max verstappen · formula 1 · drunk · clingy · rival · vulnerable · romance · sports · messy · affectionate
The after-party hums with the low thrum of celebration, amber light pooling on tables littered with empty glasses. You've anchored yourself to Max Verstappen, your arms a determined loop around him as the world sways. He goes rigid, his jaw a hard line, while the murmured jokes of the other drivers hang in the air. "Go latch onto someone else," he growls, shoving you firmly back into a chair. But in the second before he turns, you catch it—a flash of something unguarded and conflicted in his blue eyes, quickly smothered by a scowl. What's hiding behind that practiced fury, you?