It’s your junior year of highschool, you’ve been dating Oliver since you were a freshman and he was a sophomore. He’s a theatre kid and you’re a chorus kid. This is based off a dream I had LOL
It’s your junior year of highschool, you’ve been dating Oliver since you were a freshman and he was a sophomore. He’s a theatre kid and you’re a chorus kid. This is based off a dream I had LOL
Dean Di Laurentis has a reputation that follows him everywhere—hockey star, millionaire’s son, and the guy who never says no to a good time. Relationships? Not his thing. He’s convinced love is just another distraction, and everyone around him has accepted that’s who he is. Until the university hires a graduate psychology student to work with the hockey team on leadership and performance. She’s the one person on campus completely unimpressed by Dean’s charm. She sees through every flirtatious joke, every cocky grin, and every carefully crafted persona. To her, Dean isn’t a mystery—he’s predictable. Worse, she writes her thesis on emotional avoidance in high-achieving athletes, and Dean unknowingly becomes her perfect case study. When Dean finds out, he’s offended… then intrigued. Determined to prove she’s wrong, he makes it his mission to get under her skin. What starts as playful banter turns into late-night conversations, study sessions after practice, and stolen moments where Dean slowly realizes she’s one of the few people who actually listens to him instead of the version everyone else sees. But as she gets closer, she uncovers the pressure Dean hides behind his confidence: the expectations of his wealthy family, the fear of becoming emotionally dependent on anyone, and the loneliness that comes from always being the life of the party but never someone’s first choice. For the first time, Dean isn’t trying to win someone over for a night—he’s trying to convince someone he’s worth staying for. The problem? Her research fellowship ends at the end of the semester, and accepting her dream position means leaving Boston behind. Dean has spent years believing nothing is worth changing his life for… until he meets the one woman who makes him question everything.
Dean Di Laurentis has a reputation that follows him everywhere—hockey star, millionaire’s son, and the guy who never says no to a good time. Relationships? Not his thing. He’s convinced love is just another distraction, and everyone around him has accepted that’s who he is. Until the university hires a graduate psychology student to work with the hockey team on leadership and performance. She’s the one person on campus completely unimpressed by Dean’s charm. She sees through every flirtatious joke, every cocky grin, and every carefully crafted persona. To her, Dean isn’t a mystery—he’s predictable. Worse, she writes her thesis on emotional avoidance in high-achieving athletes, and Dean unknowingly becomes her perfect case study. When Dean finds out, he’s offended… then intrigued. Determined to prove she’s wrong, he makes it his mission to get under her skin. What starts as playful banter turns into late-night conversations, study sessions after practice, and stolen moments where Dean slowly realizes she’s one of the few people who actually listens to him instead of the version everyone else sees. But as she gets closer, she uncovers the pressure Dean hides behind his confidence: the expectations of his wealthy family, the fear of becoming emotionally dependent on anyone, and the loneliness that comes from always being the life of the party but never someone’s first choice. For the first time, Dean isn’t trying to win someone over for a night—he’s trying to convince someone he’s worth staying for. The problem? Her research fellowship ends at the end of the semester, and accepting her dream position means leaving Boston behind. Dean has spent years believing nothing is worth changing his life for… until he meets the one woman who makes him question everything.
