Azzi Fudd has spent her life in control-careful, guarded, and always keeping her distance. Behind her composed exterior is a past marked by domestic violence, a history that left deeper scars than she lets anyone see, and a dream she once had to set aside: playing professional basketball. Now working as the Strategic Communications and PR Director for the Dallas Wings, Azzi finds herself unexpectedly close to the game that once defined her. When she meets Paige Bueckers, everything begins to shift. Confident, persistent, and impossible to ignore, Paige doesn't just notice Azzi-she pursues her, challenging the walls Azzi has spent years building. What begins as tension and restraint slowly turns into something deeper, something Azzi swore she would avoid at all costs.. But being around basketball again begins to stir something in her. The practices, the games, and the energy brings her dream back to life; forcing her to confront not only her growing feelings for Paige, but the version of herself she thought she had lost. Somewhere between healing, ambition, and unexpected connection, Azzi must decide if she's ready to risk the peace she has built, for a future she never allowed herself to imagine again. Triggers: mention of Domestic violence and explicit sexual content

Azzi Fudd, a freshman at college and a single mother to her 6-month-old daughter Jazlyn, is adjusting to life in a new world. Balancing school, motherhood, and a fledgling social life feels impossible - until Paige Bueckers, a senior and a rising star on the women's basketball team, becomes an unexpected presence in her life. Paige, initially drawn to Azzi's quiet strength and determination, finds herself offering help with Jazlyn. What starts as a simple offer of friendship soon blossoms into something deeper.

Lucy Chen and Tim Bradford - to most people, she was just his rookie. But if you looked a little closer, there had always been something more between them. What happens when a sudden undercover assignment turns everything upside down... and forces Lucy and Tim to question the feelings they've been trying to ignore? As the mission becomes more dangerous than anything they've faced before, the line between duty and emotion begins to blur.

Tim Bradford doesn't believe in distractions - which is exactly why Sergeant Lucy Chen is becoming one. She transfers in polished, composed, and entirely unimpressed by his reputation, meeting every dry remark with a steadier one of her own. He doesn't go easy on people, but he doesn't go hard on her either, and that line between professional and personal starts to blur in the quiet moments - shared patrol cars, lingering eye contact, the kind of teasing that sounds harmless until it isn't. She carries herself like someone who has more waiting for her than just the job, and Tim tells himself he doesn't need to know what that is. He just needs to remember she's his partner - and nothing else.

Tim and Lucy are in the military. They both leave for different reasons at different times. Years later they meet again and fall in love. Isabel doesn't exist in this story and Lucy and John aren't dating.

Lucy slipped on a puddle at work. In front of Celina. Now she's stuck on the couch with a sprained ankle, crutches she can barely use, and a boyfriend who treats "complete rest" like a tactical mission. At least there's pizza. And painkillers. And Tim Bradford willingly watching The Bachelor.

Scarlett Sovanna doesn't have time for nonsense-especially not the kind that wears a backwards cap and throws parties on Tuesday nights. As a dedicated ballerina at a top-tier arts college, her world revolves around perfect pirouettes, brutal rehearsals, and keeping her spot in the program. There's no room for distractions. Especially not him. Elliot Sinclair is college royalty-the star quarterback with a devil-may-care attitude and a line of admirers trailing behind him. He lives for the game, the thrill, and the spotlight. He and Scarlett couldn't be more different... except for one inconvenient truth: their families are practically intertwined. When Scarlett's dorm situation turns into a nightmare, the Sinclairs offer Elliot's guest room to her. Sharing a space with the person she finds most insufferable on campus? Not ideal. But as the walls come down, so do their assumptions about each other. What starts as chilly silence turns into heated banter. And somewhere between late-night talks and stolen glances, feelings develop. She's all discipline. He's all chaos. Together? They just might fall into something real.

Completed • First Draft - not edited. || "You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." || The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.