Who’s on the Phone?

◖◗ pairing: nika muhl x fem!reader

mentions of alcohol

i’ve been feeling a little angsty | ib: Ring by Cardi B (feat. Kehlani)

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drea speaks! i like to incorporate latina influence in my work so that’s why “amor” is mentioned y pq es para mi gente so chicas lo hago por ustedes ! #laslatinasparanikamuhl 😸

“I just love to know you wanna spend time with me instead

Now you all caught up, yeah”

◖◗ You play for the Aces, and your girlfriend, Nika plays for Seattle Storm. This is your first attempt at a long distance relationship and it’s harder than you thought.

wc: 1.6k

It’s been 17 days since you returned to Las Vegas after playing in seattle against their WNBA team. You’re holding a post-dub kickback at your apartment with your teammates; Kate and her girlfriend, A’ja, Kelsey, and Kierstan.

After an unkept promise of daily FaceTime calls with your girlfriend, missing one or two the last two days, you see your phone flashing from the corner of your eye.

With your blurred vision and clouded headspace combined, it took you a moment to realize it was Nika. You pick up the phone with no hesitation, “Oh my gosh, heyy baby.” You say, your words a little slurred, the shot you downed before starting to hit. Although, you didn’t receive a pleasured response from the girl on the other line.

Nika’s face drops at your tipsy state, irritation and concern written all over her face. She narrows her eyes as she looks at you, “Are you drunk?!”

Taken aback from her exclamation you attempt to shush her, “Shh. You’re so loud, and no, i’m not drunk. If I were, so what?” You roll your eyes, because you really weren’t in the mood to be told off like a child by their mother. Nika’s irritation rises as you answer her question with an attitude, her face contorting in annoyance as she stares at you through the screen.

“So what? We’ve talked about this before! You know I don’t like it when you get drunk, especially with all those pretty girls around you.”

You can’t help but laugh at the helpless Croatian’s frustration. “Oh my gosh, babe. You’re being dramatic, they’re my teammates. And it’s my house so it’s not like i’m at a bar, i’m safe. I wouldn’t bring anyone I think you’d disapprove of through that door” You try to reassure her, but you seem to speak to soon. Your teammate Kierstan comes in the picture, wrapping her arm around your neck with a slurred ‘Heyy!’

Nika’s eyes widen, her eyes darting across your screen. Her expression hardens, her jaw clenched as she spoke through gritted teeth, “Babe… who is that?”

“This is my teammate Kierstan, say hi Kier.” Nika’s hairs stand up at the way your nickname for the girl beside you rolls off your alcohol-laced tongue, infuriating her even more.

She bites her lip, trying to keep her anger under control but failing as she speaks “And why is she clinging onto you like that?”, deadpanning.

You feel the color draw out of your face, trying to shrug Kierstan off which she does compliantly, before she moves out of frame into the living room with your other teammates. “Sorry babe, she’s a little drunk.” You try to defend the situation, feeling kind of nervous on Nika’s reaction.

Nika’s anger doesn’t subsiside at your words, feeling like you’re not taking the situation as seriously as you should be.

She lets out a frustrated huff through her nose “You should tell her to cool it then… and maybe she should go home, ‘cause I don’t want to see her back again at yours”, she barked.

Her possessiveness would’ve been more of a turn on if you weren’t in frustrating turmoil with the brunette.

As you relocate to your bedroom for privacy, Nika can’t help but bring up the lack of communication between you two the past couple of days, adding it to the long list of things pissing her off at the moment.

You rub the temples of your head, “Can we not do this tonight? I said I’m sorry baby, what more can I say? I’ll make it up to you.”

Nika lets out an exasperated scoff, not satisfied with your half-hearted apology.

She crosses her arms over her chest and glares at you through the phone screen, her annoyance and hurt evident in her voice, “I don’t know, Y/N… maybe you could start by actually picking up my calls when you say you will?”

“I mean I picked up this call? I’ve just been busy with my team on court and off. You should be able to understand that Niks.” You start defensively, but waver your defense as you continue to explain. Nika furrows her eyebrows in irritation, your dismissive words only adding fuel to the fire of her hurt and anger.

“I know you’ve been busy, but you don’t think I am as well? I’m busy too, but I still make time for you… and you know that’s the only time I get to talk to you since you’re all the way in Las Vegas now!”

A pang of guilt hits your chest, leaving you two in silence for a few moments, there was nothing to argue against that. She was right. “I’ll try harder for you amor, I swear.” You say softly, fully processing your contemplation around Nika’s words.

Nika's anger ebbs slightly as she sees the look of guilt on your face, knowing that you finally realize the effect your lack of communication has on her.

She lets out a sigh, her shoulders slouching slightly as her expression softens "just... try harder, please. I don't like going a day or two without hearing from you, especially after you promised me all those Facetime calls. It’s hard enough when I can’t see you for another two and a half weeks.”

You nod, your mood completely shifted from the unraveled events of the call, paired with the lingering alcohol. A wave of sadness hitting you, you quickly try to dismiss exchanging conversation with your girlfriend any further.

"Goodnight, I love you. I'll talk to you tomorrow." You let the girl across the screen know you’re saying your goodbyes.

Nika's heart aches at the sudden change in your tone, sensing the sadness and guilt in your words.

She nods and musters up a small smile, trying to hide her own hurt and disappointment from your words "Yeah... goodnight. I love you too...", her accent slipping out

She's about to end the call, but pauses at the last second "Hey... um, can I ask you something before you go?"

Your shoulders tense up, you don’t know whether you can mentally take another ounce of this conversation, but you give your girl a confirmation with a subtle head nod.

"Yeah, what's up?"

Nika's eyes dart down away from the screen for a moment before looking back up at you, her voice slightly shaky as she speaks

"Um... I just wanted to ask... when's the last time you went to the club while in Las Vegas?"

You're taken aback from the random and unlikely question, as your girlfriend’s always had a confident and quite cocky attitude. "Uhm, maybe like the other week? My team likes post celebrations, Why?"

Her eyes dim slightly at your answer, a slight frown forming on her face.

She tries to brush off the erupting feeling of insecurity in her chest as she asks her next question, "And um.. are there a lot of girls there?"

"Niks," You say softly, before continuing,

"If you're worried about me eyeing other girls or doing some sneaky shit, trust me, I only have eyes for you." Nika's frown deepens and her eyes flicker downward again as you say her nickname, rushing guilt hitting her for even questioning your loyalty. She looks back up at you, trying to keep the worry and insecurity out of her voice "I'm sorry... I know, it's just... I can't help but worry when you're in that environment with all those pretty girls. Especially whenever you don't talk to me for days at a time..."

"You're my pretty girl baby. None of those other girls matter. And again, i'm sorry for not taking the time to call you these past two days, I really don't know what else or more you want me to say, I've said i'll make it up to you..." You say in defeat, the constant mention making you more upset than you realize.

Nika feels her anger melt away as you speak, your words soothing her worries and insecurities, but at the same time making her feel guilty that she's upsetting you.

She lets out a sigh and runs a hand through her hair, her voice quiet and sheepish "I know, and you don't have to say anything else. I guess I just get a bit jealous sometimes... I mean, these girls get to see you and talk to you and be around you all the time..."

"But I don't talk to them babe. I'm only ever with my teammates or my friends.

Any other girl that isn't you isn't even a thought that comes across my mind." You say sternly, you truly wanted the girl to believe your words. “Nobody can compare to you."

Nika feels her heart flutter in her chest at your words, your reassurance and adoration for her washing over her like a wave of peace and comfort.

She nods, a small smile forming on her face as she looks at you through the screen, the worry and jealousy gradually fading from her eyes

"I know, I know... I just really miss you y'know? So sometimes I get all insecure and I'm so sorry for acting the way I did. I should've been more understanding and I trust you, I really do."

"It’s okay baby, I get it when your states away. Don't stress about it okay? I love you the same, that'll never change.

Goodnight babe."

Nika nods and lets out a long sigh, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders

She gives you a little smile and bites her lip, looking down then back up at you through the screen

"Okay... I love you so much... goodnight.

Get some rest, alright?"

bunch of gods! doing a lot of worldbuilding for the game/comics i’m working on

Paint My Cheeks the Way the Colors Paint the Sky

◖◗ pairing: nika muhl x fem!reader

banter obsessed couple, fluffy, suggestive if you squint

wc: 2.1k

A date was long overdue for you and Nika.

Her basketball season combined with your nursing studies created a pact schedule for you two, nonetheless efforts were made in balancing your relationship.

The last two nights you’ve contributed to more studying so you could reserve some shared time with your girlfriend to treat her. Nika has practices from 2 pm-5 pm so you showed up at her gym doors right at five o’clock with a small bouquet in-hand of her favorite assorted flowers.

With a few minutes passing by, you suspected Geno was having a meeting with his team or that your girlfriend was taking her sweet time to reassemble herself.

The door bolts open with Paige’s announcing laughter, appearing with Ice and Azzi, a Nika still nowhere to be found. Paige takes your presence in account first with the other girls trailing behind her, “Y/N?! Watch where you’re standing, I could’ve fractured something.” She teases, seeing you wasn’t too random of an occurrence, but it was still a pleasant surprise.

You laugh in response, your cheeks flushed with embarrassment from your poor judgement in choosing where to stand.

Azzi looks down to the, thankfully, untouched flowers

“Oh? I wonder who these might be for” She questioned knowingly.

“I think you might know her, but I’m not sure.” You shrug, bringing your finger to your chin inquisitively.

The three girls continuously tease you until the Croatian makes her way to the entrance recognizing your voice amongst her teammates. “Y/N?” She says, a smile forming on her face before her crinkled eyes met eyes with yours.

The basketball player’s delay was aligning with your second guess indefinitely, but you let it slide because she looked beautiful. The way her hair was braided into pigtails, her eyebrows geld down, her lips and cheeks sharing the same rosy tint. You knew your girlfriend’s tendency to feel and be well-maintained, regardless of a sweaty practice.

Nika’s teammates read their cue, each of the three girls giving you a hug as they say their goodbyes to the both of you.

“I thought I was gonna meet you at your dorm-“ Nika mentions, cutting herself off as the bouquet you held in your hands caught her attention.

“These are for you.” You say, holding them out to the doe-eyed girl. Her pupils dilating at the special thought behind the gesture, especially when it was a pretty girl who went out of her way to do it.

“Hydrangeas and Chrysanthemums? My favorite flowers, babe you didn’t.” She said, elongating her words with a whine in awe. You blush at your girlfriend’s reaction,

“It’s the least I could do, You know I’d give you a whole garden of them.”

She gently takes the flowers, wrapping her arms around your neck, engulfing you in her warm embrace. She kisses your cheek as she pulls away, “Thank you, this is perfect. You’re perfect. I love you.” You pout your lips in a playful way, unable to accept the compliments your girlfriend send your way, receiving an eye-roll and shove from the unamused brunette.

“I’m glad you liked your little surprise, I love you more” You say, pushing your pride aside. “But that’s not the only surprise I have for you my love.”

“Oh?” The girl said, raising an intrigued eyebrow in what you had planned for her. She couldn’t help but laugh at your demanding antics as you grabbed her hand, leading the way, “C’mon, I have somewhere to take you.” Nika trusted you enough not to question you, not that you would’ve told her anyway.

Driving on the highway, ‘Again’ by Noah Cyrus feat. XXXTENTACION starts to play, emphasizing the ambience of the captivating sunset blending the sky. Adrenaline was rushing through you, Nika had her arms raised through the sunroof of your car as you hung your arm out the car. You glance over to your passenger princess, “Isn’t the view so beautiful?”

Nika takes her freehand to interlock your fingers, and brings her other hand across her chest in ‘modesty’, “Awe thank you.” She teases, making you burst into laughter, “Yeah, you too I guess.” squeezing her hand in response to the interaction.

“But yeah, it really is,” She agrees, her soft voice tinged in adoration as she looks back at you. She admired how encapsulated you were by the raw image surrounding you two, your appreciation for nature was something she loved about you, something she now carries with her everywhere she goes. “The sky looks like a painting, the way the colors blend with each other.” Who knew you could be so poetic with your words?

“Do you want me to take a picture for you?” Nika asks, pulling out her phone to do so anyway. You could see right through your girlfriend’s want to make you happy by capturing what she knew you loved. She angles the camera to capture the multi-colored sunset scene outside, licking her lips in concentration, angling the shot just right to include both the sky and road ahead. After a few shots, she felt satisfied with her inner-photographer pictures.

“Thank you.” You say, expressing your gratitude of the seen gesture by your girlfriend. As the chorus of the song comes on you crank the volume up, filling the car with the electric melody. Nika laughs heartily at the sudden action, rolling down her window to juice out every ounce of the euphoria she was experiencing, embracing the feeling of freedom that comes with it.

God, it felt like there wasn’t anything else that mattered in the world but the shared moment you were in right now, just you two.

Basketball? Nursing Studies? Bills? Thoughts?

All gone.

Everything that seemed to be important, diminished in this trance you were under, a trance that you’d hope to never be released of.

Finally, you arrived at a familiar destination, parking the car. You two step outside, the beautiful sunset in front of you, the same as it was. The view was even more beautiful as the scenic point was perched upon a little hill, showing the outstretched landscape resting under the extensive horizon.

You give yourself a moment to endure the scenery in front of you, then closing your eyes to bask in the feeling of the wind blowing over your hair and the warmth of the sun on your body.

Nika analyzes you intaking the sight; how your eyes darted in examination, the way the sun hit your glistening skin, the way the sunlight highlighted your melanated freckles as well as the green flecks in your hazeled eyes.

“Take a picture, it’ll last longer” you playfully quip, breaking the silence and the once burning locked gaze you felt by the Croatian. Nika smirks to your smartass retort, “Y’know what you’re right. I will.” She says, a cheesy smile forming on her face while she snaps a photo of the sunset with you in frame.

“Isn’t this girl so beautiful?” Your girlfriend asks, gesturing to you in the picture with her phone now facing you.

“Yeah she’s a pretty thang, ain’t she?” You respond confidently, Nika letting out her contagious laughter. The playful banter between you two were skyrocketing through the roof today, but you couldn’t complain, you loved it. You loved the still well and alive chemistry between you and your girlfriend, it’s like a glimpse of what teenage puppy love could’ve been like for the both of you.

As Nika takes a second to see where you’ve brought her she lets out a tiny gasp in realization, “Oh my gosh, isn’t this where you took me when I finished recovering from my injured ankle?”

You nod with a chuckle, “Bingo, baby. About time you noticed, thought you forgot.”

“Why would I want to remember a time like that in my life?” Your girlfriend deadpanned and your face dropped in response.

Fuck, did you just mess your date up because of the location?

“Just kidding! Gosh you should’ve seen your face.” She says, covering her mouth to hold back her laughter.

“Oh my gosh, Nika! You’re so mean and for what?!” Furrowing your eyebrows at your girlfriend’s unnecessary, but successful attempt at playing with your feelings. You flail your arms through your exclamation before positioning them in a cross over your body.

“I’m sorry baby, but it was kinda funny.” She chuckles, kissing the top of your head while rubbing your shoulder, only to earn a nudge in the ribs.

“Ow, the fuck was that for? Trying to really make me relive this experience huh?” She scoffs in reference to her previous injury.

“You’ll be okay, you have a nurse on the scene.” You smile, wrapping your arms around the basketball player’s waist. “Might as well have a lawyer on dial too in that case.” The girl continues to joke, earning a second round of nudges to her ribs. “Alright chill! I’ll stop, violence isn’t okay Y/N. Pretty ironic for a nurse if you ask me” She teases, which you can only huff in response to.

“Really, I do love this place. I can’t believe I almost forgot about it, because it reminds me of home so much. This is the closest thing I have to both my favorite things in the world, until I can actually take you back with me. I would do anything to make that happen baby.” The international confesses, the way her words flowed so eloquently off her tongue.

You could tell she missed it, her friends, her family, you forget she had a whole life there before the one you shared with her right now.

“Awe, love. I know you would, and we’ll make that happen soon. I promise.” You reassure her, turning over to her to place a deep kiss on her lips.

She returns the kiss, resting her hand on the small of your back, pulling her closer into you. You can feel yourself get flushed at Nika’s touch and managed to pull yourself away before things escalated.

You give her a small smile, intertwining your hands in hers. “I still have something to show you baby.” Your girlfriend following you in suit as you make your way down the hill into a more secluded area to reveal Nika’s true surprise.

You turn around to face the towering Croatian, “I want you to close your eyes okay?” Nika nods and obliges your request as she brings her palms up to her face to cover her eyes.

“Okay just a few more steps..” You say guiding your girlfriend by her hips. “Okay, we’re here.”

You gently pull your girlfriend’s hands away from

her eyes she covered.

Her eyes flicker open to a breathtaking sight of a setup.

There were fairy lights connected by surrounding trees, a picnic-tent set up perfectly in the middle with lit candles and rose petals bordered around the tent’s perimeter and food prepared and ready-to-eat.

Nika brought her hand to her mouth in awe, her initial feelings resurfacing for you, as if she was experiencing love at first sight with you all over again.

Her eyes were starting to tear, she couldn’t wrap the fact that someone would do this for her around her head, words couldn’t express the process of emotions she was going through.

“Baby, I..” She tries to suppress a choked sob. You smiled while having concern laced in your eyebrows, trying to read her reaction.

“It’s okay, no words need to be said.” You assure her, reaching up to wrap your arms around her neck. Blush paints your cheeks, spreading across your once blank canvased face. She kisses you passionately, some tears falling down her cheek. She picked you up and spun you around with no hesitation and your legs straddled around her waist, before placing you down.

Her head laid in the crook of your neck tightly embracing you, she never wanted to let go of you, let go of this moment.

She plants soft kisses against your neck, transitioning to rougher ones as you melt in her embrace.

“I have food for us y’know, you don’t have to go on ham on me.” You groan through her fastened kisses, trying to pull away from the girl.

“I’m hungry for you.” She mutters between kisses, the sensation of her words and breath against your skin sending a chill up your spine.

“Well this dessert’s going to have to wait.” You tease through your giggles, successfully squirming out of Nika’s embrace, taunting her with a tongue-grazed kiss.

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drea speaks! okay so i thought this was a little wordy so i didn’t include like the picnic part of the date itself but if you want that lmk

bare w me guys this is my second time ever writing a oneshot so mb if my writing style doesn’t give novel author

this has been on repeat in my head this whole day

i love love love nika mühl 💘