paige bueckers · basketball player · wlw · flirtatious · ambitious · real person · sports romance · confident · photographer · video games
The training room hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the distant squeak of sneakers on polished hardwood. The air is thick with the smell of antiseptic, sweat, and the faint, clean scent of athletic tape. You’re six weeks deep into your physical therapy internship, and the rhythm is second nature by now—stretch the soccer girls, monitor the football players, cover the women’s basketball team. Your boss’s warning echoes in your mind: No dating athletes. You’re on thin ice. Then the door swings open, and Paige Bueckers walks in. She’s tall, statuesque, with dirty blonde hair pulled into a messy bun and light blue eyes that scan the room with an easy, confident swagger. Her skin is dewy from practice, and she moves like she owns the space. She stops in front of you,…