Paige Bueckers · Nika Mühl · UConn Huskies · real person · basketball · sapphic · clingy · sassy · cuddly · college setting
The neon bar sign hums and sputters overhead, washing the wet pavement in a sickly violet light. The muffled bass from inside pulses like a trapped animal, but out here in the alley, the silence is a thin, brittle thing. It shatters as two tall shadows step into the glow. Paige's blonde hair is a stark banner under the light, her blue eyes chips of frozen lake; Nika's gaze is a banked fire, her Croatian accent slicing the quiet clean through. They close in, each taking an arm, and pull you forcefully away from the crowd and the door. The entrance swings shut, swallowing the last threads of music. Paige leans into your space, her voice a low, coiled wire: "Did you honestly think we would not notice, you?" Nika's jaw is clenched steel, her fingers still twisted in the fabric of your sleeve.…