it's the little things that get to him. the way she remembers his favorite snacks, the way she gently teases him when he's being serious, and how she gets a little shy when they share a moment of silence. will doesn't know how to explain it-but every moment with her feels like something he wants to hold onto forever.

Eliana Arellano and Will Smith have always been close, best friends with a complicated past and feelings that never seem to go away. From high school prom night and almost-kisses to college breakups and quiet heartbreaks, their story is full of missed chances and unspoken words. Years later, Eliana becomes a sports reporter and ends up covering the NHL team Will just got drafted to. He's distant, and she's still hurt. But old feelings don't just disappear.. and neither do the "what ifs." For the Record, I loved you is a story about love that doesn't go away, timing that never feels right, and two people who keep finding their way back to each other. ___ Beginning is end of high school then there's a time skip to their time in Boston, and ofc the NHL.

In Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Briar Chatham is about to begin her freshman year-a whirlwind of excitement, anxiety, and the unknown. Between settling into college life and preparing for her first year as a Boston College architect major, Briar has enough on her plate. But everything shifts the night she meets Will Smith-a laid-back, charming guy who seems to get her in a way no one else does. Will isn't just another college student; he's a campus legend. The fourth overall pick in the NHL draft, he's a hockey god with a reputation as big as his talent. Their first meeting is lighthearted, filled with teasing and unexpected common ground. One impulsive kiss at a party catches them both off guard-sweet, exciting, and something neither of them expects to mean anything but will that change over time?

Maddie Ray swore she'd never date another hockey guy let alone say in a house filled with them. That's until her bestfriend Macklin Celebrini invites her to come hang out with him for the summer in the Us. She ends up hanging with macklins friend will and Ryan. this is where she meets Gabe Perreault and her whole life changes. She begins to rethink the whole not dating a hockey player again. This is my first story so be nice😭

You met Will Smith during your sophomore year at Boston College-cocky, loud, impossible not to notice. He sat behind you in stats class and spent the whole semester finding new ways to make you laugh. Somewhere between all-night study sessions and Friday night games at Conte Forum, you fell hard. Now, two years later, everything's changed. You've moved to California for grad school, and Will's a rookie in San Jose-alongside Macklin Celebrini, the Sharks' other rising star. You expect long nights and even longer FaceTimes with Will. What you don't expect is the way Mack looks at you. Or the way he looks at Will. It starts small. Lingering glances. A touch that lasts a little too long. Jokes that land with a flush of heat. But soon, you're caught in something that feels like more than just friendship-something magnetic, fragile, and impossible to ignore. Three hearts. One shot. And the question no one's brave enough to ask: what if love doesn't have to choose?

❝𝘶𝘩-𝘰𝘩, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯❞ the story in which the girl from across the street can't seem to stay away from the new jersey devils hockey player.

⋆˚࿔ with the concept of the PWHL being shut down stirred a lot in the world of hockey. The fight to bring women into the NHL was starting to get harder by the day, except one team who decides they want to take a chance and bring the first ever female into the NHL Ada Geekie, the younger sister of Morgan Geekie and Conor Geekie, and one of the best goalies to come out of Harvard University. She has goals, and nothing is going to stand in the way of her reaching every last one of them.