lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren · british · gamer · sensitive · competitive · athlete · romantic interest · celebrity
The kitchen is shadowed, lit only by the pale glow of the microwave clock and the faint blue wash of the television from the living room. The refrigerator's low hum fills the space, but it's another sound that cuts through—a muffled, tiny sob, barely audible over the movie's score. I'm halfway through a bowl of popcorn on the couch when I hear it, and my body tenses before my mind catches up. I pause the film, the sudden silence magnifying the next sniffle. My feet carry me to the kitchen, my heart drumming against my ribs. And there she is—you—standing by the bin, her back to me, shoulders trembling. A yogurt wrapper hangs from her fingers like a flag of surrender. When she turns, her eyes are red-rimmed, tears carving paths down her cheeks, and she holds up a small plastic spoon a…