Paige and Azzi met in middle school and started dating in high school. Everyone knew them as basketball prodigies. They planned their future together, everything falling into place. That is..until Azzi goes missing.

Azzi Fudd thought she had her life mapped out-her career, her independence, her heart. Then Paige Bueckers got down on one knee, and everything changed. From the moment they say yes, the world around them erupts-family chaos, wedding planning disasters, and high-stakes cases at the precinct that remind them that love doesn't make life any less dangerous. But Paige and Azzi have survived everything together before, and this time, they're determined to survive everything as fiancées. As fears, old scars, and cold feet threaten to pull them apart, they'll learn that the strongest vows aren't just about forever-they're about courage, trust, and choosing each other every single day. From tearful laughter to heart-stopping moments, this sequel is a story of love that's messy, fearless, and unstoppable.

When Azzi Fudd transfers schools at the start of senior year, she plans to keep her head down, earn perfect grades, and chase her dream of UConn-no distractions, no drama. A "good girl" cheerleader who skips parties and follows rules, Azzi isn't prepared for Paige Bueckers: the school's star quarterback, football captain, and resident heartbreaker who thrives on attention and chaos. Their first meeting is a disaster. Paige, fresh from practice and still tangled up with the cheer captain, clocks Azzi as uptight and judgmental. Azzi sees Paige as everything she wants to avoid-reckless, arrogant, and exactly the kind of girl who derails futures. With Azzi's dad stepping in as the new football coach, avoiding Paige becomes impossible, and tension crackles between them every time they cross paths. But fate intervenes when they're paired for a history project neither of them wants. Forced proximity turns rivalry into reluctant understanding-and something far more dangerous. As sparks fly, family pressure mounts: Paige's parents see Azzi as a distraction from a USC-bound football legacy, while Azzi fights to prove her ambitions matter just as much. Caught between expectations and desire, Paige and Azzi must decide whether love can survive clashing dreams-or if supporting each other means letting go.

⚠️Trigger warning: sexual content, sa, physical and sexual abuse⚠️ *YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOW MANY PEOPLE READ THIS STORY* I wrote most of this at like 2am and I dint edit it or revise it yet so..yeah They did everything together, the power duo of uconn. Best friends always lingering onto something more. Until the unforgettable happens. The thing neither of them can come back from. Kevin and Azzi become the new power duo, while paige sits in the shadows. But there's always something else bubbling beneath the surface. Can paige and azzi swim back up before it's too late?

pazzi long before they were pazzi

Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd grow up a thousand miles apart, bound only by basketball, ambition, and a feeling neither of them has language for yet. Paige, raised between two households in Minnesota, learns early how to be adaptable - how to love people across distance, how to exist in the in-between. With a blended family on both sides, she grows up observant, guarded, and driven, carrying quiet questions about herself she's never dared to ask. Azzi, grounded in Virginia by two loving parents, loud brothers, and dogs that always greet her at the door, grows up confident on the court but uncertain about her heart. She's never lacked support - only clarity. They meet as teenagers at USA Basketball and AAU camps, where chemistry crackles instantly but goes unnamed. Over the years, tournaments blur into summers, texts stretch into nights, and admiration deepens into something heavier - something that feels like longing. As distance, injuries, expectations, and self-discovery pull them in different directions, Paige and Azzi must navigate who they are becoming - not just as athletes, but as women learning how to love, how to want, and how to choose each other.

Azzi Fudd, the 21-year old princess and second in line to the throne after her elder brother, Thomas, always seems to find herself in some fit of mischief. At least, after years of being confined between stone palace walls, she's finally living her American-dream and causing all that mischief. Paige Bueckers, the 22-year old bodyguard that the King and Queen hired for Azzi when she turned 18, always seems to get right in the way when Azzi is just trying to enjoy herself. But that's her job. As the tension between them grows and grows over the years, and resisting it only gets harder, what would happen when Azzi and Paige finally decide to make a move? Would they ever make a move, or would they keep running in circles around each other, like they are supposed to for the rest of their lives? What would happen if they break the rules? Paige & Azzi Fanfic AU Includes: Violence, smut, NSFW, cursing, death, angst Still in the process of being written!! Updates are slow (I apologize) as I am trying to write at the highest quality I can and not rush through the story.

Paige has had feelings for Azzi since the moment the met at Team USA. There was simply just something about her. They clicked. Became best friends. Now, years later, Azzi is dating Caleb, the starting PG for UConn's men's team. Paige despised Caleb with everything in her, not just because he took Azzi from her, but he was abusive, manipulative, controlling. Paige wants nothing more but to protect Azzi from Caleb's grasp, and that is what she'll do. Little does she know, they'll fall in love during the process.

They've always been close-too close to ignore, too close to let go. Paige wants her in ways she can't admit, Azzi fears feeling more than she should. Every look, every word, every silence stretches longer than it should, pulling them closer and threatening to break them both. In a world full of expectations, pressure, and unspoken truths, love isn't instant-it's terrifying, fragile... and slow.