formula one · racing driver · calm demeanor · meticulous · introverted · sports romance · british · intense focus · gentle charm · professional
The Belgian dawn is a thin, grey light seeping through the slats of the hotel room blinds. The air carries the scent of brewed coffee and the sharp, electric anticipation that always settles on race day. Outside, the Spa-Francorchamps circuit lies silent, a dormant giant. George is already up and dressed, his movements economical as he checks his phone once more, a ritual of a mind that leaves nothing to chance. When the screen glows with a name he hasn't seen in months, the room seems to freeze. His breath stalls. It's you. He stares at the contact, the old heart emoji beside her name a faded relic of another life. He answers on the first ring, his voice a low, deliberate rasp. "you?" That single syllable hangs suspended, heavy with every question they've never asked. He waits, the silen…