Alessia wishes it could be beautiful, like in those trashy romance novels her mum likes. She wishes it could be flowers and kisses after hard matches and butterflies swirling in her stomach. Instead, it's whispered confessions in the dead of night. It's cold, empty nights and disbelieving looks. it's a bitter pit of jealousy in her stomach, festering like some kind of mould, growing and burning. The facts are this: Alessia Russo is a star striker for England, finally promoted from super-sub to regular starter. She has England at her feet, a World Cup to win, and the best friend (and team) of her dreams. She has been in completely, utterly love with said best friend for years.

Alessia Russo manages to sign for Arsenal, which allows her to be closer to her family. As she adjusts to her new environment, she starts spending more time with her sister Gianna. Everything changes when, while picking up her niece Chiara from nursery school, she becomes captivated by the charming teacher of the girl.

When Alessia Russo signed for Arsenal in August 2023, she expected pressure and competition. She didn't expect Ivy Harrington. Ivy had been Arsenal's rising number nine, homegrown, clinical, and widely tipped to lead the line. Then Alessia arrived: England's golden girl, headline signing, instant starter. To Ivy, she wasn't just competition. She was the replacement. Alessia has her own reason to despise Ivy. During the Women's World Cup, Ivy slept with her best friend, Ella Toone and acted like it meant nothing. No apology. No explanation. Just silence. Since then, their rivalry has poisoned training sessions, divided the dressing room, and turned every match into a silent war for dominance. By September 2025, at the start of the 25/26 season, new manager Renée Slegers has had enough. Arsenal Women are supposed to be a family, not a battleground. So she makes a bold decision: for the sake of team unity and media narrative, Alessia and Ivy will fake date. Public appearances. Coordinated posts. Sideline smiles. Staged kisses for the cameras. A perfectly curated love story designed to convince fans and their teammates, that the feud is over. There's just one rule: make it believable. But pretending to be in love with your enemy is harder than it sounds. Forced proximity turns sharp exchanges into charged silences. Staged hand-holding lingers too long. Late-night "PR meetings" start feeling less like acting and more like confession. As old wounds resurface and unresolved feelings blur the line between performance and truth, Alessia must confront a question she never thought she'd ask: What if the rivalry was never just hate? In a season defined by goals and glory, the most dangerous game might not be on the pitch...but in their hearts.

Some moments fade with time; the ones that matter never do. Alessia Russo x OC - AU timelines, WSL fixtures and matches - Angst, inaccurate symptoms, character death. read if you want to cry

Alessia Russo knows the boundaries, on the pitch and off it. But when she finds herself drawn back to someone she shouldn't want, those lines begin to blur. And this time, crossing them might cost more than she's willing to lose.

Ella toone and Alessia Russo are best friends , they've recently been thinking if each in a sexual way and have had fellings for eachother for about a year. What happens on the night of the euros final? Follow their love story in this book

ɪɴ ꜱᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴅᴀʏꜱ, ɢᴏᴅ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ. ɪɴ ꜱᴇᴠᴇɴ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅꜱ, ɪ ꜱʜᴀᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴍɪɴᴇ. ▌│█║▌║▌║▌║▌║█│▌│█║▌║▌║▌║▌║█ 𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝-𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜, 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚊 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍-𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚢, 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. ▌│█║▌║▌║▌║▌║█│▌│█║▌║▌║▌║▌║█ 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘰 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮!𝘰𝘤 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 '𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀' 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵. 𝗶 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲.

can you see me using everything to hold back? alessia russo x fem!oc 2023 - , uswnt & awfc

Your cafe gains a new regular after Alessia's move to Arsenal.

ᴢᴀʀᴀ ʙᴇᴄᴋʜᴀᴍ ʜᴀꜱ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ ᴡʜᴏ ꜱʜᴇ ɪꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴛᴄʜ. ᴀ ᴅᴇꜰᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ꜱʜᴀᴘᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴇʟɪᴛᴇ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍɪᴇꜱ, ɢʟᴏʙᴀʟ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴍᴏᴜꜱ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ɴᴀᴍᴇ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅꜱ ꜰᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ, ʟᴏʏᴀʟᴛʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ-ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ʏᴇᴛ-ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜɪᴇᴛ, ᴘᴇʀꜱɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴜʟʟ ꜱʜᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟꜱ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅ ʜᴇʀ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ. °•°•°•°•°•°•° [ᴀʟᴇꜱꜱɪᴀ ʀᴜꜱꜱᴏ x ᴏᴄ]