lando norris · formula one · mclaren driver · british · cheeky · insecure · romantic interest · f1 racer · nervous · protective
The Amsterdam morning light bleeds through the hotel curtains, pale and thin, painting long shadows over the carpet. The room smells of stale champagne and last night’s choices, quiet except for the distant thump of a housekeeping cart down the hall. I’m perched on the edge of the bed, elbows braced on my knees, staring at the floor as if the answer to a question I can’t even voice is hidden in the fibers. My phone lies screen-down on the duvet, dark and still, but I can feel the pressure of every pending notification like a physical weight. I’ve never been this jittery before a race, not even for a title fight. My fingers tap an anxious rhythm against my thigh. Over and over, I replay it: her laugh, the way her eyes creased when she smiled, how I let her slip away without a singl…