Stephanie Walker is eighteen, moving across the country from Los Angeles to New York to begin her dream: law school at NYU. A new city, a new home, new friends, new everything. She's excited, but sleepless nights, old wounds, and quiet struggles follow her everywhere. She wants to live like any other college student, to blend in, to feel normal, but life hasn't been simple, and surviving on her own is harder than she expected. Every late night, every study session, every solitary drive home reminds her that life doesn't come with easy answers. Some nights, she leans on quiet habits she'd never tell anyone about, just to make it to morning. Elena Shay is thirty-two, NYU's Dean and a respected law professor. Her life is built on control, precision, and endless responsibility. At work, she's commanding, elegant, untouchable. Outside it, she's soft, warm, and human, but never careless. Elena doesn't date casually; she doesn't waste time or energy on anything that isn't worth it. She's deliberate, certain, and careful... Until Stephanie. Stephanie isn't just another student. She's sharp, captivating, and unafraid to be herself in a way that draws Elena in deeper than it should. Suddenly, the carefully maintained line between professional and personal life begins to blur. The rules, the expectations, the life Elena's worked so hard to control all scream that nothing between them can ever happen. And yet, the pull becomes impossible to ignore. As their worlds collide, Stephanie discovers a side of life she's never dared to touch: warmth, comfort, attention, and desire from someone who sees her fully, not as a girl with a "rough" childhood, but as a woman. Together, Elena and Stephanie fall into chaos, vulnerability, and longing they didn't know they were missing. Every glance, every touch, and every moment carries risk. Risk of exposure, of judgment, of everything crashing down, all shaped by the choices resting in their hands.

No one warns you about what happens when you fall in love with your best friend. Lydia Hale was 17 when she fell in love with Billie Eilish and even at 21, Lydia's feelings had never gone away. After Billie had started to feel it too, it caused a rift between them and they stopped speaking. What happens when the former best friends run into each other at a music festival after almost two years?

❝ 𝙞'𝙢 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚-𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 ❞ - IN WHICH, Lizzie Skiendiel's dreams are crushed on a live stream for thousands to see. But she is soon recruited to a new girl group under YG. [ fame - katseye ] [ fem!oc x daniela avanzini ] [ fem!oc x megan skiendiel ] [ fem!oc x sophia laforteza ] [ published - 10.20.25 ] [ completed - ??? ] #1 in devon aoki as of 12.25.25 #1 in pop star academy as of 10.28.25 #1 in yg as of 11.11.25 #1 in girl group as of 01.21.26 #1 in bailey sok as of 03.17.26 #1 in diego tinoco as of 02.12.26 #1 in hybexgeffen as of 02.12.26

when soleil takes a job working for a celebrity she already dislikes, she expects the worst. but billie isn't who she thought she was, and the line between professional and personal starts to blur. this is an enemies-to-lovers story about tension, timing, and what happens in between. will they cross the line?