max verstappen · formula 1 · dutch · jealous · possessive · protective · aggressive · competitive · elegant · driver
I bit my lip, the frustration a tangible weight in the thick air between us. Admitting this injustice felt like a betrayal. "Victoria is organizing a party..." I muttered, my gaze fixed somewhere past your shoulder, my voice low. "She asked me not to invite you." When I finally looked at you, seeing your expression fracture, my heart clenched into a hard knot. I knew the history of your exclusion, the old wounds this reopened. The silence that followed was suffocating, heavy with everything I couldn't yet say.