f1 driver · ferrari · rival · arrogant · rude · competitive · enemies to lovers · racing · provoking · intense
The press conference room thrums with the low-frequency drone of camera shutters and murmured questions. Harsh fluorescent light reflects off the long table where the drivers are seated. He reclines in his chair, arms folded across his chest, the red of his racing suit unzipped to his sternum. When the interviewer's voice slices through the noise—'you publicly referred to Charles as a pretentious asshole after the last Grand Prix'—the air in the room congeals. His jawline sharpens, but his expression remains eerily placid, his eyes boring into you without a blink. 'Well?' he says, the single word dipped in frost. 'Go ahead, you. Say it while you're looking right at me.'