Dean blinked, not understanding. Not fully. "Sick how?" Rosie pressed a hand to her chest. Pain flared beneath her palm. Sharp now. Wrong. "I'm sick," she repeated. Dean stepped forward immediately. "Okay. I'll take you home. You'll feel better tomorrow." The gentleness in his voice broke her. "No, Dean." Her knees weakened. Beau caught her elbow. "Rosie." She looked at them both through tears. For weeks, she had imagined telling them. Not like this. Never like this. Not in a bar with music pounding and her heart misfiring in her chest. FINISHED TILL SEASON TWO Dean Di Laurentis x Oc x Beau Maxwell (Poly) "Jesus, all three of you need a cold shower." -Dexter

|| 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐔𝐒 - "I don't care how complicated this gets, I still want you." Anastasia Graham never really had space for anything that didn't fit into a schedule. Skating, studying, training, repeat. That was her life at Briar University, carefully structured and tightly controlled, because if she let anything slip into the gaps, everything else starts to wobble. She doesn't do distractions. She doesn't do "figuring things out." And she definitely doesn't do boys. Especially not the kind who smile like they already know how the story ends. Dean Di Laurentis is exactly that kind of problem. Her brother's best friend. A hockey player. Infuriatingly confident, effortlessly charming, and the kind of guy who never seems to take anything seriously until you realize he's somehow good at everything anyway. Anastasia had known of him forever, seen him around campus and in his and Garrett's shared home, always assuming he was just another cocky athlete who thrived on attention. She was wrong. It started as nothing, just passing moments she didn't think twice about, until one night it wasn't nothing anymore. One conversation that ran longer than it should have. One look that lingered too long. One version of him that didn't feel like the loud, careless hockey player everyone else saw. It was something that noticed her in a way she wasn't used to being noticed. After that, things didn't stay simple. Because suddenly it wasn't just skating and school anymore. It was skating, school, and Dean, quietly, annoyingly, taking up space in her head she didn't have to give. And with her most important figure skating performance coming up, the timing couldn't have been worse. Or more dangerous. fem!oc x Dean Di Laurentis 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔- @avaawritesz frozen desires - Dean Di Laurentis

(This is Book Two of the Celly Series) Allison Hughes is Jack Hughes's twin sister. For years, she always felt like she wasn't important with her parents' world revolving around her three brothers' fantastic hockey careers. When Allison's twin brother, Jack, is on the junior USA hockey team, Allison meets Cole Caufield and Trevor Zegras. She becomes best friends with both of them along with becoming friends with Trevor's best friend, Jess Lewis. Allison considers Trevor to be like a brother, but with Cole it's different. He makes her feel like she matters and he cares a lot for her. Allison can't help but fall in love with how sweet Cole Caulfield is to her.

Eli has never been the type to fade into the background. She owns every stage she steps on loud when it matters, fearless under the lights, and fully aware of the way people look at her when she performs. With a band that's gaining traction and a friend group that feels like chaos and home all at once, Eli is exactly where she's supposed to be. At least, that's what she tells herself. Because lately, something about the music feels... off. The shows are bigger, the crowds louder, but somewhere in between the rehearsals and the late nights, the spark that used to drive her doesn't hit the same. She still performs like she means it she just doesn't always feel it. Then there's Dean Di Laurentis. Confident, infuriating, and impossible to ignore, he wasn't part of the plan. But the more he pushes, teases, and refuses to be just another face in the crowd, the harder it is to brush him off. Around him, things feel sharper. Louder. Real in a way the music hasn't in a while. And that's the problem. Because Eli doesn't need a guy to make her feel something especially not one who comes with complications written all over him. She doesn't chase, she doesn't fall, and she definitely doesn't risk everything she's built for a maybe. But between the music that's starting to mean something again and the tension she can't seem to shake, Eli is forced to question what's actually worth holding onto. [Dean Di Laurentis x Female OC]

Ellie Graham, Garrett Graham's younger sister and a sophomore on the Briar women's soccer team, has always been firmly in the background of her brother's world, familiar with his friends, his teammates, and especially John Logan. She and Logan have known each other for years, long enough to trade teasing remarks and inside jokes without thinking twice, but never long enough for anything to cross the line. That changes when Ellie starts running into Logan more often around campus, from chance encounters to situations where they're forced into close proximity. What starts as familiar banter and effortless teasing slowly shifts into something sharper, more attentive, more personal, and harder for both of them to ignore. Every interaction pulls them a little further into unfamiliar territory, where old familiarity starts to feel like something new. The only complication is Garrett Graham. Protective, observant, and very much aware of both of their histories, Garrett would not take kindly to the idea of his sister and his teammate crossing lines that were never meant to be crossed. And the question becomes: how long can Ellie and Logan keep pretending nothing is changing, before Garrett notices that everything already has?

in which alexa celebrini moves to san jose after a career-ending skating injury and accidentally finds a new version of herself between early morning rinks, tiny girls in sparkly dresses, and her twin brother's best friend. or, will smith falls in love with a girl who thinks she's already lost everything - and stays long enough to prove she hasn't.

Ella Grace Graham has spent her entire life learning how to survive pressure. As the younger sister of Garrett Graham, Briar University's hockey golden boy, expectations follow her everywhere. On the ice, she's one of the fiercest forwards in women's college hockey. Off the ice, she's exhausted from carrying the weight of a last name tied to talent, perfection, and a father who only knows how to love conditionally. Control is the only thing keeping her together. Then there's Beau Maxwell. Briar's star quarterback is everything Ella avoids: charming, reckless, social, impossible not to notice. She's known Beau for years through Garrett and the hockey house chaos. He's always been there in the background of her life, all easy smiles and late-night parties and sarcastic comments thrown across crowded kitchens. Until suddenly he isn't background anymore. Somewhere between shared classes, early morning practices, brutal family expectations, and conversations that stretch too long after midnight, Ella starts realizing the most dangerous thing about Beau Maxwell isn't his reputation. It's how safe he makes her feel. But friendships like theirs come with rules. Don't stare too long. Don't touch too much. Don't wonder what kissing your best friend would feel like. And definitely don't fall in love with someone capable of ruining you. As Briar's hockey and football worlds collide, relationships deepen, secrets unravel, and the line between friendship and wanting becomes impossible to ignore. Ella and Beau find themselves trapped in the terrifying space between almost and actually. Because some people become part of you quietly. And some loves arrive like a car crash: fast, beautiful, and impossible to survive unchanged.

Based on Elle Kennedy's Off campus series. I don't own the story or characters!! Dean Di LAurentis x oc Noah Brenn, loved hockey, it was her life. But after her Dad dies, she is unsure that she can play again. But when she gets the chance to go to the same university that her Dad found his love for Hockey at, she jumps at the chance.

Garrett Graham is the golden boy of Briar University-captain of the hockey team, arrogant, and used to getting whatever he wants. Ella Monsen is his equal in every way-captain of the volleyball team, just as confident, just as untouchable. They don't believe in love. They don't follow rules. And they definitely don't fall for people like each other. But one reckless moment turns into a dangerous game neither of them knows how to win... Because this time, it's not just about playing. It's about losing control. All rights to Elle Kennedy for the characters!

Sloan DiLaurentis didn't mean to find a home in Briar's hockey house. But somewhere between the midnight kitchen conversations, shared hoodies, and Beau Maxwell showing up at her door every night asking to cuddle, the house-and the people inside it-started feeling like hers. Beau was never supposed to be more than harmless flirting. Except now he knows her coffee order, sleeps better beside her, and looks at her like she's his favorite thing in the world. And Sloan's starting to realize she might feel the same way. Too bad keeping secrets in a house full of hockey players is almost impossible. Especially when everyone already knows they're in love. Everyone except Dean.