|| 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐔𝐒 - "I don't care how complicated this gets, I still want you." Anastasia Graham never really had space for anything that didn't fit into a schedule. Skating, studying, training, repeat. That was her life at Briar University, carefully structured and tightly controlled, because if she let anything slip into the gaps, everything else starts to wobble. She doesn't do distractions. She doesn't do "figuring things out." And she definitely doesn't do boys. Especially not the kind who smile like they already know how the story ends. Dean Di Laurentis is exactly that kind of problem. Her brother's best friend. A hockey player. Infuriatingly confident, effortlessly charming, and the kind of guy who never seems to take anything seriously until you realize he's somehow good at everything anyway. Anastasia had known of him forever, seen him around campus and in his and Garrett's shared home, always assuming he was just another cocky athlete who thrived on attention. She was wrong. It started as nothing, just passing moments she didn't think twice about, until one night it wasn't nothing anymore. One conversation that ran longer than it should have. One look that lingered too long. One version of him that didn't feel like the loud, careless hockey player everyone else saw. It was something that noticed her in a way she wasn't used to being noticed. After that, things didn't stay simple. Because suddenly it wasn't just skating and school anymore. It was skating, school, and Dean, quietly, annoyingly, taking up space in her head she didn't have to give. And with her most important figure skating performance coming up, the timing couldn't have been worse. Or more dangerous. fem!oc x Dean Di Laurentis 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔- @avaawritesz frozen desires - Dean Di Laurentis

❝BEEN HERE ALL ALONG SO WHY CANT YOU SEE? YOU BELONG WITH ME ❞ Sienna Di Laurentis had always known exactly how she looked to other people. Perfectly put together. Effortlessly styled. The girl who never seemed like she was trying too hard, even when she absolutely was. Fashion wasn't just something she liked - it was how she spoke. She noticed things most people didn't. The way fabrics moved when someone walked. The way colour changed a mood. The difference between something expensive and something that just looked expensive. While other people at Briar University were figuring out who they were, Sienna already knew the version of herself she wanted the world to see. And she built it carefully. A way of deciding exactly how she took up space in a world that had once made her feel like she didn't get a say in anything at all. Because before Briar, before the sketches and fabric rolls and late-night design boards- there had been football. Not casual. Not hobby-level. Real football - elite, competitive, structured around discipline and pressure and expectation. The kind where talent gets noticed early and pushed even harder. Sienna had been good. Too good to be ignored. She had lived in that world completely once - training, matches, coaches, pressure, results. It was everything she thought she was becoming. Until it wasn't. It didn't end cleanly. Nothing like that ever does. At Briar, she was a second-year fashion design student. Dean Di Laurentis' younger sister. They were close in the way siblings who argued constantly usually were. Sarcastic, sharp, always one comment away from starting something. But underneath it, there was familiarity. History. Understanding without explanation. And now he played hockey at Briar. Which meant Sienna was never entirely separate from that world either. She just wasn't part of it. Not really. Not until him. Garrett Graham was exactly what Briar University expected him to be.

[ ON HOLD!! ] ꕤ₊˚︵ 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐀𝐋 ─── ໒꒱ ✧˖° ❝ 𝑖 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, "𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦, 𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡" 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑤? ❞ She doesn't know how to let go. He doesn't do girlfriends. Valerie Montgomery is exhausted. Exhausted of the cheating. The screaming matches. The humiliation. The revolving door relationship she can't seem to escape with Briar University football star Aaron Carter. So after one betrayal too many, Valerie decides she needs one thing: A distraction. Enter Garrett Graham. Briar U's hockey golden boy has rules when it comes to women, no attachments, no sleepovers, no feelings. With the pressure of being legendary hockey player Phill Graham's son crushing him from every angle, Garrett only has time for hockey and sex. Valerie should've been temporary. And Garrett should've been easy. But somewhere between late-night hookups, bruising chemistry, and the quiet moments neither of them were supposed to care about, lines begin to blur. Because the problem with pretending not to feel anything...is eventually, you do. And when toxic love comes back demanding another chance, Valerie is forced to decide what hurts more: Losing Aaron or risking Garrett.

❝ she called up and came up to me covered in rain. ❞ when a soft hearted journalist who believes in love crosses paths with hollywood's most elusive actor, one unexpected interview turns into a modern day rom com the internet can't stop watching. fem!oc x jacob elordi social media x irl lowercase intended february 14 - july 27, 26

𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝒀 𝑶𝑹 𝑵𝑶𝑻? ! 𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 & 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 | 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 !

In which Ruby falls for his best friend's twin sister. "Oscar didn't raise a bitch."

On the surface, Alexis Vale is the perfect neighbor-the kind of woman everyone trusts, with her quiet smiles and flawless life. But behind closed doors, she's hiding a darkness no one could imagine. Across the city, William Hillwalker moves through the shadows-cold, methodical, and deadly. Neither knows the other exists yet, but a dangerous pull begins to draw them closer, an unspoken connection neither can resist. This is the story of two killers caught in a twisted dance of obsession and desire, where trust is fragile and the line between love and madness blurs. When their worlds collide, everything changes. TW: Murder Blood Gore Knives Guns Graphic scenes Violence Swearing Suggestive commentary There will be no smut! Just lots of gore... (William x oc)

Book #1 of the Camilla Caine Chronicles T//W: Lots of drugs, alcohol, abusive wording, SA, smut, and cursing. Camilla Caine has spent her entire life learning how to survive. Stay quiet. Stay controlled. Don't let them see too much. Because the moment people understand what she can do- the moment they see who she really is- everything changes. When she crosses paths with Billy Butcher, survival stops being simple. Pulled into a world of Supes, secrets, and violence, Camilla finds herself surrounded by people who fight back instead of hiding. People who see her. People who don't run. But in a world controlled by power and perception, being seen is just as dangerous as being hunted. As tensions rise and the truth begins to surface, Camilla is forced to confront everything she's spent her life burying-her past, her power, and the parts of herself she was taught to fear. Because some things don't stay hidden. And when they're finally exposed- they don't just break you. They destroy everything around you.

Jo's fresh start in Pittsburgh puts her next door to Jack Abbot, and quiet proximity soon becomes something neither of them can ignore.

Kara never meant to fall for the stripper with the razor-sharp tongue, devastating smile, and uncanny ability to see straight through her. Gigi Estrella has made a career out of performing confidence, collecting secrets, and pretending loneliness doesn't follow her home after every shift. Kara, meanwhile, is an expert at running, especially when someone starts to matter. Between disastrous flirting, chaotic nights out with Clark and Lois, galaxy-spanning disappearances, late-night reunions, and enough unresolved feelings to power a small planet, the two women find themselves trapped in an orbit neither can seem to escape. Equal parts hilarious, sensual, heartbreaking, and hopelessly romantic, theirs is the kind of love story built on terrible timing, stubborn hearts, and the terrifying possibility that, after losing entire worlds, home might turn out to be another person.