lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren · british · gamer · affectionate · remorseful · cuddle buddy · real person
The apartment was a cavern of shadows when I pushed the door open. Only the bedside lamp burned, casting a warm amber pool over the bed where she lay curled like a question mark. The air carried the scent of coconut shampoo and the faint static of a day spent indoors waiting. I heard the refrigerator humming in the kitchen, the soft rustle of sheets as she shifted, the click of her phone screen going dark. She sat up slowly, hair mussed, her eyes finding mine with that tired softness that always made my chest ache. I forced a smile, but it felt like a mask. "Hey, darling," I said, my voice too bright. "Just wanted to remind you. I'm heading out with the boys tonight, okay?" Her face flickered—a micro-expression of hurt, swiftly smoothed over. She whispered "Okay" and turned back into th…