⟡━❦━⟢ In which he had loved her longer than anyone could know. Childhood friends once inseparable, they grew up into strangers. What started as laughter and trust slowly turned into distance, frustration, and tension. He became reckless, charming, and dangerously magnetic. She became sharp, independent, and untouchable. Friends turned into enemies, memories into sparks that refused to die. Every encounter burns a little more, pulling them closer despite themselves. Now, fate is forcing them together, and the line between hatred and desire is dangerously thin. But in the end, one truth remains: He had always loved her. ⟡━❦━⟢ ✧ Childhood best friends → enemies → lovers ✧ Forced proximity ✧ Brother's best friend

Emery's life has always been about control: staying close to her twin brother Caleb, juggling her demanding Marketing major, and keeping her relationship safe and steady. But when Caleb's best friend, Theodore, strolls back into her world with his cocky grin and hidden softness, everything starts to shift. They've always been friendly but distant, until a twist of fate forces them into close quarters. As old boundaries blur and new feelings surface, Emery has to decide if she's ready to fall out of the frame she's painted for herself. In a world of campus events, late nights, and half-truths, can two people who've kept their distance finally see each other for who they really are? Sometimes the people closest to you are the ones you never saw coming.

Holding hands with a S&C coach-turned-fake-boyfriend to become a Grand Slam champion wasn't in Gen Haley's playbook. Then again, how "fake" is fake if she never got over Sebastian Yoo in the first place? (full summary inside) achievements: #20 in tennis (4/14/25) #74 in adultfiction (5/12/25) #18 in dramedy (2/13/25) #50 in friendstolovers (2/16/25) #1 in asiansinlit (2/22/25) © j toussaint. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Caitlyn Torres knew what was it like to face separation - She was torn up between her mom and dad, she moved around a lot, the weekends with her dad and the week days with her mom. That was the only thing she lived through until it was a firm decision to stay with her mom to complete her senior year in Brooklyn. Short on expectations and a mind filled with a reality plan, like her parents taught her. For her, it was only finish senior year, go to Boston University and get a career in Business Management through her dad's company. Lucien Sanders didn't have anything mapped out. He was the outsider, feelings were foreign for him and he was an illegal racer in the nights. Free spirited with a reckless head, he wanted a dream and not a reality. But his parents threatened him to report the illegal races, unless he finished his senior year, in which he met a certain blonde behind the lens of his life's perspective. It wasn't New York's craziness, it was her. She made him curious and Lucien never liked to keep it that way. A whole lot of fun, a little danger and an extreme personality clash. Who would win the game and who would create another version?

"You don't have to tell me everything, just let me be the one who's there for you." She lied to fit in. He's breaking under pressure. But when their worlds collide, truth is the only thing that can save them. Maliyah Thompson is used to being invisible. At Milton Prep a private school on the Upper East Side, she wears knockoff designer bags and tells fake stories. No one knows she takes the train back to Brooklyn. No one knows her mom works two shifts to keep her enrolled. And no one knows the price she's paying to stay. Liam Weber isn't invisible. He's the new star athlete, handpicked from Europe to lead the team to a champion win. But under the surface? He's unraveling. The pressure, the secrets, the father who only sees him as a ticket to the NBA. When Liam accidentally slams a door into Maliyah's face, neither of them expects that moment to change everything. But it does.

"Lie to me again. Tell me white lies, tell me big lies. Hell, tell me the sky is green and upside down, just lie to me and show me that you care." Vera Rosenthal, known hot-head, track and field champion and debate warrior has never been the better person in any fight. She fights hard and she fights dirty, always has. When Koda Leschi shows up out of nowhere and embarrasses her in front of her whole debate class, with barely anything but a charming smile to show for it, Vera sees red. Suddenly Koda manages to show up everywhere: at her favorite café, on her friend's birthday, casually leaning against the wall at the frat house and worst of all next to her name on the list of assigned partners for the upcoming debate rounds. Before long she finds herself spending precious summer afternoons with her sworn enemy who seems too keen on breaking down her walls and revealing all the secrets bubbling under the surface of her blazing eyes. What happens when lines blur and facades crumble? Will Vera be able to keep her head above water as past traumas come crushing in waves? Updates every two days to every day all throughout February and March. Enemies to friends to lovers Enemies to lovers, but she is the only one who hates him Academic rivals Sloooow burn. And by slow I mean really slow. Forced proximity Yearning Female friendship