He knew exactly who she was, and looked anyway.

Annelise Carter has always been the easy one to overlook. The responsible friend. The quiet one. The girl who follows the rules, keeps her head down, and doesn't make messes-literal or otherwise. At nineteen, she's new to San Jose, working long hours at a salon, building something for herself from scratch. It's not glamorous, but it's safe. Predictable. Controlled. Exactly how she likes it. So when her client-Quinn, effortlessly cool and impossible not to like-invites her to hang out, Annie tells herself it's just a one-time thing. Just a night out with people who feel a little louder, a little brighter than anything she's used to. She doesn't expect Will. Will is everything Annie has spent her life avoiding-confident, charming, and completely at ease in chaos. The kind of guy who fills a room without trying. The kind of guy who knows exactly what he's doing when he looks at her a second too long, smiles a little too slow. And the kind of guy who absolutely shouldn't be interested in her. But he is. From the moment they meet, something shifts. The teasing comes easy. The attention lingers. And somehow, beneath all the noise and laughter, Will softens-quietly, instinctively-like Annie is the only thing that can slow him down. That's what scares her. Because Annie knows how this goes. Girls like her don't end up with guys like Will. Not without getting hurt. Not without losing parts of themselves in the process. And no matter how gentle he is with her, no matter how different he feels when it's just the two of them- She can't ignore the voice in her head telling her it's a bad idea. He's too experienced. She's too careful. They're too different. Right? SPINOFF OF double fantasy- macklin celebrini

❛❛where does that leave you and me?❜❜ after not being accepted to boston university, lainey bennett was torn from her childhood best friend and boyfriend. (the love of her life). three years passed, and now it's too late. he has a new girl. lainey has no interest in reconciliation. macklin, the opposite.

Everybody at Briar has a story about Genevieve Laurent. Dean Di Laurentis wishes he didn't have one too.

in which alexa celebrini moves to san jose after a career-ending skating injury and accidentally finds a new version of herself between early morning rinks, tiny girls in sparkly dresses, and her twin brother's best friend. or, will smith falls in love with a girl who thinks she's already lost everything - and stays long enough to prove she hasn't.

Quinn Taylor has made a career out of looking calm. On the ice, she's America's favorite kind of pressure-proof-bright smile, steady answers, the skater everyone wants to root for. Off the ice, she's an only child with a perfectionist's brain and a habit of carrying too much alone. The cameras love her. The country expects her. And the one place she can't afford to fall apart is the one place she's dreamed of since she was little. The Olympics. Macklin Celebrini has always made things feel lighter. He was the new kid at a Northern California rink at twelve-Canadian, polite, a little lost-until Quinn decided he was hers to keep. He became her best friend in the cold air and early mornings, the person who could make her laugh mid-breakdown and never ask her to perform for him. Then life did what life does: seasons changed, schedules got brutal, distance widened, and the kind of friendship that felt unbreakable turned into occasional texts and quiet missing. Now they're both back where the world is loudest. At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Quinn is chasing the skate of her life for Team USA. Mack is carrying his own weight for Team Canada hockey. When reporters find out they grew up together, the story writes itself-childhood friends reunited, smiles caught on camera, a thousand strangers deciding what they are to each other. The only problem is... the strangers aren't entirely wrong. Between past chapters at a small California rink and present days in the Olympic Village, Quinn and Mack have to figure out what they really meant to each other then-and what they're allowed to be now, with medals on the line and the whole world watching. Because it's one thing to love someone quietly from a distance. It's another to have them show up in your life again and make everything feel possible.

And you'll always be by my side til the day I die - Zara Larsson "She moves from London to start over again, she's not chasing romance, she's trying to find herself. With famous actor parents and a life that's always felt pre-written everything changes when she meets a mysterious guy she can't forget at a party."

I want you to want me again... is it desire? - Olly Alexander "They were each other's first everything. First love. First heartbreak. First person they could never forget. But distance never really erased what they had. Because some people aren't meant to be forgotten."

❝𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢'𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮...❞ -HELLO? by clairo and rejjie snow. ────.✦🪽 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇... isabel crosby knows exactly who she is on the ice. off the ice? that's a little more complicated. as the world watches her chase medals and make history, isabel finds herself navigating friendships, fame, pressure, and the chaos that comes with growing up in the spotlight. especially when a certain san jose sharks rookie starts showing up in places she never expected. because life would be a lot easier if everything stayed inside the rink. macklin celebrini x fem!oc lowercase intended! as of 25.03.2026 #1 in united #1 in plsreadthis #1 in olympics