isabel parker and will smith have been best friends since they were kids. now that they're grown up, things have changed. people have changed. feelings are changing. so, what happens when the two best friends that have liked each other for years decides to fake date when a rumor starts going around?

After a terrible fall semester, Alahna Beaudette returns to campus for her final semester at San Jose State University. With a marketing internship with the NHL San Jose Sharks, she has no idea she is about to become the most talked about woman in the NHL.

Sabrina Celebrini was on skates since she was two years old, her twin brother, Macklin Celebrini, was on the ice with her everyday. Growing up a figure skater, the pressure was always something Sabrina had excelled in dealing with... at least infront of cameras and a sold out crowd on the ice. Now at 19 years old, Sabrina continues her training in California with her twin brother, the new star of the San Jose Sharks. Will Smith, the 4th overall pick in the 2023 NHL draft, knew that sisters were off limits, especially ones who are related to his best friend. Will knew of Sabrina but never wished to cross the line of becoming anything more than acquaintances, not until tonight. New years...the start of something new or the continuation of something that in reality is nothing?

Raised on hockey rinks and lifelong friendships, Clara Hayes thought she understood what it meant to stay. As a photographer for the San Jose Sharks, she's surrounded by the game that shaped her-and by people who feel like home. But when her quiet connection with Macklin Celebrini begins to blur the lines between friendship and something more, it starts to mean choosing growth over comfort, and love over fear.

𓂃 𓈒𓏸‪‪ 𓇼 Summer had always been my favorite season. Sun-warmed sand, salty air, and the beach house in Cousins, North Carolina that held a lifetime of memories. Every year, my mom, my brother, and I spent our summers there with her best friend and her kids, Will and Grace. Will was two years older than me, just enough to make him feel untouchable when we were kids, and impossible to ignore as we grew older. We were inseparable every summer, even as life pulled us back to Massachusetts and Pennsylvanian the rest of the year. But the summer going into my senior year of high school was different. Will came back already knowing he'd been drafted by the San Jose Sharks, and we both understood it would be our last summer the same way. Maybe that's why friendship finally crossed a line, turning into something deeper, reckless, and unforgettable. When Will left for the NHL, he took that summer with him. The next two summers passed without him, and while he seemed to forget what we shared, I was left holding onto a love that only existed in the warmth of that final summer 𓇼 𓂃 𓈒𓏸 Will Smith ( Hockey) X fem!oc

Mila and Macklin had the kind of university connection that felt effortless-long walks, secret glances, and the kind of chemistry that made it hard not to fall. But when Macklin was drafted to the NHL and moved to San Jose, distance-and dreams-pulled them apart. Now, two years later, Mila's in San Jose for a fresh start of her own. She isn't expecting to run into Macklin-especially not on a quiet afternoon when he's off the ice, hoodie up, still the same but not quite. What happens when two people who never got closure suddenly cross paths again?

When your childhood best friend brings home his new teammate... For your entire life, you grew up next to the Celebrini's on one side, and your best friend Addy's family on the other in North Vancouver. All of your parents were best friends from before you were born. From that, the "Core Four" started, with you, your twin Miles, Macklin, and Addy. Growing up, Miles and Macklin played hockey together before Miles switched to soccer, and Macklin's older brother (Aiden) was best friends with your older brother (Max). But, in 2020, Max gets into a fatal car crash while in college. Now, four years later, you are finishing your first year at being roommates with Addy at Stanford University, while Miles plays on the Stanford men's soccer team. Mack's NHL draft is coming up shortly where he gets drafted to the one and only San Jose Sharks.

ꨄ 𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 '𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 ꨄ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 fake dating the most promiscuous man in campus had never felt 𝙨𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗨𝗦 © plumbobb, 2026

Will Smith has never had trouble getting a woman's number. Until Camille Foster. She rejected him once. Then again. And somehow... keeps showing up everywhere he goes. Each encounter is more irritating than the last. Camille is sharp, unimpressed, and completely immune to his charm. Will should forget about her. But the more their paths keep crossing, the more impossible that becomes. And the last thing he expects... is that Camille is about to become a permanent part of his life.

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