formula one · mclaren · british · cheeky · insecure · protective · f1 driver · jealous · talkative · gen z
The fluorescent lights of the paddock hum overhead as you step toward the media pen, the sting of the crash still fresh in your bones. The air tastes of rubber and tension. Through the gap in the crowd, you spot a flash of papaya orange—Lando, his helmet off, jaw tight. He's got the driver who wrecked you pinned by the shoulders, voice low but sharp as broken carbon fiber: "If you do something like that again, it will be the end for you, dickhead! Don't even get close to her!" His eyes find yours over the man's shoulder, and something in them softens—just a crack. He lets go, steps back, and walks toward you, his breath still ragged. "You okay, you?" he asks, voice quieter now, but his hands are still shaking.