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“She smiles, and its soft and loving, and the look I always imagines on the woman I would spend the rest of my life with.”

Smile Soulmates Loving

Book:You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs

Source: You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs

“After class, if she got out early, sometimes I'd catch her downstairs writing up her notes. And she'd smile and I had to bite back every single corny thing I'd ever wanted to say, like: All off me is an invitation reaching toward you, or my fingertips ache where they haven't touched your skin or I hear the promise of us in the crescendo of every ballad and maybe I was supposed to be a bachatero instead of a pilot because all I had were torch songs for a girl I barely knew.”

Love Poetry Smile Corny Ballad

Book:You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs

Source: You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs

“There's a particular kind of torture to the waiting, the pining, the slowest burn, like setting fire to wet logs. One that flickers and pops like grease in a pan. Wondering if you'll yearn for him all four years.”

Love Waiting Fire College Torture Slow Burn Pining Yearn

Book:You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs

Source: You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs

“And now I'm realising it's ok to let toxicity go, even if it used to be good at one point. What matters is how does it make you feel now, and right now nothing about Destiny makes me believe she cares about me or this friendship. Only her.”

Ex Friends Toxic Friendship

Book:Love Radio

Source: Love Radio

“All of my imaginings about Melody were like sketch drawings in comparison to the vividness of her. And I imagined a lot, but not her warmth, her sweetness, her love for her family, her plans to go into space engineering. She laughed from her belly and it would shake her whole body. She hummed when impatient, she cursed loudly when she was happy. I collected all these moments of her, filled in my thought sketches with color and texture, painted her portrait in my mind. I don't ever want to forget, I thought, the fullness of this woman.”

Love Woman Fullness Portrait Vivid Imagery Drawings Sketches

Book:You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs

Source: You've Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Love Stories Set at HBCUs