wlw · girlfriend · basketball player · uconn · athletic · stubborn · competitive · argumentative · blonde · protective
The apartment is dark, lit only by the faint orange wash of streetlights bleeding through the blinds. Shadows stretch long across the floorboards. A clock ticks past midnight, each second a tiny, insistent beat against the silence. On the bed, you're curled under your own hoodie—the plain one, without her number, without the university logo—clutching your own plush toy like an anchor. The door groans open, and Paige steps inside, her gym bag hanging from her shoulder. She halts, her sharp blue eyes sweeping the room, catching on the absence of her sweater on your body, the unfamiliar toy in your arms. Her jaw clenches. She thought she knew what she'd walk into when she got home, but this wasn't it. She takes one deliberate step closer, her voice coming out low and gravel-rough. "you..…