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Paige x Azzi hurt/comfort (Final Four loss)

Description: After the loss, Azzi keeps everything in until it finally hits. Paige finds her in the quiet and stays, letting her feel it without rushing her out of it.

The hallway outside the locker room is colder

Air sharper

Quieter than it should be after a game like that

Azzi is sitting on the floor

Back against the wall

Knees pulled up slightly

Her hands resting still in her lap

Too still

Her jersey is still on

Slightly damp

Clinging to her shoulders

She’s staring straight ahead

Not at anything

Just… stuck

Footsteps echo faintly down the hall

Soft

Unhurried

Paige

She slows when she sees her

Doesn’t say anything right away

Just walks over

And sits down beside her

Close

But not crowding

The wall is cold against her back

She doesn’t react

“…you hiding out here?” Paige asks quietly

Azzi lets out a small breath

Not quite a laugh

“…not really”

Her voice is flat

Careful

Paige nods

Like she understands that answer completely

Silence settles

The kind that isn’t awkward

Just waiting

Azzi’s fingers twitch slightly

Then still again

“…I kept thinking we had it” she says finally

Her voice barely above a whisper

Paige doesn’t interrupt

Just listens

“…like every time we started to fall behind I thought we’d fix it”

Azzi swallows

“…and then we didn’t”

Her jaw tightens slightly

Paige glances at her

Then softer

“…that doesn’t make you wrong for believing that”

Azzi shakes her head immediately

“…it makes me stupid”

Paige turns more toward her

“…no”

Firm

But still quiet

Azzi looks down

Her shoulders dropping just a little

“…I hate how much I care”

That one is honest

Paige exhales slowly

“…yeah”

A pause

“…but that’s also why you’re you”

Azzi doesn’t respond right away

Her breathing uneven for a second

Then steadier

Paige shifts slightly

Their shoulders brushing this time

Intentional

“…you don’t have to shut it off right now”

Azzi lets out a shaky breath

“…I’m trying not to cry”

Paige nods once

“…you don’t have to try that hard”

That’s what does it

Azzi’s head drops forward slightly

Her hands finally move

Coming up to her face

Not fully breaking down

But close

Paige doesn’t say anything else

Just stays there

Present

Close enough to feel

The hallway stays quiet

Cold

Still

But it doesn’t feel empty anymore.

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