In Too Deep

Author’s Note

Some stories come from the imagination. This one comes from experience.

In Too Deep is for anyone who’s ever loved recklessly, lost themselves in someone else, or had to piece themselves back together after it all fell apart. It’s messy. It’s beautiful. It’s painful. It’s real.

Writing this was both a love letter and a goodbye to a version of myself and maybe, if you’ve ever been there too, you’ll find a piece of yourself somewhere in these pages. Thank you for understanding that sometimes, surviving is the happy ending.

Jayla was supposed to be careful.

She’d just stepped into the queer world — still figuring out what she wanted, who she was.

Then she met Tiana: the fire she wasn’t ready for but couldn’t resist.

What started as something casual — an introduction, a kiss, a threesome — spiraled into something messy, magnetic, and heartbreakingly real.

But Tiana didn’t play by the rules.

And some betrayals cut deeper than love can heal.

A story about falling too fast, holding on too tight, and the scars we carry long after the last goodbye.

If I’d known how much she would wreck me, maybe I would've walked away that night. Maybe I would've smiled and let her go.

But I didn’t.

I leaned in.

I told myself I could handle it.

I told myself it was just going to be fun.

I told myself a lot of s**t.

And every word of it was a lie.