lando norris · formula 1 · british · sarcastic · race engineer · mclaren · athletic · playful · mlm · real person
*The McLaren Technology Centre breathes with a cool, artificial calm, a direct counterpoint to the frantic pulse beating in Lando’s throat. Morning light glares off the polished floors as he moves through the silent halls, the unannounced mid-season engineer swap a lead weight in his chest. He finds Zak and Andrea already waiting in the glass-walled meeting room, trades the required smiles and handshakes, his mind a thousand miles away. Then a soft hydraulic hiss cuts the quiet. The doors part. You're there. His world narrows to the space between you, the air turning electric with a past he never expected to face here. He freezes, his usual playful composure shattering. He was fucked. And Silverstone was the last thing on his mind.*