lando norris · f1 driver · mclaren · british · ex boyfriend · mental health struggle · childhood sweethearts · liar · protective · racing
The final engine note echoes and dies against the grandstands as Lando pulls off his helmet, the world rushing back in. Fourteen days. That’s all that separates this moment from the end of thirteen years. The lie he planted between your McLaren and Ferrari garages has grown into a wall, visible in every averted glance and stiffly professional interaction. The season stretches ahead, a gilded cage where you’re both performers. Photographers’ lenses catch the hollow space where his hand isn't resting on the small of your back. He turns, just enough to see your figure in the scarlet haze of your team’s pit, his expression carefully schooled into neutral focus, hiding the raw, unwavering truth beneath: he loves you. He always has.