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Paige and Azzi met in middle school and started dating in high school. Everyone knew them as basketball prodigies. They planned their future together, everything falling into place. That is..until Azzi goes missing.
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Arrest Me But Make It Sexy
Azzi Fudd entered the LAPD as the academy's brightest star-top scores, flawless instincts, and a reputation built on discipline and drive. But none of that mattered the second she met her training officer. Officer Paige Bueckers is everything Azzi wasn't prepared for: sharp, relentless, impossibly composed, and feared by every rookie unlucky enough to land in her patrol car. Paige doesn't bend rules. She doesn't accept excuses. And she definitely doesn't get close to anyone she trains. From day one, Paige makes one thing clear-Azzi will earn her way, or she'll break under the pressure. But Azzi doesn't break. She learns. She listens. She grows. And somewhere in the long nights and high-stakes calls, she becomes the one rookie Paige can't forget how to breathe without. A year later, Azzi is no longer Paige's trainee. She's her equal. Her partner. And the one person Paige should never want. The LAPD has rules. Their careers have boundaries. Their feelings have consequences. But some lines were meant to blur. And on the streets of Los Angeles-where danger waits around every corner and trust can save a life-Azzi and Paige are about to discover that the hardest thing to protect... is each other.Complete
Drafted Back To You
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.
This Isn't A love Story
Azzi Fudd has spent her life in control-careful, guarded, and always keeping her distance. Behind her composed exterior is a past marked by domestic violence, a history that left deeper scars than she lets anyone see, and a dream she once had to set aside: playing professional basketball. Now working as the Strategic Communications and PR Director for the Dallas Wings, Azzi finds herself unexpectedly close to the game that once defined her. When she meets Paige Bueckers, everything begins to shift. Confident, persistent, and impossible to ignore, Paige doesn't just notice Azzi-she pursues her, challenging the walls Azzi has spent years building. What begins as tension and restraint slowly turns into something deeper, something Azzi swore she would avoid at all costs.. But being around basketball again begins to stir something in her. The practices, the games, and the energy brings her dream back to life; forcing her to confront not only her growing feelings for Paige, but the version of herself she thought she had lost. Somewhere between healing, ambition, and unexpected connection, Azzi must decide if she's ready to risk the peace she has built, for a future she never allowed herself to imagine again. Triggers: mention of Domestic violence and explicit sexual contentComplete
More than a game
Paige Bueckers has never been in a serious relationship, and she's never felt feelings this intense for anyone-until her best friend, Azzi Fudd. Paige tries to push them down, worried that Azzi could never feel the same and unsure if Azzi is even into girls. As their friendship grows stronger on and off the court, Paige must navigate fear, desire, and the risk of losing the one person who means the most to her, all while discovering that some feelings are worth taking a chance on.
My Best Friend
⚠️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.
Growing Connections
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.Complete
Living on Saturn
Paige and Azzi meet at USA basketball, their in court chemistry undeniable. but off the court, they despise eachothers presence. After being forced to spend time together over the summer the two start to grow closer both growing feelings and eventually leading to a summer fling. Flashforward to when Azzi starts attending UCONN. the two girls lost contact over the time Paige moved away to college. Azzi goes in with high hopes to reconnect with Paige only to find Paige has changed a lot since they last spoke. I will be removing anything that goes to far, these are real people! Respect them as such!!! Warning: Cheating, Underage drinking, fighting, and domestic violence
Beyond the Arc: From Jerseys to Jealousy
They were best friends. Until they weren't. Secrets were never a thing between them. Nothing was too personal, too embarrassing, or too sad. They told each other everything-except one thing. The one thing that could ruin everything. The one thing they were both hiding. They supported each other through everything: the games, the injuries, the press, the other crushes, the people they were supposed to want-but didn't. So the question becomes: Who breaks first? And what happens after they do? This book follows the dynamic between Paige and Azzi as it shifts from playful comfort to complicated closeness. The glances. The tension. The almosts. The what-ifs. The lingering something they've carried since Team USA-unspoken, but always there. Tune in to see how their feelings unfold, evolve, and change everything.
Hidden.
Love is love. Until the world wants you to break. This story is completely fictional. This doesn't correlate to real life. I deleted my first story and starting over with it here. I wanted to add things and take things out.Complete
Under Flashing Lights
Azzi Fudd thought she had her life mapped out-her career, her independence, her heart. Then Paige Bueckers got down on one knee, and everything changed. From the moment they say yes, the world around them erupts-family chaos, wedding planning disasters, and high-stakes cases at the precinct that remind them that love doesn't make life any less dangerous. But Paige and Azzi have survived everything together before, and this time, they're determined to survive everything as fiancées. As fears, old scars, and cold feet threaten to pull them apart, they'll learn that the strongest vows aren't just about forever-they're about courage, trust, and choosing each other every single day. From tearful laughter to heart-stopping moments, this sequel is a story of love that's messy, fearless, and unstoppable.
More than Best Friends? ~ Pazzi
Is there more to Paige and Azzi's friendship then everyone thinks? *I'm not assuming anything. This is all fictional. I will also not be writing any smut in respect to them, but there will be kissing and hickies and stuff* (Also any comments about them that go too far I will be removing. This is all for fun and fictional. I am not trying to force anything or speculate anything. So please leave respectful comments) Thanks @macdemarcoloverr for the ideaComplete
Unexpected Overtime
Five years together had made Paige and Azzi feel unshakable. Teammates, partners, and each other's biggest supporters, their lives had always revolved around basketball and the future they were building side by side. But at the very start of the season, everything changed. A devastating ACL and MCL tear sidelines Azzi for the rest of the year, forcing her to watch from the stands while Paige continues to lead the team on the court. Through surgery, painful rehab, and months of frustration, Paige never leaves her side-proving again and again that their relationship is stronger than any setback. Just as life finally starts to feel normal again, a few strange mornings turn their world upside down. What begins as nausea they blame on stress quickly turns into something neither of them expected. When Azzi misses her period and Paige rushes out to buy a test, the two of them find themselves sitting on the couch together, waiting through the longest three minutes of their lives. Because sometimes the biggest life changes don't happen during the game. Sometimes they happen in the quiet moments after. And when Paige finally looks down at the test and says the word "It's...", their future together is about to change forever.
OffSide Hearts
When Azzi Fudd transfers schools at the start of senior year, she plans to keep her head down, earn perfect grades, and chase her dream of UConn-no distractions, no drama. A "good girl" cheerleader who skips parties and follows rules, Azzi isn't prepared for Paige Bueckers: the school's star quarterback, football captain, and resident heartbreaker who thrives on attention and chaos. Their first meeting is a disaster. Paige, fresh from practice and still tangled up with the cheer captain, clocks Azzi as uptight and judgmental. Azzi sees Paige as everything she wants to avoid-reckless, arrogant, and exactly the kind of girl who derails futures. With Azzi's dad stepping in as the new football coach, avoiding Paige becomes impossible, and tension crackles between them every time they cross paths. But fate intervenes when they're paired for a history project neither of them wants. Forced proximity turns rivalry into reluctant understanding-and something far more dangerous. As sparks fly, family pressure mounts: Paige's parents see Azzi as a distraction from a USC-bound football legacy, while Azzi fights to prove her ambitions matter just as much. Caught between expectations and desire, Paige and Azzi must decide whether love can survive clashing dreams-or if supporting each other means letting go.Complete
𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 || 𝐏𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐢
𝑨 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝑨 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕, 𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒕 ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆ '𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳... [In which 2 girls get a baby dropped off at their door] ◌ೄComplete
🏀 Second Shot
On the court, they're unstoppable. Off the court, they're unfinished business. They had it all. The love story everyone envied, the chemistry no one could touch. Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd were inseparable-until the WNBA draft tore them apart. Rumors. Distance. Lies. Azzi believed Paige had betrayed her. Paige swore she hadn't. By the time the truth mattered, their love was already broken. A year later, fate plays its cruelest card: Paige and Azzi are teammates again, reunited on the Dallas Wings. On the court, their connection is magic. Off the court, it's war. But buried under the anger and heartbreak, the fire between them still burns. Second chances don't come easy. The question is-will this one save them, or break them for good?Complete
Teach Me (Pazzi fanfic)
Basketball is all that's ever mattered to Paige. After years of chasing a championship at UCLA, she transfers to UConn for her final season - one last chance to make her dream come true. But life at UConn turns out to be very different from what she's used to in Los Angeles, and her quiet, guarded nature is quickly put to the test. Everything begins to change when she meets her new captain, Azzi Fudd - a charismatic and kind leader who has led the team to two straight titles. Known as "the people's princess," Azzi is confident, magnetic and cool - everything Paige isn't. From being the good girl who only ever cared about basketball and her education, Paige finds herself navigating the parties, alcohol, friendships and the unstoppable fascination with her captain.
The game we played
Paige Bueckers never planned on falling for her best friend. Not when she's built her whole life on control-on pushing feelings down, on keeping her heart locked tight behind the same walls that protect her on the court. But then there's Azzi Fudd: soft-spoken, steady, brilliant Azzi, who sees straight through her defenses without even trying.Complete
Only you
Before the championships, before UConn, before marriage and baby Harper-there was 2017. Paige Bueckers, 15, and Azzi Fudd, 14, were two of the brightest young stars in women's basketball, thrown together on Team USA's U16 squad. The problem? They couldn't stand each other. Paige thought Azzi was too serious, too polished, too perfect. Azzi thought Paige was cocky, loud, and reckless. But traveling the world together meant there was no escape. Through long practices, curfews, bus rides, and the pressure of wearing red, white, and blue, their rivalry slowly began to shift. Enemies became teammates. Teammates became friends. And maybe-just maybe-something deeper was already burning between them, even if they didn't have words for it yet.
Beneath The Surface
⚠️Trigger warning: sexual content, sa, physical and sexual abuse⚠️ *YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOW MANY PEOPLE READ THIS STORY* I wrote most of this at like 2am and I dint edit it or revise it yet so..yeah They did everything together, the power duo of uconn. Best friends always lingering onto something more. Until the unforgettable happens. The thing neither of them can come back from. Kevin and Azzi become the new power duo, while paige sits in the shadows. But there's always something else bubbling beneath the surface. Can paige and azzi swim back up before it's too late?Complete
Between the lines we've never crossed
Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd grow up a thousand miles apart, bound only by basketball, ambition, and a feeling neither of them has language for yet. Paige, raised between two households in Minnesota, learns early how to be adaptable - how to love people across distance, how to exist in the in-between. With a blended family on both sides, she grows up observant, guarded, and driven, carrying quiet questions about herself she's never dared to ask. Azzi, grounded in Virginia by two loving parents, loud brothers, and dogs that always greet her at the door, grows up confident on the court but uncertain about her heart. She's never lacked support - only clarity. They meet as teenagers at USA Basketball and AAU camps, where chemistry crackles instantly but goes unnamed. Over the years, tournaments blur into summers, texts stretch into nights, and admiration deepens into something heavier - something that feels like longing. As distance, injuries, expectations, and self-discovery pull them in different directions, Paige and Azzi must navigate who they are becoming - not just as athletes, but as women learning how to love, how to want, and how to choose each other.
Azzi Fudd entered the LAPD as the academy's brightest star-top scores, flawless instincts, and a reputation built on discipline and drive. But none of that mattered the second she met her training officer. Officer Paige Bueckers is everything Azzi wasn't prepared for: sharp, relentless, impossibly composed, and feared by every rookie unlucky enough to land in her patrol car. Paige doesn't bend rules. She doesn't accept excuses. And she definitely doesn't get close to anyone she trains. From day one, Paige makes one thing clear-Azzi will earn her way, or she'll break under the pressure. But Azzi doesn't break. She learns. She listens. She grows. And somewhere in the long nights and high-stakes calls, she becomes the one rookie Paige can't forget how to breathe without. A year later, Azzi is no longer Paige's trainee. She's her equal. Her partner. And the one person Paige should never want. The LAPD has rules. Their careers have boundaries. Their feelings have consequences. But some lines were meant to blur. And on the streets of Los Angeles-where danger waits around every corner and trust can save a life-Azzi and Paige are about to discover that the hardest thing to protect... is each other.
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