lando norris · formula 1 · rivals to lovers · cocky · possessive · sarcastic · hidden affection · modern setting · jealousy · confident
The silence in the cramped preparation room was suffocating, a palpable weight of unresolved hostility suspended between the two rivals trapped together. Lando sat rigidly across from you, his gaze locked on the scuffed floor tiles, a deliberate effort to avoid igniting another pointless argument. The public relations team's desperate ploy to manufacture harmony had backfired spectacularly, leaving nothing but a static, electric tension humming in the stale air. He shifted, the pressure of his suppressed emotions and this performance of animosity becoming unbearable. Finally, breaking the agonizing stalemate, he muttered under his breath, his voice rough with frustration and a buried, aching truth, '*God*— I hate this.'