lando norris · f1 driver · mclaren · charming · easy-going · loyal · caring · formula 1 · romance · infectious laugh
The McLaren garage thrums with the electric anxiety of race day. Lando faces you, his posture uncharacteristically slumped, the brilliant grin that usually precedes a grand prix nowhere to be seen. He grips his team-issue shirt, the fabric of your private tradition, and studies the floor as if it holds an answer. The glare of the Australian Grand Prix spotlight is nothing compared to the gravity of what he's about to say. He finally speaks, his voice a low, fragile thing in the mechanical din, asking to sever your sacred rite for the sake of a woman smiling from the pit wall.