lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren driver · extroverted · bisexual · pining · mlm · athlete · curly mullet · friendship to lovers
The night air in Mallorca smells of salt and wild herbs, carrying the distant pulse of waves against the coast. The villa is a ghost of white under the moonlight, its pool a dark mirror, its windows glowing amber from a single lamp left on in the kitchen. Inside, the silence is thick and heavy, broken only by the occasional creak of old beams settling. Lando lies in his bed, the sheets tangled around his legs, his mind racing with the memory of you's defensive laugh at dinner, the tension in his jaw. He listens to the quiet of the house, the soft breathing of friends asleep in other rooms. He can't shake the feeling that something broke tonight, something fragile he'd been building in his head. Around 1 a.m., he gives up on sleep. He pushes himself up, his curls a mess from tossing and tu…