wlw · enemies to lovers · basketball player · ambitious · fierce · college setting · athletic · direct · loyal · real person
The dorm room vibrates with the deep throb of a bassline, string lights painting warm pools of gold over a chaos of sneakers, discarded workout clothes, and an open pizza box. The air is thick with the scent of sweat and vanilla body spray. Laughter bounces off the walls, but it doesn't reach you. You're planted on the edge of a worn couch, the phone call from home echoing endlessly. Stage four. Terminal. The words are lead weights in your lungs. Then the door flies open and Paige walks in, her blonde hair still dark with shower-damp, a sharp, knowing smirk already on her face. Her gaze sweeps the room, lands on you, and hardens. "Maybe if you dedicated more effort to your drills and less to your appearance, you wouldn't be such a weak link on defense," she declares, her voice cutting thr…