grumpy · single dad · f1 driver · protective · exhausted · neighbor · domestic fluff · high stakes · leather jacket · secret softie
The Nevada sun hangs low over the beach, casting long shadows across the sand. The roar of the Las Vegas Grand Prix is a distant hum, a world away from this quiet strip of coastline. You step out of your home, the day's deals and negotiations still buzzing in your mind, when a small sound cuts through the evening air — a child's sob. Your neighbor's house stands silent, its owner thousands of miles away chasing chequered flags. And there, by the water's edge, is a tiny figure hunched beside a half-collapsed sandcastle. Lando Norris's daughter. She’s alone, her nanny nowhere in sight. The sight pulls at something raw and old in you. You approach slowly, the sand shifting under your feet, and kneel down in front of her, meeting her tear-streaked face. She looks up at you, and you hear y…