They hate each other in the spotlight... but they burn for each other in the dark. Aurelia Caste: 26, alt-rock's fiercest new voice-raw, unfiltered, guitar in hand, climbing charts like wildfire. Luke Hemmings: 31, still owning arenas with 5SOS while dropping his second solo album-moody, magnetic, impossible to ignore. One massive co-headline festival tour. Twelve cities. Two rockstars forced to share stages, green rooms, and tour buses. The public sees war: savage interviews, onstage jabs, viral moments that keep the internet screaming. They're the rivalry everyone loves to hate. But one reckless, tequila-fueled night changes everything. Tropes: Heated rivalry / Enemies-to-lovers Lovers in private, enemies in public Forced proximity (shared tour, stages, buses, hotels) One-night-stand-to-more Heavy angst Explicit smut / high heat Rockstar romance Secret relationship Jealousy & fame pressure Public vs. private personas Trigger Warnings: Explicit sexual content (detailed smut scenes) Alcohol use / drunken encounters Strong language & profanity Heavy emotional angst & mental strain Themes of jealousy, betrayal, & career sabotage Public scrutiny, media pressure, & invasion of privacy Brief mentions of industry toxicity (no graphic violence, abuse, or non-con) This story is intended for mature readers 18+. It features consensual adult relationships with intense emotions and explicit intimacy. If any of these elements might be upsetting, please skip or read with care! Tags || 5sos, 5sosfam, luke hemmings, luke hemmings fanfic, 5sos fanfic, enemies to lovers, rivals to lovers, smut, angst, rockstar romance, forced proximity, explicit, mature, secret relationship, tour life, spicy, heartbreak

"somehow, it always feels better with you." ✮ Before the fame, before the world tours, before the screaming crowds... there were just four boys and three girls who swore they'd never leave each other. Until everything burned to the ground. A cheating scandal that cut too deep. A stolen song that turned one band into legends... and left the other behind. BADBLOOMS never recovered. 5SOS never looked back. And Isla Monroe has spent years pretending she's over him. Now her band is one flop away from disappearing for good, and their last shot hinges on touring with the very boys they hoped to avoid forever. Luke Hemmings is back: older, colder, and still the only person who sees straight through Isla. Thrown into rehearsals, media training, and a spotlight eager to dig up old wounds, Isla is forced to walk a tightrope between truth and performance. Onstage, they're supposed to be professionals. Offstage, they're a disaster waiting to happen. And as the world tour looms, every secret becomes a ticking bomb. Some heartbreaks make you famous. Some histories never let you go. And the past always comes to collect. ═══⋆★⋆ ═══

"i can't keep pretending like i don't want to fucking kiss you anna" in which luke hemming can't turn his head away from the one girl she shouldn't want or in which anna clifford falls in love with her brothers bestfriend who she hates ***the timeline for this story will not be accurate to the albums, i have switched a lot up to make it work with the story***

"𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎..." Where Maia is the fifth member of 5 seconds of summer...

"You really think you can get rid of all of the bad in the world?" "No." I admitted, shrugging my shoulders. "But at least I'm not contributing to it." - Warning: This book contains smut!

"when i take a look at my life, and all of my crimes, you're the only thing that i think i got right." In a city full of new beginnings and old wounds, two strangers find their paths unexpectedly intertwined. Aria Blake is searching for inspiration. Luke Hemmings is trying to outrun his past. As their worlds collide, they discover that sometimes, the hardest battles are the ones fought within.

the movie, but better.

"You're such a fuckboy." "Excuse you, I'm a man." *** WARNING: This book contains smut! COMPLETED

Luke thought that spending time in his quiet hometown would help him mentally recover after his drug addiction nearly killed him. It was small enough to hide in, let his name slowly fade from the headlines while he tried to remember exactly who he was before he left.