the one shot!

They were never supposed to become a family. Freya Skye and Malachi Barton were young when Maisie came into their lives. Now, two years later, they've finally figured out how to co-parent their little girl without completely driving each other crazy. Well... mostly. Freya has her own life. Malachi has his too-and he's engaged to another woman. Everything should be simple. Freya is Maisie's mom. Malachi is Maisie's dad. And that's all they are. Right? But between shared birthdays, late-night phone calls, family vacations, unexpected sleepovers, and a toddler who somehow always gets her parents in the same room, keeping things strictly about co-parenting becomes harder than either of them expected. Especially when the feelings they thought they left in the past start coming back. With Kylie by Freya's side and MK trying to keep Malachi from making everything worse, one question keeps getting harder to ignore: Can two people really be just co-parents when their story was never completely over?🤍

"Your brain's trying to keep you alive." "It's overreacting." Freya had learnt to be invisible her whole life. That wasn't supposed to change when she went to college. Until she met Malachi. Charming, calm, popular. Everything she wasn't. When they get roomed together, he assumes she is just a quiet and shy person. But when panic attacks, nightmares and fragments from her past show, he finds that maybe she isn't shy, but...afraid. TW: mentions of family abuse, panic attacks and a very slow burn romance.

𝚘𝚑, 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚝, 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢, 𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 ✎ᝰ 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷'𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓾𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓬𝓾𝓽. 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓼 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓾𝓼. 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Freya Skye Jones is a pro at playing the "perfect lead," but she wasn't prepared for the way Malachi's apology would feel like an invitation to burn her world down all over again. 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Malachi Barton plays a dangerous game, trying to win back the girl who was his entire world before he realized that some bridges don't just burn-they turn to ash.

Primeiro Capítulo Freya Skye

Freya's life changes when she moves from London to Florida with her family. On the way there, she gets a new phone number, expecting nothing more than a fresh start. But shortly after getting her new number, Freya is accidentally added to a random group chat filled with people she doesn't know-including Malachi. At first, it's nothing more than an awkward mistake. She plans to leave the group and forget about it. But the more they talk, the harder it becomes to stay strangers. Sometimes, the biggest changes in your life start with the smallest mistakes. And for Freya, it all started with the wrong number.

Freya Skye has spent her entire life chasing one dream: Olympic gold. At school, she's invisible. The quiet girl no one notices. But inside the gym, she's unforgettable. As the nation's top collegiate gymnast, every routine, every sacrifice, and every decision brings her one step closer to the Olympics. Under Coach Loren Barton, the rules have never changed: No dating. No parties. No distractions. Freya has followed those rules her entire life. Until she's assigned to Room 201. Her new roommate is Malachi Barton-the college's star quarterback, campus golden boy... and her coach's son. He's everything she promised herself she'd stay away from. Funny. Protective. Impossible to ignore. The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to remember why she built walls around her heart in the first place. But with Olympic trials just around the corner, one wrong move could cost Freya everything she's worked for. Some dreams demand sacrifice. The question is... Will she choose the gold she's chased her whole life... or the boy she never saw coming?

Freya comes back from England, and Malachi finds out through the news. But now Malachi has a girlfriend and she absolutely hates freya (she's fake). Will Malachi leave the girl for Freya? Will Freya forgive him?

Malachi had never believed in the idea of fate-not until the moment he first laid eyes on Freya.

✶ malachi & freya ✶ Two signatures. One merger. Zero choice. In the glass-walled towers of the elite, love isn't a feeling-it's a negotiation. For Freya Skye and Malachi Barton, their futures were written in ink before they even knew how to hold a pen. Their parents-the ruthless architects Sarah, Mike, Felicia, and Loren-didn't just build empires; they built a cage, and they called it a Marriage Contract. But how do you play a game when the rules keep shifting? Freya is a firestorm looking for a match; Malachi is the ice that refuses to melt. They are two parallel lines finally forced to intersect, surrounded by a circle of friends who are just as tangled. Between Mckenna's loyalty, Mason's secrets, and Walker's wandering eyes, the line between corporate strategy and genuine heartbeat has never been thinner. It's a world of high-fashion masks and low-whispered threats. It's the feeling of falling when you aren't sure if someone will catch you or simply buy the ground you're about to hit. In a life where everything is scheduled, the only thing they didn't account for was the chaos of the "In-Between." They told them to expect the legacy. They told them to expect the crown. But they forgot to tell them the most important part... Expect the Unexpected.