Chelsea Bangkok and Will Smith have always been "just us"-best friends before anything else, before the fame, before the pressure, before everything changed. Then Macklin Celebrini walks in. And suddenly, nothing feels simple anymore. What starts as friendship turns into something louder-something messier-something neither of them knows how to handle. The internet calls them a trio. The world calls it entertaining. But Chelsea just calls it her life falling into something she didn't plan for. And Macklin? He should know better than to get close. Because Chelsea only has one warning for him- "Tread lightly, hockey boy."

Parker Heyes has spent her whole life proving she belongs on the ice. At nineteen, the spunky brunette from Victoria, British Columbia is already making waves with Team Canada and the Toronto Sceptres in the PWHL. She's talented, loud when she's comfortable, terrible at talking about herself in interviews, and somehow always one bad decision away from chaos. Macklin Celebrini is Canada's golden hockey star - focused, disciplined, and already carrying the weight of the entire hockey world on his shoulders. Off the ice, though? He and Parker are practically the same person: competitive, sarcastic, stubborn, and incapable of backing down from an argument. After both Team Canada squads strike gold, Vegas seems like the perfect place to celebrate. One night out turns into too many drinks, terrible ideas, and a wedding neither of them remembers until they wake up wearing matching rings and trending all over social media. An accidental Vegas marriage is bad enough. An accidental Vegas marriage between two nineteen-year-old hockey stars? Career-ending PR nightmare. With both their agents demanding they "fix this" before the media tears them apart, Parker and Macklin are forced into damage control - fake smiles, shared appearances, and pretending their marriage might actually work long enough to avoid a scandal. The only problem? The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to remember this relationship was supposed to be temporary. number 1 in #friends june 3rd 26 Started: may 11th, 2026 Finished: june 14th, 2026 final word count: 102,957

Eloise Fitzgerald wants one thing: a normal college life. No cameras, no gossip pages, no people caring about her famous last name. Just classes, coffee shifts, and maybe finally getting the attention of her campus soccer crush, Luca Abraham. But normal disappears the second two NHL players start showing up at her café. What starts as harmless flirting turns into late nights, messy feelings, jealous glances, and a life Eloise swore she was trying to leave behind. Because staying out of the spotlight is hard... Especially when athletes keep dragging you back into it.

This summer wasn't supposed to mean anything. Just late-night drives, beach walks, and someone to pass the time with. Macklin had his plans. Iris had hers. And whatever this was between them? It was never supposed to be more than... easy. But some things don't stay simple for long.

Control. It's the only thing Caroline Harvey trusts. As the captain of the Wisconsin Badgers and an Olympian, she lives her life by a strict code: Routine. Discipline. Execution. She doesn't perform for the crowd, and she definitely doesn't let distractions get under her skin. Until she sees Section C. Kenzie Kline is a star volleyball player with her own pressure to handle. She's steady, she's focused, and she's straight. At least, that's what she tells herself. But when Caroline singles her out in a sold-out arena, the safety of "normal" starts to fracture. It starts with a stare. It deepens with a DM. And it spirals when an injury forces Caroline to lean on the one person who makes her feel out of control. Between late-night texts, gym sessions, and the unspoken weight of a look across a crowded room, Kenzie has to ask herself the question she's been avoiding: Is she just being a good friend? Or is she falling for the girl who is supposed to be untouchable?

Quinn Taylor has made a career out of looking calm. On the ice, she's America's favorite kind of pressure-proof-bright smile, steady answers, the skater everyone wants to root for. Off the ice, she's an only child with a perfectionist's brain and a habit of carrying too much alone. The cameras love her. The country expects her. And the one place she can't afford to fall apart is the one place she's dreamed of since she was little. The Olympics. Macklin Celebrini has always made things feel lighter. He was the new kid at a Northern California rink at twelve-Canadian, polite, a little lost-until Quinn decided he was hers to keep. He became her best friend in the cold air and early mornings, the person who could make her laugh mid-breakdown and never ask her to perform for him. Then life did what life does: seasons changed, schedules got brutal, distance widened, and the kind of friendship that felt unbreakable turned into occasional texts and quiet missing. Now they're both back where the world is loudest. At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Quinn is chasing the skate of her life for Team USA. Mack is carrying his own weight for Team Canada hockey. When reporters find out they grew up together, the story writes itself-childhood friends reunited, smiles caught on camera, a thousand strangers deciding what they are to each other. The only problem is... the strangers aren't entirely wrong. Between past chapters at a small California rink and present days in the Olympic Village, Quinn and Mack have to figure out what they really meant to each other then-and what they're allowed to be now, with medals on the line and the whole world watching. Because it's one thing to love someone quietly from a distance. It's another to have them show up in your life again and make everything feel possible.

Spencer wraps the blanket tighter around us causing me to melt into him further. He sweeps my wet hair over my shoulder while I stare out towards the golden sunset. He plants a kiss on my temple before nuzzling his face into my neck. "Thank you," He whispers. I run my fingers through his soft curls, "For what?" "For showing me life doesn't always have to be so serious," He sighs. "I don't know what I did before you," He mutters, almost like it wasn't for me to hear.

Everyone told Paige Bueckers to stay away from Lorelei Campbell. Cold. Sharp. Untouchable. Two years in the league and not a single person could say they'd really gotten close. But Paige doesn't scare easy. And Lorelei? She doesn't like being challenged. But hate this sharp? It starts to bleed into something else. Something neither of them is ready for. She should've ran. But Paige has always been the type to chase what burns.

❝ i need you more than i want to ❞ Who said girls don't know how to play hockey? Keira Novák is an 18-year-old Slovak hockey prodigy with a bright future ahead of her in the sport. She was the first girl ever to be drafted into the NHL, thanks to her incredible talent. Keira is currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the rivals of the Montreal Canadiens. She loves the team and feels comfortable there. But what if complications arose and she was forced to change teams? Everything happens for a reason.