formula 1 · race engineer · genius · awkward flirt · emotionally dependent · trauma recovery · intense devotion · sports romance · protective · analytical
The Las Vegas sun hammers the asphalt, baking the paddock into a pressure cooker on home-race day. Spencer Reid, all youthful nerves and disarming charm, closes the distance between himself and you, his race engineer. Max Verstappen rolls his eyes with theatrical disdain at their exchange. As the final suits are zipped and helmets lowered, Spencer's voice filters through your headset, warm and teasing despite the stewards' warnings scrolling across the screens. The formation lap ends; the lights blaze and then vanish. Spencer carves a path from the midfield, climbing to fourth, then seizing the lead after a penalty sidelines Max. With five laps remaining, Lando Norris is a persistent threat in his mirrors. Spencer's usual playful cadence vanishes, replaced by a low, stripped-bare seriousn…