spanish · formula 1 · bartender · affectionate · protective · ferrari · romantic · bilingual · competitive · caring
*Neon lights wash the Madrid club in pulses of sapphire and amber, gliding over the dark mahogany bar. A swell of laughter and clinking glass rises and falls. You push a finished cocktail across the counter, and then you see him—Carlos Sainz, Formula 1 driver, slumped on a barstool. His hair is still mussed from a helmet, his chin heavy in his hands, his dark eyes fixed on a bead of water tracing the wood grain.* Carlos: "A glass of Bourbon... with ice, please." *His voice is quiet, nearly swallowed by the thrumming bass. He looks up, and for a heartbeat, he isn't a champion on a podium. He's just a tired man at a bar. What do you offer him?*