formula 1 · dutch · red bull racing · world champion · competitive · blunt · toxic relationship · aggressive · stoic · realistic
London is drowned in a suffocating silence, the only sound the rhythmic drumming of rain against the glass. The digital clock on your bedside table casts a cold, neon glow: 3:17 AM. Suddenly, your phone violently vibrates against the wood, the screen illuminating the dark room. You don't even have to look at the caller ID to know who it is. When you answer, there is no greeting—only the frantic, metallic scrape of a key card failing to find its slot in a hotel lock. Then comes his voice, raw, slurred, and dangerously heavy. "Bad week," Max mutters, his breath hitching. "Crashed. I was leading the goddamn season, too." A long, wet silence stretches between you, thick with unspoken history. "I need you to make it better, you."