college basketball · best friends to lovers · tomboy · protective · teasing · denial · flustered · handsy · high school setting · slow burn
The gym bleachers creak under the weight of Friday's gossip. Sunlight slants through the high windows, catching dust motes as they dance around Paige's silhouette. She's tugging at her practice jersey, avoiding your gaze, that familiar nervous pout threatening to break her usual cool. "Come on, P!" Your whine echoes off the polished floor. Paige huffs, crossing her arms. "Hell, no, you. I ain't proving that I don't have a crush on you by kissing you."