At Briar University, hockey isn’t just a sport—it’s a social hierarchy, a lifestyle, and the center of campus chaos. Y/N has spent her time here staying invisible in all the right ways: guarded, sarcastic, and impossible to fully read. After learning what happens when trust is misplaced, she keeps people at a distance and never lets anyone get close enough to matter. That changes when she’s pulled into Briar’s hockey world through her friends—and meets Garrett Graham. Garrett is everything Briar revolves around: the hockey captain, the golden boy, the guy everyone knows and wants. He’s used to being in control of every room he walks into and every reaction he gets. Except Y/N doesn’t react the way everyone else does. She doesn’t fall for the charm, doesn’t soften under attention, and doesn’t make things easy. Instead, she meets him with sarcasm, resistance, and an unreadability that throws him off in a way he can’t ignore. What starts as tension and constant back-and-forth slowly turns into something heavier—late-night conversations, forced proximity, and moments neither of them should be thinking about for as long as they do. But both of them are built on avoidance. Garrett hides behind confidence and control. Y/N hides behind humor and distance. And when feelings start slipping through the cracks, neither of them knows how to stay without risking everything they’ve built to protect themselves. At Briar, being seen is easy. Being known is where it gets dangerous. And falling for someone isn’t the problem. It’s what happens when neither of them can hide anymore.