In a world full of chaos, will they be able to find the perfect power play? Quinn Hughes is known as the hockey world's hot shot Canuck defenseman. He's use to the pressure that comes with being the captain of his team and what it means to be all in on the ice. With all the weight on his shoulders and mindset dialed in, a rough slam to the boards takes him from Vancouvers on ice hero to a member of Injury Reserve. What will Quinn do when his mind is finally forced to think about himself instead of hockey? Monica Riley grew up a small towner. She's not accustomed to big cities or life in the spotlight. What she is use to? Independence and fast paced life or death calls. After months of convincing from her friends Monica finally decided to leave her minuscule hometown for the quick moving Vancouver. Only, the town seems to be giving her a whole lot of grief instead the rush she had wanted. When one traumatizing phone call comes in to the dispatch center she works for. Monica is forced to decide if being in Vancouver is what she really wants.

You've known Luke Hughes since middle school - back when his hair was too long, his braces gleamed under cafeteria lights, and he was all gangly limbs and awkward laughter. He was just "Jack's little brother" or "that tall kid in your math class." But years pass, and when you bump into him again - older, broader, with that same boyish grin now paired with an NHL jersey and six-foot-two frame - you're floored. You don't remember him looking like this. And suddenly, you can't stop looking. What starts as a shocked double take spirals into something much riskier: flirty banter, the kind of tension that builds in stolen glances, and late-night confessions that you should've seen coming years ago. Luke's not the kid you remember. He's a man who knows what - and who - he wants. And it turns out what he wants... is you.

Daisy Zegras has spent years in the spotlight-first as Trevor Zegras' little sister, then as a rising model and influencer. She knows how to handle attention, how to play it cool. But when Jack Hughes starts looking at her differently, teasing her, tempting her, she realizes some things aren't meant for an audience. One night changes everything. Suddenly, there are secrets between them-stolen moments, lingering touches, unspoken words. But with their friends watching, her brother hovering, and the lines between them blurring, Daisy and Jack have to decide... How long can they keep this just between us?

She spends years looking for love everywhere except where it's waiting for her. In crowded train cars. Across dinner tables. In songs playing too loudly through cracked phone speakers. In the way her parents still reach for each other without thinking after thirty years. She watches it bloom, break apart, disappear, return again. Quietly collecting evidence that real love exists. Then she meets Luke Hughes. At first, it's nothing dramatic. Just late-night drives after games, shared coffees gone cold during study sessions, and conversations that somehow last until sunrise. But somewhere between missed calls, winters apart, and all the tiny moments nobody writes songs about, Luke becomes woven into the fabric of her life so gradually she hardly notices it happening. Each chapter traces a different glimpse of love: messy, fleeting, devastating, ordinary. And as the years pass, she begins to realize the thing she's been searching for her whole life may have been growing inside her all along.

｡°✩ | ˗ˏˋ ☆ ˎˊ˗ | 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 "but you always really knew i just want to be with you" ❝ i love her but she won't forgive me ❞ ❝ i think she will ❞ quinn hughes x oc irl x social media © blond43d 2023

"My waves meet your shore, ever and evermore."' Hallyn Boeser was starting a new chapter in her life. A new job, a new city, and new friends. The opportunities were pouring in and she couldn't help but feel a little bit excited for everything that was to come. Little did she know she was about to clash with her brother's best friend. The captain of the team she was now working for. Quinn Hughes was the man she hated most in the world. He was mean and sharp around all his edges. He made it his life's mission to make her as miserable as possible. At every turn she took he was there ripping her apart from the inside out with the hateful words he spewed. Hallyn and Quinn were two ships battling on the same shore. Their lives were so intertwined that it was impossible for either of them to get away. After spending every waking moment together in the heat of a beautiful Michigan summer, Hallyn realizes that the man she hates might actually be someone she secretly loves.

❝ it's hard because i think i love him. and i'm not a home wrecker, I refuse! so i'll stick this out and get over it. ❞ . . ⋆｡˚ 🧸 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 ━━━━ . . .𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸 and 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗿𝘆𝗻 have been best friends since she moved next door to his family's lake house. after years of unconfessed feelings, this summer camryn plans to tell jack how she feels. but, jack invited his girlfriend to come with him and camryn has to be 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭. somewhere along the way, camryn breaks. ☆ / ❝ but we don't have to talk about it. i can walk you home and practice method acting, i'll pretend being with you doesn't feel like drowing. telling you, "it's nice to see how good your doing." even though you know it isn't true. ❞ ┊*°࿐ jack hughes x fem! oc social media & real life au book contains drinking and drug use. started: 6.26.2023 finished: n/a (still frequently editing errors) All Rights Reserved

"Clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in. Skies grew darker, currents swept you out again." Lainey Beaumont is your typical girl next door. Kind, charming, and extremely intelligent. She is attending the University of Michigan in hopes of graduating with a degree in Sports Medicine. During one of her required course projects Lainey is partnered with Michigans very own hockey superstar, Luke Hughes. One drunken night leaves Lainey and Luke in an awkward position. It gets even worse when she heads home for the summer and finds out that Luke's family now owns the house right next door. Luke Hughes and Lainey Beaumont are forced to coexist in the middle of a huge secret. Can they play nice and fool all their family and friends or will the forced proximity lead to irresistible temptation.

｡°✩ | ˗ˏˋ ☆ ˎˊ˗ | 𝘁𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 "with you by my side forever tethered evermore" ❝ you don't get to pity yourself. you caused this ❞ ❝ i don't know how to fix it ❞ luke hughes x oc irl x social media © blond43d 2024

The Zegras and Hughes Siblings have been friends since they were 5. But there was always something different about Kenzie Zegras and Jack Hughes, It was like they were soulmates but too afraid to tell each other. They go through hardships, ups and downs this summer at the Zegras lake house which will determine the outcome of their relationship.