Moving to a new city was supposed to be Ariana's fresh start-not the beginning of a story she never wanted to live. After losing everything she worked for, Ariana accepts her childhood best friend Emma's invitation to stay in her home while rebuilding her career. Emma and her husband, Noah, seem to have the kind of marriage everyone dreams of-filled with laughter, trust, and quiet love. They're happy. They always have been. At first, Noah is simply the kind husband helping his wife's best friend settle into an unfamiliar city. Late-night conversations, shared coffee, and small acts of kindness mean nothing... until they start meaning everything. Neither of them is looking for love. Neither of them wants to betray the person they care about most. So why does every stolen glance feel impossible to ignore? As the days turn into months, Ariana and Noah fight feelings they never asked for, while Emma remains blissfully unaware that the two people she trusts most are waging a silent battle against their own hearts. Some stories begin with heartbreak. This one begins with happiness.

❝ how do you like your love? ❞ melanie ross is a free spirited writer who never stays in one place for long, john f kennedy jr is a former classmate of hers at brown university. the two unexpectedly reunite when she shows up working a temporary job at an event he's attending. fem!oc x jfk jr lowercase intended february 21 - may 6, 2026

❝ i need 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 all the time and it's fine as long as i 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆. ❞ (dean di laurentis X fem!oc) #1 in Zendaya #2 in HockeyRomance ੈ✩‧₊˚ 🎞 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 ─────── a fiercely independent tennis star and head RA tries to protect her scholarship by writing up Briar University's most notorious hockey playboy, only to find her carefully structured world upended when a brutal law seminar forces them into a mandatory partnership. What begins as a bitter clash of wills and intense intellectual friction quickly explodes during a heated argument into a breathless kiss, sparking a secret, strictly physical arrangement that threatens to shatter all of her iron-clad rules. (cover by swannluvr)

Garrett Graham y Sally Covey jamás se soportaron. Bueno... al menos Sally jamás lo soportó a él. Para ella, Garrett era solo otro jugador de hockey egocéntrico, demasiado atractivo para su propio bien y con una reputación que gritaba problemas. Garrett, en cambio, siempre pensó que la mejor amiga de Logan era la única chica capaz de ignorarlo por completo... y probablemente por eso nunca pudo dejar de pensar en ella. Pero todo cambia cuando Zack Williams -el ex novio controlador de Sally y rival de Garrett- vuelve a aparecer. Ahora Garrett necesita aprobar Ética Filosófica para seguir jugando hockey. Y Sally necesita que Zack crea que ya siguió adelante. La solución parece simple: fingir una relación. Con reglas. Sin sentimientos. Y definitivamente sin enamorarse. Aunque eso se vuelve complicado cuando Garrett empieza a aparecer en cada competencia de Sally como si realmente le importara. Cuando Sally descubre que detrás del chico popular existe alguien roto también. Y cuando ambos dejan de saber qué cosas son actuación... y cuáles ya son reales. Porque algunas líneas nunca debieron cruzarse. Y aun así ellos lo hicieron.

❝ maybe it's all in my 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅, but i bet we'd have really good 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎. ❞ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ 💌 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 ─────── a drunken one night stand between Hollywood's favorite heartthrob and a scorned pop star leads to a whirlwind of emotions that neither of them expected. (cover by swannluvr)

After surviving the car crash that killed her younger siblings, Freya Wheeler leaves behind the grief, blame, and broken home that destroyed her life. At Briar University, she plans to keep her head down and survive. But then she meets Dean Di Laurentis - the cocky hockey player who hides more behind his smile than anyone realizes. Dean was never supposed to become her safe place. Especially when Freya's past refuses to let her go.

Gabriella Graham has spent years keeping hockey at arm's length. Being the twin sister of Garrett Graham makes that almost impossible. She knows the players, the parties, and the reputation that follows them-especially Dean Di Laurentis. Arrogant, relentless, and entirely too aware of how attractive he is, Dean is exactly the kind of person Gabby has no interest in getting close to. And the feeling is mutual. At least, that's what they tell themselves. What begins with arguments, unwanted encounters, and Dean's irritating determination to get under her skin slowly becomes something neither of them expected. Somewhere between late-night conversations, stolen moments, and seeing sides of each other no one else gets to see, the line between hate and something far more dangerous begins to disappear. Because Dean isn't supposed to want his best friend's twin sister. Gabby definitely isn't supposed to want him back. And with Garrett completely unaware of what's growing between them, every touch has to be hidden, every look has to mean nothing, and every moment together comes with the risk of someone finally putting the pieces together. But secrets have a way of coming out. And some ties were forbidden for a reason. He was the one person she was never supposed to fall for. Unfortunately, nobody told her heart that. Dean Di Laurentis x fem!oc All characters apart from oc are from Elle Kennedy's - Off Campus series

Vanessa Rubio has more interest in a career-ending injury than she does in falling in love. At least your body gives you an explainable reason for slipping away, because she has learned the hard way that love does not. Unfortunately for her, Dean Di Laurentis was inevitable. With her father being the assistant coach of his hockey team, she sees enough of him as is. Of course it was going to be her turn to be on the receiving end of his oh-so charming smile one day. With an Olympic dream, she already had a lot stacked against her. The last thing she needed to add was 250 lbs of muscle in the form of a blonde hockey player- 350 lbs if you count the girl that was probably on top of him as we speak. But their frequent encounters and his persistence has her a little more invested than she originally intended... and now she's keeping secrets from her friends. Vanessa finds herself in an awkward position (literally and figuratively). Dean Di Laurentis finds himself with a crush (at least he thinks, he's new to this). But are they willing to abandon their old ways for a shot at love? The better question is, are they able to? s1-tbd

∾✧。LOST BOY ۵∾ ❛WITHOUT YOU I'M A LOST BOY WITHOUT YOU I'M A LOST BOY COME FIND ME, I'M A LOST BOY CAUSE WITHOUT YOU I'M A LOST BOY.❜ 〘OFF CAMPUS DEAN DI LAURENTIS X FEM OC〙 〘STARTED: MAY 2026〙 〘COMPLETED: JUNE 2026〙