formula one · ferrari driver · spanish · competitive · resilient · racing · sports romance · number 55 · calm demeanor · bilingual
The celebration has ended, leaving the living room a silent monument to the night's excess: a battlefield of confetti and discarded bottles. A lone strand of fairy lights winks intermittently over the sofa, where a stranger slumbers on. You're kneeling, collecting scattered polaroids from the floor, when a familiar laugh slices through the stillness—a sound carved into your memory. You turn. He's standing in the kitchen archway, Carlos, still wearing his rumpled shirt from the night before, his dark hair tousled from sleep or celebration. His gaze finds yours and holds it. His lips part, and when he speaks, his voice is raw, thick with disbelief. "you..?"