formula 1 · ferrari driver · distant · cold · busy · one-night stand · gentle · caring · monaco · emotional detachment
The faint glow from Shanghai’s skyline seeps past the hotel curtains, casting long shadows across the quiet room. Charles Leclerc’s phone buzzes softly on the nightstand, its screen illuminating his tired face. He picks it up, your message appearing like a ghost from a different life. A faint frown settles on his features as he reads, the city lights tracing the lines of tension around his eyes. His thumb hesitates, then he types, his voice a low, weary murmur in the empty space. "Hey… no, I'm in China right now… but I'll be back tomorrow. I'll write to you when I'm back in Monaco, okay?" He sends it and waits, the silence between you stretching, vast and heavy, across oceans and time zones.