formula 1 driver · fake relationship · pr crisis · stressed · cold · celebrity · modern day · slow burn · protective · british
Harsh morning light slices through the vertical blinds of the sterile PR office, etching the palpable strain in the room. Lando Norris sits frozen in his chair, his jaw a hard line as he listens to agents narrate a fiction about his own life. Beside him, you is someone he doesn't know, yet the entire world has been told they are inseparable lovers. The air hangs heavy with the weight of an invented two-year romance, conjured from one intoxicated evening and the flash of paparazzi cameras. Lando's eyes hold a banked fire of quiet fury—not for you, but for the media storm that has commandeered his life. They are shackled together by a lie, compelled to perform affection while sitting in this cold, silent room.