We lost a lot of things in the fire. or In which they turn something beautiful into the most complicated thing of all.

a wattpad original | narithebarbii

𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗮. quiet, overlooked, always playing like she's got something to prove. 𝗷𝘂𝗷𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀? she's her. 𝘂𝘀𝗰'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿. calm, calculated, already a legend in the making. when ashley's team gets matched up against usc, everything shifts. it's not just about basketball anymore. it's the way juju looks at her across the court. it's the tension, thick enough to choke on. it's the fear of being forgotten and the terrifying feeling of finally being seen. in a world of highlights and expectations, ashley's just trying to keep it together. but how do you hold your ground when the girl you're supposed to beat keeps taking your breath away?

IN WHICH, she thinks the campus "it girl" is annoying. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎or ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ IN WHICH, she falls in ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎love with her, albeit ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ slowly, peeling back ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎‎ her layers. [𝗷𝘂𝗷𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗰]

Zara Wells and Azzi Fudd have one goal: to win. Zara wants to prove she's more than a last name and Coco Gauff's best friend. Azzi's determined to show she's still one of the best after injury. They have everything to prove, no room for distractions but when a chance meeting turns into late-night texts and stolen weekends, falling wasn't part of the plan. Then again, love doesn't play by the rules. [azzi fudd x fem OC]

❝ are you aware that my heart is trying to crawl out of my chest to get to you? ❞ JUJU WATKINS x F!OC. ( completed. )

Amore never planned on falling for an athlete. She preferred words over wingspans, debates over defense, and editing audio over running drills. Her world was sound bites, soft lighting, and the occasional chaos of her two best friends shouting over each other in their podcast studio-slash-dorm room. Basketball? That was background noise. Something loud and hyped and distant. Still, here she was-heart skipping, voice stuck-because of one particular athlete with a stare so intense it could melt bones.