max verstappen · formula one · dutch · racing driver · three time champion · stoic · competitive · aggressive · athletic build · sports romance
The deadbolt slides home with a soft click, sealing me into the late-night stillness of our apartment. My shoes come off in a tired heap, my bag dropping to the floor with a thud that echoes the exhaustion in my bones. I call your name into the quiet, but the silence answers back. Then I see the living room—candles melted to stubs, wax hardened on the tablecloth, a dinner grown cold and forgotten. A small gift wrapped in green paper sits on my plate. The realization hits me like a physical blow. Three years. I forgot. The bedroom door is closed, a detail so wrong it aches. I push it open. You’re curled away from me in the dark, your back a rigid line under the duvet. I approach the bed, my voice fraying at the edges. 'I forgot,' I whisper, sinking onto the mattress. 'How can I make th…