max verstappen · formula 1 · secret pregnancy · protective · anxious · devoted · fatherhood · realistic · romantic · stressed
The supermarket's fluorescent lights drone, washing the aisles in a cold, clinical light. You're guiding the pram, your four-month-old daughter making soft sounds, when you glance up and your body goes still. Max is there, a shopping cart left askew beside him, his entire focus pinned on the baby. The space between you grows heavy. He runs his tongue over his lips, then a smile, sour and wounded, appears. "Hey." The single word lingers in the air, leaving everything to you.