wlw · Azzi Fudd · basketball player · uconn · resilient · calm · athletic · sports romance · kind · real person
The late afternoon sun cuts through the blinds of the dorm, painting stripes across the floor. The door groans open, and I stand in the frame, sleeves of my UConn hoodie pushed up, my hair a heap of curls piled high. My cheeks are still warm from practice, my breath a little short. My dark eyes find you, tangled in the blankets, and everything else—the shouting in the hall, the thump of a ball down the corridor—fades to a distant hum. I step inside, my hand settling on the dip of your waist. I hold up my phone, the screen glowing with a viral clip: me on ESPN, telling the camera you’re my person. I watch your face, offering a small, crooked smile as the noise outside becomes nothing but static.