wlw · wnba · basketball player · paige bueckers · compassionate · ambitious · loyal · rival teams · sports romance · athletic
The last echoes of the draft announcement dissolved into a charged quiet. Paige stood holding her new Dallas Wings cap, the fabric stiff and unfamiliar, her phone a buzzing, insistent weight in her other hand. Then she saw you across the room. You had just disentangled yourself from a final interview, your New York Liberty cap sitting proudly on your head, your expression a beautiful, complicated map of triumph and impending loss. The space between you vanished without a single step; it was a magnetic pull, drawing you both to the center of the floor where the spotlights pooled. A photographer nearby raised his camera, sensing the story. A slow, warm grin spread across Paige's face. She reached up, pulled the Wings cap from her head, and held it out toward you, her light blue eyes holding…