Swimteam Stories

Two swimmers. Two states. One destination. November 2025. Emily touches the wall at State. 2nd place. Her dad cries in the stands. She doesn't know that's the last normal moment she'll ever have. March 2026. Tanisha stands on the podium. Silver medal. She texts her dad "Love you." She doesn't know the world is already changing. June 2026. The infected run. They don't walk. They don't moan. They sprint. Twelve seconds after a bite, you're not human anymore. The world falls. New communities and networks are established. And deep in the Black Hills, a sanctuary awaits. Emily runs north with her little brother and her swim team. Tanisha runs west with her cousin and her best friend. They encounter survivors along the way who become their allies. They never meet. But they're both heading to the same dark hills. No romance. No heroes. Just swimmers. They hold their breath. They calculate their odds. They survive.

They trained for speed. Now they race for their lives. Elyssa Kuo lives for the water. CIF championships, early morning practices, and the Calamaga relay are her world. Then a rage virus turns the infected into sprinters. The only safe place? Water. Now Elyssa and her swim team must use their lungs, their lane lines, and their bonds to survive a collapsing California. Fast zombies. Flooded aqueducts. A supercarrier on the horizon. They can't swim. You can.

Pete's story begins with him as a quiet, unassuming boy, entering the hallowed halls of his new senior high school with a mix of trepidation and careful curiosity. His wire-rimmed prescription frames, later so iconic, were already firmly settled, casting his brown eyes in a reflective clarity as he absorbed his surroundings. Dressed in the school's formal, dark wool dress uniform-the standard academic shell-he appeared to be just another unindexed file within the system, a freshman component waiting to be registered. On his first morning interval, amidst the chaotic geometric matrix of hundreds of students navigating the corridors, Pete's focus was already split. His long, thin fingers were meticulously guiding a mechanical drafting compass across a clean parchment sheet, capturing the load-bearing parameters of the complex's gothic architecture. Even as he sat beneath the cold, clinical glare of the campus halogens, his quiet, calculating soul was cataloging the physical environment with the same structured logic that would later define his survival. The presence of the varsity line, the corrupt real estate grants, and the water's ancient curse were still invisible variables to him, but the core script of his analytical nature was already fully operational. He was a perfect component, primed to observe and neutralize any impending diagnostic anomalies that city hall might execute.

Before the tripods, Jaime Irvine was just trying to drop a second off her 200 IM. She woke at 5:00 AM. She ate pancakes her mother made. She sat next to Lauren Aguilar in the cafeteria and complained about taper madness. She tied her hair only for races and wore her glasses everywhere else. She had a state championship. A swim banquet where she held Lauren's hand under the table. Three arcade outings that felt like forever. One night between prelims and finals where she sang karaoke and almost felt invincible. That was 2025. Summer 2026: The aliens don't care about her personal best. Three legs. Heat rays. Red weed in the Mississippi. Jaime and Lauren have one advantage: Jaime knows how to hold her breath. The Last Flip Turn is not a hero story. It is a survivor story. It follows two teenage girls through the ordinary wreckage of junior year and into an extraordinary nightmare. There are no generals, no speeches, no last-minute rescue. Only a swimmer, her best friend, and the slow, terrible realization that the only thing keeping them alive is everything they already learned in the pool. Breathe. Flip. Push off. Repeat. Inspired by War of the Worlds (2005).

The past year has been nothing but a constant uphill battle for Cooper Beam. After the sudden loss of Amilia Beam, he was forced to bury his own grief to become what his two little sisters needed most. But behind the mask, Cooper hides his reality of heartache, pain, grief, and anxiety-lots of anxiety. Now, let's walk with Coop through his perspective during and after the events of 'When Hope Is Lost' and hear his background and see how the Beam family is doing now. As he navigates the truth he's been hiding and the sorrow he can no longer pretend is not there or face alone.

"We'll always be friends, right? Even if this goes horribly wrong?" Thomas's breath caught as Kade leaned closer. "Always."

Before the silence, there was the water. For Kathy Hansen, the roar of the pool was the sound of victory-state championships, college dreams, and a future full of noise. But on June 18, 2020, the world went quiet. Now, separated from her fire chief father and hunted by creatures that track every heartbeat, a seventeen-year-old swimmer must lead her sister and their friends on a desperate journey across a dead America. Their only hope? The one place the monsters cannot follow. The water.

The beginning of seinor year was approaching fast. The fall sports for Jackson High were all getting ready for their seasons to start. The football team, the cross country team, even the swim team was geting excited. For West Hansen, this was his last year to shine by being the football team captain and the Jackson Highs star quarterback. He had his senior year planned perfectly. His girlfriend Mandy was the schools most popular girl. His best friend made the varsity team with him. His parents weren't fighting anymore. Life was great again. All he had to do was win state again to keep his scholarship. Kasey Daniels senior year consists of keeping her grades high and her swim times low. This good girl has one year to make it to state for her swim team. With her school having one of the best teams in the state; she has to step up her game. While trying to make an income for her mother and younger sister, Kasey struggles with her full time schedule. Never going out to parties, or to any school functions. Her only friends are on her swimteam. For Kasey, seinor year was going to be hard work. Can these two athletes make it through senior year without any problems? Or will all their dreams stay dreams? After all, not all plans go right.

Since the moment Avery was born, she was destined for greatness. The legacy child of former olympians, Avery was made to swim amongst sharks. But with greatness comes costs that no one could ever prepare her for. A full ride to Albright College gives her a chance to swim competitively and achieve her pipe dream - winning an Olympic gold. But another teammate might cost her those dreams, and everything else she stands for as he wants to claim it all. There is no mercy in losing.

Drarry Swim au oneshot don't read if you don't understand swimming because there's a lot of language you may not understand. There is talk of self harm and attempts so don't read if that triggers you.

The complete set of all swimmer terms!! Includes real definitions and what swimmers think. Disclaimer: obviously I cannot put every single swimming term in this book. I will forget or overlook something. If you have an idea that you want me to add, please feel free to pm me.

22 year old college student, Elise Johnson has big plans ahead of her to be a big time swimmer. She swims for her college team at UT and has great expectations from her family. Her plans are going well until she falls for a very romantic man that she can't stay away from. She begins worrying about her college swimming and missing practices and time trials. Little does she know she know, the man she's fallen in love with isn't back-tracking her in her swimming career, but actually making it a lot more than she expected.

~cover not mine~ Issac Mills just moved into Lakewood to join their elite swim team, no other plans whatsoever. When Ezra Moore comes into his life things become a bit more- well let's just say complicated. Can the boy next door help him come out of his shell or will it be the other way around? Read to find out!

"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

The story starts with a 16 year old gay boy from Halifax, Canada; who finally saved enough money to go in a foreign exchange program to England. This is a big change in his life and he ends up falling in love with a boy from the school he go's too. READ THE STORY TO CONTINUE...

Percy is back at Goode after basically dropping out and missing a whole year and now he's trying out for the swim team and really hoping he makes it. Also I can't take credit for most of the characters, Rick owns those and I can't take credit for the Art, I can't draw.

"Stop, just stop, sometimes I wish I could forget all of this! I wish, I didn't meet you , I wish you didn't come back!" I said sobbing whilst sliding down the beige wall. "But I thought you needed me ?"He said his voice cracking slightly . "Well you thought wrong."

"Wait... oh my god, you made me marathon Free just so you could persuade me to join the swim team, didn't you?" "Guilty as charged, hyung." Taeil needs new friends. His current friends have somehow managed to persuade him to join the swim team--during his senior year of all times--and against any semblance of logic, he's been accepted onto the team. It's a shame he can't even swim. // The depictions of any and all idols in this work of fiction are not meant to represent the actual people in any way! This is a work of fiction and is inspired by the idols, not meant to be confused with how the author actually views them. //

After their mother is murdered, Isla and Noah move in with their grandmother in St. Faith. They are hoping for a new start halfway through their senior year. Transfering swim teams, making new friends, falling in love... staying far away from any trouble. Only those who killed their mother followed them and are soon threatening Isla. With the help of Ken, a shapeshifter, Isla soon discovers that a centuries-old society is still very much alive today. And hunting her. Young Adult | Urban Fantasy| Paranormal | Romance | a little bit of Mystery (Can be read independently from Hellhound)