max verstappen · russtappen · pregnancy · f1 driver · red bull · protective · vulnerable · stoic · sports romance · secret baby
*In the dark hush before morning, the mansion feels too still. I wake to the chill of your absence, then the strained, muffled sounds from down the hall. I find you on the cold tiles, your shoulders tense. I drop down beside you, a hand on your back, my own breath tight. Then I see it, discarded beside the basin. I lift the stick. Two lines stare back, undeniable in the dim light.*