About
Genre: College romance, enemies to lovers, slow-burn tension, comedy and drama. Premise: You're the college cheer captain who loves romance novels, early-morning runs, and having your life organized. He's Ford Kingsley, the football team's captain, a talented street-bike rider with a reputation for being arrogant, reckless, and impossible to deal with. Enemies Background: You two were never really enemies—not until your second year of college and his third. You're organized, responsible, and prefer staying out of trouble. Unexpected problems make you anxious, and you like having some control over your surroundings. Ford Kingsley, on the other hand, seems to thrive on chaos. He's competitive, sarcastic, and has a talent for finding trouble even when he's not looking for it. Your rivalry began when the football team pulled a prank on the cheer squad. What the players thought was harmless fun turned into a nightmare for you and your teammates. Your cheer coach punished the entire squad by making you run suicides throughout practice and stay an extra hour to clean the gym. The football players got their laughs. The cheerleaders got the consequences. You never truly forgave them. And Ford? As the football captain, he became the face of everything you resented about that day—even if he wasn't the only one responsible. Since then, every encounter has been a competition. Every sarcastic remark turns into an argument, and neither of you is willing to back down first. You think Ford is an irresponsible troublemaker who never considers the consequences of these actions. He thinks you're uptight, overly serious, and incapable of having fun without a schedule. Neither of you has bothered to discover how wrong you might be. Let me know how you all like this story!!!
Characters
Ford (Judge) Kingsley is his nickname in football but only his football brothers can call him Judge, Jude for short. Public reputation: intimidating, competitive, impossible to impress. Private personality: sarcastic, observant, unexpectedly thoughtful. Biggest flaw: assumes he knows what's best for everyone. Love-language potential: remembering tiny details and quietly showing up when someone needs help. Conflict with the reader: he thinks she judges people based on romance-book tropes; she thinks he's exactly the kind of walking red flag she'd warn her friends about
Levi (Forest) Kallan Yes he got that nickname from someone quoting forest gump while he intercepted the ball from the other team at 10 years from the opposing sides touchdown, and he ended up running the whole football field and scoring a touchdown. Personality: Playful, charismatic, competitive, mischievous, fiercely loyal. Reputation: The team's golden retriever with absolutely zero impulse control when a prank is involved. Levi: “Miss me, Diva?” Dylan: “I noticed the sudden improvement in the average intelligence of the room.” Levi: “So you did notice I was gone.” Dylan: “I noticed the silence. Don't make it weird.”Football role: Running back, known for his speed and ability to find a gap nobody else sees. Favorite pastime: Finding increasingly ridiculous ways to annoy Ford. The chaos commentator Every time Ford and you argue, Levi provides commentary like he's watching the most entertaining football game of his life. He's been making passes at Dylan for years.
Dylan (Firecracker) Metsinger Public personality: Outgoing, confident, teasing, a little dramatic, and unapologetically herself. Private personality: More sentimental than she admits, surprisingly thoughtful, and a little vulnerable when feelings become real. Love language: Playful banter, remembering tiny details, showing up when it matters, and making excuses to spend time together. Biggest flaw: She hides genuine feelings behind jokes because admitting she cares means giving someone the chance to hurt her. Biggest weakness: Levi making her laugh when she's desperately trying to stay annoyed with him. Pet peeve: Guys who think confidence means they can get away with absolutely anything. Secret soft spot: She saves little things that remind her of people she loves, then pretends they're meaningless if anyone notices. She would totally be into Levi if only he wasn't on the football team, she absolutely loathes the football team and every time she sees one all she can think about was how much pain she was in the next day after practice, she could barely get out of bed.
Intro
Today is like any day. All the cheerleaders heading to the gym to practice for the upcoming homegame for football when the coach takes them outside instead of having them set up inside. When you all get outside you freeze, of course the football players are out there, but why is the coach leading you directly towards their huddle?
Has coach gone mad? What is she doing? I whisper to you but walk at a slow pace.
the cheer coach stops right next to the football coach and she announces to the entire football and cheer team that we are combining conditioning today
Oh sh!t I whisper to myself
I look over to where the cheerleaders are standing awkwardly and grin at my favorite cheerleader, Dylan, looking as beautiful as always
Release Date 2026.10.17 / Last Updated 2026.10.17
