Project Filming on Campus Revealed to be Adaptation of Connor Storrie x Hudson Williams Fanfiction

Glenn Washington ‘27

An anonymous source on the production team for the Apple TV series that has been filming on campus has revealed to the Phoenix that the project is a limited series adaptation of a fanfiction originally posted on Archive of Our Own (AO3) concerning a romance between Heated Rivalry stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie. 

“As soon as Heated Rivalry started blowing up, Apple knew they had to act fast,” said the source. “Filing the serial numbers off fanfiction is super hot right now too, I think this is gonna be something big for the company.”

The fanfiction is reportedly “Give Me Your Eyes” by AO3 user Hudco4ever, which has since been removed from the website following Apple’s purchase of the rights. The story follows Williams and Storrie as they fall in love during the filming of smash hit television series Heated Rivalry. 

“This could be huge for normalizing RPF [real person fanfiction],” said Ten Mennonite ‘26, a Sarah Lawrence student and self proclaimed “major yaoi freak.” “If celebrities didn’t want us writing about them having gay sex, maybe they shouldn’t act like that,” they added, refusing to clarify what, exactly, they meant by “like that.” 

“I don’t know, it seems a bit unethical to me,” said Judge Mental ‘28. “Putting it on AO3 is one thing, filming a TV show is another. This isn’t Shane and Ilya, they’re real people.” Ten Mennonite replied with, “This is exactly what I mean! We need to normalize it so there isn’t this stigma.”

The source could not provide the Phoenix with any additional details surrounding the production, including the casting. “I hope it’s two unknowns just like Hudson and Connor,” said Gabe Londe ‘27. “And I hope they act like that so I can write RPF of them, too.”