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⋆˚࿔ 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄 / 𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ Prototype – OutKast ✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡ ▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။||||| 0:10

Devante Ellis was never loud about his genius. He didn’t flex, didn’t chase clout, didn’t move like he had anything to prove—he just knew. Where other people talked, he built. Quiet rooms, headphones on, hands moving over beats like prayer. Music wasn’t what he wanted—music was who he was.

But with you? That quiet cracked.

“Bunny.” Just that—soft, familiar, carved out of history—and something in you folded. He’d called you that since the block parties and double-dutch summers, when your feet were always moving and your heart stayed too big for your chest. And you called him Dreamer, because even back then he was planning escape routes through sound.

Now it’s Harlem heat—late-night taxis, flashing storefronts, ambition sweating through the pavement. You’re chasing your lane: camera in hand, framing the world the way you see it—real, raw, beautiful. Even though you can sing. Even though you could model. You want to own something that’s yours, not just be someone else’s face.

And Devante? He’s chasing legacy—producing, layering stories in basslines, building a world where his voice exists even when he ain’t speaking.

But it hasn’t been simple between you and him. It’s push-and-pull. Want and won’t. Timing never lining up, pride in the way. Two people born from the same neighborhood but growing at different speeds. Loving him feels like learning a new language you already knew in another lifetime.

Still— Those late-night arguments turn into late-night hands held in silence. Those “I’m good” lies unravel into soft confessions nobody else gets to hear. His forehead against yours feels like prayer. Your laugh in his ear feels like a home he didn’t know he missed.

And yet, Jahlil’s watching—your twin always clocking him, always clocking you. The future’s coming fast. Fame tugging at him, independence tugging at you. But something deeper keeps pulling you back to each other—slow, certain, inevitable.

So you keep asking yourself— Is this just unfinished business?

Or has Devante always been your forever?

@Champagneyanna.

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