Camilla Fontaine and Paige Bueckers don't talk about the past. Not the friendship that made them untouchable. Not the fight that turned them into strangers. And definitely not the grudge that never really cooled off. But now? They're stuck in the same court, playing for the same team, pretending the silence between them isn't suffocating. The problem is, Paige and Camilla never learned how to stay quiet. Not with each other. Not when every word cuts deeper than it should. Not when no amount of fake smiles can hide the fact that they can't stand each other. Because love and hate? They're just two sides of the same poison.

Adelaide de Courcy has always belonged to a world that was decided for her long before she was born. It was one built on legacy, expectation, and quiet obedience. Every step she takes is measured, every choice already written. Even love, it seems, is no exception. Then there's Paige Bueckers who's effortless, magnetic, and entirely her own. With her, things feel unscripted. Dangerous in a way Adelaide has never allowed herself to be. What begins as something fleeting turns into something neither of them can quite define. It was something soft, consuming, and impossible to ignore. But in a world where the past lingers and the future is already promised, love doesn't come without consequence. Because some people don't just leave. They stay etched into you, lingering in the quiet, in the spaces you thought you'd healed. Like a tattoo kiss that never quite fades.

Juliette Quinn steps quietly into UConn's women's basketball world, behind the camera, behind the scenes. As the team's new Senior Media Associate and best friend to fiercely protective star guard Nika Mühl, she knows the rules: staff don't get involved with players. Nika's already warned her that Paige Bueckers isn't someone Juliette should trust with her heart. But some connections refuse to stay hidden. In a world where loyalty is tested and every glance speaks volumes, Juliette finds herself caught between desire, friendship, and secrets that won't stay buried. Because not every meeting stays off the record. ____________ paige bueckers x fem oc

[paige bueckers x fem!oc] "when you came into our lives, you healed us more than you could've ever known." [slow burn]

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒... she could never quite figure out what's so special about falling in love ⭒☆━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☆⭒ "𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥? 𝘖𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳? 𝘐𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥" paige b x fem!oc 𝐜 𝐨 𝐦 𝐩 𝐥 𝐞 𝐭 𝐞 𝐝

when a cheerleader and a basketball player is going at it. pb x fem oc • eastor series 1