When a young genius doctor meets a basketball prodigy, sparks fly. Are they already out of bounds, or can they risk it all and still play by the rules?

A realistic take on Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd - built around real moments, real teammates, and the emotional gray areas no one ever talks about. This fanfic follows them during Paige's senior year and Azzi's junior year at UConn, where the lines between best friends and something more have always been blurred. With old feelings resurfacing and new questions rising, Paige and Azzi find themselves in a quiet crisis - are they really just friends... or have they never been? This is my version of how I believe their story unfolded - rooted in truth, subtlety, and the moments in between. All characters are portrayed with how I perceive them in real life, and this story aims to stay grounded in who they are as athletes, teammates, and people. It's not overly dramatized - just my version of what might have been happening in the quiet moments no one else saw.

A sequel to 'Choosin' Texas'

"Somewhere between all our jokes, late-night talks and 'just friends' moments I fell for you." The love story between Ice Brady's little sister, Sylas, and the legendary All-American Paige Bueckers. One late night, Paige stumbles across Sylas on a random Instagram live. She's intrigued...unaware that not only is Sylas her teammate's little sister, but soon-to-be teammate and the desire her heart aches for. She doesn't expect it to go anywhere. Sylas might commit to a different college, after all. But she's proven wrong. As Sylas dives into the new territory of college, D1 basketball and a connection that she can't put her finger on, Paige is right beside her. But not everything is easy. A certain red head from Paige's past, a threat Sylas neither suspected, returns, forcing her to question everything. Betrayal and infidelity from Sylas's senior year lingers, making her walls higher in her heart...but Paige, without realizing it, peeks through the cracks of those walls. Stick around to navigate this slow burn, messy, tug of heartstrings called love.

Fame, pressure, and expectations can build a career - but they can also destroy everything else. When Paige Bueckers entered the WNBA as the number one pick, she was ready to prove herself to the world. What she wasn't ready for was how quickly everything else in her life started to unravel - including her relationship with Azzi Fudd, the one person who had always been her constant. What started as distance turned into silence. And silence turned into goodbye. Now, Dallas holds the first-round pick again-and Azzi just happens to be the top prospect. Reunited as teammates, their chemistry on the court is undeniable. Off the court? That's where everything gets complicated. Between stolen glances, lingering touches, and words left unsaid, the line between friendship and something more begins to blur again. But some damage doesn't fade with time - and some love never really heals. The question isn't whether they still feel somethings. It's whether they're strong enough to try again.

Sabrynna Carter transferred to UConn in her senior year, expecting nothing more than a quiet reset and a stronger finish to her academic life. Back in Wisconsin, she was known for two things: her razor-sharp mind and her precision in architecture-plans clean enough to feel like art, structures so intentional they almost looked alive. Outside the drafting table, she was just as composed on the cheer squad, carrying the same discipline and control into every routine. Even in a new environment like UConn, she didn't plan on changing that. But then she met her. Paige Bueckers-Paige Bueckers. The unguardable guard of women's basketball. A campus legend, and arguably one of the most talked-about names in the entire country. Tall, effortlessly poised, blonde hair always slightly undone like she never needed to try, blue eyes that somehow felt both warm and impossible to read. An engineering student with a mind just as sharp as her game, and a presence that made every room feel a little smaller the moment she walked in. What was supposed to be an ordinary classroom-just lectures, notes, and silent focus-quickly turned into something else entirely. A battlefield. Two of the best in their own worlds, forced into the same space, neither willing to yield, neither used to being second-best. Every glance felt like strategy. Every interaction, a challenge. And somewhere between equations, architecture sketches, and stolen looks across the room, something neither of them planned for began to take shape. Because when two prodigies finally collide, it's never just a meeting. It's the beginning of something inevitable.

in which camille roman, a veteran small forward for the dallas wings, lets her guard down on draft night and finds herself in the one place she shouldn't be - paige bueckers's hotel room. torn between keeping things clean and giving in, cam has her work cut out for her, especially because the two of them can't seem to stay away from one another. [ paige bueckers x fem!oc ] cross-posted on tumblr @bucketbueckers

They met as neighbors. Became something more over smoothies, secrets, and stolen glances. Paige Bueckers is the freshly drafted face of the Dallas Wings - smart, calm under pressure, and not exactly expecting to fall for anyone this summer. Avery Bennett is new to town, a former Alabama cheerleader with a ballet background, a quiet Instagram presence, and a job she doesn't talk about yet. She's also fiercely private, fiercely kind, and very much not into coffee. But when a chance meeting at a coffee shop leads to unexpected connection, what follows is a summer of slow-burning moments, late-night texts, and two girls trying to figure out how to let someone in - when the world is always watching. A tender, emotional, strangers-to-lovers romance set against the backdrop of Dallas heat, basketball games, friendship, and the kind of love that's more soft than loud - but hits just as hard.

"𝗢𝗵, 𝗻𝗼 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲" ~ 𝓡𝓪𝓿𝔂𝓷 𝓛𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓮 Basketball and Love... Who could ask for more? *Situationship to lovers* #1 in KK (3/03/26) #2 in Ice (2/05/26) #2 in Sarah (2/05/26) #1 in Sarah (10/06/26)

On the court, they're unstoppable. Off the court, they're unfinished business. They had it all. The love story everyone envied, the chemistry no one could touch. Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd were inseparable-until the WNBA draft tore them apart. Rumors. Distance. Lies. Azzi believed Paige had betrayed her. Paige swore she hadn't. By the time the truth mattered, their love was already broken. A year later, fate plays its cruelest card: Paige and Azzi are teammates again, reunited on the Dallas Wings. On the court, their connection is magic. Off the court, it's war. But buried under the anger and heartbreak, the fire between them still burns. Second chances don't come easy. The question is-will this one save them, or break them for good?