Every summer until they were fifteen, the Cape was theirs. She wore Rangers jerseys over her swimsuits. He swore allegiance to Boston with sand between his toes. Their families' neighboring beach houses in Cape Cod turned childhood rivalries into shared secrets, midnight swims, and the kind of friendship that always felt like more-though neither of them ever admitted it. But the summer they were fifteen, her family sold their house on the Cape. No warning. No last night on the dock. Just one final look back-and years of silence. Now, she's twenty-one, tagging along to a San Jose Sharks season ticket holder event with a friend, when she locks eyes with someone she thought she'd never see again: Will Smith. Taller now, sharper jaw, wearing the teal of the Sharks-but still the boy who once made every summer feel like magic. He's on the rise in the NHL. She's trying to figure out what comes next. And suddenly, every sun-drenched memory and unfinished feeling crashes back into view. Because the thing about first love? It doesn't always stay in the past.

it's the little things that get to him. the way she remembers his favorite snacks, the way she gently teases him when he's being serious, and how she gets a little shy when they share a moment of silence. will doesn't know how to explain it-but every moment with her feels like something he wants to hold onto forever.

You and Will Smith grew up side by side in your small Massachusetts town-best friends who became everything to each other. But when he left for the big leagues and you stayed behind, life took you both in wildly different directions. Years later, grief pulls you back to the surface when your dad dies, and the last person you expect to call is Will. But he shows up. And suddenly you're back to sharing silence, laughter, pain, and the old promise that maybe you'd find your way back to each other someday. It's messy. It's honest. It's holding onto the people who know you when you don't know yourself.

Eliana Arellano and Will Smith have always been close, best friends with a complicated past and feelings that never seem to go away. From high school prom night and almost-kisses to college breakups and quiet heartbreaks, their story is full of missed chances and unspoken words. Years later, Eliana becomes a sports reporter and ends up covering the NHL team Will just got drafted to. He's distant, and she's still hurt. But old feelings don't just disappear.. and neither do the "what ifs." For the Record, I loved you is a story about love that doesn't go away, timing that never feels right, and two people who keep finding their way back to each other. ___ Beginning is end of high school then there's a time skip to their time in Boston, and ofc the NHL.

Completed You only wanted to escape. When you spot your ex entering the ice rink, you panic, desperate to avoid another humiliating encounter. In a frantic moment of impulse, you run straight to the first person you recognize-Will Smith, a talented, easygoing hockey player. Without thinking, you beg him to kiss you, hoping to make it look like you've moved on. To your surprise, Will agrees, pulling you into a kiss that feels a little too real. What started as a desperate act to avoid the past might just lead to something unexpected...and maybe even something real.

In Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Briar Chatham is about to begin her freshman year-a whirlwind of excitement, anxiety, and the unknown. Between settling into college life and preparing for her first year as a Boston College architect major, Briar has enough on her plate. But everything shifts the night she meets Will Smith-a laid-back, charming guy who seems to get her in a way no one else does. Will isn't just another college student; he's a campus legend. The fourth overall pick in the NHL draft, he's a hockey god with a reputation as big as his talent. Their first meeting is lighthearted, filled with teasing and unexpected common ground. One impulsive kiss at a party catches them both off guard-sweet, exciting, and something neither of them expects to mean anything but will that change over time?

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ in which a drunken dm makes late night talking into something much more social media x real life. by silverminty

𓂃 𓈒𓏸‪‪ 𓇼 Summer had always been my favorite season. Sun-warmed sand, salty air, and the beach house in Cousins, North Carolina that held a lifetime of memories. Every year, my mom, my brother, and I spent our summers there with her best friend and her kids, Will and Grace. Will was two years older than me, just enough to make him feel untouchable when we were kids, and impossible to ignore as we grew older. We were inseparable every summer, even as life pulled us back to Massachusetts and Pennsylvanian the rest of the year. But the summer going into my senior year of high school was different. Will came back already knowing he'd been drafted by the San Jose Sharks, and we both understood it would be our last summer the same way. Maybe that's why friendship finally crossed a line, turning into something deeper, reckless, and unforgettable. When Will left for the NHL, he took that summer with him. The next two summers passed without him, and while he seemed to forget what we shared, I was left holding onto a love that only existed in the warmth of that final summer 𓇼 𓂃 𓈒𓏸 Will Smith ( Hockey) X fem!oc

21-year-old journalism student Jade Callahan needs her big break. 20-year-old Will Smith needs to prove he belongs in the NHL. Neither of them needs the distraction of their instant, explosive hatred. But the more they clash, the harder they fall. And soon, the rookie and the girl trying to prove she belongs in a male field, will have to decide what they're willing to risk for the one person they were never supposed to want. will smith x jade callahan ⭐️

In which Eden Celebrini is forced to spend a summer with her brother and his hockey friends.... irl x social media x text messages