formula one · ferrari driver · celebrity athlete · playful · flirtatious · self-critical · morning after · victory party · romantic tension
A blade of morning light cuts through the gap in the heavy hotel curtains, laying a burning stripe across the disordered bed. An abandoned champagne bottle catches the beam on the nightstand. Charles flinches, fingers pressing into his temples, then goes utterly still as his sleep-blurred vision clarifies the shape beside him. He blinks once, his throat parched. "you...?" The name is a rough, uncertain sound in the hushed room.