Paige and Nika want the same girl..

International French rookie takes the WNBA by storm - with bold opinions, personality, and flair. DO NOT BE A SILENT READER

• Slow Burn • Opposites Attract • Emotional Intimacy • Musician x Athlete • Quiet Yearning • Found in the Right Moment Description: When Paige Bueckers walks into a tiny café one rainy Thursday night, she isn't looking for anything-especially not the girl on stage with heartbreak stitched into her voice and too much vulnerability in her eyes. Riley Beck writes songs like they're confessions she never meant to say out loud, and she performs them like she's still learning how to breathe through the weight of them. Paige is used to pressure, to expectation, to needing to be everything for everyone. Riley is used to hiding, to almosts, to loving people who never quite loved her back. They're from different worlds-one a superstar athlete with the world watching, the other a reclusive singer-songwriter trying to feel safe in her own skin again. But something clicks in the space between glances, in the lyrics Riley sings that Paige can't stop hearing long after the music stops. What begins as curiosity grows into quiet nights, stolen moments, and the kind of intimacy that doesn't always need words. As Riley's career begins to resurface and Paige's path to the WNBA tightens, the two must navigate fame, fear, and the ache of falling for someone when the timing's all wrong... or maybe just right. A love story written in the margins-messy, soft, and breathtakingly true.

𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘩'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴-𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘕𝘉𝘈, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

"𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐞" 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Caitlin Clark falls for her coaches granddaughter.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘢 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘱. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘵?

with a national championship on the line and a boyfriend in the way, both jo and paige are afraid to confront feelings they never thought they'd have to face. paige bueckers x fem!oc lupinqs2 © 2025

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 ˗ˏˋ꒰ 🍒 ꒱ 𝘚𝘰, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 - ̥۪͙۪˚┊❛ IN WHICH the captain falls for the rookie ❜┊˚ ̥۪͙۪◌

𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴. 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵: 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 ... 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯. 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭. 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘬...𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘤!