Dahlia Monroe is the face of the LSU Dance Team and co-captain of the Cheer Squad. Now in her junior year of college, her name carries weight far beyond campus. Between performing as a backup dancer for major artists on tours, concerts, and festival stages, Dahlia has spent years surrounded by flashing cameras, press interviews, and people more interested in her image than who she really is. She's learned how to smile through it all. How to stay untouchable. How to keep everyone at arm's length. How true will that be once she meets the infamous Paige Bueckers? "𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯', 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺" - Mac Miller Paige Bueckers x OC

When Paige Bueckers gets drafted to the Dallas Wings, she expects pressure, cameras, and the weight of becoming the face of a franchise. What she doesn't expect is Rylan Brooks. As the Wings' media and marketing director, Rylan is known around the league for two things: making the hardest graphics in women's basketball and making grown men forget how to speak. She's sharp-tongued, impossible to intimidate, and runs the Wings' brand like a CEO with a designer bag and a coffee addiction. Players adore her, executives fear her, and social media worships her work. Paige tries to keep things professional. Really. But late nights in the media room turn into inside jokes, team flights become stolen glances across aisles, and suddenly Paige cares a little too much about whether Rylan likes the photos she posts. The more Paige falls, the more dangerous it becomes-because dating the woman responsible for protecting the team's image could destroy both of their careers before the season even begins. And Rylan Brooks doesn't fall for anyone. Especially not athletes. Until Paige Bueckers makes her want something more than control.

Fresh out of university with a journalism degree and far more anxiety than experience, Juliette Laurent lands her dream job at one of New York's biggest magazines. There's just one problem: in a moment of panic during her interview, she lies about knowing sports. Thrown into the sports department with no idea what she's doing, Juliette survives her first weeks by secretly googling basketball terminology between interviews and stuffing confusing statistics into articles she hopes sound convincing. But when a senior reporter suddenly quits, the magazine makes a risky decision: sending Juliette to Connecticut to cover the most anticipated season in women's college basketball. UCONN's senior class is expected to dominate the year, and all eyes are on their star player-Paige Bueckers. Talented, magnetic, and already treated like a future legend, Paige is exactly the kind of athlete Juliette should keep a professional distance from. But how are you supposed to keep your distance from someone when your entire job is to expose them to the world-both on and off the court? And what happens when the person hidden behind the headlines starts feeling impossible to let go of?

for the love of god comment and vote This will have smut This will be good This will be a story Yes Characters: • Paige Bueckers - WNBA star, confident, teasing, and very dominant in her personal life. • Emery Quinn - Top-level equestrian specializing in 3-day eventing; soft-spoken, graceful, and used to structure and rules, but secretly curious about stepping outside her comfort zone.

What she never thought would happen happened, she fell in love with a basketball player. (Paige Bueckers x black oc)

They weren't supposed to find their way back to each other. But they did. After everything-distance, heartbreak, and the years spent pretending they'd moved on-Paige Bueckers and Dior Williams are finally here again. Together. In love. Only this time, the world is watching. Long distance. Late nights. Headlines that won't stop. And one question everywhere they turn- Is it a crime to love her out loud? Because falling in love was never the problem. It's what happens when everyone else gets a say.

Some stories begin with a championship. This one begins with a choice. Paige Bueckers and Dior Williams were never supposed to become a divide. They met as teenagers wearing the same Team USA jersey-two prodigies whose connection quickly grew into something deeper than basketball. At University of Connecticut women's basketball program, they were meant to build a dynasty. Paige, the brilliant point guard who made the game look effortless. Dior, fearless and electric, the kind of player who could change a game in seconds. Together, they were unstoppable-on the court and everywhere else. But after a devastating Final Four loss, Dior makes a decision that fractures everything. She transfers to South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball to play under Dawn Staley, chasing the chance to redefine herself. The move leaves Paige behind. Over the next few years, their lives unfold in parallel-championship runs, rising stardom, and a rivalry the entire sport can't stop watching. Their names climb to the top of women's basketball, sometimes on opposite sides of the court, sometimes haunting each other in the biggest moments. Then comes the night of the WNBA Draft. Paige goes first. Dior goes second. And somehow fate sends them to the same place-the Dallas Wings. Now teammates again, they must confront everything they left unresolved: the love that never fully disappeared, the sacrifices they made for each other, and the question that has followed them for years- What happens when the person you left behind becomes the one you're meant to build a future with?

I can't break through your world. ❪ Paige Bueckers 𝓧 Fem!OC ❫ ❪ ©FEMMORTIS, 2026 ❫

"Which way do you swing?" I shrugged. "Wherever the wind takes me." She leaned closer. "And where's it taken you before?" Sky had a plan: fix her grades, stay focused, and stop falling behind. Paige Bueckers ruined it. ✎ shewhoblooms 2024

⸻ When Paige Bueckers steps onto the court at UConn, everything in her life follows a plan-practice, games, championships. No distractions. No mistakes. Especially not her. Capri Auriemma-daughter of legendary coach Geno Auriemma-is everything Paige was warned to stay away from. She's bold, untouchable, and living her life through millions of followers. Every post goes viral. Every move gets watched. And the last thing she needs? A scandal tied to her dad's star player. But when late-night conversations turn into soft glances... and "just friends" starts feeling like something more, lines begin to blur. Because falling in love is one thing. Falling in love with the coach's daughter-while the whole world is watching? That could cost Paige everything. And Capri? She might be the only risk worth taking. ⸻