Macklin Celebrini is an attention-hating, humble hockey player who carries the weight of the future of the NHL on his shoulders. Miley Carter is a billionaire with the weight of her self-made company on her shoulders. A simple brand ambassadorship quickly blurs into a complicated charade, forcing them to cross the line between a carefully staged public relationship and very real, private emotions.

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.

A regular comes to the bakery across the street from the ice rink, the more she gets to know Savanah the more she thinks shed be perfect for her son.

Will thought his world would change when he was drafted into the NHL. The reality? It changed when Imogen left him, not only him, but she fled the country entirely. Only to return engaged to a man she'd barely just met. She's preparing to fly back to Australia, and everything between them feels like it's slipping out of reach. But before she leaves, they meet again. He apologises. She listens. And in the space between old history and new promises, he confesses he's still in love with her. The problem is, she loves him too, but she is engaged to Sam. The Australian Footballer. Will tells her she's rushing, that something about Sam doesn't sit right, but she leaves anyway, asking him to let her go. Unable to accept it, Will interferes unbeknownst to Imogen. The engagement collapses, she is humiliated and heartbroken, and instead of returning to Will, she shuts down emotionally and swears off relationships entirely. Now it's time for Will to Win her back.

Despite swearing off athletes for good, Freya Pfieffer can't help but fall for the sweet and perfectly endearing defenseman who meets her gaze at a Montreal Canadiens game. Freya is left spinning-wondering if she should make an exception for Cole Caufield. This story is told through both narration and social media/messaging. It is also ensemble-heavy, so there are plenty of fun characters to appreciate around the central pair :)

penelope archer is deemed the "luckiest girl alive" some may say. she's got an ivy league education, brains, beauty, and an incredibly supportive best friend. penelope wouldn't say she's unlucky; that is until she finds herself as the maid of honor in her best friends wedding, hooked arm in arm with her arch nemesis, trevor zegras. the two have never gotten along, not even for the sake of their best friends who are about to get married. penelope and trevor's best friends are bound and determined to make them like each other even if it means gifting them a trip to an island where they can't get away from each other, nor do they know the other is going. when activities on the trip are to only be done in pairs, they find themselves gravitating towards each other and playing a little more than pretend. THE PERFECT SERIES BOOK #1

Annelise Carter has always been the easy one to overlook. The responsible friend. The quiet one. The girl who follows the rules, keeps her head down, and doesn't make messes-literal or otherwise. At nineteen, she's new to San Jose, working long hours at a salon, building something for herself from scratch. It's not glamorous, but it's safe. Predictable. Controlled. Exactly how she likes it. So when her client-Quinn, effortlessly cool and impossible not to like-invites her to hang out, Annie tells herself it's just a one-time thing. Just a night out with people who feel a little louder, a little brighter than anything she's used to. She doesn't expect Will. Will is everything Annie has spent her life avoiding-confident, charming, and completely at ease in chaos. The kind of guy who fills a room without trying. The kind of guy who knows exactly what he's doing when he looks at her a second too long, smiles a little too slow. And the kind of guy who absolutely shouldn't be interested in her. But he is. From the moment they meet, something shifts. The teasing comes easy. The attention lingers. And somehow, beneath all the noise and laughter, Will softens-quietly, instinctively-like Annie is the only thing that can slow him down. That's what scares her. Because Annie knows how this goes. Girls like her don't end up with guys like Will. Not without getting hurt. Not without losing parts of themselves in the process. And no matter how gentle he is with her, no matter how different he feels when it's just the two of them- She can't ignore the voice in her head telling her it's a bad idea. He's too experienced. She's too careful. They're too different. Right? SPINOFF OF double fantasy- macklin celebrini

Parker Heyes has spent her whole life proving she belongs on the ice. At nineteen, the spunky brunette from Victoria, British Columbia is already making waves with Team Canada and the Toronto Sceptres in the PWHL. She's talented, loud when she's comfortable, terrible at talking about herself in interviews, and somehow always one bad decision away from chaos. Macklin Celebrini is Canada's golden hockey star - focused, disciplined, and already carrying the weight of the entire hockey world on his shoulders. Off the ice, though? He and Parker are practically the same person: competitive, sarcastic, stubborn, and incapable of backing down from an argument. After both Team Canada squads strike gold, Vegas seems like the perfect place to celebrate. One night out turns into too many drinks, terrible ideas, and a wedding neither of them remembers until they wake up wearing matching rings and trending all over social media. An accidental Vegas marriage is bad enough. An accidental Vegas marriage between two nineteen-year-old hockey stars? Career-ending PR nightmare. With both their agents demanding they "fix this" before the media tears them apart, Parker and Macklin are forced into damage control - fake smiles, shared appearances, and pretending their marriage might actually work long enough to avoid a scandal. The only problem? The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to remember this relationship was supposed to be temporary. number 1 in #friends june 3rd 26 Started: may 11th, 2026 Finished: june 14th, 2026 final word count: 102,957

bittersweet; an experience, memory, or taste that is simultaneously pleasant and painful. fem!oc x macklin celebrini real life x social media