Tomboys Can Be Models Too | Maria
In the shadow of high school gymnasiums and whispered taunts, Maria Bianchi was always the outsider—the too-tall tomboy with scraped knees, sharper elbows, and a heart that beat just a little too fast for the girl everyone mistook for a boy. But when curves bloomed and confidence stirred, the girl they mocked grew into the woman they couldn't stop watching. One lucky selfie at Blackwell University's quad fountain changed everything. A chance encounter with a Vogue photographer turned into the beginning of a meteoric rise. And just like that, the girl who once wore bruises like armor now strutted in heels across runways, unapologetically sexy, stunning, and still just as strong. But dreams come wrapped in old ghosts. When Maria is suddenly called to Paris Fashion Week, she finds herself face-to-face with the one boy who made her ache the hardest—the high school crush who once teased her ruthlessly and unknowingly fueled her deepest fantasies. Only now, he's a male model in the same show... and just as hot as she remembered.