Olandria Carthen has dedicated her life to keeping her family's beloved soul food restaurant, Tasty O's, alive in Decatur, Alabama, but mounting debt, a shrinking staff, and the fear of losing everything her parents built have pushed her to the breaking point. Across the country, TikTok food reviewer Nic Vans has built a career on one rule: always tell the truth. When his visit to Tasty O's ends with a brutally honest review, Olandria's world begins to unravel. She blames the man who put her restaurant on blast, while Nic refuses to apologize for doing his job. But as fate continues to throw them together, they soon discover that first impressions don't always tell the whole story-and sometimes the most bitter beginnings can lead to the sweetest redemption.

Two best friends in a room, they might kiss! College Nicolandria AU for those of us still deep in the sauce :P

A wrong number. A crowded dance floor. A connection neither of them can explain. From the moment Olandria and Nic finally meet, being together feels strangely inevitable--as though something invisible has been drawing them toward each other long before either of them knew to look. What begins with undeniable chemistry slowly deepens into something tender, consuming, and frighteningly real. But finding each other is only the beginning.

She doesn't believe in chasing love. Not when it never seems to stay. Olandria has built a life she's proud of-her boutique, her clients, her independence. She knows her worth. So when every man she meets disappears without explanation, she tells herself it doesn't matter. Until it starts to. Nic Vansteenberghe doesn't do relationships. He does control, business, and keeping things exactly where he wants them. So when a high-stakes deal depends on him having a stable girlfriend, he needs a solution-and fast. Olandria needs a fake boyfriend. Nic needs a perfect image. It should be simple. It isn't. Because the one man who keeps interfering in her life... is the same one who's been making sure no one else ever gets the chance. And the worst part? She doesn't even know she was already his.

A one night stand that turns into something else

olandria's next door neighbors are making a garage band. they sound awful, but the musician that helps them is good at least. (and it helps that he's hot too.) or: a story about a bunch of idiots in a garage band and the growing pains of senior year TM.

A month ago she was in a villa in Fiji falling for a boy she probably should've chosen from the start. Now she's navigating fame, anxiety, and a relationship the whole internet has an opinion on. Nobody warned her that the hardest part wouldn't be finding love - it would be holding onto it when the whole world is watching. Good thing Nic makes it all worth it.

~ Three years later ~ A shared past. A complicated present. And a connection that refuses to fade.

AU: After Casa Amor leaves them both single, Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe get locked in a private hotel room for two days - no phones, no cameras, no escape. She thought it would be harmless. He had already decided she was his. What happens in that room doesn't stay in that room. By the time they walk back into the villa, Ola is completely ruined for anyone else... and Nic is done pretending. No more hiding. No more Taylor. No more games. From villa chaos and jealous exes to public votes, villa splits, and the real world waiting outside the gates - this is the story of the couple America never saw coming and the possessive love that started with one locked door. Raw. Obsessive. Addictive. And once Nic sets his mind on forever... there's no going back. MATURE | Interracial Romance | Possessive MMC | Strong Black FMC | Love Island USA | Hotel to Real Life | He Falls First & Hardest

A collection of oneshots about my favs: Nicolandria!