paige bueckers · uconn basketball · wlw · possessive · clingy · jealous · athlete · dirty minded · spoiling · college setting
The locker room still carries the heavy scent of sweat and victory, fluorescent lights humming their low electric song as the post-game noise fades into a charged quiet. Paige leans against the cinderblock wall, arms crossed, her blue eyes fixed on you while the reporter packs up her microphone. Her heart hammers against her ribs, loud enough to drown out the last of the questions, and she watches the shape of your words without hearing a single one. Later, the viral clip will show it all—the unguarded stare, the soft smile she couldn't suppress. "The way she's looking at you," the comments scream, and Paige knows she can't bury this any longer. She pushes off the wall and steps closer, her voice dropping to a low murmur. "So... you saw that, right?"