~everyone thought ruby baker had the perfect life. smart, beautiful, and destined for big things, she had always known exactly what she wanted-until love made her choose someone else first. beckett sennecke had hockey, fame, and a future brighter than he ever imagined. and for five years, he had ruby. from seven minutes in heaven and late-night mcdonald's ice cream runs to draft night, california, and dreams that no longer fit together, they had built a life that felt forever. but forever isn't always enough. because sometimes loving someone isn't the hard part. sometimes it's learning how to love them without losing yourself.

Stevie Callahan has spent her entire life chasing one dream: playing professional hockey. When she's drafted first overall by San Jose's brand-new PWHL expansion team, she and her lifelong best friend, Quinn Sloane, pack everything they own into a Honda Civic and drive across the country, ready to prove they belong. On the ice, Stevie and Quinn quickly become the league's favorite duo, dazzling fans with their chemistry and talent. Off the ice, they're chaotic, hilarious, and constantly finding themselves in trouble. But when the women's team begins sharing a rink with the NHL's San Jose Sharks, Stevie keeps crossing paths with Will Smith. What starts as chance encounters turns into an unexpected friendship-and before either of them realizes it, something more. Between demanding schedules, constant travel, and the pressure of living out the dreams they've fought so hard for, falling in love was never part of the plan. But sometimes the heart has a game plan all its own.

it's easy to disappear in a crowded arena, it's harder when it's empty. when every missed shot echoes, and someone is still there to hear it.

In which, a formula 1 rookie and nhl player start to fall for each other..

Gabriella (Gabby) Marlowe builds weddings for a living, but she's stopped believing in her own love story. So when NHL rookie Beckett Sennecke agrees to be her fake boyfriend for a weekend of family questions and wedding chaos, it feels simple enough. But one favor turns into two weddings, shifting roles, and a set of rules that stop feeling so clear. Because somewhere between slow dances and borrowed smiles, pretending starts to feel a lot like the real thing.

Kaylin and Will had a history, the kind where you look back and smile... and cry. But every chapter comes to an end and thats where she decided Will would stay. But when she returns to San Jose clean out her late grandmothers house, shes met with the old chapters of her life. Ones where she thought she had turned the page. She realizes sometimes its safer to re read good books than risk opening new ones. Every memory has an object. Every object has a story. Some stories were never meant to stay buried.

The world watched Dance Moms. They saw the trophies, the tears, and the rivalries. They didn't see the story behind the cameras. Before the sold-out tours. Before the red carpets. Before the NHL. There was a little dance studio in Pittsburgh, two girls with big dreams, and a lifetime waiting to unfold. This is Emma Grace Bennett's story. A Trevor Zegras x Dance Moms OC Fanfiction **slow updates**

alexa play chains of love by charli xcx

Sloane Bennett has been chasing gold since she was sixteen. A silver medal at her first Olympics nearly broke her. A gold at twenty proved she belonged. Now, at twenty-four, the New York Sirens superstar returns to the Olympic stage for the third time-stronger, sharper, and no longer the prodigy people whisper about. She's inevitable. Across the ice, so is he. Jack Hughes has spent his entire life under a spotlight-first overall pick, franchise cornerstone, the golden child of American hockey. But there's only one person who has ever matched him stride for stride. Only one who never looked impressed. Only one who stripped him clean at eleven years old and grinned when he asked for again. Now, for the first time, they wear the same flag. With both Bennett siblings and two Hughes brothers anchoring Team USA, the Olympics become more than a tournament. They become collision. History. Proximity neither of them is prepared for. Between shared family sections, late-night Village conversations, bruised ribs, and unbearable tension that stretches across two gold medal games, longing that began in childhood finally demands to be acknowledged. But gold doesn't make life simple. When the Games end, reality waits: • Media frenzy. • Headlines that write themselves. • Separate leagues. • Separate cities. • Careers that don't slow down for love. And for two people who have spent their lives chasing greatness, the question isn't whether they can win. It's whether they can choose each other without losing themselves. Because some rivalries are built on competition. And some love stories are built on the same word that started everything: Again.

── .✦ elizabeth rosewood is faced with an opportunity to escape her family's past, and start her own life in a small town in Maine. so naturally, she takes it. in doing so, this means she has to share a house with her best friend's brother, and professional hockey player will smith, whom she has never met before. although she believes they are just friends, will feels otherwise. will sharing a house with a wounded athlete make her walls go up more, or will they crumble in his presence? ✦. ── social media x real life nhl will smith x fem!oc