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KK Arnold never planned on falling for someone untouchable.
Hadley Grace Beaumont is everything Storrs whispers about. A Texas-born, super-southern senior dance captain with effortless confidence, a razor-sharp reputation, and a rule about never mixing with athletes-especially after rejecting the entire football team without blinking. She's poised, private, and impossible to read, moving through UConn like she owns it. And maybe she does.
As the younger sister of UConn's women's basketball assistant coach, Hadley exists just close enough to the program to know all its secrets-yet far enough to stay out of the spotlight. She's best friends with Paige Bueckers, fully woven into the fabric of the team, trusted, protected, and fiercely loyal to the sisterhood that includes KK Arnold, Azzi Fudd, Jana El Alfy, Ice Brady, Ashlynn Shade, Kaitlyn Chen, Sarah Strong, Morgan Cheli, Allie Ziebell, Caroline Ducharme, and Ayanna Patterson.
KK is all heart, fire, and fearlessness-learning what it means to lead in her own right during a season filled with expectations, pressure, and legacy. What starts as side glances in Gampel, shared moments at practice, and quiet conversations that linger too long slowly becomes something neither of them can control.
Hadley doesn't fall easily. KK doesn't quit easily.
Set against the intensity of the 2024-2025 UConn women's basketball season, this is a story about earning trust, breaking walls, and finding love where it was never supposed to exist-inside a program built on family, excellence, and belief.
Because sometimes the hardest person to love
is the one who finally feels like home. ππΎ