Anxious overachiever, Sophia Calloway, has a plan; graduate top of her class, get into a top 3 law school, keep her head down and emotions quieter. So when the University of Michigan's ice hockey team targets her in a prank gone wrong? She's ready to call campus security, drop-kick the nearest jock and move on with her structured little life. Instead, she gets Holden Zhao. Captain of the hockey team- too charming for his own good, worryingly reckless and absolutely allergic to authority. And now- assigned to her beloved library shift as punishment. Holden has never met a girl who doesn't fall at his feet. Sophia has never met a boy who makes her want to scream... and maybe kiss, all in the same breath. He calls her uptight. She calls him a menace. But the longer they're stuck together, the harder it is to pretend it's just a punishment. The less it feels like one, too. ➳♡➳ "I'm not going to kiss you, Soph." She crosses her arms defensively. "And why the hell not?" "I'm not going to kiss you," My lips graze the shell of her ear. "Until you beg me to." ➳♡➳ Slow burn. Enemies to friends to lovers. Banter like a whiplash. One anxious overachiever. One chaotic hockey captain. This was never part of the plan.

"I don't wanna get undressed, for a new person all over again." -Waiting 13 Juni Wilinkson is broken and she believes she'll never be fixed until she meets a boy after a one night stand who will undress her in more than just her clothes.

Sunset Bird was supposed to be just another town, another stop in Cove Holden's quiet, drifting life - until he met Wendy Florence. Fierce, golden-eyed, and full of fire, Wendy wasn't just the girl next door... she became his anchor, his chaos, and his beginning. From scraped knees and summer dares to late-night confessions and slow dances beneath the stars, their bond grew with every season, stitched together by quiet moments and unspoken feelings. As years pass and the tides of life threaten to pull them apart, Cove and Wendy must navigate heartbreak, change, and the weight of growing up. But through it all, one truth remains: no matter where life takes them, they'll always find their way back to each other. Because love like theirs? It doesn't end. It begins-and always stays. ----- This was written during lockdown, it was sitting in my notes for so long-I decided to bring it back to life and revise it. ...totally not because my Our Life phase came back.