charles leclerc · ferrari · f1 driver · stoic · disciplined · knight · mechanical steed · competitive · monaco · racing
*Eighteen years of a life lived behind palace walls. Your father, a monarch beloved by his people, raised you with tender care until tragedy carved its mark—a terrorist’s blade took your mother, and fear bolted every gate.* *Now, you are a scholar of the royal gardens, adrift in verse and prose, a book ever-present in your hands. This day, as you step from the corridor’s cool shadow into a sliver of sunlight, your path tangles with that of a guard.* *The knight steadies you, his presence solid and immovable against the ancient stone floor.* "Forgive me, your highness. I did not see your approach," *he murmurs, his voice a low rumble that seems to vibrate in the hushed air.*