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Where the Light Grows

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Reads 22,786
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Parts 66
Time 8h 34m

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After the roar of stadiums fades and the lights finally dim, Cassie and Leah are left with something neither of them has ever been particularly good at: stillness.

Leah's recovery brings an unfamiliar pause, her body insisting on patience after years shaped by motion and certainty. Cassie is learning how to live with the weight of knowledge already carried, time no longer something to assume, but something to hold carefully.

With the pace of life softened, conversations once deferred begin to surface. Gently. Hesitantly. In the spaces between jokes and late nights, an idea takes root:  fragile, unfinished, impossible to ignore.

What follows is not simple or linear. It is a season of waiting, of recalibration, of hope measured against reality. Of choosing each other again and again, even when the future refuses to offer reassurance.All Rights Reserved

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"Hi, what is it?" by daantjevddonk

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Hearts In The Fast Lane by WSLreader

Leah Williamson is used to pressure. As Arsenal Women's captain and an England legend, she knows how to lead a team, stay composed, and never let anyone past her guard. Samantha Jenkins is a rising star on the track, training for the Olympics with nothing but grit and speed. They meet by accident - a stolen glance across a stadium, a follow on Instagram, a bold message neither of them expects to change everything. What begins as teasing banter and stolen moments soon spirals into something deeper: voice notes at midnight, custom football boots engraved with initials, and a little family who thinks Leah might just be magic. But as the world watches them chase gold, records, and greatness - Leah and Sam have to navigate something far more terrifying than elite sport: falling in love, for real. A slow-burn, sports romance filled with chaos, tenderness, and the kind of love that changes everything - even the finish line.

Touchline Temptation: Final Whistle Forever by WSLreader

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Meadema One shots by Woso1DStories

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Off Limits by shan_lw6

Leah has learned how to live in public. She knows how to answer questions, how to lead under pressure, how to give enough of herself to satisfy the world without giving too much away. Her private life is exactly that: carefully protected, deliberately unseen. Until one question crosses the line. It isn't crude. It isn't explicit. But it reaches for something that isn't football, and once it's asked, it can't be unheard. In the days that follow, the implication spreads: through articles that read between the lines, through online speculation that treats silence as invitation, through strangers who begin to feel entitled to what she's never offered. What hurts isn't exposure, but erosion. The sense of being watched not for who she is on the pitch, but for who she might be when the cameras are gone. As the tournament unfolds, Leah holds tighter to the life she's kept separate, learning how much strength it takes to say nothing at all, and how lonely it can be to protect something no one else can see.

𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍. | 𝐣𝐨𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐲 by theclaradiaries

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Devon Landry is a famous pop singer whose quiet romance with musician and actor Joe Keery becomes the subject of rumors. away from the headlines the relationship begins to crack. Behind closed doors, he struggles with her intensity with how loudly she feels, how confidently she takes up space, and how unapologetically herself she is. It isn't her career that pushes him away, but the way she moves through the world without softening her edges. Eventually, they separate because she is simply too much for him to handle. She turns the breakup into a confident, pointed song about knowing her worth and refusing to wait for someone who cannot meet her energy. The release grabs immediate attention and eventually reaches him, too. As he listens, he realizes the message is clear: she was never asking for less, only for someone capable of standing beside her. JOE KEERY X ORIGINAL CHARACTER ➸ social media, traditional ➸ lowercase intended ⊱ 12.19.2025 - 00.00.2025 ⊰ - 2025 @𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒

The Captain And Me 2 by J0rdanFl01994

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Hearts in Extra Time by WSLreader

Leah Williamson has spent her life giving everything to football. As Arsenal legend and England captain, her days are full, her schedule relentless - but her heart aches for something more. When her mum, Amanda, a dedicated social worker, is placed in emergency care of a three-month-old baby boy, Leah is pulled into a world she never expected to find herself in: midnight bottle feeds, early-morning giggles, and the terrifying possibility that this little boy might be taken away. Desperate to adopt but knowing the timing couldn't be worse for her career, Leah is stuck - until she meets Sophie Hale, the baby's temporary case liaison. Sophie is whip-smart, fiercely protective of her clients, and guarded in ways that make Leah want to figure her out. What starts as tension slowly shifts into trust... and something warmer. As Leah fights for the right to keep the baby she's falling in love with, she realises she's also falling - hard - for Sophie. But with club commitments pulling her in one direction, and her heart in another, Leah will have to face the ultimate question: can she have it all?

Too Perfect by WOSO02

Faye is a professional football player at Manchester United. How will her career progress, will Faye let personal things come in the way of her football? What will be that personal thing? Or who?

Y/N Williamson X Kyra Cooney-Cross by DemiLeighApplegate

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Stuck in a Mafia Romance by Umiyo_Chan

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The Light that Stays. by shan_lw6

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