Elena Mitchell never expected her first psychology internship to change her life. A first-year student still figuring out the theories in her textbooks, she's suddenly thrown into the deep end when she's assigned to UCN Rehabilitation Center. Specifically, to one patient: Tommy Reeves. Tommy is around her age, but everything about him feels older: jaded eyes, sharp sarcasm, and walls built brick by brick from a past he refuses to talk about. He's recovering from alcohol dependence, though no one's sure he really wants to. Cold, closed-off, and clearly not thrilled to be assigned a student intern, Tommy makes it clear he doesn't believe in help, or people. But Elena isn't there to fix him. She's there to understand him. What begins as reluctant, tense sessions slowly unfolds into something messier, deeper, and far more dangerous: connection. As Elena navigates her professional boundaries and the unexpected pull of emotion, she finds herself caught between what she knows and what she feels. Helping Tommy means confronting her own buried fears, and loving him might mean risking everything. Set in the quiet corridors of a rehabilitation center and the loud chaos of two hearts trying to heal, The Internship is a raw, emotionally-charged debut about first love, trauma, recovery, and the fragile line between helping someone and saving them. [A story with a plot twist]

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞. ⋆✧⋆✧⋆ Delaney Lawrence is a girl with the world's biggest heart and no one to give it to. She is a quiet girl on campus who spends her time studying and working. On the outside she seems next to perfect, but looks can be deceiving Sterling Blake is the university's hockey captain with a reputation of sleeping around. He's popular and never in a good mood, with not a grade over a C. However, his reputation may not be as accurate as people assume. When Sterling Blake is late to pick his little sister up from gymnastics practice he doesn't leave a great impression on the coach, Delaney Lawrence. Much to her dismay, she is selected to be his tutor so he can remain on the hockey team. She is determined to get his grades up and be done with this mess, he is determined to make that impossible. Unfortunate as the pairing seems, maybe things do happen for a reason. ⋆✧⋆✧⋆ Highest Rankings: #1 Love #1 Humour #1 Hockey #1 Team #2 Sports #2 Sports Romance #2 Slowburn