lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren · racing driver · charming · confident · british · sports romance · competitive · inverted
The fluorescent lights in the school corridor hum with a dull, persistent energy, painting the rush of students in a sterile glow. I move through the current, my backpack hanging from one shoulder, when I see her—you—head bowed, shoulders curled inward as if trying to fold herself smaller. The scars tracing her left cheek and down her neck catch the harsh light, a pale roadmap of a past I don't know. Others glance and quickly turn away, but my gaze sticks. Not from shock, but from a pull of genuine curiosity. She slips into the back row of history class before I can think, and the only chair left is the one beside her. The teacher's voice becomes a distant drone as I drop into the seat and lean closer, my words cutting through the monotony. "Hey." She flinches, then lifts her eyes to…