Your families are best friends, your parents have been insisting for years that you and Noah should be together⊠and youâve spent your entire life pretending to hate each other. Now, both families are on holiday together â and thereâs only one room left. Shoulder-to-shoulder, leg-to-leg, trapped with your childhood rival, sarcasm and teasing fill the air. One week. One room. Countless sparks. Enemies? Or something much more dangerous?
Sheâs a Pogue. Heâs a Kook. Sheâs John Bâs sister. Heâs Rafe Cameron. Theyâve spent years hating each other, so falling in love was never supposed to be an option. You were supposed to hate Rafe Cameron. He was supposed to hate you. So when the arguments start feeling different, the looks last a little too long, and neither of you can stay away from the other⊠Maybe the line between hate and love was never as clear as you thought.
Falling for Rafe Cameron would be a terrible idea. Heâs twenty-four. Sheâs nineteen. Heâs her brotherâs best friend. And they hate each other. At least, thatâs what Y/N keeps telling herself. Because hate shouldnât make her jealous. It shouldnât make her notice when he walks into a room. And it definitely shouldnât make her wonder what would happen if Topper wasnât always around. Except lately, Topper hasnât been around much at all.
She leaned back in her chair, whispering a joke to her friend across the row, when Harry shot her a look from the other side of the classroom. âSeriously, can you two keep it down?â he called, a smirk tugging at his lips. She rolled her eyes, pretending to ignore him, but when he muttered something under his breath about her ânever doing work,â she couldnât help but laugh quietly. Their eyes met for a brief second, a silent challenge passing between them, and the rest of the lesson passed with p
New house. New neighbours. One extremely annoying Rafe Cameron. Y/N never expected her dadâs best friend, Ward, to become such a huge part of her lifeâor for his son to become such a huge problem. They argue constantly, yet somehow end up together everywhere: errands, road trips, family dinners and late nights. Somewhere along the way, hate becomes friendship, friendship becomes something more, and neither of them knows when it happened. Theyâre definitely just friends. At least, thatâs what theyâre saying.
Clark Kent has always protected Smallville, but his heart has a secret. Y/N, his childhood neighbor and best friend, is dating Whitneyâbut their connection is undeniable. Through shared dangers, quiet moments, and unspoken feelings, Clark and Y/N navigate a slow-burn romance that finally ignites once loyalty, trust, and long-standing friendship pave the way for love.
Dylan Carter is the star quarterback everyone notices, and Brooke Lawson is the perfect girlfriend everyone expects him to stay with. Y/N isnât popular, just quietly herselfâuntil casual texts and playful teasing spark a private connection between them. Slowly, over months of jokes, late-night messages, and subtle gestures, feelings grow. But nothing is rushed, and nothing crosses the line.
Barry has spent years keeping his sister a secret. Then Rafe Cameron walks into his house and meets her. Neither of them expects to get along. Somehow, they do. And before either of them realises whatâs happening, theyâre always together, always touching, always looking for each other in a room. Itâs nothing. Theyâre just friends. So why does it feel like theyâre lying?
They were perfect onceâuntil Rafe cheated with the one girl Y/N despised. Now, merged friend groups force them into constant proximity. Every laugh, every touch, every smirk is a battlefield of old love, fresh hatred, and a fiery desire neither wants but canât escape.
Dragged to every soccer practice by her dad, Y/N feels out of placeâuntil her two-year-old sister wins over the boys, helping her fit in. She becomes friends with the teamâŠexcept for Harry, the teasing, sharp-witted captain. Sparks fly, tension builds, and before long, rivalry turns into romance. Between chaos, games, and toddler mischief, Y/N discovers that love can show up in the most unexpected placesâright on the soccer field.
Rafe Cameron was the last person Y/N Maybank ever wanted to deal with. Unfortunately, they keep ending up in the same places. One argument, one reckless decision, one lingering look at a time, their hatred starts turning into something neither of them can explain. Neither of them planned on catching feelings. Especially not for each other.
Y/N never thought her brotherâs best friendâs older brother would show up at her house â but when Ethan does, everything changes. Teasing, flirty, and infuriating, he seems to notice every little thing about her. Meanwhile, her younger brother and his best friend remain oblivious, leaving Y/N and Ethan to navigate stolen glances, awkward encounters, and growing feelings. Sweet, funny, and full of tension, this is the story of two teens realizing they might just be idiots in love.
In a summer where Pogues and Kooks collide, Y/N and Rafe share a secret no one can guess. Between chaotic group chats, playful arguments, and almost-caught moments, their love is cozy, protective, and dangerously hidden. How long can they stay together without anyone noticing⊠before the secret explodes?
Everyone knows Rafe Cameron and Y/N hate each other. What nobody knows is that they used to be inseparable. Before the arguments. Before the resentment. Before years of pretending they meant nothing to each other. The problem with hating your childhood best friend is that no matter how much time passes, theyâre still the person who knows you best.
When their five-year-old daughter whispers that she wants a sibling, a simple bedtime routine turns into a playful, heartfelt moment between her parents. One innocent wish sparks laughter, romance, and a renewed connection, reminding them how love, in its quietest moments, can change everything.
Y/N had barely stepped onto the beach when she heard it. âGreat. The Maybanks are here.â She turned. Rafe Cameron, already annoyed. âGot a problem?â she snapped. âI will when your brother starts something,â he replied. âYou always assume itâs JJ.â âBecause it usually is.â Her jaw tightened. âDonât talk about my family.â Before he could answer, shouting broke out near the bonfire. âJJ!â someone yelled. Rafe scoffed. âTold you.â She grabbed his arm. âDonât. You make everything worse.â
Five years ago, Y/N and Rafe Cameron made one mistake neither of them could forget. Now theyâre enemies, Y/N has a four-year-old daughter, and Rafe has no idea that Sadie is his. But secrets never stay buried forever. And when the truth finally comes out, Rafe and Y/N are forced to face everything theyâve spent years running fromâincluding the feelings that never really disappeared.
New to Bondi Beach, Y/N must prove herself under the watchful eyes of the lifeguard team. Calm, infuriatingly competent Whippet keeps her on edge, while protective, teasing Jesse becomes her anchor. As rescues, drills, and sun-soaked days pass, sparks fly, teasing a slow-burn romance no one sees coming.
When Drew returns home after months away filming, Yn is helping look after Makaylaâs two young children. The moment Drew walks through the door, the air shifts, and the quiet tension between him and Yn becomes impossible to ignore. A simple reunion, shared glances, and unspoken feelings hint that his return may change everything.
In English with mr cross , Harry and her have to sit next to each other at the back of class. His friend group is big so his friends are scattered round the room and joking about with Harry and teasing him about sitting with a girl whoâs exactly his type. Him and the boys start messing about and throwing stuff around the class. Sheâs doing her work ans finishes it before him and he starts asking for help
Harry has always been thereâby your side in class, on the bleachers, even in your bed. Everyone assumes youâre together, and neither of you corrects them. From casual touches to lingering hands under desks, your friendship is more than ordinary. But as every laugh, every glance, every touch pulls you closer, you start to wonder⊠have you always been in love?
When your parents get engaged, Rafe â your soon-to-be stepbrother and former fling â becomes possessive, reigniting feelings you both hide. JJ notices the tension, jealousy grows, and summer forces you all together. Old sparks clash with new rivalries, and secrets wonât stay buried
After a messy breakup, Rafe and Y/N pretend to hate each other while stuck in the same friend group. At Kelceâs annual fancy dress party, jealousy sparks an explosive confrontation, and later, a song tied to their past forces buried feelings and memories back to the surface, making them question whether they were ever truly over.
You and Rafe Cameron broke up. You both moved on. At least, thatâs what you tell everyone. Months later, youâre thrown together on a beach trip with nowhere to escape each other. The arguments return. So do the sarcastic comments, lingering looks, old habits and touches neither of you seem to notice anymore. You swear you donât want him back. Rafe swears he doesnât want you either. So why does being around him still feel like coming home?
Rafe Cameron and Y/N were never just exesâthey were everything to each other before it all fell apart. A year later, they pretend to hate each other, but nothing about them is truly over. When fate keeps pulling them back into the same space, old habits, stolen glances, and almost-moments resurface. Love doesnât disappearâit waits. And this time, they might finally learn how to choose each other properly.
