⚠️Sexual content, verbal and physical Aubse.⚠️ She's always been more than my best friend... she's the only one I've ever wanted Paige and Azzi met at USA Basketball as teenagers-fifteen and sixteen-and from that moment, they were inseparable. Whispered secrets, playful touches, and quiet comfort bound them together, until lockdown changed everything. Their first kiss was supposed to be a mistake. It wasn't. It was unforgettable. Now, years later, Paige is a junior at UConn, Azzi a sophomore, their beds only feet apart. For Paige, that closeness is both heaven and hell-because she's never stopped wanting Azzi. She tried drowning it out with meaningless hookups, but nothing compared. It's always been Azzi. And for Azzi? She's with Cooper, UConn's golden football star. He's sweet, perfect on paper-but every kiss with him reminds her of the fire she only ever felt with Paige. Because no matter how much she tries to hide it, she's never stopped loving her best friend either. They both know the truth: the feelings never went away. But admitting it could cost them everything. Some loves, though, refuse to stay buried.

Azzi Fudd, a freshman at college and a single mother to her 6-month-old daughter Jazlyn, is adjusting to life in a new world. Balancing school, motherhood, and a fledgling social life feels impossible - until Paige Bueckers, a senior and a rising star on the women's basketball team, becomes an unexpected presence in her life. Paige, initially drawn to Azzi's quiet strength and determination, finds herself offering help with Jazlyn. What starts as a simple offer of friendship soon blossoms into something deeper.

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... ------------------------------

𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 '𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯', 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 ‧₊ ♪˚⊹ 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𐔌  .  IN WHICH Basketball player falls for the voice of someone she shouldn't !  ౨ৎ

𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑿 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙-𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒃𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑱.𝑲 𝑹𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒕.

Azzi Fudd and Rylee Jennings were never supposed to matter to each other. They met by chance-two completely different worlds colliding. Azzi, the rising basketball star with expectations stacked higher than the rim she shot on. Rylee, guarded and quietly fighting battles no one could see, carrying a past that made trusting people feel impossible. But life pulled them into the same space. Rylee saw past Azzi's fame-the pressure, the fear of letting everyone down. Azzi saw through Rylee's walls-the pain, the self-doubt, the constant fight to stay okay. And somewhere in between all of that... feelings slipped in. Messy. Unexpected. Terrifying. And together, they learned that love isn't perfect-it's patient, messy, and resilient. What started as strangers became something deeper than either of them expected. Not just love. Home.

When Paige Bueckers gets drafted to the Dallas Wings, she expects pressure, cameras, and the weight of becoming the face of a franchise. What she doesn't expect is Rylan Brooks. As the Wings' media and marketing director, Rylan is known around the league for two things: making the hardest graphics in women's basketball and making grown men forget how to speak. She's sharp-tongued, impossible to intimidate, and runs the Wings' brand like a CEO with a designer bag and a coffee addiction. Players adore her, executives fear her, and social media worships her work. Paige tries to keep things professional. Really. But late nights in the media room turn into inside jokes, team flights become stolen glances across aisles, and suddenly Paige cares a little too much about whether Rylan likes the photos she posts. The more Paige falls, the more dangerous it becomes-because dating the woman responsible for protecting the team's image could destroy both of their careers before the season even begins. And Rylan Brooks doesn't fall for anyone. Especially not athletes. Until Paige Bueckers makes her want something more than control.

Two star athletes, once best friends, are pitted against each other by media as rivals