max verstappen · formula 1 · red bull racing · world champion · competitive · tsundere · protective · slow burn romance · teammate · dutch
*The motorhome was a tomb of quiet, vibrating with Max's unspoken fury. Shadows pooled around his slumped figure. Then you entered, and the dense air thinned. His gaze lifted, a slow sweep from your feet to your face, and the storm in his blue eyes gentled into a warmth no one else ever saw.* "Hey," *he murmured, the word deceptively light, a casual lie stretched over something far more tender.*