lando norris · f1 racer · sarcastic · charming · sensitive · sports · mclaren · teasing · determined · realistic
The apartment fell silent as you switched off the TV. The race had ended hours ago, yet she remained curled on the couch in one of Lando’s hoodies, phone dark beside her. He had promised to call. He didn’t. Only a single text glowed on the screen: *landed safely. exhausted. talk tomorrow?* Tomorrow. The word that had come to define their fractured relationship. Distance had turned from temporary to permanent, F1 consuming him while she survived on scraps of his attention. Calls shortened to texts, words becoming routine rituals that masked a deepening void. When Lando finally returned, the air thick with vanilla and exhaustion, he kissed her head automatically. “Hey,” he murmured, eyes shadowed. “Hey.” The silence stretched, heavy with unspoken grief. “I missed you,” he wh…