Completed You only wanted to escape. When you spot your ex entering the ice rink, you panic, desperate to avoid another humiliating encounter. In a frantic moment of impulse, you run straight to the first person you recognize-Will Smith, a talented, easygoing hockey player. Without thinking, you beg him to kiss you, hoping to make it look like you've moved on. To your surprise, Will agrees, pulling you into a kiss that feels a little too real. What started as a desperate act to avoid the past might just lead to something unexpected...and maybe even something real.

You're the new, highly-touted defensewoman for the Anaheim Ducks, and you have one job tonight: shut down the Chicago Blackhawks' golden boy, Connor Bedard. The rivalry is instant, the chirps are flying, and when you drop the gloves with him in the middle of the second period, the entire league sees you as enemies. But in the penalty box, covered in sweat and rage, the tension shifts. The line between a cross-check and a caress has never been so thin. It's a fine line between hate and something that feels dangerously like lust.

in which connor bedard spends years loving the same girl in all the wrong ways - quietly, fearfully, and never enough out loud - until losing her becomes the only thing scarier than finally letting her stay. or five years of almosts, mixed signals, emotional spirals, and one hockey player who only learns how to love properly after the girl he's always loved finally walks away.

RAELYNN MITCHELL-GÜNTHER is from Vancouver, just like her best friend and neighbor Fraser Minten. They played hockey together in the backyard or in the rinks. They played together on co-ed teams before Raelynn got "too old" to play with the boys. The summer going into her last year of highschool, Raelynn's parents drop the worst news on her. She's moving away from Fraser. To St. Paul, Minnesota. Now, in college. She makes a big mistake that costs her 15 games. Her suspension last 15 whole games. She was known for being the "enforcer" type. The aggressive one. So when the news comes out, she receives a lot of backlash. Her and Fraser reconnect. And the two fake date. To fix her image. Strictly contractual. But they end up falling for real.

Audrey has a problem. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed, handsome... charming...hockey player problem. Will says he wants to keep it casual, but every time he's near her, his actions betray him. She can't figure him out... or what they are. And he won't let her. Winning is everything to Will...on the ice, in the spotlight, in life...and love doesn't fit into his game plan. But neither does Audrey. Every moment, every heated argument, every soft touch, and shared haze between them pulls them closer, even as their past and their doubts threaten to push them apart. Audrey knows she can't ignore the fire between them, but trusting him not to hurt her might be the hardest game she's ever played. Does she walk away, or risk it all for a chance at the love she's been chasing...without knowing if he's ready to commit?

For as long as Riley Callahan can remember, Will Smith has been a part of her life. As her twin brother's best friend, he's spent years showing up at birthday parties, bonfires, and summers at the lake house. Somewhere along the way, he became someone she never really had to think about. Until this summer. As the weeks pass, Riley finds herself seeing Will differently-and she's not the only one. But with summer coming to an end, they'll have to decide if risking their friendship is worth the chance at something more. Because some people have been right in front of you all along.

SLOW UPDATES :) Everything you said Makes sense to me right now You were just straight scared Afraid that it might work out Everything you said Makes sense to me right now You were just straight scared Afraid that it might work out Lying around, daydreaming Wanting you now, but that's wishful thinking Wishful Thinking - BENEE

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Story Description Milena Crosby spent years building herself into someone untouchable. Olympic-bound figure skater. Daughter of hockey legend Sidney Crosby. Cold, composed, impossible to read. The media thinks her life is perfect - fame, money, talent handed to her before she could even skate. They're wrong. Will Smith has spent just as many years deciding exactly who Milena is without ever trying to know her. Arrogant, sarcastic, and annoyingly talented, the young Will Smith forward treats every interaction between them like a battle he refuses to lose. From the moment they met, they hated each other. Or at least that's what they tell themselves. Every season becomes the same routine: sharp comments across arenas, heated arguments in family suites, lingering stares neither of them can explain. But beneath the rivalry, both of them are hiding things nobody else sees - pressure, loneliness, expectations, and the kind of childhood wounds that never fully disappear. When Milena's skating career explodes after a history-making performance on the international stage, Will starts realizing the girl he judged for years is nothing like he imagined. And Milena begins to understand that sometimes the people who see through you the easiest are the ones you fight the hardest to push away. Set between NHL arenas, international skating competitions, and cities that feel too cold to hold secrets, Edges of Hate is a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers story about ambition, grief, family, and two people learning that surviving isn't the same thing as healing.

When Jade got a new job at Boston college for the men's hockey team, she was planning on getting paid and going home. But what she didn't plan on, was falling in love with the captain. THE Will Smith.