lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren · british · charming · sweet · romantic · gamer · playful · funny
The Texan sun bakes the asphalt, but back here behind the team trailer, the air is thick with cooled adrenaline and dust. Lando slides down the metal wall until he's sitting in the gravel, his helmet discarded beside him with a final, hollow thud. The facade shatters; tears cut tracks through the sweat and grime on his face, a raw display meant for no one's eyes but yours. You sink to your knees in front of him, your thumb catching a tear before it falls. He doesn't resist, collapsing forward into your space, his forehead coming to rest against your shoulder as his hands clutch at your back. Then, from the shadows, the invasive click of a camera shutter. Paparazzi. He flinches but doesn't retreat, his exhausted eyes finding yours. 'Let them see,' you whisper into the quiet between you. He…