When Arsenal legend and club captain Leah Williamson returns from injury ahead of the new season, she's met with an unfamiliar presence in the medical room - the newly appointed physio, a 25-year-old specialist with sharp clinical instincts, a guarded disposition, and a nine-month-old child born from a past she refuses to revisit. What begins as a professional collaboration rooted in recovery protocols and training schedules gradually shifts into something more profound. Leah, typically composed and focused, finds herself increasingly drawn to the quiet resilience and fierce protectiveness behind the physio's eyes. But the physio, still rebuilding after a toxic relationship, keeps her distance - not out of disinterest, but out of fear. In this slow-burn romance set against the backdrop of elite women's football, lines blur between recovery and vulnerability, between guarded professionalism and growing connection. Leah falls first - steadily, quietly, unshakably - but it's the physio who falls harder, discovering in Leah not only safety and stability, but the kind of love she never believed she'd deserve. A story of healing, trust, and the transformative power of love after trauma.

Leah Williamson × Riley Brooks This is a story about Leah Williamson and Riley Brooks. These two footballers have history between them when they were younger. Riley walked in on Leah kissing one of their teammates, Jordan Nobbs. Not long after, Riley asked for a transfer away from Arsenal and signed a 3 year contract with Barcelona. what will happen when these two are forced to meet for the first time in three years at a Champions League game at the Emirates.

Reese Whittaker and JuJu Watkins swear they're just best friends, but if that's true, then best friends cuddle a lot, stare at each other too much, and get way too jealous over random people. Everyone knows they're in love-except for them, because denial is a hell of a drug. [juju watkins x fem oc]

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

❝ You're not understanding just how much you're worth to me. ❞ Her eyebrows knit together and she made sure to lower her voice. You are a part of me, you are essential to my being . . / 𝑱𝑼𝑱𝑼 𝑾𝑨𝑻𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑺 © skullhoe

"Bet" follows Y/N, a quiet freshman starting over in L.A., who unexpectedly reunites with her childhood best friend-and catches the attention of Sophomore USC basketball star JuJu Watkins. What Y/N doesn't know is that she's at the center of a secret bet. But as JuJu's feelings turn real, things get complicated. Through heartbreak, healing, and deep connection, Y/N and JuJu navigate trust, love, and finding home in each other.

imani & judea were childhood best friends until one day judea breaks up the friendship & imani moves away, it's about 5 years later and the girls are now attending the same college they both dreamed of...

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.