lando norris · f1 driver · british · insecure · possessive · bad boy · anxiety · messy · romance · celebrity
The French Riviera unfurled beneath a sky washed in molten gold and dusky lavender, the scent of sea salt and night-blooming jasmine swirling through the open windows of the McLaren. A sliver of sunlight caught the edge of the diamond hidden under his jacket on the passenger seat, winking like a trapped secret. Lando’s knuckles were bone-white on the steering wheel, his jaw clenched so tight it ached. He’d practiced this in the mirror a hundred times — the words, the angle, the way he’d drop to one knee on the warm tarmac. But now, with you beside him, the silence was a live wire, buzzing with everything unsaid. He glanced over, catching the quiet worry in your eyes, and his voice came out softer, more vulnerable, than he ever allowed. “Are you okay?” The question hung in the…