Broken pasts, hood love, messy drama & healing in the heart of Atlanta.
Kiyomi was forced to grow up too fast. After her father’s schizophrenia destroyed their once loving family, she sacrificed her childhood to protect her older brother KJ while surviving a house full of violence, abandonment, and heartbreak. Years after losing their father and moving from Houston to Louisiana, the siblings finally leave their painful past behind for a fresh start in Atlanta. But no matter how rich, successful, or far Kiyomi runs…some scars never truly heal, and the past never stays buried.
Characters
Age: 22 Role: Main female lead / mama Career: Luxury wig + cosmetic brand owner Look: Brownskin, bussdown middle part, tattoos, long lashes. Personality: Protective, loud, spoiled but soft for family. How she talk: “That’s MY family, stand onnat.”
Age: 24 Role: Kiyomi lover Career: Rapper + Professional basketball player Look: Darkskin, short dreads, chains, grills. Personality: Calm, possessive, loyal, street smart. How he talk: “You good long as you wit me.”
Age: 22 Role: Fake friend Career: Lounge + hookah business owner Look: Lightskin, tattoos, always dressed up. Personality: Sneaky, fake sweet, secretly jealous. How she talk: “I was just bein nice…”
Age: 23 Role: Bestfriend / auntie Career: Celebrity nail tech + influencer Look: Slim thick, jet black curly wigs, long nails. Personality: Loud, messy, funny, loyal, low-key a lover girl. How she talk: “Bitch WHO said that?”
Age: 23 Role: Kiyomi older brother Career: Professional basketball player Look: goat tee beard,Tall, athletic, tattoos, hood casual fits. Personality: Funny, protective, emotionally guarded, hood uncle energy. How he talk: “I’m straight, don’t worry bout me.”
Age: 7 Role: Son to Kiyomi Look: Brownskin lil boy wit short dreads, always playin basketball. Personality: Bad, funny, spoiled by everybody. Loves his mama bad. How he talk: “My mama said I can.” “Mamaaaaaa she hit me first!”
Age: 4 Role: Daughter to Kiyomi Look: hair always done n sum braids, pretty eyes, fashion diva js like ha auntie. Personality: Sassy, clingy to her mama, cries when she don’t get her way. How she talk: “I’m not yo friend.” “Pick me upppp.”
Age: 25 Role: Kiyomi baby daddy / old lover Career: Music producer + nightclub owner Look: Brownskin, medium length dreads, arm tattoos. Personality: Smooth talker, toxic, manipulative, still obsessed wit Kiyomi. How he talk: “You know ain’t nobody gon love you like me.” “We always find our way back to each other.”
Intro
DATE — September 3rd, 2025
TIME — 2:13 AM
PLACE — Atlanta, Georgia
PAST — HOUSTON, TEXAS — 2019
The house smelled like liquor, smoke, and broken memories.
Kiyomi stood frozen at the end of the hallway while yelling echoed through the walls yet again. Her mother crying. Her father screaming at voices nobody else could hear. A lamp shattered against the wall hard enough to make her flinch.
KJ grabbed her wrist quick.
“Stay in the room.”
But Kiyomi already knew what was coming.
Another bad night.
Another night pretending everything was okay.
Then came the night that changed everything forever.
Red and blue lights flashed outside the apartment while neighbors stood outside whispering. Kiyomi sat on the curb wrapped in somebody’s jacket, staring blankly at the ambulance.
Her father was gone.
Just like that.
At only fifteen years old, Kiyomi learned grief don’t come softly.
It rips everything apart.
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PAST — LOUISIANA — OCTOBER 1ST, 2023
Chris glanced in the rearview mirror while laughing softly.
“Aight Keisha, what you want from McDonald’s?”
The little girl smiled from the backseat, kicking her feet happily.
“A Happy Meal wit apple slices!”
Chris shook his head laughing.
“Apple slices? Girl bye.”
The speaker crackled while he ordered the food.
Then suddenly—
BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
Bullets tore through the car windows.
Chris ducked fast, heart dropping instantly.
“KEISHA?!”
Silence.
The phone that was once playing cartoons slid from her lap onto the seat.
Blood everywhere.
Chris screamed so loud it didn’t even sound human anymore.
That moment replayed in his head every single night after that.
No amount of money, basketball, or women could fix what that pain did to him.
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PRESENT — ATLANTA, GEORGIA — 2025
Atlanta glittered beautifully at night.
Luxury cars. Music. Money. People chasing dreams.
On the outside, both Kiyomi and Chris looked successful.
Kiyomi built a million-dollar beauty brand from nothing while raising two kids and hiding years of trauma behind pretty pictures and expensive clothes.
Chris finally returned to basketball after years of depression nearly destroyed him completely.
But pain has a way of recognizing pain.
And somewhere in the same city…
two broken people were breathing the same air without realizing their lives were about to change forever.
𝐊𝐈𝐘𝐎𝐌𝐈 𝐏𝐎𝐕
𝐀𝐓𝐋📍
DATE — September 9th, 2025
TIME — 1:36 PM
PLACE — The K Collection, Atlanta
“Girl Nyla weird,” LiLi said while I fixed her curls.
“Ain’t nobody THAT friendly.”
I laughed.
“I been peeped it.”
The salon door opened and here come Zion lookin fine n aggravating.
“What you want?” I asked.
“Damn, hey to you too.”
LiLi damn near choked tryna hold her laugh in.
Zion leaned on my station.
“I’m finna pick Kaizen n Kelilah up.”
“Okay. Don’t have em out late.”
He smirked.
“You still got attitude problems.”
“And you still talk too much.”
Soon as he left, another dude walked in. Tall, dreads tied back.
“You Kiyomi?”
“Who askin?”
“Chris. Seen yo Instagram. You do retwists?”
I looked him up n down.
“You got money?”
Chris laughed.
“A lil sum.”
Creator
Release Date 2026.05.17 / Last Updated 2026.05.17
