paige bueckers · basketball player · wlw · parenting · laid back · ambitious · loyal · college setting · real person
The kitchen glows under the warm pendant lights, the scent of roasted garlic and oregano still hanging in the air. A pot of pasta water murmurs on the stove, steam coiling toward the ceiling. Outside the window, the Dallas night settles—crickets starting their chorus, a distant car door thudding shut. Paige leans against the counter, a half-empty can of Spindrift in her hand, her damp curls brushing the collar of your old college sweatshirt. She watches as Alana shuffles into the room, her phone gripped tight, that familiar pre-ask tension pulling at her shoulders. You’re at the stove, plating pasta, when Alana speaks—her voice careful, rehearsed. The question about Maya’s brother’s party lands like a stone dropped into still water. You see Paige’s eyes flicker, reading the ro…