Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching (his) eyes and hoping that I'm always there

here, there and everywhere • the beatles

PLUNGE
Volume 1.3 Debut

June 16th, 2024

[a/n: this chapter specifically looks so much better in the apple symbols font 🫶🏽]

"See here," Jane starts, pressing play on the iPad display of Sylas' dive from a few moments earlier. "You twist juuuust the slightest bit at the end. Your feet pass each other just there. So, on the next one just try to hold it and be conscious of it, yeah?"

Sylas nods, running his towel through his hair and diligently watching the clip as she plays it again in slow motion.

"Okay, okay, yeah," He takes a deep breath. "I think I still, y'know, struggle with-"

"Sylas!"

The named man spins his head to where the call is coming from. Noah is standing at the other end of the poolside, hair still damp, holding up Sylas' bright phone.

"Yes?"

"Oscar's calling you!"

Sylas turns to Jane with an apologetic smile, but she's already waving him off. He turns on his heel and walks quickly towards his teammate, letting his towel rest on his shoulder as he approaches Noah.

"Thanks, mate."

"Yeah, whatever, loverboy," Noah rolls his eyes teasingly, handing Sylas his phone and moving to walk up the stairs of the 10 meter platform. Jane calls out for him to do a 2-degree dive.

Sylas presses the green button on his screen, pulling his phone up to his ear.

"Hey, Osc."

"Hi, how are you?"

"Good, I'm just at practice right now," Sylas smiles, taking a seat on the bench behind him.

"Oh, shit, I didn't interrupt you, did I? We can call later if you'd like."

"No, no, you're alright. I just finished going through my program, so Noah's up right now before we practice synchro."

"Am I going to meet this Noah before you guys become Olympic champions?"

Sylas laughs, pausing to watch his teammate sail through the air. The particularly good entry earns a cheer from Sylas on the sidelines. "Yes, you will. He's coming to Silverstone, actually."

"Mm. Can I come to your practice one day?"

"I think so. Where are you going next?"

He hears Oscar suck in a breath in thought. "Barcelona. I leave on... ahhh, I think the 19th."

"Oscar, that's in three days."

There's a pause. Sylas is suddenly aware of the low hum of an engine in the background, Oscar must be driving.

"Then, can I just come today?"

Sylas sighs, a smile on his face. "I've just got that synchro practice and some dry-land stuff, so it won't be that long but let me ask Jane. I'll text you, yeah?"

"Yeah, alright. Bye, Sy."

"Bye."

Sylas hangs up and cheers as Noah lands his second dive well. He then gets up and heads back towards Jane, who is already looking at him wearily.

"Hiii."

Jane sighs, crossing her hands over her polo-clad torso. "What is it?"

"Is Oscar allowed to come right now?"

"Sylas."

"I know, I know. But he won't be distracting or anything. He's just leaving for Spain soon and he wants to come to one of my practices before he goes. He's a very quiet person, I promise."

Jane runs a hand across her wrinkled forehead. "Yeah, alright."

"Your boyfriend's visiting, yeah?" Noah's voice comes from the edge of the pool that he's pulling himself out of.

"Noah, you-"

"Boys. Noah, focus. Sylas, text your boyfriend back."

Sylas jaw drops open as Noah laughs. "I can't believe this," Sylas whispers, but walks away as he knows that Noah needs to focus on reviewing his last dive.

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iMessages | Osc 🖇️

15:22

Yeah you can come

already here 👍

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Twitter/X

@leclerrcsbaby | sana 🌸

HELLO?? IS ANYONE ELSE CLOCKING OSCAR PIASTRI OUT WITH SYLAS BAILEY RN?

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[first image is sylas and oscar walking out of the aquatic center, sylas is laughing, slinging his bag over his shoulder while oscar holds the door behind him, looking at sylas with a fond smile. second and third pictures are of the two in front of a restaurant in central london, the first of sylas checking in while oscar stands behind him, then the second of oscar holding the door once again, his hand on the small of sylas' back to usher him in. the video is of sylas and oscar further down the street after their dinner, sylas signing a picture for a very excited fan and giving them a hug, then oscar fist-bumping the fan and walking off while looking down into sylas' eyes, the younger smiling up at him widely.]

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@elenfour | elaenora!

OH MY GODD WHAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FRIENDS FOR LIKE FOUR YEARS

@fourever | lewie's baby

oscar heart-eyes piastri (this might be the only person that i believe he's actually in love w/)

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@lewishhuzzy | 'and teammate'

MY BOYS ARE BACK !! 🩵🩵

@81rounds | mrs. piastri

i don't think anyone truly understands how important this is
they haven't been seen tg since a few months after sylas' accident

@baileyysbae | vee 🐬

as someone who is a huge diving nerd but doesn't really follow f1, trust oscar is very well known in the diving community and their friendship breakup was huge news they've been mates since schooldays and oscar was there during the accident and after then they just suddenly stopped seeing each other no one knows what happened but it was around the same time as the olympics that year and when sylas went to china to train so idkkkk but its so nice to see them back together

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@tresttest | trent :)

"which could mean nothing"

↳ @lewishhuzzy: WHICH COULD MEAN NOTHINGGGG 😖😖

@kaygotu | 🛫🛬

hand on the back is crazy work!! oscar hearteyes piastri is back on his bs fr

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Instagram | @sylasbailey

sylasbailey: Paris watch out🙋‍♂️ | June 17th, 2024

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oscarpiastri: 🔙🔛🔝🔜

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  ↳ sylasbailey: 🏆💛

noah_w9: ummmm hi took you long enough mate??

  ↳ sylasbailey: Got signed out for 4 yrs my fault 😬

     ↳ noah_w9: was not talking about instagram

        ↳ sylasbailey: I'm going to report you 👎

mclaren: 🤨 Tell Oscar sleeping like that before a race isn't good for his back

  ↳ sylasbailey: Will do 🫡

javvarinns: IS THAT YOUR PUPPY SHES SO CUTEE

  ↳ sylasbailey: He* is unfortunately not, he's my flatmate's but yes is the cutest and apparently loves Osc lol

teamgb: Olympics ready!!

  ↳ sylasbailey: 2nd times the charm 😉

     ↳ sbaileynews: SYLAS STOP OMG

olympics: See you in Paris! ⭐️🇫🇷

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illyanwa: no yeah totally hasn't been four years since u posted (im so so beyond happy to see u fully recovered)

leclergirll: THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!!!!!

ollsss87: stop u and oscar being friends again means so much to me you dont even knowww 😭

sargeeehub: "osc" STOP IT I LITERALLY CANT

bellaisa.p05: oscar desperately needs to fix his shirt

  ↳ sylasbailey: Desperately.

jacklaugher: Sylas Bailey comeback starts now LFG

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landonorris: Do it for GB 👊✅

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desstricks15: my favorite secret third option

  ↳bellaisa.p05: their whole friendship is so matt damon and ben affleck coded

↳ desstricks15: EXACTLY

sofia_garret: are they lovers?

↳ inlovewcarlossainz: worse.

hunttlh44: STOP is that oscar in the third slide bc if so why is that kinda... 🤭

↳ dannyricsgf: obviously fucking not the store bag has korean on it? also i oscar doesnt wear watches like that lmao

↳ hunttlh44: damn okay no need to b rude girl

↳ dannyricsgf: not being rude just pointing out the obvious "girl"!

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a few things!
-CL16 WIN AND DODGERS WORLD SERIES?? how do i even act

-the alonso/lawson beef will never not be funny

-anyone noticing a sharp increase in fics that are VERY obviously written by ai or is that just me lol

-this is a filler can you tell 🧔🏽‍♀️

-tried to make the fighting in the comments realistic

-the way that brits say carlos' last name with a tz at the end is so satisfying for some reason

loveutons