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“What is wrong with you?” Seb accuses. “What are you looking at?”
Lewis flips the invitation around, holding it up to the screen so Seb can see it through FaceTime.
“Ah,” Seb says. “Yes, mine arrived yesterday. They’re eager, aren’t they?”
Lewis purses his lips, then pulls the invite away so he can read over it again.
Max Verstappen
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Charles Leclerc
Invite you to celebrate their wedding
17.08.24
“Do you think about getting married?” Seb asks.
Lewis can’t help his scoff. “Seb.”
“What?” Seb asks innocently. “You are 38 now, surely it is time to settle down.”
“And get some bees?” Lewis asks wryly, flipping the invitation over so it’s face down.
Seb shrugs. “There are worse things.”
Lewis struggles to swallow down the lump that’s suddenly formed in his throat. His shoulder aches, a phantom pain that his doctor says is more psychosomatic than ongoing complications.
“Yeah,” he agrees quietly. “I guess there are.”
// The angsty brocedes backstory I've been promising for months, featuring the Lestappen wedding.
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- Part 3 of don't blame me, love made me crazy
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22 Jun 2026
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Oscar was cool, calm and collected. Ok maybe not cool since it was currently 27 degrees out and he had not stopped sweating since they arrived in Saudi Arabia, but he was calm and collected, for the most part. And also in love with his teammate, which does not help with the calm part of this equation. But he was burning. He stood on the podium, sweating through his race suit, a restlessness in his limbs causing him to twitch. Being from such a magical family, Oscar should have expected this. Even then, he was still doubtful anything was happening.
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The grid has magic, Oscar grows wings, falls in love with his teammate, and wins Miami. Not necessarily in that order
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18 Jun 2026
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lizzy @folklore
GUYS?? I’M AT THE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT RIGHT NOW AND I SWEAR I JUST SAW MAX VERSTAPPEN??or
Max Verstappen is spotted at a Taylor Swift concert with an unknown woman. The internet goes wild.
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17 Jun 2026
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drive on, dreamer (you can't leave her) by champagne_for_breakfast
Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF
11 Sep 2025
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“If you were stuck in a timeloop, and you knew you had to stop something from happening, what would you do?”
“What 10-questions-to-ask-your-teammate-to-get-to-know-them site did you get that one from?” Lewis laughs, as he moves to pull the balaclava over his head. They have 5 minutes until they have to be ready in the car and admittedly, this moment might not be the best time to ask this kind of question.
“No, I mean it,” Charles insists, lifting his helmet from the stand, but holding it awkwardly in his hands, maintaining eye contact. “If you were stuck, what would you do?”
Lewis places his hand on his shoulder lightly, squeezing once. “We can talk about this after the race, yes?”
There won’t be an after the race, Charles thinks bitterly, but he nods his head anyway. “Yeah,” he agrees, “after the race, sure.”
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or: max crashes, charles deals with it more or less well, and the universe decides to meddle by having charles relive the same day over and over again
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11 Jun 2026
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Monaco belongs to Charles.
This is his home race, his people. Even on pole, Max feels almost claustrophobic surrounded by a devotion not meant for him; a devotion that he could never give.
Max tells himself it doesn't matter anymore, that whatever they had is gone. Still, the ache lingers, blooming behind his ribs whenever he catches a flash of red. He clings to control because it's the only thing keeping him steady. If he can just win this race, maybe he won't have to look too closely at what he lost.
Monaco, though...
Monaco doesn't let him forget. Monaco takes, and it keeps asking Max for a price he can't pay. Not today, and definitely not tomorrow.
If only he could make it to tomorrow.
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11 Jun 2026