"Kicking back on your couch, making eyes from across the room." Paige Bueckers x Fem!Oc

𝗢𝗢𝗢. 𝐒𝐇𝐄. o ʻ🏀🩶✒️ʼ ❝she smells like lemon grass and sleep, she tastes like apple juice and peach. ❞ ──────── ⋆ 🖇️🫧⋆──────── 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐆𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐗 𝐅𝐄𝐌 𝐎𝐂 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 (published: 09.01.24) (ended: ???

⸻ it is better to stay away from those you can't have, unless they want you too 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 the girl full of dreams samantha elis and the basketball star paige bueckers meet once, and end up in more than they could've thought ⸻ 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 ( strangers to lovers ) strong language social pressure homophobia ❪ status : 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 ❫ 𝑪𝑨𝑹𝑽𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑵𝑨𝑴𝑬 , 𝑆 𝐼 𝑀 𝐻 𝐴 𝐷 𝑅 𝐼 𝑍 𝑍 ━━━ © ROSE , 2025

❝ I don't think i'll ever be able to love someone the way I love you. ❞ She let out a shaky exhale and that made my chest ache. how could these hands hold anything other than you. . . / 𝑷𝑨𝑰𝑮𝑬 𝑩𝑼𝑬𝑪𝑲𝑬𝑹𝑺 © skullhoe

𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄 ☆ ──꒰✉️꒱ ❞ ‧₊˚ 𝘗. 𝘉𝘜𝘌𝘊𝘒𝘌𝘙𝘚 𝘹 𝘖𝘊 ❝wherever you're goin', I'm goin' ❞ IN WHICH // uconn dance team steps onto the basketball court for the first time, and a certain player can't keep her eyes off of someone. what happens when #5 finds herself scanning through the crowd for a certain dancer?

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.

. ‧ ︵‿₊୨୧₊‿︵ ‧ ˚ ₊ ꒰ Off the court ♡ ꒱ ︶⊹︶︶୨୧︶︶⊹︶ ❛I never could've seen you coming I think you're everythin' I've wanted❜ In which; Julianna and Paige, timing had always been the cruelest part-it wasn't that the feeling wasn't there, it was that neither of them had been ready when it mattered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( PAIGE BUECKERS X FEM!OC )

sequel to Five Star. - Jenna Midow never understood how celebrities would love in secret - until she experienced it herself. - "Love is never physically defined, I suppose. You used to tell me love is blind," I looked at Mia as I slipped my sweatshirt over my head, letting out a breath of what i figured was relief. "and I truly believe you now. It's just a matter of finding someone whose soul completes yours."