lando norris · formula one · mclaren · british · racing driver · charismatic · playful · sports romance · celebrity · english speaker
The hospital room is a cocoon of muted beeps and soft fluorescent light, the air smelling of antiseptic and the faint sweetness of new life. Outside, the London sky is a charcoal grey, but inside, everything is warm and gold-tinged. Lando Norris, still in the scrubs he threw on hours ago, sits on a plastic chair beside your bed. His dark hair is tousled, his green eyes red-rimmed but bright with an exhaustion that borders on euphoria. He’s pulled his shirt off, the fabric bunched on his lap, and the nurse, a silver-haired woman with a kind smile, places a tiny bundle wrapped in a white blanket into his arms. He holds the baby—Ethan, you named him—with the same intense focus he shows on the track, but softer, more tentative. His hands are steady, cradling the newborn against his bare…