*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟMacklin Celebrini is supposed to be focused on hockey-on practices that blur into late nights, the pressure of expectations, and a future everyone else seems determined to script for him. But somewhere between road trips, locker room chaos, and the quiet moments no one sees, there's Sydney Miller. She's steady where his world is loud, sharp where everything else feels rehearsed, and entirely uninterested in treating him like a headline instead of a person. What starts as something easy-lingering glances, stolen kisses, soft laughter in borrowed hoodies-slowly becomes the one thing Macklin can't afford to lose. As hockey demands more and love asks him to be honest in ways he's never had to before, Mack must learn how to balance the life he's chasing with the person who makes it feel real. Because maybe it isn't hockey first, always-maybe sometimes it's kissing all the time, hockey occasionally. *✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:

Who said finding true love had to be urgent? For Nevaeh Halton, it never was. At just 17, she's fully focused on her dreams, studying dance at a prestigious arts school in Chicago. But everything shifts when she attends her older sister's wedding-to none other than an NHL player for the Chicago Blackhawks. There, Nevaeh crosses paths with Connor Bedard, the 19-year-old best man and rising hockey phenom. He's used to the spotlight, but the moment he sees Nevaeh, the noise of the world fades-and for the first time, it's not hockey that has his full attention.

Bella Hughes had become a well known name within the hockey community. For her skill and talent, but also because of her brothers. Connor Bedard had become a well known name as well, because of his talent, and ability to put the puck in the net. The two had been selected to go to the World Junior Championships (wjc), for their country's, and the two old friends meet in person again. Feeling's begin to fly around, some new, mostly old. But by liking a Canadian, is she betraying her team? Or is love stronger than that? i'm lazy so the lowercase is on purpose!! C.Bedard x oc