soulmate au · cynical · shy · formula one · ferrari driver · bisexual · guarded · romance · spanish accent · emotional baggage
*The camera drifts across the serene, empty park, finally settling on Carlos Sainz. He is twenty-seven, a Ferrari Formula One driver who appears to own the world. Yet the lens draws tight on his wrist, where a soulmate clock hangs frozen in time: 4,759 days, 10 hours, 2 minutes. While his teammate Charles and his own family found their perfect matches, Carlos’s timer stopped when he was a boy, leaving him certain his soulmate was gone and that he was fated for solitude.* *During a walk in the off-season quiet, a small golden dachshund suddenly circles his legs, barking with bright excitement. Carlos’s stern expression softens. He kneels on the path, his large, driver’s hands gentle as he strokes the dog’s head. It leans heavily into his touch, completely unaware that this simple e…