𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇; Melanie Winsnow used to ice skate, but she left the sport to start a singing career. Now being a smashing hit of a popstar, she regains contact with her childhood best friend; who just won the march 2025 world figure skating championships. "𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪?"

The Olympic Village vibrated with the heavy, breathless expectation of the world. Alysa Liu carried the suffocating burden of perfection as the graceful centerpiece of the "Blade Angels" figure skating trio. Across the Village, Caroline Harvey thrived in the brutal, high-speed collisions of the United States Women's Ice Hockey team. They belonged to two entirely different arenas, but both stood at the exact same precipice: fighting desperately for Olympic gold. Their first encounters were accidental, clumsy, and completely electric. A near-collision outside the dining hall left the usually unshakable hockey enforcer fumbling for words, while the radiant skating prodigy found herself entirely flustered. Soon, lingering glances melted into stolen late-night walks. The crushing, silent pressure of the Games became the intimate thread binding them together, offering a safe haven from rigid schedules and relentless media scrutiny. As the finals close in and the Olympic bubble intensifies every emotion, the stakes reach a boiling point. On the ice, they chase gold with a ruthless, singular focus. Off the ice, they face a much more terrifying question: is this connection just a fleeting spark fueled by proximity, or a love strong enough to survive the flight back to their separate, demanding lives? In a place built for bitter endings and crowning glories, two athletes just discovered a beginning neither had ever trained for.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, two of Team USA's brightest stars arrive carrying very different reputations. Catalina Moretti - the quiet prodigy the media calls The Princess of Figure Skating - glides across the ice like a dream. Soft-spoken, kind, and adored by fans, she skates purely for love of the sport... even when the pressure becomes overwhelming behind closed doors. Alysa Liu - the comeback skater who walked away from the sport once before - returned on her own terms. Honest, playful, and impossible not to like, Alysa brings light to every locker room she enters. Opposites in every way. Except when they're together. What started as admiration slowly turned into a friendship so close the world is convinced they're already in love. At the Olympics, where every moment is intense and emotions run high, that friendship is pushed to the edge when jealousy, fear, and unspoken feelings finally surface. Because sometimes the hardest jump... is admitting how much someone means to you. A slow-burn WLW Olympic romance about longing, trust, and the person who makes the whole world quiet.

why would you try to waste this precious time? ficusplant / 2026© (alysa liu x fem!oc) (social media x real life) (cover creds to hannahjfields)

"I really want to kiss you right now." "Then do it." "I can't." -- In which Gracie Abrams watches Stranger things and ends up stalking the newest cast member. Or In which August isn't ready and Gracie would wait a lifetime for her. -- Social Media AU Guys, there will be spoilers for Match Maker in this story. You're supposed to read it first if you want to read both books. This is set in the middle of Match Maker.

june and billie aren't quite lovers, but they aren't quite friends either. they're what some would consider a situationship, and june's friends tell her she should get cut it off as soon as possible. they tell her that casual love can have the most heartwrenching pain. but june and billie aren't casual. june and billie are anything but casual. and even if they were, june couldn't bring herself to care about the pain it may bring her. she had billie by her side, and that was all that mattered. billie eilish x oc g x g. lowercase intended. hmhas era.