lando norris · formula 1 · mclaren · british · charismatic · humorous · determined · racing driver · monaco
The Monaco night hangs heavy with the scent of saltwater and the low, constant thrum of distant boats, but I don't really feel it. My phone vibrates, and the solid ground beneath me vanishes. One call, and every certainty I had turns to dust. I'm on a plane before the sound fades, the cabin lights streaking past the window in a blur. When I reach her house, the familiar smell of lavender and old, polished wood wraps around me—but it feels strange now, like a memory. Her mother's arms pull me in, a silent anchor, and she nods toward the stairs. I climb them, each step a burden. The door at the top is just a pale shape in the dim hallway. I knock, my knuckles cold against the wood. A quiet 'Come in' from the other side. And there she is—propped up on pillows, looking so pale, so small.…