Responsibilities-pressed together by someone always nearby, by constant nudges forward, by a camp that never really gives them space to be alone... or apart. For Nika, the pressure comes from everywhere: being watched, being responsible, and being stuck with Kate-the too-warm, too-likable, and relentlessly cheerful rival tied to years of college competition. Someone she's been trained to guard, to read, to shut down. Someone she knows how to keep in front of her. Until defense wasn't just strategy anymore-it was a shield she raised to keep her heart from getting too close. For Kate, it's quieter but heavier. Nika's presence lingers in the small moments: shared silence, deliberate closeness, late nights no camera ever catches. She's spent years learning how to break through defenses like Nika's-how to cut, how to draw fouls, how to force openings. What she wasn't prepared for was realizing she didn't have to drive past her anymore-for once, she could let the rivalry go, let herself stay. She didn't realize she was breaking through a different kind of defense now, one that wasn't drawn on a court, one Nika had built carefully around her heart, until it was already too late to pull back. Time slips by. Days blur. Feelings stack up. That's the full-court press. Not a game-but the constant closeness, the lack of escape, the emotional pressure of being pushed toward someone you're meant to compete against, not fall for. Full-Court Pressed is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers summer romance about what happens when college rivalry doesn't end at the buzzer-when you're pressed from all sides by proximity, history, scheming teammates, and unstoppable little ones, on camera, off camera, and in the quiet spaces where feelings grow whether you're ready for them or not.

"𝐈𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒, 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑, 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍' 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔" "𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐔𝐒" OR eden clark had always been second in life, until kate came along. (kate martin x oc)

"And it always leads to you and my hometown" OR whenever kate martin goes home for the holiday's, she can't help but rekindle the flame she once had with her first love.

Some friends doing a live, A conversation that she never thought would be heard by her crush, Friends determined to make it happen. All those things trigger a... new romance perhaps? K.M one shot

Kate and Nika are complete opposites. Nika from Croatia and Kate from small town Illinois dreamt of being an Iowa Hawkeye since she was little, both in their third year of college living out their dreams of playing basketball but having the unsure about what the future had in hold. It was Kate's favorite time of College basketball year March madness a tournament between all college in America to determine who is the best which was held in Texas. But what happens when UConn and Iowa are in the same hotel, and Nika, Kate meeting each other through two people. Are they really that different after all?

What happens when two competitors unexpectedly fall in love

Enemies to lovers.

Sequel to: second chance | Kate Martin | years later- Avery Hart is alone, heartless- cold. She hasn't spoken to anyone in her past in years, no one knows if she's alive, how she's doing. Only her old coaches know limited details. Kate Martin has almost everything she could ever need in life, the fame, friends, family, but she's missing one thing- one person. Avery. She hasn't heard from or spoken to her since she left, Avery blocked everyone she had ever known and turned all of her accounts private, the last she heard was she enlisted in the marines. Both lives are drastically changed when Avery is suddenly back in the states, they find eachother again, but it's different this time. Avery is different. Will they give it one last shot? Will they heal from the past and set on a new future? Read to find out! ( it is important to read second chance first, it provides all backround story line context, and moments leading up to this story)

After being chosen by the Golden State Valkyries in the expansion draft, Nika Mühl and Kate Martin find themselves on the same team. Kate, appointed captain of the team, is working on getting to know her teammates, but is having trouble reaching a certain brunette. Nika, struggling to come to terms with her ACL injury and the loss of her dream team, chooses to close herself off from everyone in San Fransisco, especially Kate. Can Kate break through Nika's walls? And why exactly is Nika distancing so hard from Kate specifically, especially when the Croatian is stealing glances at her every chance she gets?