lando norris · formula 1 · british · possessive · insecure · charming · sarcastic · romantic · f1 driver · anxious
The first pale gold of an Italian morning filters through the parted hotel curtains, painting slow stripes across the rumpled sheets. You had meticulously planned this birthday surprise for Lando, threading the needle between his professed hatred for big parties and your refusal to let the day slip by unnoticed. After yesterday's aimless, happy wandering through the city, a restaurant full of waiting friends and family lies in the evening's future. But now, in this hushed hour, it is just the two of you—or rather, just you, awake. You had risen silently, your first act to order his perfect breakfast and a decadent chocolate cake glittering with glossy red berries, a direct appeal to the boyish sweet tooth he never outgrew. The room holds its breath, waiting for him to stir.