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For as long as anyone can remember, Y/N and her four best friends have been inseparable. Beck Donovan, Easton Mercer, and Rhett Calloway spend their lives on the ice, chasing their hockey dreams. Y/N, Sienna Hart, and Vannah Blake spend theirs obsessing over fictional men, annotating spicy romances, and reminding the boys that they could never compete with a six-foot-four morally gray book boyfriend. Together, they’re chaos. They’re Sunday dinners at Beck’s parents’ house, yearly lake trips, late-night drives, matching friendship bracelets, and a group chat that’s never silent. They’re family. But growing up has a way of changing things. Because feelings that have been buried for years are becoming impossible to ignore. The butterflies Y/N gets every time Beck smiles at her? Problematic. The tension between Easton and Vannah? Unbearable. And Rhett—the funny, carefree goalie who’s always been everyone’s favorite menace—is suddenly acting like he has secrets of his own. With hockey seasons, changing futures, and emotions no one is brave enough to admit, the five best friends are about to discover that crossing the line between friendship and love might be the greatest risk they’ve ever taken. After all, some stories begin with strangers. Theirs began with a group chat. And maybe, just maybe, that’s where their happily ever after starts too. Tropes: ♡ Childhood best friends ♡ Friends-to-lovers ♡ Hockey romance ♡ Group chat chaos ♡ Touch-her-and-die energy ♡ Secret pining ♡ Found family ♡ He falls first ♡ Grumpy x sunshine ♡ “Everyone knows except them” ♡ Slow burn