Devilshockey Stories

Your father is a legendary NHL player turned head coach of the New Jersey Devils-respected, feared, and unwavering about one thing: his players do not touch his daughter. Nico Hischier is discipline, quiet fire, and leadership wrapped in a Swiss accent. Jack Hughes is chaos, brilliance, and the NHL's golden boy with a grin that ruins lives. One accidental meeting during the summer-when no jerseys are worn and no rules should apply-ignites something forbidden. What starts as harmless turns into secrecy, stolen glances, and a love triangle that could destroy locker room trust, family bonds, and careers.

"I've been the archer. I've been the prey. Who could ever leave me, darling? But who could stay?" You said goodbye to Luke Hughes once before-when love felt like a battlefield and staying meant being seen too deeply. You walked away from him, from Michigan, from the only place that ever felt like home. But now you're back. Older. Guarded. Still haunted by the memories of what you had-and what you destroyed. As the new Assistant PR Coordinator for the New Jersey Devils, you expected awkward silences, polite small talk, and distance. What you didn't expect was Luke still looking at you like you hung the stars above the rink. Or how your heart would still leap at the sound of his laugh. He's everything you remember and more-an NHL star with the same soft eyes and unwavering kindness. And you? You're the girl who never learned how to stay. The girl who keeps a box of letters she never gave him. The girl who ruins good things before they have the chance to break her. But Luke? Luke has always stayed. And maybe, just maybe, this time... you'll learn how to stay too.

When a late-night loss sends the New Jersey Devils into a slump, team intern Emilia Hartley does the unthinkable-she writes a letter. Not to the press, not to her boss, but to Luke Hughes. Anonymously. Just a note of encouragement, slipped into his locker, never meant to be anything more. But one letter turns into two, and then ten, and suddenly she's pouring her heart into words she'll never claim. Luke Hughes doesn't know who keeps writing to him. All he knows is that the letters started when everything felt like it was falling apart-and somehow, they're the only thing holding him together. He becomes obsessed with finding out who his mystery supporter is, never realizing the answer is right under his nose: the quiet girl with coffee-stained notebooks and a smile he's never seen. As his game gets better, so does their connection-but the truth can't stay hidden forever. And when the letters stop, he'll risk everything to find out who she is... and whether her words were ever meant just for him.

Dear reader, this is not an easy story. It does not have joy. No happy ending. At no point is this a love story, and it should not be idolized as one. Jack Hughes is hockey's golden boy, America's sweetheart - and a grieving husband with three kids who want to know how he met their mother. What begins as a nostalgic recounting of a childhood love story quickly darkens into something more complicated. Jack tells them about Eva: his best friend, his first kiss, the girl who followed him to Michigan, to Jersey, to the edge of everything. The girl he married. The woman he buried. But interspersed with Jack's charming, curated memories are the pages of Eva's diary. And Eva's truth? Isn't quite the same. In her words are the fractures - the gaslighting, the loneliness, the love that never stopped taking. He said we were soulmates. But when someone loves you like that, it can break you.

Ellie Mercer never asked to be part of the spotlight-but when the New Jersey Devils' media team asks her to fake-date their stoic, infuriatingly perfect captain, Nico Hischier, to calm rumors surrounding his personal life, she reluctantly agrees. After all, it's temporary. Strategic. Harmless. Except Ellie already hates Nico. And Nico? He thinks Ellie is the most complicated distraction the team's ever dealt with.

What will happen when a one night stand turns into more than a night? Will they be able to keep it together or will they fall quick?

You're a barista with too many shifts and too little sleep, closing the cozy corner café five nights a week. He's the NHL star you never expected-disheveled hoodie, hat pulled low, and always arriving just before closing, a baby in tow and regret in his eyes. You don't ask questions. Until the night the sitter cancels and he asks you to hold his daughter. That night, Jack Hughes tells you about the worst game of his career. And slowly, he becomes more than the stranger in the corner. He becomes the reason you stay late. *updates wednesdays*

"Some dreams cost everything. But loving you never will." She thought building a future with him would be easy. After all, he's a superstar with a million-dollar smile and a heart that only beats for her. But when pregnancy test after pregnancy test turns up negative, and every doctor visit becomes another blow to their hope, she starts to crumble under the weight of a dream that won't come true. They try. And try. The shots, the hormone crashes, the money, the waiting. She cries over wasted time, wasted money-but Timo holds her tighter every time, whispering that nothing is wasted if it's for their someday. Because he'd trade every goal, every contract, for just one heartbeat under her ribs. But when they finally get the miracle they've been praying for, the loss comes just as quickly-shattering the fragile hope they had dared to believe in. Told through heartbreak, healing, and the kind of love that doesn't break but bends, Everything We Hoped For is an emotional journey of a couple chasing their dream-only to discover that even in the deepest grief, they're never alone.