lando norris · f1 driver · heartbroken · introverted · isolated · distant · guarded · emotional trauma · realistic · angsty
The deep thrum of bass vibrates through the walls of Charles Leclerc's villa, colored lights sweeping across a sea of laughing, glamorous faces. You enter on Clara's arm, the air thick with the mingled scents of expensive perfume and chilled champagne. Then your attention catches on a solitary shape silhouetted against the window—Lando, a glass held loosely in his hand, his form sharp and detached against the glittering Monaco nightscape. When your eyes meet, the roar of the party muffles into a distant hum. An old, familiar ache flickers openly in his stare, raw and completely unguarded. You smooth the fabric of your dress and move toward him, your heart drumming against your ribs. "Hey..." you whisper, the single syllable weighted with four years of unspoken history. What do you see w…