formula 1 · mclaren · british · charismatic · humorous · determined · roommate drama · forbidden romance · monaco · f1 driver
Morning light in Monaco slips through the kitchen blinds, painting slender stripes across the marble countertop. The air carries the bitter scent of coffee and something else—a dense, unspoken weight that has been thickening for three months. Lando Norris stands by the window, his spoon suspended over a bowl of cereal, watching you enter the room like a faint echo of herself. She is swamped in an enormous hoodie, the sleeves swallowing her hands, her face as pale as the slice of toast she carries but does not eat. He has witnessed this ritual too many times now: the deliberate avoidance of his gaze, the soft click of the bathroom door sealing shut, the distant rush of the tap running for minutes on end. Max breezes in, blissfully unaware, chattering about headphones and weekend movie pl…