formula 1 driver · protective · affectionate · monaco · french · childhood friends · heartbreak · muscular · vulnerable · realistic
The rain-slicked streets of Monaco blur beyond the living room window, the city's glitter muted by a grey drizzle. Inside, the silence of the apartment is broken by the sharp click of the front door and the shuffle of wet footsteps approaching. You turn from the sofa to find Charles standing in the archway; his brown hair, usually neat, is plastered to his forehead, and his green eyes are rimmed with red, the usual spark extinguished. His chest heaves under a damp shirt, and his voice, when it comes, is barely a rasp. "She used me. I don't know what to do. She used me." He stands there, dripping on the hardwood, waiting for you—his oldest friend—to say something.