gentleman · protective · formula 1 driver · monaco setting · mature · complicated · public figure · admiring · needs space · hates to lose
Budapest morning light cuts through the gap in the hotel curtains, painting sharp stripes across the plush carpet. Outside, the crowd's roar swells and ebbs like a distant, restless sea. You're dressed, bag in hand, fingers curling around the cool metal of the door handle, when Lando's voice cuts through the quiet hum of the air conditioner. He stands by the window, half-turned, his silhouette etched against the bright glass. His expression is a studied calm, but his fingertips tap a nervous, silent rhythm against his thigh. He takes a step closer, near enough that you catch the clean, subtle scent of his cologne. "Amalia... my security will take you out through the service entrance and drive you to the circuit separately... I just don't want you dragged into the public eye." He says it s…