The world thinks we’re about to kill each other. The camera says we’re about to kiss.
One viral video of a locker-room brawl just set the NHL on fire. Now, the two biggest stars on the Chicago Frost have a choice: face a career-ending suspension or sign The Overtime Clause—a season-long fake dating contract designed to save their reputations.
Before We Were Fake is a high-heat, forced-proximity MM hockey romance featuring the ultimate "he falls first" dynamic. If you crave childhood-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers, intense locker-room tension, and the slow-burn agony of fifteen years of repressed longing, this is your next obsession.
Caleb Cross is the clinical, stone-cold captain who needs control to survive. Micah Holt is the chaotic playmaker who lives to break Caleb’s rules. They were best friends until a devastating betrayal seven years ago turned them into bitter rivals.
Now, they have to share private jets, five-star hotel rooms, and a public stage where every "accidental" touch feels like an explosion.
The rules are simple:
Keep the act clean.
Win the Cup.
Don’t let the world know the hate is real—and the feelings are even more dangerous.
