This is a sequel to my first book, Against the playbook. Ellie Crawford has it all, fame, fortune, and a career most athletes can only dream of. As one of the NFL's top wide receivers, she's just signed with the New York Jets, securing her legacy in the sport she's dedicated her life to. Off the field, she's thriving too, her name is everywhere, her nightlife is wild, and she's in a steady, comfortable relationship. By all accounts, she's winning. Juliet Baldwin is just as successful, CEO of Baldwin Lux, a multi-billion-dollar empire that dominates the luxury industry. Ruthless, polished, and untouchable, she's spent the last few years shaping her legacy in a world where there's no room for weakness. Love? That was a distraction. One she convinced herself she left behind. It's been six years since Ellie and Juliet walked away from each other, both believing they were better off apart. But when fate pulls them back into the same city, old wounds resurface, old sparks reignite, and suddenly, the lines between past and present start to blur.

"𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚍𝚊? 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝." "𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚌𝚑." 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰, 𝘫𝘰𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘯. 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐗 𝐆𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 EVERY CHARACTER BESIDES ADELINE, NOLAN, SAORISE AND MY OTHER OC'S BELONG TO CHLOE WALSH. ANY PLOT THAT STRAYS FROM THE ORIGINAL STORYLINE BELONGS TO ME. PLEASE DO NOT COPY OR I'LL REPORT IT. THANK YOU.

'You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye And I got that red lip classic thing that you like And when we go crashing down, we come back every time 'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style You got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirt And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt And when we go crashing down, we come back every time 'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style' Rosalie hale x male oc Emmet Cullen x male oc (This story will mainly focus on Rosalie hale x oc.)

STORY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (chapters will be back up soon) ────────────────────────────────────── "Every time she pushed me away, it felt like I was stepping closer to understanding her-maybe more than I wanted to. But when she pulled me in, I couldn't resist." ────────────────────────────────────── This story is GXG || Intersex ────────────────────────────────────── TW | This story includes: •Abuse •PTSD •Slurs •Alcohol, Smoking, Drugs •Language •Detailed Sexual Content

{hockey boyxboy} Hockey captain Hudson Turner has everything mapped out: lead his team, impress NHL scouts, and never give anyone a reason to question him. But when charismatic and openly gay French Canadian exchange player Pierre Lavoie joins the team, Hudson is forced to decide if the love he never expected is worth jeopardizing the future he planned for. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hudson Turner is the kind of captain who never slips. Golden boy. Oldest son. Augustine Academy's pride. He doesn't make mistakes - especially not ones that could cost him everything. Pierre Lavoie is undeniably talented. Magnetic. Unapologetically himself. And, most importantly, he's dangerously uninterested in pretending. What starts as chemistry on the ice turns into something harder to ignore - lingering touches in the locker room, almosts that leave them both aching for more, an insatiable hunger that neither one knows how to survive. One of them is ready to be seen. The other is terrified of what that will cost. Falling for his teammate was never part Hudson's plan. But some connections are impossible to ignore...

𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝟷𝟼, 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝙇𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙞𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙭 𝙕𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙡𝙮𝙣𝙘𝙝

Amara Alonso is 22 years old and is in her final year studying English literature at NYU. She's smart, kind and gentle, she always has been. But she carries a quiet sadness that most don't see. After losing her mother and sister in a tragic car accident 8 months ago, she was left with an alcoholic father who she blames for their death. She promises herself to push through her last year of college but soon falls into a cycle- skipping classes, tear-stained eyes, and an empty stomach. Emilia Zayed is a 29 year old creative writing professor. Emilia is poised, intelligent and emotionally guarded. She keeps everyone at arm's length- students, colleges, friends, and especially family. She doesn't trust people and shows no intention to. She shows no interest in anybody around her, until a soft brown eyed girl enters her lecture with a look of hurt deep in her eyes that she can't seem to stop thinking about. Emilia notices Amara's writing first. There's something about her work-so raw, so aching, so lonely. It touches something in Emilia she thought she'd buried. Never has a student's piece of writing made her feel this way. They shouldn't get close. They can't get close. But they do. And it's slow, quiet, and deeply emotional. It's Amara showing up during Emilia's office hours not just to talk about writing but about life. It's Emilia realising Amara needs more than feedback-she needs someone who sees her. And it's Amara finally finding someone who doesn't leave. The two form an unspoken bond they can't explain. It's forbidden in the eyes of everybody else. But they can't help but feel softer around each other. Will they ever act on it? Will Amara's hurt or Emilia's closed offness prevent them from ever truly opening up and giving in?

"You ever think about how weird feelings are?" Maya asked quietly. Jade tensed. "What kind of feelings?" "Like... when you're around someone and your stomach just..." Maya made a vague explosion noise with her mouth. "You know?" "Like food poisoning?" Maya shoved her gently. "You're impossible." Jade smirked, but it faltered when she saw the way Maya was looking at her. Eyes open. Bare. Something unspoken balancing on the edge of her lips. Jade turned away too quickly. "Feelings are overrated." "You don't mean that." "No," Jade admitted. "I don't."

In a world where shadows are sharper than truth, Aurelia Blaine awakens with nothing but a name, a high-rise empire, and a father who seems all too eager to guide her steps. Outwardly ruthless and poised, she's the enigmatic owner of Blaine Company-a woman of elegance and steel. But behind closed doors, the cracks in her memory echo louder than she'll ever admit. When threats begin to circle, protection arrives in the form of Davina Lia Sokolova-a striking, soft-spoken bodyguard with eyes like secrets and precision like a blade. Cold on the outside, unreadable by design, Davina is everything Aurelia shouldn't trust. Yet, the more danger tightens its grip, the more impossible it becomes to deny the pull between them. But in a city where loyalty is currency and silence is survival, nothing is ever what it seems. Because the truth? It's waiting to bleed through. And when it does... it won't ask for permission. ❀ "You want to play?" I teased. She smiled. "I'm already naked." "That's not what I meant." I leaned in, kissed her jaw, bit her earlobe. "I want all of it off. The control. The act. The smirk. Take it off." Her pulse jumped beneath my lips. "Then make me." So I did. ❀ First Best Rankings: #1 on lostmemories 28/08-25 #1 on aurelia 11/09-25 #1 on ceoxbodyguard 13/09-25 #1 on lesbian 06/10-25 #1 on davina 09/11-25 #1 on femxfem 29/12-25 #1 on twisteddestiny 15/07-26 Milestones: 10k views on 15/06-25 100k views on 12/10-25 Timeline: Started on February 2025