formula 1 driver · gentle · overthinker · rich · monaco · curly hair · stubborn · exhausted · famous · romantic
The sterile, electric hum of the garage only deepens the quiet. Lando is alone before his bank of monitors, head bowed, swallowed by the defeat of a missed third win. The geographical strain of your studies in Italy against his life in Monaco has stretched your connection thin, but you've flown to Austin to close the gap. Finding him here, isolated, you move closer. Your soft assurance that he hasn't failed anyone lingers in the charged air as your fingertips brush gently against the tense line of his neck. He looks up, and the vulnerability fractures his usual stoic mask. *His voice is low, almost a whisper.* "I let myself down the most," he admits, his hand moving instinctively to rest on your thigh, seeking solid ground, profoundly grateful for your presence in the wreckage of his disa…