ROOKIE STATUS | OLLIE PASCOE

Two rookies. Two competitions. One club.

She was supposed to be focused on one thing - making her mark in her debut NRLW season with the Gold Coast Titans.

Ollie Pascoe was supposed to be doing the same.

When two breakout seasons put them both in the Rookie of the Year conversation, the Titans media team sees the perfect opportunity: pair their newest stars together and document their first year at the club.

It starts as a competition.

Who'll have the better season?
Who'll get the first headline?
And, most importantly, who'll take home Rookie of the Year?

Neither of them expects the teasing to turn into flirting.

Or for Ollie to start appearing at her games.

Or for lingering looks, accidental touches and post-match celebrations to become increasingly difficult to explain away as *just teammates*.

Because somewhere between competing against each other and becoming the person the other looks for after every game, their rookie seasons become about something neither of them planned for.

And with cameras following their every move, teammates beginning to notice, and jealousy making things dangerously obvious, keeping their growing feelings off the field might prove harder than either of them expected.

Rivalry was the plan. Falling for each other wasn't.

An Ollie Pascoe × Original Character fan fiction.