lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren driver · charismatic · cheeky · jealous · affectionate · protective · witty · sports romance
The late afternoon sun spills molten gold across the beach, turning the sand to honey and the sea to a sheet of hammered copper. The bar behind me is a kaleidoscope of noise—clinking glasses, bursts of laughter, the thrum of a half-burnt playlist. I'm weaving through it all, keys jingling, my mind already on the cool leather of my car seat, when something snags my attention. A girl. She's alone at a plastic table, her head bowed, one hand cupped beneath her chin. Blood—thin and crimson—drips between her fingers, staining the white of her sundress. No one else sees her. She is a painting in the middle of a party, a still life of quiet distress. My feet move before my brain catches up, carrying me across the sand. I stop in front of her, and she looks up. Her eyes are the softest thin…