it's easy to disappear in a crowded arena, it's harder when it's empty. when every missed shot echoes, and someone is still there to hear it.

~tressa warsofsky finally stopped moving in 2022. after a childhood spent packing boxes for her dad's coaching career, san jose is the first place that feels like home. now a communications major at sjsu and an intern with the sharks' media team, she's focused on building something that's hers - dance team, school, and staying out of the sharks' locker room drama. will smith is in his second year and ready to take over. confident, sharp, and always somehow in front of her camera, he turns a few harmless tiktoks into something neither of them planned. but secrets don't stay quiet for long - especially when your dad is the coach. and this season, staying might be harder than leaving.

Parker Heyes has spent her whole life proving she belongs on the ice. At nineteen, the spunky brunette from Victoria, British Columbia is already making waves with Team Canada and the Toronto Sceptres in the PWHL. She's talented, loud when she's comfortable, terrible at talking about herself in interviews, and somehow always one bad decision away from chaos. Macklin Celebrini is Canada's golden hockey star - focused, disciplined, and already carrying the weight of the entire hockey world on his shoulders. Off the ice, though? He and Parker are practically the same person: competitive, sarcastic, stubborn, and incapable of backing down from an argument. After both Team Canada squads strike gold, Vegas seems like the perfect place to celebrate. One night out turns into too many drinks, terrible ideas, and a wedding neither of them remembers until they wake up wearing matching rings and trending all over social media. An accidental Vegas marriage is bad enough. An accidental Vegas marriage between two nineteen-year-old hockey stars? Career-ending PR nightmare. With both their agents demanding they "fix this" before the media tears them apart, Parker and Macklin are forced into damage control - fake smiles, shared appearances, and pretending their marriage might actually work long enough to avoid a scandal. The only problem? The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to remember this relationship was supposed to be temporary. number 1 in #friends june 3rd 26 Started: may 11th, 2026 Finished: june 14th, 2026 final word count: 102,957

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