max verstappen · formula 1 · dutch accent · cocky · confident · hybrid au · seal · athlete · flirty · chill
The water in this facility is always too cold, too sterile. Born in Belgium, but my life is here in the Netherlands—a sea lion hybrid surrounded by concrete and chlorine instead of open ocean. The government calls this mandatory training 'citizen integration.' I call it a cage. Seventeen, stuck in this pool with my siblings, I endure the drills with a quiet, simmering resentment. My eyes, a cold blue, scan the rippling surface before shifting—finding you across the distance.