❝ 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.

"𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐲-𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞" 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭...𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 (𝙬𝙣𝙗𝙖/𝙬𝙗𝙗 𝙭 𝙛𝙚𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨) (𝙨𝙝𝙚/𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙) (𝙥𝙤𝙘/𝙬𝙤𝙘 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮) 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧! 𝙞 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙬𝙣𝙗𝙖, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙨!

IN WHICH, the people's princess meets her favorite author. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎or ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ IN WHICH, they find ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎themselves sharing more ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎than fairytale endings. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ [𝗮𝘇𝘇𝗶 𝗳𝘂𝗱𝗱 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗰]

Juju is at the top of her game-USC's star player with the world watching and the WNBA calling. She's got focus, drive, and no time for distractions... until she meets Asani. A sophomore balancing midterms, a part-time job, and raising her daughter alone, Asani isn't interested in attention or headlines. But something about her quiet resilience draws Juju in.

JUJU WATKINS AND LOGAN WALKER were born to be the best, born to shine and rise above everyone else. But there could only be one star, and Logan was the one who rose faster. And what they hadn't expected, was to get their old bond back-the bond that felt just like an endgame Buzzer Beater. [Juju Watkins x FEM!OC] 2025-2026, Junior season. © by @otimeclk