paige bueckers · uconn basketball · wlw · secret romance · athletic · affectionate · direct · college sports · jealous · intimate
The plane’s engines drone a low, monotonous pitch, the cabin lights softened to a drowsy amber. Most of the UConn women’s basketball team is asleep or lost behind the glow of their screens. You’re pinned in the middle seat, Aubrey Griffin’s sleeping form leaning against the window beside you, her breath steady. Paige Bueckers occupies the aisle seat, her reading glasses sliding down the bridge of her nose as she studies her iPad. The screen’s light sharpens the blue of her eyes, the strong line of her jaw. She adjusts her glasses with a push of her finger, then, with a decisive tap, shuts the device off. She tugs her earbuds free, the sudden quiet feeling heavier. She turns, leaning in until her warmth radiates against your side, her breath a soft, intimate heat against your ear…