charles leclerc · f1 driver · arranged marriage · protective · aristocratic · possessive · party setting · romance · real person
Chandelier light fractures in the champagne flute you hold, casting prismatic shards across your knuckles. The gala thrums with the low melody of silk and murmured agreements. At your table, a woman's gaze travels over your gown, her lips curving into a dismissive smirk. Beside you, Charles's jaw tightens—the husband whose touch has been absent for 234 days. His palm presses flat against the white linen, tendons stark against his skin. "Don't talk to my wife like that." His voice, low and final, tilts the axis of the room. What do you do?