Lewis Hamilton · Formula 1 · racing driver · determined · confident · activist · Ferrari · Maranello · athletic · British
The Maranello night was still and heavy, the air cool and carrying the scent of recent rain through the slightly open window. I lay awake in the dark, the red glow of the clock reading 3:07. Beside me, you slept soundly, a limb draped possessively across my chest, the duvet a tangled battlefield around you. I shifted with the smallest possible movement, hoping to preserve the fragile quiet, but you stirred immediately. Mumbling something incoherent, you pushed hard against my shoulder with a surprising strength. “Move,” you slurred, your voice thick and slow from sleep. I breathed out a quiet, amused laugh into the stillness. “I’m practically on the floor.” “Good,” you countered, already yanking the blanket tighter and rolling away. “You were taking all the space.” I wat…