Paigebueckers Stories

In which: Its Lexie Harvey's first year at Uconn and she needs to prove herself in her own spotlight and not in Paige's shadow. Catching feelings usually is a good thing, but for them, it can burn to the ground. Started: 20/08/2025 Finished: 02/11/2025 #1 in paigebueckers - 12/19/24 #2 in paigebueckers - 11/06/25

Paige Bueckers has spent her entire life running toward pressure. Game-winning shots. National television. Sold-out arenas. Expectations that never stop. She's learned how to handle all of it. Then she meets Captain Avery Walker. At just 23 years old, Avery has already made history as the youngest fire captain in Texas-earning the respect of her crew through relentless work, steady leadership, and a willingness to be the first one through the door when lives are on the line. While Paige's biggest battles happen under arena lights, Avery's happen behind smoke and sirens. Their worlds couldn't be more different. One plays in front of thousands. The other saves strangers when no one is watching. A chance encounter in Dallas turns into late-night conversations, coffee after exhausting shifts, and a connection neither of them expected. As Paige adjusts to life in the WNBA and Avery shoulders the weight of leading a fire company, they discover that strength isn't just about carrying everyone else-it's about letting someone carry you, too. But fame brings attention, firefighting demands sacrifice, and loving someone whose phone can ring with an emergency at any moment isn't easy. Because sometimes the bravest thing either of them will do... ...is choose each other. ⸻ She spent her life chasing championships. She spent hers running into burning buildings. Neither expected to find home in the other.

Paige Bueckers has one problem. She needs a date for the ESPYS. Arabella St. James has one of her own. She needs to convince her wealthy, impossible-to-please family that she's finally moved on from the ex who broke her heart. A simple deal is made. One glamorous night. One set of rules. One fake relationship. Easy... until neither of them is ready to let it end. What starts as a carefully planned arrangement quickly becomes months of shared flights, late-night phone calls, family holidays, college basketball games, red carpets, and pretending a little too well. Somewhere between the staged kisses, stolen glances, and convincing everyone else they're in love, they begin wondering if they're the only two who haven't admitted the truth. Set during Paige's junior year at UConn, *Fake Dating* is a slow-burn romance about finding love where you least expect it, discovering that home can be a person, and realizing that sometimes the best relationships are the ones that were never supposed to be real.

"𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞." ❦ a paige bueckers x femme! oc fic

When a young genius doctor meets a basketball prodigy, sparks fly. Are they already out of bounds, or can they risk it all and still play by the rules?

Ryland Mühl is the younger sister of Nika and Hana Mühl Ryland is a genius not only on the basketball court or softball field but she is a 13 year old senior in high school. Ryland plays softball for her high school and basketball for AAU. Ryland moved to America because she was to smart for the schools in Croatia. Take a look into the crazy life of this 13 year old in a world of adults.

Fresh out of university with a journalism degree and far more anxiety than experience, Juliette Laurent lands her dream job at one of New York's biggest magazines. There's just one problem: in a moment of panic during her interview, she lies about knowing sports. Thrown into the sports department with no idea what she's doing, Juliette survives her first weeks by secretly googling basketball terminology between interviews and stuffing confusing statistics into articles she hopes sound convincing. But when a senior reporter suddenly quits, the magazine makes a risky decision: sending Juliette to Connecticut to cover the most anticipated season in women's college basketball. UCONN's senior class is expected to dominate the year, and all eyes are on their star player-Paige Bueckers. Talented, magnetic, and already treated like a future legend, Paige is exactly the kind of athlete Juliette should keep a professional distance from. But how are you supposed to keep your distance from someone when your entire job is to expose them to the world-both on and off the court? And what happens when the person hidden behind the headlines starts feeling impossible to let go of?

We could talk, we could get it, we could both calm down. Paige Bueckers x Fem OC.

Avery van der Nacht, a UConn commit for women's basketball and the symphony orchestra, is a dominant center who plays upright bass. Fully deaf in her right ear and reliant on a hearing aid, she also has severe selective mutism-only speaking to her sister Lena and Lena's girlfriend, Hana Muhl. Half Dutch, half Croatian, Avery grew up moving from the Netherlands to Atlanta, while keeping strong ties to both cultures. A marine biology major and music performance minor, she had full-ride offers from schools like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UConn, Duke, U-M, MSU, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown University, and UGA, before choosing UConn. Now, as she steps into college, Avery will form an unexpected friendship with Azzi Fudd-but how does someone who barely speaks learn to be heard?

Fresh off her WNBA draft night, Paige Bueckers is ready to prove herself on the court-but off the court, nothing could prepare her for Avery Callahan. A fierce, respected firefighter captain and single mom to her one-year-old son, Beck, Avery lives for split-second decisions, smoky rescues, and quiet nights filled with lullabies instead of sirens. Their worlds collide when a fire safety charity event throws Paige and Avery together in the heart of the city. Paige is drawn to Avery's quiet strength, her no-nonsense grit, and the way her eyes soften every time she looks at Beck. As the season heats up and the spotlight bears down on Paige, she finds unexpected refuge in the firehouse's chaos-and Avery's steady presence. But falling for someone with a toddler and a high-risk job comes with its own kind of pressure. As Paige juggles fame, fierce competition, and a new kind of family she never saw coming, she'll have to decide if love-real, messy, heart-on-the-line love-is worth the risk. Because some fires aren't meant to be put out.

IN WHICH, UConn's biggest track star falls for the girl everyone already loves.

Jazlyn Morales wasn't just any senior-she was the fiery, flawless cheer captain with a perfectly curated feed, a scholarship on the line, and a reputation as untouchable as her winged eyeliner. But one slip of the thumb changed everything. When she accidentally posts a steamy sideline photo of UConn's golden girl, Paige Bueckers, with the not-so-subtle caption "I'd let this girl do anything to me after nine," it sets off a social media storm she never saw coming. Suddenly, Jazlyn is at the center of every group chat, every court-side whisper-and worst of all, Paige saw it. But instead of anger, Paige shows up curious. Flirty. Dangerous in all the right ways. What starts as a humiliating mistake quickly spirals into late-night texts, stolen glances, and a chemistry that makes the gym feel a little too hot. But with the team, the press, and both their futures watching-will one post ruin everything... or rewrite everything Jazlyn thought she knew about love, timing, and the player who just might play her heart? One post. One player. One very complicated problem.

She's the first woman ever signed to Red Bull Racing in Formula 1. Fast. Controlled. Untouchable. She's the captain of UConn's women's basketball dynasty. Loud. Fearless. Unstoppable. They meet at a race weekend. And everything changes. They don't get along. They don't understand each other. They definitely don't fall for each other. ...until they do. Now it's stolen glances between crowds, late-night calls no one can know about, and a secret that could ruin everything they've built. Because in a world where every move is watched... falling in love might be the biggest crash of all.

"DON'T YOU CALL HIM BABY, WERE NOT TALKING LATELY" Delilah Sinclair and Paige Bueckers were in it for the long haul. Best friends since fourth grade. They always planned their futures around each other. Neither girls expected to be going through collage without the other. But yet here they were, collage, alone. Who would have known that sports would be the things that brought them together in the end First posted: 4/30/23 Finished: 7/23/23 Paige Bueckers x OC

Fame, pressure, and expectations can build a career - but they can also destroy everything else. When Paige Bueckers entered the WNBA as the number one pick, she was ready to prove herself to the world. What she wasn't ready for was how quickly everything else in her life started to unravel - including her relationship with Azzi Fudd, the one person who had always been her constant. What started as distance turned into silence. And silence turned into goodbye. Now, Dallas holds the first-round pick again-and Azzi just happens to be the top prospect. Reunited as teammates, their chemistry on the court is undeniable. Off the court? That's where everything gets complicated. Between stolen glances, lingering touches, and words left unsaid, the line between friendship and something more begins to blur again. But some damage doesn't fade with time - and some love never really heals. The question isn't whether they still feel somethings. It's whether they're strong enough to try again.

"do you remember that night in cleveland?" "oh my god, 2024?" short story nika mühl x fem!oc (i only own original character - all fiction)

There she is UCLA transfer, hot shot and everyones worst fear. Jade Rivera. When she walks through the door and everyone turns there heads.

•SEQUEL OUT NOW• "i'm gonna break your ankles" "i'd love to see you try, little thing." nika mühl x fem!oc (i only own original character - all fiction)

In the blistering heat of a Texas summer and the ever-demanding grind of pro sports, two worlds collide under the bright stadium lights - one of polished court dominance, the other of glittering performance perfection. Paige Bueckers, the golden girl of professional basketball, is used to pressure. She thrives in it. As the newly minted star of the Dallas Wings, she's expected to carry the franchise on her shoulders - all eyes watching, all bets placed. But off the court, Paige is more than just a sharpshooter. She's quietly lonely, privately soft, and increasingly distracted by the woman who dances at halftime with effortless grace and a smile that makes her forget the score. Shayne Miller, a third year Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, knows how to keep things presentable. Always polished, always poised - it's what Judy demands, and it's what Shayne's learned to survive on. There's no room for messy feelings, no space for slip-ups or scandal. Fraternizing with players is off-limits. And catching feelings for a WNBA star with sky-blue eyes and a crooked little grin? Completely out of the question. Until it's not. A chance encounter at a joint team event - a stumble, a waist grab, and one blush too deep - sets everything into motion. What starts as a harmless DM from Paige asking for a "bar recommendation" quickly spirals into late-night texts, rooftop meetups, and an undeniable tension neither of them can laugh off anymore. Paige, the lovesick basketball player who doesn't know how to play it cool, and Shayne, the random girl from the south who happened to play a Dallas sport with walls too high and a heart too guarded, find themselves caught between the spotlight and the quiet pull of something real. But under the weight of public image, personal boundaries, and unspoken rules, falling in love isn't just risky - it's damn near dangerous. Especially when the world is watching.

You always went lookin' for an easy way out. Paige Bueckers x Fem OC.