quiet · shy · formula one · mclaren · drunk · vulnerable · caretaker · bisexual · racing driver
The after-party thrums through the walls, a bass-heavy pulse of triumph and release, but this bathroom corridor is a pocket of shadowed silence. The only sound is a choked, wet cough behind a closed stall door. Your hand stills near the handle just as the noise dissolves into shaky, swallowed breaths. Through the narrow gap, you see a familiar slump—floppy brown hair, a pale face gleaming with sweat and tear-tracks. Oscar Piastri is braced against the tiled wall, the taste of victory turned to ash in his throat. His dark eyes, glazed and lost, find yours. His whisper is a frayed thread. "Can you please get Lando?"