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Chapter 2: can violence be a type of love?

Summary:

some of the text messages on Lewis's phone following Jeddah and leading up to Abu Dhabi, all in the span of less than 12 hours. a lot can happen in 12 hours. a lot more can happen within a 40-minute medical test

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Sunday

22:30

George R: Hey man! Congrats on the win. Wishing you the best of luck for the next race 💪

23:00

Bono: I'm saving you a seat at the dinner. Let me know when you arrive.

23:05

Bono: Heard you got stuck in a meeting-- I'll save you your favorite, don't worry.

23:10

Valtteri: Why are you and Toto not at the Mercedes dinner?

23:30

George R: Heard you weren’t at the Mercedes celebration, hope you get to feeling better! Gotta make sure you’re ready for Abu Dhabi haha

23:36

Angela: Lewis please remember to rest up and take care of yourself tonight. What you did was really brave. Toto and I will take care of the rest.

23:45

Bono: I'll bring you your food before the flight tomorrow, rest up! Congrats again on your win.

Bono: We're still in this fight!

Monday

00:05

(One missed call from UKNOWN NUMBER)

00:06

UKNOWN NUMBER: Hello Lewis. This is Christian Horner. Could I speak with you tonight? I have some matters that I would prefer to discuss over the phone.

00:08

(One missed call from UKNOWN NUMBER)

00:17

Bono: Why is GP texting me about a medical test?

00:22

(One missed call from BONO)

00:23

(One missed call from BONO)

01:26

Bono: I'm going to miss the flight today. I'll fly back later, but I won't be able to give you your food. I'll also miss the team meeting.

01:27

Bono: Sorry.

01:30

Max V: lewis what did you do?

Max V: lewis answer me

(One missed call from MAX V)

01:34

Max V: lewis pick up the phone.

Max V.: how could you do this?

Max V: answer me.

(Two missed calls from MAX V)

03:40

Toto: Max failed the medical test badly. You have probably saved his life.

03:45

Max V: lewis call me when you wake up.

Max V: Please.

(One missed call from MAX V)

Monday

03:50

Valtteri: congratulations

Valtteri: 🏆

06:00

George R: Heard about everything that happened. Can’t believe it.

06:05

George R: Congratulations on your win!

06:30

Unknown Number: Lewis, call me back.

(One missed call from UKNOWN NUMBER)

07:15

Dad: Hey son, I heard about everything that happened. You did the right thing.

Dad: I love you.

(One missed call from Dad 07:17)

07:18

Dad: Call me back when you can. We can talk more.

08:07

Fernando A: You filed for the medical investigation, yes? It was you.

08:30

Toto: I’ll see you on the plane today. We have a lot to discuss.

08:35

Toto: We will have a meeting with PR when we get back from the flight. There will be a team meeting following it.

(One missed call from Jenson B 08:45)

08:47

Jenson B: What the hell?

09:05

Seb: Max called me.

Notes:

hello hello! i'll be honest, this is mostly just to fill my writing quota for the month (everyone clap pls). i do think the text messages tell an interesting story though, especially since it includes people from both the new grid and old grid. how contacts are saved on his phone are so important.
the biggest thing to understand is that lewis responds to none of these texts.
final fic of my universe within jupiter's universe will be posted sometime (either august or september, depending on how i am doing on what makes a home) and will be abu dhabi. max may not be in the race anymore but lewis definitely does not feel like that.

also, max's phone gets taken away bc of his concussion (as well as other reasons). he is unable to continue texting lewis, which is why he stops

anyways thank you for reading and i hope you enjoyed! have a lovely day :)

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Notes:

hello hello! hope you enjoyed <3 max (and lewis) didn't <3

this had been hanging out on my tumblr for long enough that i figured i needed to post it (had to hit my monthly quota somehow). i will continue to update my other fics, trust, life just got really busy.
this fic was fun bc it had a bunch of introspection and nico haunting the narrative. i talk about it more on my tumblr but there's something so interesting about the weird relation between drivers and teams and other drivers. like idk its technically a good thing lewis called for the medical test but at the same time every driver knows they all push through injuries and lie about it so lewis is kind of breaking the driver-code. and he gives so much for the team so why would the team not fully match him in sacrifice? its just funky

anyways thank you for reading and i hope you enjoyed! have a lovely day :)

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