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.

Vera Rosenthal, ice princess, track and debate champion and known hot-head was used to winning - worse, she expected winning. When Koda humiliates her in front of her whole class with barely anything but a charming smile to show for it, Vera sees red. In a turn of events, however, Vera and Koda team up for the partner debate rounds in their pre-law college class. As late night debate prep turns into late night talks the lines between opening statements and opening up blur. Before long, Vera starts questioning her relationship with forgiveness as past traumas come crushing in waves. ○○○ updates once a week the story already has a finished draft!