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“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 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
“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
“So here’s your reminder: You are not asking for too much. He’s just offering too little.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“And don’t measure your life by somebody elses timeline. You’re rebuilding. That takes time”
― Dyed, For This
― Dyed, For This
“But I also know what I want—and that’s you. All of you. Not to own you. To walk beside you.”
― 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
“You are not asking for too much. He’s just offering too little.”
― 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
“And when I saw that”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“Then she smirked. Dark. Beautiful. “I guess I’ve been too much from the beginning. Even my mama doesnt have the energy to deal with me.” She said it like a joke”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“And why did you lie about being a day trader? I heard all you do is run quick schemes and sell drugs.” He shook his head like he was exhausted. “I didn’t lie. I do day trade.” He paused. “I trade drugs for money in the daytime.”
― Mind Games
― Mind Games
“I want the woman who’s been called too hard, too loud, too sexual, too opinionated, too cold. Because that’s the woman who’s survived.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“Kross leaned forward”
― 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
“Second line”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“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
“Someone steady enough for you to fall into and know you won’t hit the ground.”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“Two sets of twins. By two different women. Back to back like Drake singles.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“Fun can be healing. Pleasure can be sacred. And you don’t owe nobody an apology for enjoying your damn life.”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“But I am not them. I’m not here for just the climax. I’m here for the crash. The aftermath. The rebuild.” “You don’t have to shrink. Or smile when you’re aching. You don’t have to dim down your fire for me to stay.”
― Body Count
― Body Count
“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
“He let me be big. He let me be loud”
― 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
“You been conditioned to believe that beauty looks a certain way”
― Deep Conditioned
― Deep Conditioned
“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
“I’m not waiting for a man this year. Not for flowers”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“That sometimes healing ain’t sitting still. Sometimes it’s moving to music”
― Heaux Phase
― Heaux Phase
“And listen—men be out here talkin’ ‘bout”
― 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




