When y/n returns to San Jose after her first year at Stanford’s journalism program, she isn’t looking for a love story—especially not with the NHL’s newest golden boy. She’s home to help her dad recover from surgery and quietly build her portfolio by covering local sports features for a small Bay Area outlet. She expects routine human-interest pieces, maybe a profile on a minor league prospect. Instead, she’s assigned to shadow Macklin during development camp.
your boyfriend, Macklin Celebrini, has a busy schedule and is away a lot. so most of your relationship lives in your phone—constant texts, random updates, late-night conversations that make the distance feel smaller. he’s not always there in person. but he’s always just a message away.
During her gap year, Y/N shadows the university hockey team’s social media manager, expecting a quiet, behind-the-scenes experience. Instead, she’s pulled into the high-pressure world of college hockey—and into the orbit of the team’s captain, an NHL prospect hiding more than just on-ice bruises. As professional lines blur, she must decide if she’s only passing through his world… or willing to risk staying in it.
