Ella Grace Graham has spent her entire life learning how to survive pressure. As the younger sister of Garrett Graham, Briar University's hockey golden boy, expectations follow her everywhere. On the ice, she's one of the fiercest forwards in women's college hockey. Off the ice, she's exhausted from carrying the weight of a last name tied to talent, perfection, and a father who only knows how to love conditionally. Control is the only thing keeping her together. Then there's Beau Maxwell. Briar's star quarterback is everything Ella avoids: charming, reckless, social, impossible not to notice. She's known Beau for years through Garrett and the hockey house chaos. He's always been there in the background of her life, all easy smiles and late-night parties and sarcastic comments thrown across crowded kitchens. Until suddenly he isn't background anymore. Somewhere between shared classes, early morning practices, brutal family expectations, and conversations that stretch too long after midnight, Ella starts realizing the most dangerous thing about Beau Maxwell isn't his reputation. It's how safe he makes her feel. But friendships like theirs come with rules. Don't stare too long. Don't touch too much. Don't wonder what kissing your best friend would feel like. And definitely don't fall in love with someone capable of ruining you. As Briar's hockey and football worlds collide, relationships deepen, secrets unravel, and the line between friendship and wanting becomes impossible to ignore. Ella and Beau find themselves trapped in the terrifying space between almost and actually. Because some people become part of you quietly. And some loves arrive like a car crash: fast, beautiful, and impossible to survive unchanged.

you make me shiver with the fire you got.... this thing we started, i don't want it to stop. lip gallagher x fem! oc shameless us/ season one-five childhood friends to lovers trope book one ©-WAVRIV3RA, 2021

in which miles teller and his makeup artist fall in love. over and over again. {miles teller x fem oc}

---౨ৎ--- 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧; in which Victoria Cabbot shares longing glances and small touches with Fitzgerald Grant while on the campaign trail but once he's elected everything changes. They never planned on falling for each other but one night it all changes. How can he be in love with her while being married to another woman? How can she be in love with him while hiding part of herself from him?

stupid! or is it slow? maybe it's useless! but there's a cuter word for it season 1 ━ season 5

𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐄│𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 "𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳" Love is a luxery, at least that is what most women are told in the high society of Londen early 19th century. And even with a love match between her parents, the Baron's daughter Jessamine Crawford enters society with one thought present in her mind: finding a respectable lord that is suitable to father the next Baron of Crawford. Love is the least of her worries, especially as she knows the pains her father went through when her mother died in childbirth. Yet, the second born Bridgerton, Benedict Bridgerton falls hopelessly in love with her. And above all wants her to see him as a real suitor that wants her heart and soul instead of the title 'father of the Baron of Crawford'. standalone Set after the events of season 2 and before season 3 [Benedict Bridgerton x OC] started: April of 2024 finished: August of 2025

Diana Featherington is the only child of the younger brother of the Baron Featherington. With the passing of both parents Diana has lived with the Baron and his wife since the age of five. Living across the street from the Bridgerton family has allowed for Diana to become close friends with Daphne. Both girls are making their debut into society this social season. Diana has high hopes of finding a future husband. But the one man she really wants she may not be able to have.

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜 | 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧𝐞 ⤷ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 ✓ 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 ع˖⁺ ☁⋆ ୭ 🕊.⋆｡⋆༶⋆˙⊹.

Princess Marie, a renowned troublemaker of Paris has entered the Ton. Marriage, children and any prospect of love have always been a 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 thought. This Author can sense a love story brewing from the moment she steps off that boat. Yours Truly, Lady Whistledown. MOST OF THIS BOOK IS ENTIRELY FICTIONAL - THE MONARCHY, FASHION AND FRENCH DETAILS MAY NOT RELATE TO THE HISTORY OF THE REGENCY ERA

Quinn Warren knew tennis wasn't all their relationship was about, but she also knew that without tennis the two wouldn't have ever even been introduced. Tennis was their glue, but also their curse. And when the years of friendship she shared with Tashi Duncan became an ultimatum between the sport and the boy she loved; she found herself at a crossroad. OC X Patrick Zweig