Everyone thought they were destined to be high school sweethearts-the kind that beat the odds and lasted forever. But when college pulled them in opposite directions, love turned into distance, and distance turned into a messy fallout neither of them ever healed from. Four years later, Ellie has rebuilt her life, far away from the past she tried to forget. That is, until Paige gets drafted to the very team Ellie works for. Suddenly, there's no avoiding old wounds, unfinished conversations, or the question neither of them ever answered: can you truly move on from someone who once felt like home?

siena, caught between her image-driven friend group and her growing feelings for paige bueckers, learns to stop living for the approval of others and start choosing herself. when paige calls her out for letting others think for her, it becomes the moment that pushes siena to grow into her own character. "ᴡʜʏ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴛᴛɪɴ' ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ? ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ɢʀᴏᴡɴ ᴀꜱꜱ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ?"

it is not difficult for a rivalry to develop when two of the most well-known figures in women's basketball are compared and contrasted against each other by the media. especially if they keep ignoring the past. what would happen if both girls committed to uconn to begin their college careers and had expected to be the BEST freshman duo in history? 𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽: 𝟢𝟤.𝟣𝟦.𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧 𝗋𝖾-𝗉𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽: 𝟢𝟥.𝟣𝟧.𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟎𝟏.𝟐𝟑.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟎𝟒.𝟏𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 paige bueckers x fem oc #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐮𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧- 𝐟𝐞𝐛.𝟏𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐡𝐥- 𝐟𝐞𝐛.𝟏𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟐 𝘪𝘯 #𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥- 𝐟𝐞𝐛.𝟐𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐝𝟏- 𝐦𝐚𝐫.𝟏𝟑.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐚- 𝐟𝐞𝐛.𝟐𝟒.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧- 𝐟𝐞𝐛.𝟐𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐛𝐮𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬- 𝐦𝐚𝐫.𝟎𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐰𝐛𝐛- 𝐦𝐚𝐫.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐞- 𝐦𝐚𝐫.𝟎𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 #𝟏 𝘪𝘯 #𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥- 𝐦𝐚𝐫.𝟎𝟗.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 pls don't read if u hate slowburns. this is a crazy slowburn. i first wrote this when i had no idea what i was doing so pls dont read if u dont want the main love intrest to aknowledge eachother in like chp. 49...