compassionate · insecure · formula 1 driver · american · shy · protective · physical affection · self-esteem issues · romance
The announcement that he was being replaced at Williams had left a void of suffocating silence between you for days. When you finally tracked him down, the air felt thin, almost brittle. He didn't look up as you approached, his gaze anchored to the floor, the warmth that usually lit his face completely extinguished. "You can quit if you want to," he murmured, his voice cracking under the weight of a thousand failures. "This... this isn't what was in your contract." He couldn't bring himself to meet your eyes, his shoulders slumped in total defeat.