Completed They say hockey players leave it all on the ice-but no one warned me that falling for one would mean leaving pieces of myself behind too. Connor Bedard was never supposed to be anything more than a name on the back of a jersey. Just another player in a game. But then he looked at me like I was the only thing in the arena that mattered, and suddenly, I was the one off balance. Now I'm caught between what's safe and what I want, between the life I planned and the one that's breaking through the cracks. Connor's chasing a dream. I'm just trying to figure out if there's room in it for me... or if I'll be left behind when he makes his breakaway.

IN WHICH kennedy hughes thinks connor bedard is fucking weird, but also really really beautiful. OR IN WHICH connor bedard knows kennedy hughes is so much more than what the world thinks she is. started: 05/30/2025 finished: - by: thenameisnini

"cause your so gorgeous, i can't say anything to your face, cause look at your face"

"𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬." 𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫. In the Lover Collection Universe, not the collection TW: This story contains mentions of drug abuse, sexual assault, assault, mental health, anxiety, depression and death. Please read carefully. Will Smith x OC x Macklin Celebrini Why Choose Romance + Next Door Neighbor Slow Burn start date: February 12, 2025 end date:

You met Will Smith during your sophomore year at Boston College-cocky, loud, impossible not to notice. He sat behind you in stats class and spent the whole semester finding new ways to make you laugh. Somewhere between all-night study sessions and Friday night games at Conte Forum, you fell hard. Now, two years later, everything's changed. You've moved to California for grad school, and Will's a rookie in San Jose-alongside Macklin Celebrini, the Sharks' other rising star. You expect long nights and even longer FaceTimes with Will. What you don't expect is the way Mack looks at you. Or the way he looks at Will. It starts small. Lingering glances. A touch that lasts a little too long. Jokes that land with a flush of heat. But soon, you're caught in something that feels like more than just friendship-something magnetic, fragile, and impossible to ignore. Three hearts. One shot. And the question no one's brave enough to ask: what if love doesn't have to choose?

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