lena morales keeps her head down, working as a locker room assistant for the san jose sharks to help her struggling family. invisible among NHL stars, she only opens up to a few trusted players--collin graf, michael misa, sam dickinson, and will smith-until macklin celebrini, the confident star who hasn't noticed her, begins crossing her path. quiet glances and accidental encounters slowly shift the space between them, forcing lena to navigate her responsibilities, friendships, and a connection that could change everything.

[CONTINUING IN MAY] How do you trust your heart to someone who's always been just out of reach? © 𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

When rising NHL star Will Smith finds himself in the middle of a media storm, his team's solution is simple: fix the image, fix the narrative. Enter Ava Bennett. Focused on finishing college and staying out of the spotlight, Ava has no interest in becoming anyone's publicity stunt. But when Will's agent proposes a short-term, carefully staged relationship to steady his reputation before playoffs, Ava reluctantly agrees. It's supposed to be temporary. A few games. A few photos. A few convincing smiles. No real feelings. But as interviews blur into late-night conversations and staged kisses start feeling less staged, the line between public performance and private truth disappears. And when the season ends - and so does their "contract" - Ava and Will are forced to decide if what they built was just good PR... or something neither of them planned for.

when a wrong turn deep in the canadian wilderness leaves everett burkeley, canada's sweetheart on ice, stranded with a sprained ankle alongside her best friend sienna mae, the last person they expect to encounter is macklin celebrini, canada's very own golden boy, all quiet charm and steady hands... and somehow, a complete stranger, just as she is to him. it was never meant to be anything more than a fleeting summer, late nights, soft laughter, stargazing, and a feeling neither of them dared to name, but some things don't stay in the past... especially when the spotlights are brighter than ever, and the whole world is watching this time when their paths cross again... at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics. macklin celebrini x female oc figure skater x hockey player

Chelsea Bangkok and Will Smith have always been "just us"-best friends before anything else, before the fame, before the pressure, before everything changed. Then Macklin Celebrini walks in. And suddenly, nothing feels simple anymore. What starts as friendship turns into something louder-something messier-something neither of them knows how to handle. The internet calls them a trio. The world calls it entertaining. But Chelsea just calls it her life falling into something she didn't plan for. And Macklin? He should know better than to get close. Because Chelsea only has one warning for him- "Tread lightly, hockey boy."

Will thought his world would change when he was drafted into the NHL. The reality? It changed when Imogen left him, not only him, but she fled the country entirely. Only to return engaged to a man she'd barely just met. She's preparing to fly back to Australia, and everything between them feels like it's slipping out of reach. But before she leaves, they meet again. He apologises. She listens. And in the space between old history and new promises, he confesses he's still in love with her. The problem is, she loves him too, but she is engaged to Sam. The Australian Footballer. Will tells her she's rushing, that something about Sam doesn't sit right, but she leaves anyway, asking him to let her go. Unable to accept it, Will interferes unbeknownst to Imogen. The engagement collapses, she is humiliated and heartbroken, and instead of returning to Will, she shuts down emotionally and swears off relationships entirely. Now it's time for Will to Win her back.

And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe ( w. smith x fem!oc ) social media x real life NHL fanfic (C) g1rlwhosb0red 4/03/2026 - ?

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.

❝ you're pathetic. ❞ ❝ you've been hooking up with every girl who looks your way to get over me. that's pathetic. ❞ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 three years after their break up and never fully getting over each other, 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 and 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐞 meet again. macklin celebrini x fem oc social media x real life lowercase intended started: march 3rd 2026 completed:

Will Smith is a hockey player at Boston College. He moves in with a billet family the Larsons and meets their 19-year-old daughter name Sadie. Will and Sadie don't want to put a label on their relationship but they both can agree whatever they are it is not CASUAL. Smut Warning Tag Rankings #2 in Celebrini #10 in HockeyRomance #35 in NHL