Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new. DEAN DI LAURENTIS

Wren Phillips sticks to what she knows. Photography, books and avoiding athletes at all costs...specifically hockey players. While every other girl at Briar University is trying to jump their bones, Wren treats them like the plague. Wren doesn't do relationships. She doesn't do love. She doesn't believe in it. That is until puckboy Dean Di Laurentis struts into her life with that smirk and that dimple. And he's sure that he is the exception to her rule. He's used to being chased but this time, he's the one that's doing the chasing. She's stubborn, but he's persuasive. Dean Di Laurentis x OC

"𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫." --- SYNOPSIS ✮ Eden Quinn needs an article to land her dream internship. Dean Di Laurentis needs a girlfriend to convince his family he's finally settled down. Ten days. Two lies. One very bad plan. Inspired by the film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. DEAN DI LAURENTIS X OC

Sienna Jensen has one rule at Briar U: Never tell anyone who her father is. After years of being known as Coach Jensen's daughter instead of just Sienna, she's determined to keep her head down, survive junior year, and finally build a life that belongs to her. No hockey players. No complications. No exceptions. Then she meets Dean Di Laurentis. Dean is charming, reckless, impossible to avoid, and exactly the kind of distraction Sienna promised herself she wouldn't fall into. What starts as a casual hookup quickly turns into late-night drives, tangled sheets, inside jokes, and a relationship that feels dangerously close to real. The problem? Dean has no idea her father is his hockey coach. And when the truth finally comes out in front of the entire team, their carefully blurred lines shatter instantly. Now Dean's terrified of losing his spot on the team, Sienna's furious that he suddenly seems ashamed of her, and neither of them can figure out how to go back to being "nothing serious." But the more they try to stay away from each other, the harder it becomes to ignore what's really happening between them. Because some secrets are impossible to keep. And some people become impossible to let go.

What was supposed to be a simple one week stay at an off campus house quickly becomes something neither of them expected. Boundaries broken, feelings grow, and two people who should never have fallen for each other find themselves bending every rule. "Stay away from my sister" was a warning Dean had always respected. That was until he finally found the one person he'd been searching for all along. His best friends sister. Eleanor Graham. But was it ever that easy? Eleanor had a past that not even Garret knew about. However, they both suffered from their father's abuse, but during college Eleanor had a boyfriend who soon became her worst nightmare after their splitting. Now she was in the off campus house, hiding from her past, facing her fears.. although.. the past is soon to catch up on her.

: ̗̀➛ ' 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚 ' the world was supposed to completely forget him somehow, it missed one person she doesn't know Peter Parker, she shouldn't remember him but when she discovers the boy next door is Spiderman, she becomes the only person who knows the life he lost... x fem!oc peter parker, 𝒎𝒄𝒖 (2 years after nwh) & spiderman 4 ✎ 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 [ #1 in spiderman #1 in peterparker #3 in tom holland #6 in marvel ] dedicated to lea <3

- When the Pogues suggests using Briar to get information out of Rafe, it sounds simple enough. Pretend to care, get close, find out what he knows. Easy. Except Rafe isn't what the Pogues described as a crazy killer. Beneath the anger and the psychotic mess, there's something human there, something soft. Something broken that she can't help but want to mend. - After two years away, Brielle Logan Langley thought she'd left her non-biological family in Outer Banks behind. But when she moves back, nothing is the same. Rafe Cameron is a murderer, John B gets thrown into jail, and now they're on a new quest to find the cross of Santo Domingo. Through the journey Briar's caught between loyalty and the one person she swore she'd never fall for again. But she can't help the undeniable pull between them. She doesn't want to admit it, but her heart aches for Rafe Cameron. Set in Outer Banks, following the plot from s2-s3 tropes: - forced proximity - betrayal - angry love confession - one bed - mean to everyone but her - lovers, to enimies, to lovers - cleaning wounds !Read intro for disclaimers!

𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 - a quiet, thoughtful girl who struggles to express her emotions and find trust in others. Shy by nature and cautious from past experiences, she longs for the kind of love she's only seen in movies-a deep, real connection that makes her feel safe and seen. Despite her reserved exterior, Talia has a childlike soul and a heart full of longing, hoping to one day find someone who understands her fully. As she faces the complexities of life and love, Talia must learn to trust both herself and others, realizing that true love might not be the fairytale she imagined-but something even more meaningful. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 - the tough and cold hockey captain, hides behind a tough exterior, keeping his emotions locked away. On the ice, he's fearless, but off it, he struggles with trust and vulnerability. While most see him as the "bad boy," Grayson longs for something real-someone to love him for who he truly is, not for his reputation. As he faces new challenges, he begins to question what it means to be loved and must decide whether he's willing to risk opening up to the people who could truly care for him.

Living as the fifth roommate in a house full of college hockey players was supposed to be easy. No drama, clear boundaries, and the perfect setup. But when "just friends" starts feeling like a thin excuse for a lot of unspoken tension, the ground rules become impossible to keep. Stella Maxwell, Beau's twin sister and Dean's best friend since childhood turns heads everywhere she goes on campus. She's strictly anti-relationship, but when Dean finally confesses his massive, long held secret, will she crack under the tension or will the truth ruin their friendship for good?

madeleine rose delcour lives her life on a razor-thin edge, and she likes it that way. as a competitive figure skater at briar u, her entire future depends on precision, perfect routines, and absolute focus. she doesn't do parties, she doesn't do drama, and she absolutely does not do distractions. her sport is her life, and she has sacrificed too much to let anything-or anyone-knock her off balance. enter garrett graham. as the arrogant, effortlessly talented captain of briar u's hockey team, garrett is used to owning the ice. so when he carelessly storms onto the rink and interrupts madeleine's strictly scheduled training session, he doesn't expect the fierce, blonde figure skater to bite his head off. what starts as a heated argument over ice time quickly sparks a campus-wide war of wits. madeleine thinks he's a self-absorbed jock; garrett thinks she's a rigid ice queen who needs to learn how to loosen up. they completely despise each other. yet, the universe seems to have a sick sense of humor. from shared athletic facilities to accidental run-ins across campus, they can't seem to escape one another. but as their forced proximity pushes them to their limits, the thin line between burning hatred and undeniable chemistry begins to blur. he's the ultimate distraction she can't afford. she's the one girl who refuses to fall at his feet. when two forces this stubborn collide, keeping it strictly professional is a losing game.