Olandria has hated Nic for as long as she can remember and the feeling has always been mutual. But when the line of hate starts to blur into something different, something new, what happens to the resolve of Olandria Carthen?

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

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 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.

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

Olandria Carthen has always been protected by the people who love her most. Raised by her father, grandfather, and older brothers after losing her mother at six years old, she's spent her entire life surrounded by family, structure, and expectations. Moving to Jacksonville for a new job is supposed to be simple. A fresh start. A chance to finally figure out who she is outside of being someone's little sister. Then there's Nic Vansteenberghe. Her brother Omari's best friend is guarded, emotionally unavailable, and dealing with heartbreak he refuses to talk about. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the connection growing between them. Because some lines were never meant to be crossed. And some people become impossible to walk away from.

They were never supposed to work. Olandria doesn't do messy. Nic doesn't do rules. But when you're forced to share a space, lines blur... boundaries shift... and tension turns into something neither of them planned for. And the worst part? They might not want it to stop.

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.

Olandria and Nic navigate their life together after the villa. For them, leaving Love Island meant walking into whole new types of everyday challenges-- the real world.

A one night stand that turns into something else