Swimteam Stories

For Amber Tran, a star swimmer at Lubbock High, the loudest sounds were the roar of the crowd, the splash of the pool, and the laughter of her friends. Her world was a vibrant tapestry of school, sports, and the fierce loyalty of her team. Everything shattered in the summer of 2020. Now, lethal creatures that hunt by sound stalk the Earth. The slightest noise means death. Haunted by the memories of her friends lost on the first day, Amber must use a swimmer's discipline-controlled breathing, silent movement-to survive. Her only hope is to cross a silent, monstrous America and reach the last evacuation point. Her destination is a place where sound still lives: Australia. An island the monsters cannot touch. To get there, she must master a world of silence, or be consumed by it.

In the quiet suburbs of Bellevue, Washington, 17-year-old Kaitlyn Dela Cruz has always balanced school, swim meets, and a close circle of friends with practiced ease. Popular, ambitious, and fiercely loyal, Kaitlyn thrives in the rhythm of her everyday life-until the world is abruptly silenced. When the enigmatic Death Angels descend during a European vacation in Valencia, Spain, Kaitlyn and her friends are thrust into a fight for survival. In this new reality, sound itself becomes a weapon, and every step, every breath, could spell disaster. With her swimming skills, quick thinking, and unshakable determination, Kaitlyn must navigate chaos, protect her friends, and find a way to safety-setting their sights on the Canary Islands, one of the few places still untouched by the silent menace.

My life was measured in milliseconds and the silent focus behind my goggles. I'm Sam, a swimmer from Scottsdale, and I thought my biggest problem was beating my personal best. I was wrong. Now, on a trip to Italy with my best friends, the world has ended. Creatures that hunt by sound have invaded. One scream, one dropped phone, one careless step and you're dead. We're stranded thousands of miles from home. Our only hope is to reach the coast, to an island they can't touch. Because they have one weakness: They can't swim. And I've spent my whole life training for the water. In a world gone terrifyingly silent, my greatest skill might be the only thing that can keep us alive.

Jamie Lam has spent her life as a high school swimmer through a stretch of winter defined by early alarms, damp towels, crowded pool decks, and the slow countdown to the state championships. Her days unfold in familiar places-kitchen tables at dawn, carpools, locker rooms buzzing with half-serious jokes, and long meets where time stretches between races. Swimming shapes everything: friendships built in shared exhaustion, teammates who qualify and teammates who don't, and the unspoken tension of knowing not everyone will keep moving forward together. Away from the pool, life continues quietly. Family routines repeat. School fades in and out of focus. Plans for the future begin to surface in small, unexpected moments. As the lanes narrow and the stakes rise, Jaime starts to understand that growing up doesn't arrive all at once-it happens in pauses, in waiting, in what's left unsaid after the race is over. This is not a story about winning or losing. It's about what happens between-between heats, between friends, between who you are now and who you're becoming.

Alex doesn't know her name. Sylvia has absolutely no idea why he keeps showing up. All he knows is that he wants to make her laugh-even if it means embarrassing himself in the process. A summer story full of awkward moments, quiet stares, stupid interactions, and dumb ways to fall in love.

When Narcissa's mother buys her an antique vanity imported from Africa, things start to change. Her reflection has a life of its own. COMPLETE

Being lost in the world is scary, but being lost in your own mind is terrifying. Emma has been lost for a long time now, not only in the world but in her own mind and how she defines herself. She doesn't know why she's lost and she can't figure out how to find what's no longer there. She's balancing on a thin rope between giving up and seeing how much more she can take. Now that she's moved to a new school, her new friend Jane seems like she might help Emma find her way. However Emma may be too far gone. CHAPTER IN PROGRESS, IM SORRY <3

In June 2020, Madison Yang-a 17-year-old swimmer and orchestra student at Syosset High School-lives a life built on rhythm: early practices, crowded hallways, late-night texts with friends, and the steady comfort of water. Alongside her best friends and teammates Sasha and Natalie, Madison believes her world is predictable, even when the outside news feels heavy and uncertain. But as seasons pass from Halloween lights to championship nerves, from winter city streets to spring protests, everything begins to shift. And when a long-awaited trip to Cape Town, South Africa turns into something unthinkable, Madison and her friends must rely on instinct, loyalty, and the one thing that has always kept them alive: motion. They will run, hide, fight to stay quiet... and ultimately chase the ocean toward escape-toward Mauritius, and then a faraway life still filled with sound: Melbourne, Australia.

She's on the swim team. Her dad is a fisher. She's always in the water. Just an average 15 year old girl. Jennah lives her life normal. Until one day, life takes an unexpected turn and her world is turned upside down

June 2020 - life is loud, bright, ordinary. Houston's Bayou City High School swim team is undefeated, a circle of girls bound by chlorine, laughter, and late-night bubble tea. Seventeen-year-old Amber Tran, fast in the water but slower at facing her fears, spends the year floating between friendship and competition - unaware that everything she loves is numbered in days. Her best friends Denise Nguyen and Avery Holt die on Day One of the Silent Invasion in Manhattan. Amber survives - barely - and the guilt haunts her breath, her heartbeat, and every quiet street. With the world collapsing, the remaining girls must navigate not battlefields, but silence: rustling bags that become death sentences, trembling cries they must swallow, memories they cannot speak aloud. From Houston to New York, and toward a desperate airport evacuation to Melbourne, the girls run not to live - but to outswim the grief that shadows them.

Danica Green has one rule for her final season with the Surrey Sharks: no distractions. Especially not Lycus Anderson, the golden-boy co-captain whose betrayal two years ago shattered their friendship. Her teammate, Iris "Flower" Wang is trying to savor every last moment with her best friend, Fraser. But after a hug that crosses an unspoken line, Iris uncovers her freshman-year journal and a truth she's been running from: she's always been in love with him. Now, with graduation looming, staying quiet feels like its own kind of lie. For Danica and Iris, the hardest race won't be in the pool; it's the one against time to mend a broken friendship and confess a hidden love, or watch as their chances disappear into the deep end.

a story of a swim team, a mad captain, jealous girlfriends, and love. that's all there really is to it. slow-ish updates (I have a busy life I'm sorry :( ) <3

This is his only vice. No drugs, he's seen too many friends throw their life away, and there are already plenty of users in NYC. No need to add to it. He really doesn't drink, either. Maybe it's because he's always itching to run, he thinks. Thats his thing, running. In a car, on foot, metaphorically, you name it. If theres one thing License it good at, its avoidance. Since childhood he's been the avoidant type, putting off assignments and lectures from his mother as long as possible. OR; me ranting aimlessly about the random facts i know about License and putting them into a somewhat story thing. I honestly have no idea what this is but yea.

"Meet the team." All the admins for @TheSwimSisters

Vedaant Madhavan had a dream of attaining excellence in the field of swimming he wanted to win a Gold Medal in Olympics for which he is never tired to practice for Ishita who is just 2 years younger than him was a really healthy girl who wanted to reduce weight and achieve her dreams

Gerard, Frank, Mikey, Ray, Brendon, Ryan, Spencer, Dallon, Jon, Pete, Patrick, Joe, Andy, Dan, Phil, Adam, Brad, Barry, Neil, Matt, Tyler, and Josh are all on the high school swim team. But when the 2016 boys swim season rolls around, no one is prepared for the gay revolution that will happen in a staunchly conservative town, all instigated by one swim team, full of closeted, and smitten, boys. Frerard, Petekey, Ryden, Phan, Briel, other ships. Bands/People included: My Chemical Romance Panic! At The Disco Fall Out Boy Dan and Phil Three Days Grace twenty one pilots (other minor characters include) Nickelback Avril Lavigne Billie Joe Armstrong most of the band members mentioned current wives triggers will include teen drinking, self harm, violent riots, and political issues.

Stuck in between a battle of mommy issues and Metal health issues. Emma young relies of her own fucked up friends to keep her from doing dumb shit.Emma and Luke can't keep pushing away their feelings for each other. George can't stay away from freshman's who peeked in 8th grade. Joey and Tim want to be a thing but they are too proud for commitment. And partying seems like a great outlet for all their problems to blow right away. #6 in bombing 4/12/21 #9 in SwimTeam 7/20/21 #8 in Luke Friedman 7/20/21

truth is treason in an empire of lies

"Even though I didn't understand it then Jimin, I don't think my feelings for you are platonic, I don't think they've ever been. I like you Jimin like a whole fucking lot and it killed me too all those years you being so close to me yet just out of reach" You know those couples who have been best friends ever since they were kids, grew up together, figured out they had feelings for each other in about middle school, and finally got together either during high school or college? Yeah, Jimin and Jungkook would have been one of those, they had been almost inseparable ever since they were kids and most people especially Jimin's mother figured Jimin and Jungkook would probably end up falling in love but one day, Jungkook is ripped so terribly fast away from Jimin, both of them did not understand why. Even though Jimin and Jungkook still grew up together, it was not in a "we've known each other for years but we've only been dating for two" way, they still saw each other, every single day but from a distance like they were watching a movie that they so badly wanted to be in. Imagine seeing your first love, the love of your life being happy with other people who don't know him as you do, imagine looking at him living like your relationship never existed. Imagine not being able to explore who you are and being forced to hide it, especially when you so badly want to lean into your desires for the one that you want and have always wanted. To both Jimin and Jungkook, the other was always so very close but always just out of reach. *Disclaimer* None of the pictures and fan art in this story are mine! I just found them on Pinterest