teammate's sister secret relationship dark past dual pov instagram + real life Olivia Knight has already built a life in Chicago by the time her brother is traded to the Blackhawks. At twenty-three, she's disciplined, private, and deeply focused on her law school internship-someone who keeps her world small because it feels safer that way, despite the constant stream of word vomit swarming in her head. When Spencer moves in, the life she's carefully controlled begins to expand whether she wants it to or not. Connor Bedard is part of that expansion. Younger, sharp, and disarmingly open, he notices the things Olivia doesn't volunteer-the way she avoids certain questions, the tension she carries, the boundaries she never explains. What starts as shared space and quiet conversations turns into something slower, built on trust rather than urgency.

Annelise Carter has always been the easy one to overlook. The responsible friend. The quiet one. The girl who follows the rules, keeps her head down, and doesn't make messes-literal or otherwise. At nineteen, she's new to San Jose, working long hours at a salon, building something for herself from scratch. It's not glamorous, but it's safe. Predictable. Controlled. Exactly how she likes it. So when her client-Quinn, effortlessly cool and impossible not to like-invites her to hang out, Annie tells herself it's just a one-time thing. Just a night out with people who feel a little louder, a little brighter than anything she's used to. She doesn't expect Will. Will is everything Annie has spent her life avoiding-confident, charming, and completely at ease in chaos. The kind of guy who fills a room without trying. The kind of guy who knows exactly what he's doing when he looks at her a second too long, smiles a little too slow. And the kind of guy who absolutely shouldn't be interested in her. But he is. From the moment they meet, something shifts. The teasing comes easy. The attention lingers. And somehow, beneath all the noise and laughter, Will softens-quietly, instinctively-like Annie is the only thing that can slow him down. That's what scares her. Because Annie knows how this goes. Girls like her don't end up with guys like Will. Not without getting hurt. Not without losing parts of themselves in the process. And no matter how gentle he is with her, no matter how different he feels when it's just the two of them- She can't ignore the voice in her head telling her it's a bad idea. He's too experienced. She's too careful. They're too different. Right? SPINOFF OF double fantasy- macklin celebrini

LILY JAMES WYATT has spent her entire life in a small town in Vancouver, Canada. She's awkward, shy, and hates being the center of attention. Shes the opposite of him. MACKLIN CELEBRINI was born for the spotlight. Drafted first overall, he was destined to be hockey's newest rookie. They grew up side by side, and somewhere in growing up too fast, their friendship became something deeper. MACKLIN CELEBRINI X FEM OC ୭ ˚. ᵎᵎ CHILDHOOD LOVERS 🧸

Olivia Bennett knows the rules of sports journalism - never get too close to the players you cover. As a reporter for the San Jose Sharks, she's built her career on professionalism. Too bad the internet is convinced she's secretly dating rookie star Macklin Celebrini. For two years, their interviews, inside jokes, and viral moments have had fans rooting for them. In reality, they're just friends. At least... that's what they keep telling everyone.

"You know what they say about rainbows? Sunny days ahead." ·̩̩̥͙＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚　　˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊·̩̩̥͙ in which Tyler Toffoli's younger sister experiences an unimaginable tragedy that has her heading to San Jose to rest, recuperate, and heal.

21-year-old journalism student Jade Callahan needs her big break. 20-year-old Will Smith needs to prove he belongs in the NHL. Neither of them needs the distraction of their instant, explosive hatred. But the more they clash, the harder they fall. And soon, the rookie and the girl trying to prove she belongs in a male field, will have to decide what they're willing to risk for the one person they were never supposed to want. will smith x jade callahan ⭐️

Quinn Taylor has made a career out of looking calm. On the ice, she's America's favorite kind of pressure-proof-bright smile, steady answers, the skater everyone wants to root for. Off the ice, she's an only child with a perfectionist's brain and a habit of carrying too much alone. The cameras love her. The country expects her. And the one place she can't afford to fall apart is the one place she's dreamed of since she was little. The Olympics. Macklin Celebrini has always made things feel lighter. He was the new kid at a Northern California rink at twelve-Canadian, polite, a little lost-until Quinn decided he was hers to keep. He became her best friend in the cold air and early mornings, the person who could make her laugh mid-breakdown and never ask her to perform for him. Then life did what life does: seasons changed, schedules got brutal, distance widened, and the kind of friendship that felt unbreakable turned into occasional texts and quiet missing. Now they're both back where the world is loudest. At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Quinn is chasing the skate of her life for Team USA. Mack is carrying his own weight for Team Canada hockey. When reporters find out they grew up together, the story writes itself-childhood friends reunited, smiles caught on camera, a thousand strangers deciding what they are to each other. The only problem is... the strangers aren't entirely wrong. Between past chapters at a small California rink and present days in the Olympic Village, Quinn and Mack have to figure out what they really meant to each other then-and what they're allowed to be now, with medals on the line and the whole world watching. Because it's one thing to love someone quietly from a distance. It's another to have them show up in your life again and make everything feel possible.

elaine evans is twenty years old, a once-in-a-generation voice, and the newest name etched into grammy history. macklin celebrini is hockey's golden boy, built from discipline, pressure, and the kind of focus that never cracks on the ice. they come from worlds that aren't supposed to overlap-until one night in los angeles, surrounded by flashing cameras, expensive champagne, and people who only know how to be famous, they find each other in the quiet spaces between it all. she doesn't want to be another headline. he doesn't know how to want something that isn't hockey. and neither of them expects a connection that feels like music-soft at first, then impossible to ignore.