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?

Derived from the one shot - 'TWO' What happens when a one night stand turns into the best mistake Paige has ever made.

IN WHICH, an extrovert adopts an introvert. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎or ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ IN WHICH, two unconn ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ huskies fall in love. [𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗰]

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𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗋 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗀𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽

𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐎, 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘫𝘶 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. "fuck what they think 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 *𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐎𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮

❝ if I knew that i'd end up with you then I would've been pretended we were together. ❞ She stares at me, all the air in my lungs stuck in my throat. I'm making sure i'm not wasting one second of the life I have . . . / 𝑷𝑨𝑰𝑮𝑬 𝑩𝑼𝑬𝑪𝑲𝑬𝑹𝑺 © skullhoe