𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 avoids boys like 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 who are arrogant, charming, reckless, and far too used to getting whatever he wants. But when 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 makes a bet that he can get 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚, the coldest girl at Briars, to go on a date with him, she finds out before he even gets the chance to play her. So she decides to play him first. --------------- [Dean Di Laurentis x female OC] [Enemies to lovers] [Read at the bottom of the introduction for TW!]

18+ | 2026 WATTYS SHORTLISTER | First Draft | Not edited. |"You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." | The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

"𝙈𝘼𝙔𝘽𝙀 𝙄𝙁 𝙄 𝘿𝙊𝙉'𝙏 𝘾𝙍𝙔, 𝙄 𝙒𝙊𝙉'𝙏 𝙁𝙀𝙀𝙇 𝘼𝙉𝙔𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀." ☔︎︎ || Where basketball prodigy, Miya Y/n's kindness is taken for granted and her skills are ignored, leaving her cold and forgotten in the shadows of her ignorant brothers. Until she finds a new shadow to stand in, or multiple, perhaps. ======================= - oc - akaashi keiji x reader - angst - fluff - crack - mature language - mild violence - mentions of and neglect - mentions of and abuse ======================= ─── started : 09/02/2021 ─── ended : 28/01/2022

✔︎𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒚/𝒏 𝒍/𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒄! "𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒖 𝒂𝒅𝒅" " 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒕"