The Penalty Box Tutor
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New Day, New Beginnings.
That’s what the sign hanging on Taylor Wilson’s dorm room wall says.
Too bad she knows it’s a lie.
Because real life doesn’t work that way. You don’t wake up magically prettier, thinner, more confident, or suddenly become the kind of girl people notice.
You wake up as you.
Same body. Same insecurities. Same loneliness waiting exactly where you left it.
Taylor has spent her entire life blending into the background behind oversized hoodies and awkward silences, convinced if people look at her too long, they’ll only find something to laugh at.
Especially guys like Marco Jennings.
Cocky. Gorgeous. Star hockey player. Campus obsession.
The kind of guy who’s never had to wonder if he was enough a day in his life.
And definitely not the kind of guy who notices girls like Taylor.
Until he does.
When Marco starts failing philosophy and risks losing his eligibility to play, the quiet pre-med student he’s never paid attention to suddenly becomes the only person who can help him.
What starts as reluctant tutoring quickly turns into late nights, tension-filled banter, jealousy, unexpected vulnerability… and feelings neither of them know what to do with.
Because beneath Marco’s ego is a guy carrying more pressure than anyone realizes.
And beneath Taylor’s oversized hoodies is a girl who’s spent so long hiding that she doesn’t know how to be seen.
But falling for the campus hockey king doesn’t erase years of insecurity overnight.
And Taylor knows how stories like this usually go.
Guys like Marco Jennings don’t fall for girls like her.
…Right?
That’s what the sign hanging on Taylor Wilson’s dorm room wall says.
Too bad she knows it’s a lie.
Because real life doesn’t work that way. You don’t wake up magically prettier, thinner, more confident, or suddenly become the kind of girl people notice.
You wake up as you.
Same body. Same insecurities. Same loneliness waiting exactly where you left it.
Taylor has spent her entire life blending into the background behind oversized hoodies and awkward silences, convinced if people look at her too long, they’ll only find something to laugh at.
Especially guys like Marco Jennings.
Cocky. Gorgeous. Star hockey player. Campus obsession.
The kind of guy who’s never had to wonder if he was enough a day in his life.
And definitely not the kind of guy who notices girls like Taylor.
Until he does.
When Marco starts failing philosophy and risks losing his eligibility to play, the quiet pre-med student he’s never paid attention to suddenly becomes the only person who can help him.
What starts as reluctant tutoring quickly turns into late nights, tension-filled banter, jealousy, unexpected vulnerability… and feelings neither of them know what to do with.
Because beneath Marco’s ego is a guy carrying more pressure than anyone realizes.
And beneath Taylor’s oversized hoodies is a girl who’s spent so long hiding that she doesn’t know how to be seen.
But falling for the campus hockey king doesn’t erase years of insecurity overnight.
And Taylor knows how stories like this usually go.
Guys like Marco Jennings don’t fall for girls like her.
…Right?


















































