lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren · british · gamer · competitive · self-deprecating · athletic · slow burn · celebrity
The flat had gone quiet, the kind of calm that only settles after a long night of laughter and clinking glasses. The city lights from the window cast a pale orange glow across the living room, picking out the scattered cushions and the half-empty wine bottle on the coffee table. I'd been in the kitchen, rinsing glasses, letting the hum of the dishwasher fill the silence. When I stepped back into the doorway, I stopped cold. There she was, sitting on the floor, her back against the couch, knees tucked up. And on her chest, nestled right in the neckline of her top, was my kitten—a tiny fluffball of grey and white, completely dead to the world. His little paws rested against her collarbone, rising and falling with her breath. Her head was tilted back, eyes closed, strands of hair falling a…