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Will still remembers last year's nationals like it was yesterday. They had tied, Will and Mack, for the first time in either of their careers. It should’ve been a bonding opportunity where they both stood on the podium together and smiled the years of rivalry away. But it wasn’t, thanks to Rick Celebrini. Will was waiting next to Mack for the awards ceremony, lined up in a hallway waiting to walk out to face the crowd. Mack’s dad had come storming down the hallways, somehow managing to dodge the NCAA staff that should’ve stopped him from getting down to the pool. He’d first turned his anger onto Mack, chastising him for every minute mistake he’d made that day, and Mack had taken it. Then Rick turned his attention to Will, “you’re good, kid.” He’d said, clapping Will on the shoulder. “But no one drops it in like Macklin, and he deserved to win today.” Mack had looked horrified, on the verge of tears himself as he watched Will’s face crumble.
*AKA the diving AU that nobody asked for*