alexa play chains of love by charli xcx

paige bedard learned early that loving something meant sacrificing for it. the early mornings, missed birthdays, and the quiet pressure of carrying a last name hockey already knew. but, there was always one place she didn't have to be paige bedard: connor bedard's little sister, captain of the wisconsin badgers, alternate captain for Team Canada, and star forward of the vancouver goldeneyes. it was the place she could just be paige and that place was wherever macklin celebrini was. they met at thirteen, two north vancouver kids with dreams too big for their bodies. he stayed on the ice after everyone left. she stayed with him. driveways became rinks, summer nights became promises, and somewhere between shared playlists, lake days, and silent understanding, paige fell in love with him. she just never told him. he was macklin, her best friend. her almost. because almost was safer than losing him completely. then, came the leaving- he went to boston to chase the NHL. she went to wisconsin, where she became captain and one of the most dominant players in college hockey before returning home as the face of the goldeneyes. phone calls became texts and texts became nothing. years passed, but feelings didn't. now, at nineteen, paige stands at center ice in milan with a silver medal around her neck and an "A" over her heart. a loss she can't escape. hockey, for the first time, doesn't feel like enough. until she sees him... across a city thousands of miles from where they began, macklin stands there and suddenly she's thirteen again. macklin was never just her first love, he was her unfinished one and some people, no matter how far you skate or how much time passes... you always find your way back to them.

In Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Briar Chatham is about to begin her freshman year-a whirlwind of excitement, anxiety, and the unknown. Between settling into college life and preparing for her first year as a Boston College architect major, Briar has enough on her plate. But everything shifts the night she meets Will Smith-a laid-back, charming guy who seems to get her in a way no one else does. Will isn't just another college student; he's a campus legend. The fourth overall pick in the NHL draft, he's a hockey god with a reputation as big as his talent. Their first meeting is lighthearted, filled with teasing and unexpected common ground. One impulsive kiss at a party catches them both off guard-sweet, exciting, and something neither of them expects to mean anything but will that change over time?

In which Eden Celebrini is forced to spend a summer with her brother and his hockey friends.... irl x social media x text messages

〝 i have emotional motion sickness , somebody roll the windows down 〞 [ michael townsend & femme!oc ] [ killer instinct - bad blood ] [ started: 04.01.25 , finished: 13.08.25 ]

A OC x Micheal Townsend fanfic I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS EXCEPT CHARLOTTE ANND A LITTLE BIT OF THE PLOT

Sloan Smith has her life planned around one thing - success. Top grades. Endless studying. No distractions. Especially not hockey players. Macklin Celebrini lives in a completely different world, one of early practices, loud locker rooms, and constant pressure to perform. He's focused. Disciplined. And not looking for complications. They're not friends. They're not enemies either. Just two people who keep crossing paths - until staying out of each other's orbit becomes harder than either of them expected. A slow-burn college hockey romance about pressure, timing, and learning to let someone in.

TATE BRIDGERS would have done anything if it meant her long term crush would like her back. QUINN HUGHES was always worried about anyone other than himself. The pair were destined for destruction the day Luke introduced the two. Can a summer save them? Quinn x fem

when the newly hired photographer for the Vancouver Canucks meets the new captain

Winona Smith is the younger sister of Will Smith. At a party she goes to toward the end of her senior year of high school, she meets a boy with the name Macklin Celebrini, things go well during the party and they end the night with a kiss. When her brother announces to his family that he's gonna try his luck in the NHL after being drafted the year prior, the choice is easy - she'll apply to a college close to where he's playing. This is when her brother reintroduces her to the boy she met at a party earlier that year. Her brother knowing nothing of their previous history is oblivious to what kind of tension this can create. started: April 10th, 2025 finished: