paige bedard learned early that loving something meant sacrificing for it. the early mornings, missed birthdays, and the quiet pressure of carrying a last name hockey already knew. but, there was always one place she didn't have to be paige bedard: connor bedard's little sister, captain of the wisconsin badgers, alternate captain for Team Canada, and star forward of the vancouver goldeneyes. it was the place she could just be paige and that place was wherever macklin celebrini was. they met at thirteen, two north vancouver kids with dreams too big for their bodies. he stayed on the ice after everyone left. she stayed with him. driveways became rinks, summer nights became promises, and somewhere between shared playlists, lake days, and silent understanding, paige fell in love with him. she just never told him. he was macklin, her best friend. her almost. because almost was safer than losing him completely. then, came the leaving- he went to boston to chase the NHL. she went to wisconsin, where she became captain and one of the most dominant players in college hockey before returning home as the face of the goldeneyes. phone calls became texts and texts became nothing. years passed, but feelings didn't. now, at nineteen, paige stands at center ice in milan with a silver medal around her neck and an "A" over her heart. a loss she can't escape. hockey, for the first time, doesn't feel like enough. until she sees him... across a city thousands of miles from where they began, macklin stands there and suddenly she's thirteen again. macklin was never just her first love, he was her unfinished one and some people, no matter how far you skate or how much time passes... you always find your way back to them.

Scarlett Knox is about to make history. Drafted second overall into the NHL, she becomes the first woman ever selected-and the world is watching. But behind the cameras, the flashing lights, and the pressure of proving she belongs, Scarlett finds herself pulled into something even more terrifying than hockey. Because Macklin Celebrini, the first overall pick and her new teammate, might just be the one person who truly understands her. And somewhere between the dark draft room, the loud arenas, and quiet late nights, Scarlett realizes she isn't just chasing her dream... she's falling in love. M.C. X OC Start: feb 17 2026 Finish:/ #1 in Draft (03/03/2026)

Sloan Smith has her life planned around one thing - success. Top grades. Endless studying. No distractions. Especially not hockey players. Macklin Celebrini lives in a completely different world, one of early practices, loud locker rooms, and constant pressure to perform. He's focused. Disciplined. And not looking for complications. They're not friends. They're not enemies either. Just two people who keep crossing paths - until staying out of each other's orbit becomes harder than either of them expected. A slow-burn college hockey romance about pressure, timing, and learning to let someone in.

Will Smith has never had trouble getting a woman's number. Until Camille Foster. She rejected him once. Then again. And somehow... keeps showing up everywhere he goes. Each encounter is more irritating than the last. Camille is sharp, unimpressed, and completely immune to his charm. Will should forget about her. But the more their paths keep crossing, the more impossible that becomes. And the last thing he expects... is that Camille is about to become a permanent part of his life.

.˚- - - > . 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐑𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐲. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 "𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫" (𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦) 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? . . . ☆ .˚ 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎 + 𝐓𝐖𝐒 ! . . . °, ' 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 | 𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐈 . . . 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃.

✦✦✦ zara warsofsky, daughter of Ryan Warsofsky, center, fearless, raised inside the San Jose Sharks rink. her mother, 90s figure skater, left balance and discipline in her blood. she plays fast, thinks faster, talks back, never apologizes. macklin celebrini, rookie, under pressure, trying to earn ice time. he doesn't need distractions, but she's impossible to ignore. practice, faceoffs, collisions. sticks clash, shoulders brush, eye contact held too long. her father watches, says nothing. no dating, no rumors, no mistakes. just hockey, just tension, just them. #slowburn #hockeyromance #coachsdaughter #rookie #teenromance #originalcharacter #nhl #sportsdrama ✦✦✦

Nineteen-year-old Skyler is stepping onto the world's biggest stage: her first Olympics in Livigno Snow Park, competing in halfpipe and big air snowboarding. Talented, determined, and fiercely independent, she's accustomed to carrying pressure alone-but the Olympics are different. Between media scrutiny, high expectations, and the relentless mountain slopes, Skyler struggles to find her footing. Skyler notices a quiet figure in the crowd of Team Canada hockey players: Macklin Celebrini, also nineteen, shy, reserved, and facing his own first Olympic debut. Skyler can't help but notice the similarity in the weight they both carry-expectations, pressure, and the desire to prove themselves.

elaine evans is twenty years old, a once-in-a-generation voice, and the newest name etched into grammy history. macklin celebrini is hockey's golden boy, built from discipline, pressure, and the kind of focus that never cracks on the ice. they come from worlds that aren't supposed to overlap-until one night in los angeles, surrounded by flashing cameras, expensive champagne, and people who only know how to be famous, they find each other in the quiet spaces between it all. she doesn't want to be another headline. he doesn't know how to want something that isn't hockey. and neither of them expects a connection that feels like music-soft at first, then impossible to ignore.

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ in which an assumption of them at a birthday party make them fake a relationship for a few months social media x real life. by silverminty

✷ ✷ ✷ Ashlyn Is the only girl in the Hughes family, Ashlyn is a popular figure skating. Her and her friends go to a camping trip, where all hockey and figure skating players are, until she met Will Smith, the charming young boy in the San Jose Sharks. ✷ figure skater × hockey player ✷ summer training camp ✷ enemies to lovers ✷ found family ✷ chaotic hockey boys ✷ ✷ ✷