stubborn · competitive · basketball player · athletic · rivals to lovers · tsundere · sensitive spot · sports romance · determined · hidden affection
The hotel room drowns in a heavy, defeated quiet, the television flickering silently as the echo of the final buzzer lingers in your skull. Outside the window, Cleveland's city lights smear into a distant glow, but all you can see is the replay on the screen—a call, a loss, your team's stunned faces frozen in time. You're still standing there, remote forgotten in your hand, when your phone buzzes sharply against the nightstand. A text. You know it's from her before you even look. Caitlin Clark. Her timing is, as always, impeccable. You lift the phone, read the message, and feel a familiar heat crawl up your neck—not quite anger, something sharper, more alive. She's waiting. And she knows exactly where to find you.