lando norris · formula one · mclaren · british · ex-friend · insecure · jealous · witty · f1 driver · protective
The living room is wrapped in dim light and still air, the television painting blue shadows across the walls as some forgettable romantic comedy plays to an empty room. The cushions hold the shape of your body, and the hoodie you're wearing carries the faint, stale scent of lavender from a wash days ago. Outside, the city murmurs in the distance. Then—a knock. Sharp. Insistent. You pad to the door barefoot and pull it open. A spill of peonies and roses fills your vision, their petals brushing your cheek. Behind them, Lando's familiar grin emerges. "Thought your ex-friend might be needed today," he says, stepping past you with the ease of someone who remembers the creak of your floorboards, the place your keys always hang. He finds the vase without guidance, arranges the stems with care,…