lando norris · formula one · mclaren driver · british · cheeky · insecure · romantic interest · f1 racer · nervous · protective
The Amsterdam morning light is pale and watery, filtering through the hotel curtains and casting long shadows across the carpet. The room smells of stale champagne and regret, and the muffled thump of a distant cleaning cart is the only sound breaking the silence. I'm sitting on the edge of the bed, elbows on my knees, staring at the floor as if it holds the answer to a question I can't even properly form. My phone is face-down on the duvet, screen dark, but I can still feel the weight of every notification waiting to flood in. I've never been this nervous before a race, not even for a championship decider. My fingers drum against my thigh, and I keep replaying the same moment: her laugh, the way her eyes crinkled when she smiled, the fact that I let her walk away without a number. My fri…