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plot: in which, the secret wnba couple slowly get exposed by fans and...their rookie, saniya rivers

trope: previously enemies to lovers

pairings: wbb! poc reader x marina mabrey/ crash out x crash out

warnings: foul language, sexual implications, marijuana use, alcohol use

a/n: finally decided to give y'all a part two to "crash outs" ☺️ t-cloud fic in the works, just figuring out a solid plot 🙂‍↕️ lmk who else y'all want!

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Previously on Crash Outs...

Marina's trade request from Connecticut Sun was denied. She only made the request to go be closer to her girlfriend. But since that didn't go the way she wanted, y/n backed out of negotiations with the Aces and decided to sign with Connecticut for the 2025 season. It confused fans, who still were unsure what their relationship was. Some people suspected dating. Others suspected friendship. It was confusing. They didn't have much proof on any theories either. The only thing that was confirmed is that they were no longer enemies, thanks to Tash who accidentally confirmed it on her live.

They recently spotted the two together on Saniya and Aneesah's TikTok. They had gotten the couple to do some dances with them. Not even they knew they were together. They kept it under lock in front of people. The only ones who knew were the ones who played at Unrivaled with them and they kept their mouths shut.

It wasn't until training camp, Saniya found out. Her mom passed, and the two vets were the first ones to comfort her. She got close with y/n, who could personally relate to her situation, her grief. She let Saniya stay the night and that's when she realized her and Marina lived together. It was surprising because y/n had her own apartment but had all of her stuff at Marina's. She had to ask the question, and they weren't gonna lie to her.

It started with little posts Saniya made with Marina. The fans would spot y/n's belongings in the background, or hear her voice. Then when people weren't getting enough crumbs they started shipping Saniya and Marina. Y/n wasn't bothered by it. It did not phase her one bit. Their relationship was very secure. It was actually good that they shipped them. It took eyes away from the theories on y/n and Marina.

Until a game put their eyes back on the couple. It was the 3rd quarter, they were playing the Storm. One minute y/n was yelling at the ref about the bad call and the next the crowd gasps when Lexi Brown shoved Marina. The next thing that happened? Y/n ran over and shoved her down, "don't put your fuckin' hands on her! The fuck is wrong wit' you?" Saniya and Tina were quick to run over and pull her back. "Y'all better get your girl! Whiney ass bitch."

"Go sit your ass down and warm the bench!" Marina stood off the side, a little surprised by her girlfriend's crash out but not at the same time. Y/n never played about her, and that was even before they were dating. She had been minding her business too. She let Marina handle her own fights and was there to calm her down but this time? She was done letting that shit slide. It really didn't help that Lexi had been caught talking shit about y/n before. That just angered her even more.

Tina and Saniya were trying to calm y/n down while Marina was off to the side smiling in support, and joking around with Aneesah. The refs ended up ejecting y/n, but not Lexi. That ticked Marina off like crazy. She immediately started arguing with the ref, and that ended up with her on the receiving end of a tech. Y/n grins as she walked off on her own past the Seattle bench. She flipped off Lexi, "keep runnin' that mouth and I'mma take your spot next year!"

The fans went crazy. They started pulling up little moments of them in Unrivaled trying to piece together their relationship.

Their comments consisted of:

y/n defending marina?? and y'all tried to say they wasn't dating

that was the hottest ive ever seen y/n get 😭 if marina wasn't on that before, she definitely on it now!

this is exactly why I wasn't falling for the sarina propaganda. NOW THAT IS HOW A REAL COUPLE ACTS ON THE COURT!!

y/n don't play about marina lemme go delete them thirst tweets before she go beat my ass next

some wattpad ass enemies to lovers story

what they got goin on in connecticut??

y/n was about to whoop that girl ass over marina omg

but when I said they were dating in unrivaled y'all called me crazy!!

been on this ship since unrivaled *cigarette duck meme*

marina if you don't want y/n...i can take her off your hands *that one druski meme*

saniya trying to calm y/n down?? AND IF I SAID THEYRE ALL TOGETHER THEN WHAT??

ruin the friendship marina we won't blame you

marina smiling the whole time?? we know what you are

sarina this sarina that 🙄 Y/N SAID STOP PLAYIN WIT HER WIFE TITLE

she crash out bout marina

Saniya started feeding into the theories after that because they were lowkey entertaining and watching the delusional takes fans had were hilarious. It was one night after a game, y/n dropped 30 points and instead of the team insisting she go out and celebrate, she preferred to be home getting high with her favorite person...and their favorite third wheel, Saniya. She didn't invite her. Marina did.

Saniya went on live as they waited for the food to get there. Marina put on her playlist before getting into the frame. "They askin' where y/n is." Saniya said after reading the comments. Marina chuckles, "how do you guys even know she's here? She has her own life. She could be out with her other friends." Saniya smiles sheepishly before turning the camera to show y/n under the sink fixing the pipes that connected to Marina's sink. "Y/n. Say hi."

"Why you got me on camera?" Y/n complained.

Niya flipped the camera back as the fans went crazy. Marina smiles, biting her bottom lip, "she's handy."

FIXING HER SINK?? THEYRE LOCKED IN

she's handy?? MARINA WE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

oh yeah they def dating

marina wants that cookie so bad

"Come check if it workin' now," y/n said. Saniya flipped the camera for them to see as Marina got up to check. "I'm scared. Are you sure it's not gonna spray you?" Y/n chuckles, patting her leg, "you good. It won't spray me. I just wanna double check, make sure their ain't no more leaks." Marina took a breath before turning the water on and thankfully it didn't spray her. "A'ight, we good. No more leaks."

Marina smiled, moving out of the way to let her out. "Thank you."

She stood up, wiping her hands with a towel. "No problem."

her musclessss 😫😫 someone make an edit

she look high 

saniya always getting y/n on camera knowing she hates it is hilarious

is she single?

Niya chuckles, "they're askin' if you single, y/n."

Y/n grabbed some soap to wash her hands, trying to ignore the sharp, subtle glare from Marina that told her she better watch what she said next. "Uh, nah, I got a lady."

Saniya taps her fingers together, "yup, y'all heard her. She got a lady."

who is the lady??!!

the lady being marina

marina we know it's you

it's marina isn't it?

She chuckles, "y'all are messy." Once y/n was sure they were out of frame, she grabbed her girlfriend's waist to press a kiss to her lips. "I'mma go change. I'll be right back." Marina smiled, pressing another peck to her lips. "Okay. Hurry back."

did i just hear kissing???

THEY JUST KISSED ISTG

Saniya was unbothered by their comments as she reached for the plate of cookies that a fan made for y/n. She took a bite, humming in delight. "Whichever fan made these for y/n..y'all deserve to get your feet rubbed." Marina laughed, reaching for a cookie of her own. "I agree."

Y/n returned in literally the same outfit, but clean. Marina really needed to get her different colors. Her eyes widened at the cookies missing on the table. "Who ate these?"

Saniya and Marina immediately pointed fingers at each other. "Aren't these the cookies that fan gave you?" Marina asked. Saniya muted the live as y/n reached into the fridge to grab a container of cookies. "No. These are the ones the fan gave me. Those are the special sugar cookies my friend dropped off, remember? Antonio?" Marina's eyes widened, "oh shit."

Niya blinked, dropping the rest of the cookie in her hand. "Oh, my god."

Y/n sighed, "this is why I told y'all to stop touchin' my food." Marina giggles, not able to take this very serious. It wasn't her first time eating an edible. But it was the first time eating one by accident. "How many grams is in this?" Saniya questioned.

"Enough to take my pain away after a game."

Marina frowned, "I thought you said I take away your pain after a game?" She sighed, walking around the table to wrap her arms around her. She always got clingy when she was high. "You do, baby. I didn't mean it like that." Saniya's eyes widened and she moved the camera away from them so they weren't in the frame.

WE SAW THAT

UNMUTE US

An hour passed and now the fans were witnessing a push up contest between Saniya and Y/n. Marina watches with a smile, subtly checking out her girlfriend. It was crazy that just a couple months ago, they hated each other's guts. "You still goin'?" Y/n laughed, watching Saniya struggle to keep going. "You got this, Niya. Don't let her discourage you." Marina encouraged.

"You keep talkin' we gon' have to run that beef back," y/n retorts, still going and not getting tired yet. She had stamina for days.

"We can run it back. I actually kinda miss hating you." Marina taunted.

"Ain't nobody told you to stop."

Saniya collapsed, arms feeling like jello as y/n still kept going. "I can't move."

She finally stopped, even though she could keep going. Marina smiled as she came up to her, Saniya picking up the live on the floor. "Over here smilin'. Thought you hated me? Where all that energy go?" She teased, stepping in between her legs, all in her girlfriend's space. She pushed her away playfully, "get away from me."

She shook her head in amusement, "can't never stand on business."

Saniya gasped dramatically, "you gon' let her do you like that, Marina?"

Y/n tilts her head, almost daring her to do something. "go ahead, mama. You know you miss fightin' me." Marina rolled her eyes, "you're not baiting me. I won't fall for it." Suddenly she was lifted from the stool. She yelped, smacking her girlfriend's back. "I am not a sack of potatoes!"

did she just call her mama?

the closet is glass

can she call me mama too?

"You in air jail." Y/n did some squats, Saniya laughing as Marina went limp in her arms, giving up on fighting. Her grip was too secure. "You guys see what I have to deal with? Her girlfriend's a saint." Marina comments, the fans going crazy in the live. Y/n's hand slid up to her ass before placing her back down on the floor.

WE SEEN THAT

she not slick

getting a little handsy there aren't we?

It was late. Saniya ended the live an hour ago. They decided to watch a movie. Y/n waited for Niya to fall asleep before she pulled Marina to their bedroom as they sloppily made out. She was gripping her all over, kicking the door shut behind them. Marina wouldn't say she was clingy, she'd just say y/n loved to show her all kinds of affection. And it was super sweet. She loved seeing the side of y/n strictly reserved for her.

"You like my 30 game tonight?"

Marina nodded softly, backing into the bed. "It was hot. I love seeing you like that."

"I do it for you baby." She laid her down on the bed and pulled her tank top over her head, throwing it to the side. She climbed over her, connecting their lips again. She buried her face into her neck, peppering sweet kisses on her skin. "You gon' let me taste you?"

Marina smiled, hand slipping around her neck with seductive eyes. "You can do whatever you want. You earned it, baby."

She smirked, sliding her fingers beneath the waistband of her shorts. "How I get so lucky?"

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"You're being too delicate!"

Saniya and Rayah shared a look. "Here they go again."

"You told me to go easy on your leg," y/n argued back in a calmer manner. While Marina tended to explode on her, she remained pretty calm. Ever since they got together, y/n could never find it in herself to yell at her. Did she get frustrated sometimes? Yes. But did she resort to yelling? Absolutely not.

"Yeah but that doesn't mean you need to treat me like an injured little lamb! I'm not Bambi!" She exclaimed in exasperation. Before dating, their arguments were far worse, so this was considered pretty chill for them. It was better than almost fist fighting in the middle of a game. Besides, y/n understood Marina was just frustrated with the injury and not being able to play for a while.

Y/n sighed, running a hand down her face. "Okay, I'm sorry. What do you want me to do?"

"Oh, I don't know, play against me like you've never seen naked." She shoved the ball into her hands with a irritated look.

Y/n paused, staring into space and Marina groaned, hitting her shoulder, "stop picturing me naked." She pursed her lips awkwardly, "you're the one who put the idea in my head." Marina formed a glare, "are you seriously trying to turn the blame on me right now? I'm not the one who doesn't know how to play basketball against her girlfriend."

"Whoa- I know how to play basketball against you," she argued.

"Then act like it. For the next thirty minutes, we're not dating. You have zero emotional connection to me." She challenged, taking the ball back from her hands. Y/n did not like that idea but she was never one to back down from a challenge. "Fine. Let's go. First to 11. Loser stops throwin' a tantrum."

Marina scowled, stepping closer to her, "I'm not throwing a tantrum."

Y/n scoffed lowly, closing the space between them and grabbing a fistful of her shirt. "Yes, you are."

"3..2..1," Saniya whispered and at the end of her count the couple were kissing.

Marina slid her arms around her neck, smiling into the kiss. They only pulled away for air. She sighed, resting her head on her girlfriend's shoulder with guilt seeped eyes. "I'm sorry I yelled at you. I'm just so frustrated with everything."

Y/n pressed a kiss to her head, "you good, baby. I understand. Just don't do it again or I'll have to carry you out of here on my shoulder and fuck that attitude out of you."

Marina chuckled softly, pulling away a flustered mess. "Okay, but I'm serious about what I said. You can't keep walking on eggshells around me just because you're my girlfriend now. We're gonna have to play against each other if we want to help each other get better. You can be delicate in bed not on the court."

"I know, baby. I'm just trying to take it easy on you right now because you not 100%." She mumbled, pulling her back into her arms.

Marina pressed a kiss to her cheek. "We have to go grocery shopping."

"Who did you invite?"

She smiled sheepishly, "Saniya and Rayah."

"We've basically adopted at this point. Do you realize that?"

After practice, they took a late trip to the grocery store. Marina was pushing the basket as y/n threw stuff in the cart. She was the designated cook in the house with Marina occasionally cooking a meal or desert for her. She grabbed a bunch of hot cheetos and tossed them in. Marina blinked, "are you sure those are a good idea? Aren't you trying to put on muscle?"

"Now baby, I know you see this body. A little cheeto ain't gon' hurt these muscles." Y/n grinned, grabbing some dynamites and hot funyuns.

"What kinda chips you want, health nut?" Marina smiled at the nickname and pointed to the protein chips next to her. Y/n picked up some bags and tossed them in. Saniya and Rayah found them again and tossed their stuff into the cart. She noticed Saniya was on live, again. "If y'all want to know how to get y/n's abs, apparently you gotta eat four bags of hot cheetos, three bags of dynamites, and two bags of hot funyuns."

"Girl if you don't get out my business."

"She eats spicy doritos too but they're out of stock," Marina added.

They went through more isles, not even going by a list just memory. Y/n picked up some avocado oil. "You know the first time we went shopping together, she only got salt and pepper. Ain't that right, babygirl?" Marina chuckled, "I'm a changed woman."

"Yes you are."

babygirl???

she don't play bout rina

they're so hot

"Y'all make it really hard to defend you," Saniya mumbled under her breath.

They got to the freezer section last, y/n getting herself some gelato. "Who payin' for all this?" Rayah asked, the cart filled the brim with all their stuff.

Y/n tossed the gelato in the basket. "Who got the black card?"

"You."

"There's your answer."

she got moneyyyy

sugar mommy??

who she feelin like?

marina show us your tricks

how do I find a y/n urgently?

needdat 😝

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It was all star weekend. Y/n obviously made the team, and Caitlin Clark picked her to be on hers. Marina obviously came to support her girlfriend, and she had duties with Under Armor. Saniya came because she followed them everywhere, obviously. And she was not missing her first all star weekend as a rookie. They walked the carpet together, Saniya with them as their plus one.

"You want any single pictures?" Marina asked, ready to move out of the way if necessary.

"Nah, I'm good sweetheart." Y/n declined, hand on her lower back as she made her way over to the interviewers.

They ran into the Studbudz on the carpet. Y/n dapped up and shared a hug with her former Lynx teammates. "Y'all look fire. Aye, you better send me some of that merch." T grins, "we got you. What's your size?" She gave her size and added Marina's size as well so she could also get some merch for her lady.

More time passed and y/n was talking to Court who made a comment about finding some bad bitches with her. That didn't sit well with Marina at all. She did not play about that. So naturally, she confronted the problem with Courtney and it was seen all on stream. The fans were freaking out about Marina's specific comment about y/n already having a bad bitch on her arm, referring to herself.

They did a photoshoot together after that for some the media. "You're taller so you can just stand." Marina says, moving y/n in position as she sat down. She guided her hands around her and they posed for the pictures. Saniya grinned, kneeling down to snap some pictures from y/n's phone for her to keep. She pressed a kiss to her cheek, not for the photographer but for Saniya to snap a pic of.

She had to do some more media to promote the game, so she agreed to meet Marina and Saniya at the after party. When fans seen them show up at the party together and no sign of y/n, they were confused. They continued to ask for her in the stream chat. She showed up many thirty minutes later. Marina rushed over to hug her, y/n swaying her along to the music. "Sorry I'm late. My manager had me doing stuff for Nike."

Marina pressed a kiss to her cheek, "it's okay. You're here now. Let's get drunk."

Y/n found herself at the bar, getting a couple shots. Alyssa and T did one with her. She got Nalyssa to take one with her too. DiJonai and Marina were talking in the corner as their girlfriends chatted at the bar. "When are y'all hardlauching? Everyone is onto you." Nai says, sipping her drink.

Marina sighs, "I want to so bad but I don't know how to tell her. She's like super private."

"Well, you can be private, but you don't gotta be a secret. Me and Lyss are super private, but it ain't no secret. Just tell her that. Besides, she's got a huge ego so I'm sure she'd love people to know she pulled a bad bitch." Marina grins, cheeks turning red at the compliment. "You know what? Yeah. I'm telling her right now."

DiJonai's eyes widened as Marina walked over to the bar and grabbed her girlfriend's hand. She watched them go out to the balcony, Lyss returning to her side. "Why you look like that?" Nai took a nervous sip, "I think I just ruined a relationship."

"What's up baby?" Her arms tightened around her girlfriend, bringing her impossibly close. Marina took a breath for confidence. "I don't wanna be a secret anymore. I wanna be able to love you in public, and I want you to be able to love on me. We don't have to put all our business out there. I just want people to know that I'm yours, and only yours. I don't wanna be that girl that everyone still thinks you hate."

She nodded, eyes filled with understanding. "I want whatever you want baby."

Marina smiled softly, "really?"

"I love you, Marina. If you want that, I want it."

"I love you too." Marina grinned, bringing her into a kiss, and Nai, who was watching from afar sighed in relief as Lyss chuckled. "Whew. I was nervous for that one. Lemme stop givin' advice 'fore I break people up."

They rejoined the party, y/n holding onto her girl's hand. "Y/n! Come talk to the people!" T called her over, and looked to the stream, "yo, we got 2025 All Star y/n and her girlfriend, Marina." Her eyes widened, realizing what she said, "oh, shit. My bad y'all."

They laughed it off. "You good, T." Y/n assured, dapping her up.

omg it's confirmed

*ship name* IS REAL

THANK YOU UNRIVALED

THEY'RE SO HOT

need them both so bad it's not funny

another couple outed!! thank you studbudz!!

my enemies to lovers

that's why y/n was crashing out bout her!!

Marina looked up at her with those soft, seductive eyes she had. Y/n threw an arm over her shoulder, "what's up y'all. Make sure you tune into the 3 point contest and skills challenge, I'mma be competiting. Don't forget to buy my All Star jersey and get yourselves some A'Ones- if y'all broke, don't trip. And follow my lady on social media. Who don't wanna see this beautiful face on they feed every mornin'?" She grinned and pressed a kiss to her girlfriend's cheek.

they're so cute omg

marina wants that cookie bad

rina gotta stop lookin at ppl like that omg

promoting her girl's social >>

need to be a fly on their wall

a'ones mention but we can't even get a pic of y/n and a'ja together

SHE CAN'T FIGHT US ALL

"No slidin' in them DMs though. I can fight." Y/n stated firmly before handing T her mic back.

She pulled her to the side and leaned down to her ear, "keep lookin' at me like that and we leavin' early."

Marina smirked, "maybe we should."

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