Debuts: September 30, 2016

You can now officially add Seeing Red to your libraries to receive notifications when it officially premieres. 

If you want a chance to be one of the first five to read the story's first (3 to 5) chapters, vote for this extended description as well as private message me (if you haven't already) to increase your chances. 

Every year since his 2nd birthday, Ashley, Ash for short, has been losing the ability to see colors. Yellow on his ninth birthday, Violet on his 13th, Pink last year and so on and so on, like clockwork.

Defeated and taking care of his cancer-stricken cat, diabetic mother, and caught in an never-ending job, he finally gets the chance to be an actual journalist, but he must first pass the interview with the billionaire CEO wearing the burning red suit.

Reece Red, the new, young and wild CEO of R.E.D. NEWS CORP, a right-wing, republican and conservative news organization, is about as confused as anyone his age about how this thing works. When he sees Ash the first time, who challenges the him on his credentials, he instantly hates him.

But they end up finding that they need each other in more ways than one.

I've always wondered what would happen if I wrote a story about a black lead and a white lead falling in love on Wattpad. I wondered what it would be like if I...didn't make it simple. That I didn't pretend like these two boys come from the same world. That I didn't pretend that color was blind. And I forced them to see it, and their stark differences.

I wondered what would happen if I took an intelligent, black kid in a black neighborhood, surrounded by his black family and friends and threw in a young, privileged white young man who is good at heart, good natured but blinded by his family's wealth. I wondered what would happen if I made neither the hero or the villain. That I blurred the lines of what was right and wrong.

I wondered if I could get away with it and be successful. By letting those to worlds clash, by not shying away from the tension, while also leaving the humor, the fun, the love in there. By keeping it romance, instead of drama.

I wondered if i could address social issues, and mental health issues and strike the right balance, while also leaving room for kisses and zany, idiotic situations.

I wondered what would happen if I created a cast that wasn't what the lgbt genre on wattpad was so used to. Even black writers have almost exclusively white casts. I wondered what would happen if I introduced a headstrong black lead and have him talk like black people talk when they are amongst friends; have him talk about things they talk about. Dreams, aspirations that they dream of.

Would they just imagine him as white? Or would his thoughts, his situations, the imagery that he describes reflect that he was black.

Five years into my Wattpad career, I'm tired of just wondering. I'm going to do it.

Seeing Red is that story. That tale. And it premieres September 30, the same night Still Just Friends comes to it's definitive close. 

Reece King as Ashley King 

140 IQ

Was once robbed by a guy in a Big Bird costume. 

Thinks Taylor Swift is secretly plotting to destroy the planet. 

Tried to be vegan. Missed ham too much.

Lost his virginity at 16 to an older boy. 

Made fun of for being a "light skin Drake looking fool"

Francisco Lowaski as Reece Red

Has a public feud with Dylan O'Brien over bedding him, which the actor has denied.

"Top"

Once partied so hard, he died for about three seconds, but was revived by paramedics.

Is generally an asshole

Once slept with his ex girlfriend's mother. And then his girlfriend's cousin. Then both at the same time. 

3 hiv scares. 5 trips to the medi-center. 4 bouts of gonorrhea and 1 dose of crabs. 

Brian Whittaker as Dennis Devon 

Was voted Prom King 

Passionate Dancer and occasional model

Does voice impressions 

Once punched his Dad in the face when he threatened to hit his Mom. 

Is still in the closet 

Asap Rocky as  Kenneth King

Refers to his little brother as an even lighter skin version of Drake

Is cool with his brother being gay 

Claims he ain't afraid of no woman.

Is actually terrified of his Mom and his girlfriend. 

Sells weed. 

Jessica Jung as Liza Red

Adopted

Can actually kick your ass

Voted Most Likely to be Supreme Ruler of Earth in Yearbook 

Embraces her Asian heritage

Is usually the smartest person in the room 

Sean O'Pry as Declan  Pmurt

Once yelled at a hobo for being 'so poor'.

Dislikes girls with differing opinions of traditional households

Has never had a job that lasted more than 3 months

Daddy's boy

The P is silent in his last name. 

Rihanna as Lola

Doesn't believe in last names

Once married a Peruvian friend to get him into the US

Was present during 9/11

Miscarried a child at 16 

Known for her magnetic beauty 

Ansel Elgort as Pete Limbotowitz

Once attended a Nickelback concert. And enjoyed it. 

Was dumped on his 18th birthday by his girlfriend for his little sister. 

Dances like a cat in the middle of a heart attack.

Has almost exclusively black friends. 

Once wrote a Jennifer Lawrence-Kristen Stewart erotic fanfiction novel. 

Lupita Nyong'o as Erika Bridgewater 

Knows 20 different Maya Angelou poems by heart .

Father was shot and killed in front of her at 5.

Almost married an actual Prince. He turned out to be gay.

Victor of 16 Rap Battle contests.

Has a fluid-sexuality. 

Gigi Hadid as Anna Elise

Was the prettiest girl in her school. Also the most popular. Also the smartest. 

Manipulator of men. And damn proud of it. 

Came from very little. Earned a lot. 

Noted white feminist. 

Once kissed her step-brother to stop him from telling her parents that she snuck out. 

Phylicia Rashad as Aretha King

Brought you into this world. Not afraid to take you out.

Calls her youngest boy 'Beautiful' and her eldest 'Honey'.

First person in her family to attend college. Only one to attend an Ivy League. 

Never moved out of her old neighborhood.

Has a tight bond with her kids. 

Kathy Bates as Mrs. Red

Believes in Survival Of The Fittest. 

Is normally the brains behind the operation.

Insulted President Obama at an art auction to his face one time, asking him  if the person who picks his outfit were 'blind or mildly mentally unstable'.

Thinks her husband deserved dementia, for his asinine decisions.

Went alligator hunting once. 

Dallas Wade as Niko 

Is the definition of a 'fuck boy'

Flashes his abs at any given moment, for nay given reason.

Claimed to be Jamaican once so he could sleep with a white girl. 

Has an undying love for My Chemical Romance

Was auditioned for Hamilton 

Jessica Lange as Marie Luther  

Has a room in her house dedicated to her face

Actually thanked herself and herself alone during her Emmy speech 

Is the highest rated show on Red television, with 7 million viewers. 

Almost hung herself when Freddie Mercury died.

Escape a parking ticket by faking a back spasm and then hauling it. 

Ashley Bensen as Ashley Mercury 

Lesbian

Stole her brother's girlfriend. But then he stole her back. Plot twist.

Once snuck into a P. Diddy party

Is a public relations maestro.

Bernie or Bust supporter.