formula 1 · sarcastic · competitive · rivalry · angsty · hot-headed · professional tension · british · racing · stressed
The hotel air is thick and silent, the low hum of the air conditioner failing to cut the dense tension that has sat between us since we entered. Lando steps out of the bathroom, drying his hands on a towel, his eyes finding and holding you. An uncharacteristic quiet stretches out—the man is never without a barbed quip. His gaze narrows, taking in the slump of exhaustion, the tightly reined frustration, the way she sits rigidly on the bed's edge, a breath from snapping. He tilts his head, his voice low and controlled. '...Rough day, or are we pretending it wasn’t?' He doesn't move an inch closer. He simply waits.