my ear: “Oh, you’ll find out real soon who’s in control, Kross. And spoiler alert?”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“And most importantly? Enter your Heaux Phase. Because healing isn’t always soft. Sometimes it looks like shaking off the weight of your past in a crowded room full of strangers. Sometimes it’s fucking on balconies, kissing men whose names feel like music, and realizing that joy was never meant to be tamed. Healing doesn’t always whisper. Sometimes it roars. And the roar sounds a lot like living again.”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“I don’t hand that shit out like it’s a party favor. So if I do it… know that you’re already special.” Her mouth parted, ready to run, but I wasn’t done. “And when I do eat you… when I eat your soul away… just know, when it’s over—I’m fucking your face.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“There was something deeply romantic about watching a show with someone who let you pause every ten minutes to discuss character development like it was real life”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“You are not asking for too much. He’s just offering too little.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“But this is who I became when the world kept making me feel like I had to choose between being soft or being safe.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“It may have felt like you were dying on the inside, like everything was falling apart—but really, it was your old self shedding. You had to lose what wasn’t for you to make space for what is.”
― Dyed, For This
― Dyed, For This
“Aunt Sandra started first”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“Kross leaned forward”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“I leaned forward”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“You’re not the one who needs to prove her worth—he’s the one who needs to realize it before he loses access.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“I killed the man who turned you into a version of yourself that thought she wasn’t worthy of real love.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“You should already know but my full name’s Krossli Givelle.” She looked at me over her tea, one brow raised. “Givelle? That sounds like a candle scent.” I smirked. “Keep playing and I’ll light your ass up like one, too.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“I turned around slowly, staring at him with my mouth open. “Krossli Givelle, what in the emotionally manipulative hell is this?”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“Stand tf up”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“Because isn’t it funny how a woman’s body count is everybody’s business. Men out here high-fiving their boys”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“When he finally nutted, it wasn’t loud. It wasn’t dramatic. It was controlled. Like even that was on his own terms.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“Because let’s be honest—if a man pays top dollar for my filet mignon and two glasses of imported Pinot Noir”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“There’s a guest at the front asking for you by name.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“I called him Father Abraham because—well—he had many sons. And always possibly a daughter or two on the way.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“Final rating? 3/10. He gets 2 points for oral and 1 for keeping his socks on so I wouldn’t have to see his feet.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“And listen—men be out here talkin’ ‘bout”
― Body Count
― Body Count




