Love is love. Until the world wants you to break. This story is completely fictional. This doesn't correlate to real life. I deleted my first story and starting over with it here. I wanted to add things and take things out.

Paige Bueckers has never been in a serious relationship, and she's never felt feelings this intense for anyone-until her best friend, Azzi Fudd. Paige tries to push them down, worried that Azzi could never feel the same and unsure if Azzi is even into girls. As their friendship grows stronger on and off the court, Paige must navigate fear, desire, and the risk of losing the one person who means the most to her, all while discovering that some feelings are worth taking a chance on.

in which tess kennedy, guard for the south carolina gamecocks, tears her acl during the final four in 2023. with a ruined knee and a completely and utterly tarnished reputation thanks to a very public crash out online, tess is forced into recovery, and to make matters worse? she's forced into a fake relationship with paige bueckers because that, somehow, was supposed to solve all of her problems. strangely enough, it did. [ paige bueckers x fem!oc ] cross-posted on tumblr @bucketbueckers

in a small town where everyone knew her story with him, gianna marino stopped believing anything could change. then she started going to local basketball games. and suddenly the court wasn't just a game anymore. it was where she saw her past. and where something new started looking back at her. ☆

Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd have spent their whole lives chasing the same dream: becoming the best. After years of crossing paths as rivals and teammates, UConn becomes the place where they realize winning games is a lot easier than figuring out what they really feel.

paige bueckers x fem!oc | TW: THIS IS MADE FOR MATURE AUDIENCES. | I am in the editing process! If you see any errors please don't be afraid to point them out. Paige Bueckers is a Junior at UConn, a rising star on the women's basketball team to most, she's the golden girl-an athlete with a dazzling future and a reputation for kindness. But there's one person she can't stand: 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚. Alicia Blake, the girl next door. Literally. The daughter of Paige's mom's best friend Melissa. A cheerleader for the UConn women's basketball team. And once, a long time ago, her best friend. That was before the fight-the kind that leaves scars deeper than words ever could. Since then, they have shared more hate than history, more silence than memories. But something is shifting all over again. Alicia and Paige are feeling things they shouldn't-𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 in their chest whenever each other enter the room, and whenever they see each other across the lawn, a quiet curiosity of how things would be if they talked it out. And with every game, every sideline glance, every unspoken word, every stare across the lawn the tension grows between the two more and more. What happens will test the line between love and hate, and challenge everything they thought they knew about each other. Because sometimes, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝... 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. total word count: 133,379 total chapter count: 27

Emmie Cano has been playing for USC for the past three years. She is not only the best player on the team but one of the best players in the country. She has an average point of 22 per game, and almost no one can guard her. That is, except for her competition, Paige Bueckers. Paige Bueckers is slightly above her with a 23-per-game average, securing her as the #1 spot as the best women's college basketball player. Emmie and Paige have been switching between the #1 and #2 spots for the past 3 years, with Emmie having the spot her freshman year. Everyone knows them as the biggest rivals in women's college basketball. Every game between USC v. UCONN becomes intense, with the highest watched and populated game of the entire season, with fans dying to see the interactions and rivalry between Emmie and Paige. The tension is high, and the thought of Paige makes Emmie's blood boil. While USC has treated her well in the past, Emmie was shocked to find an offer from UCONN's coach in her phone for her incoming senior year. Her first instinct was to ignore it and laugh, but then she thought. UCONN was closer to her family, given they live in NYC. Emmie, with her dad in a coma back home, time zones, being unable to see her family, and being on the opposite side of the world all took a toll on Emmie. Not only was UCONN more practical, but it was her dream since she was in 8th grade. She was not offered a spot at UCONN in the freshman recruitment process, and USC became her best offer. Although the thought of being on the same team as Paige enraged her, she knew Paige could not let her stop her. It was a challenging choice to make. USC felt like home for Emmie. From the warm weather to the team to her friends, she felt complete. Yet basketball is her life, and she knew UCONN could increase her skill and give her a better experience as a player and her life. So, after talking to UCONN's coach, her decision became clear. Emmie is going to UCONN.

Paige and Alani Bueckers thought getting married was the happy ending. Turns out, it was only the beginning. SO HIGH SCHOOL II the alchemy

Paige Bueckers is the star of UCONN's Women's Basketball team, but even an athlete of her status has to blow off steam somehow... On a very different part of the campus is UCONN journalism student Jovie Evans, who is not an athlete at all. In fact, she couldn't care less about sports. When the two meet in a bar and agree that they could use the outlet of each other sparks fly, but being an athlete with a secret isn't easy and being stuck with Paige Bueckers is even harder. This is a romance/mature story. *There is no coming out plot line to this story because I think queer spaces should be for queer people existing and not solely defined by justifying their existence. * Paige Bueckers is used as inspiration for her character here purely in likeness and stature as a basketball player, everything else about her is made up and imagined for this story, it is in no shape or form a reflection of her behaviour or beliefs. Some other teammates are mentioned by name but used solely for their names and nothing else.

To raise the funds necessary to repair their devastated locker room, the UConn Huskies basketball team organizes a grand masquerade ball. While Azzi is swept up in the romance of the idea, Paige harbors nothing but disdain for the event and vows to boycott it entirely. Yet, driven by a restless curiosity, Paige finds herself slipping into the gala under the shroud of a disguise. There, shielded by the anonymity of their masks and oblivious to the identity of the person before them, Paige and Azzi fall deeply for one another. Haunted by the magic of that night and unable to forget her mysterious encounter, Azzi begins a desperate quest to track her down. The irony, however, is cruel: she hasn't just fallen for the masked stranger, but has also begun to develop profound feelings for the real Paige... ------------------------------