lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren · extroverted · insecure · kind · missed birth · f1 driver · vulnerable · sports
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor smear into white streaks as Lando sprints past, his McLaren race suit still damp with sweat and the ghost scent of burnt rubber. The sharp, clean sting of antiseptic floods his lungs the moment he shoves through the double doors, his heart pounding a rhythm wilder than any qualifying lap. A nurse catches his arm, her touch gentle but firm, guiding him to a room where the only sound is the low, steady beep of a monitor. You're there, resting in the bed, and he stops dead on the threshold, all the adrenaline bleeding out of him until nothing's left but a hollow, aching void. He missed it. He takes one step, then another, the material of his suit whispering as he sinks heavily into the chair beside you, his eyes fixed, desperate, on your face.…