"You act like fucking Mr. Brightside when you're with all your friends, but I know what you're like when the party ends."

𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩， 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴

❝ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠? ❞ ˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖｡･:*˚:✧｡˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖ 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬

"My waves meet your shore, ever and evermore."' Hallyn Boeser was starting a new chapter in her life. A new job, a new city, and new friends. The opportunities were pouring in and she couldn't help but feel a little bit excited for everything that was to come. Little did she know she was about to clash with her brother's best friend. The captain of the team she was now working for. Quinn Hughes was the man she hated most in the world. He was mean and sharp around all his edges. He made it his life's mission to make her as miserable as possible. At every turn she took he was there ripping her apart from the inside out with the hateful words he spewed. Hallyn and Quinn were two ships battling on the same shore. Their lives were so intertwined that it was impossible for either of them to get away. After spending every waking moment together in the heat of a beautiful Michigan summer, Hallyn realizes that the man she hates might actually be someone she secretly loves.

"Clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in. Skies grew darker, currents swept you out again." Lainey Beaumont is your typical girl next door. Kind, charming, and extremely intelligent. She is attending the University of Michigan in hopes of graduating with a degree in Sports Medicine. During one of her required course projects Lainey is partnered with Michigans very own hockey superstar, Luke Hughes. One drunken night leaves Lainey and Luke in an awkward position. It gets even worse when she heads home for the summer and finds out that Luke's family now owns the house right next door. Luke Hughes and Lainey Beaumont are forced to coexist in the middle of a huge secret. Can they play nice and fool all their family and friends or will the forced proximity lead to irresistible temptation.

Lennon Miller and Jack Hughes were once inseparable. Being born on the same day, in the same hospital to moms who were best friends would do that to two people. Every memory Lennon had as a child consisted of the brunette boy at her side. He was her soulmate, her other half. That's why it hurt so much when they had a falling out. Jack was a big shot now, being drafted to the Devils made him completely forget about the girl he used to spend every waking moment with. Lennon is blind sided when one day out of the blue she gets a call from the person she was least expecting. After several years of absolutely no contact she never imagined he'd call her up and beg her to save his reputation. He was now the Captain and providing the fan base with the perfect image of himself was absolutely necessary. She hates him and he's trying so desperately to win her back, one fake relationship later and all these feelings are brewing at the surface. How long can she keep such deep rooted feelings under wraps. Soon enough they will all explode and change her life as she knew it. You can only fake it for so long.

Luke Hughes is a good friend. So when his best friend tells him that his sister is off limits, he tries to respect that. Seriously, he tries to tone down how badly he needs her. But he can't and he's not sure how far is too far. Hands off only means hands, right? ************* luke hughes x fem!oc brother's best friend mature language CONTENT WARNING: implied sex and references to sex (no smut), drinking and drunk activities, general rowdiness vagueish timeline with a vague nhl season loosely inspired by Take Your Time by Sam Hunt

𝘋𝘌𝘚𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘛𝘌 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦-𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘏𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.

to him, she was always his heaven.

Cecily Perkins got the job of her dreams. After so many ups and downs, she finally had her dream life, but something was missing. She didn't bother to find it, she was focusing on what was in front of her. He was. Quinn Hughes was. And maybe he was what she was missing. DISCLAIMER: I get away from hockey every chapter really quickly. This is a very fast moving book!! Started: 5/19/2023 Completed: 1/14/2024 This is my first ever completed story!! #1 in photo 12/2/23 #1 in Auston 12/2/23 #1 in Quinn 12/16/23 #1 in pictures 1/11/24