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Oscar lost Lando a championship and left McLaren. There was still a year in between.
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Marcus looked down at the wizard, still twitching pitifully on the ground, snot and tears streaking across his wrinkled face. He was moving his mouth, thick tongue and all, begging for mercy.
“Crucio.”
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In which, against all odds, Marcus Flint and Oliver Wood end up fighting on the same side.
Or: Pining, a drawn-out war, misunderstandings, a botched pure-blood wedding and a host of (necessary) secrets to keep.
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- Part 2 of In Flight, Two Boys
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The aftermath of stage 17. After Tadej loses, musings about pain and bodies leads him to a kiss that is half remedy, half revenge.
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20 Jul 2023
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17 Jul 2023
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Charles stares at him intently, “Last time was an anomaly.”
Not for the first time, Max recalls the awkward swell of humiliation after Charles had told him to stop. The hairs on the back of his neck prickle at the memory of everything that followed, “Yeah, that better not happen again.”
After Monaco, Max thought he’d made up his mind about Charles, and their little arrangement.
They’re in Azerbaijan and Charles is everywhere: in his head, in his messages, in his hotel room…
Will Max be able to hold onto his resolve, or will his attempts at self-denial only prolong the inevitable?
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- Part 2 of Temptation’s Trajectory
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02 Jun 2023
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There's a bitter triumph in crashing when you should be soaring and Charles can't allow himself to be second to anything, even if it is touching the sun itself.
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- Part 1 of Flying or Drowning
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Charles looks like he's fighting a smile when he demands, “Say it again.”
“Boyfriend?” Max makes sure, slightly incredulous, feeling like he's officially lost, squandered, ruined for anyone else.
"Yeah, I– yeah, that.”
Max grins.
“Charles,” he sings, leaning over the lights, close enough that their noses brush, “Be my boyfriend, my Monegasque tart, my sexy smart-mouthed rival–”
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Or, two future teammates get high, get on Mattia Binotto's wrong side through an inadvisable escapade involving fairy lights, get on a plane, and get a stuffed armadillo named Chax. In that order.Bookmarked by Anney
22 Mar 2023
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They’re almost back to Charles’ hotel when Max asks, “Do you mind that we all call you Charles? Like the English, not the French?”
“No,” Charles scoffs. “It’s just a name.”
Or: between Spa and Zandvoort 2022, Max Verstappen takes Charles Leclerc out for dinner in Amsterdam.
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20 Mar 2023
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On the drive back to the hotel Max had turned to him, blue eyes fierce and piercing.
“Promise me you won’t stop being angry. You’re angry because you know what you can do. Use it, control it, let it fuel you. Other people won’t understand but that doesn’t matter, you know what you’re capable of.”
You and me, he’d seemed to say, we’re the same.
Charles wonders now how he ever thought Max wouldn’t understand.
Or: Charles leaves Ferrari, tries to win a championship, and learns some things about belonging. All the while, Max is there.
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09 Mar 2023
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"Alright", he says. "You go first".
Charles hesitates for a moment; rethinks whether or not he's finally making that one mistake that ends him for good. The words tumble out of his mouth almost without permission. "My name is Charles".
The man's smile gets even wider, eyes boring into his. Charles feels a shiver run down his spine. "Pleased to meet you, Charles. I'm Carlos".
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31 Jan 2023
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He thinks that even if his voice were intact enough to say the words, he wouldn’t have been able to get them out. That even if pressed, held down and told to say it, he wouldn't have found a way. I’m married to Max Verstappen.
Charles leans over his bed and throws up on the floor.
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07 Sep 2022
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There is no version of love that matches comfort. No, love is like a fist hitting square into his jaw. Love is pain.
Charles smiles, green eyes twinkling under the artificial lights, his slender fingers toying with the loose strings of his bracelet. Max watches, with a heavy weight on his chest bringing him down and a knot tied on his throat. Love hurts. He wants nothing but to reach out and hold his hand and let Charles run his index fingers through his palm, mapping out his veins, but he can’t. He can’t.
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25 Jul 2022
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05 Jun 2022
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Charles experiences solitude and Max faces one of his worst fears.
Eventually, they're just boys trying to find their place in the world.or:
Boston feels quite lonely if you don't have someone to share it with.
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29 Apr 2022
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"Second," Max continues, "You're so dramatic, you should have to walk home, actually, if you're going to be–"
"Fine, I will," Charles juts his chin out.
"Fine. I can’t believe I’m in love with someone who likes Cocoa Puffs. I hope you enjoy walking home weighed down by the knowledge that you’re eating trash for breakfast," Max huffs, swiveling the cart around.
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Or, when Max first tells Charles he's in love with him, it's 3 a.m and they're in the middle of the cereal aisle at a 24-hour grocery store.Bookmarked by Anney
07 Mar 2022
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19 Nov 2021
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“It's subjunctive history. You know, the subjunctive? The mood used when something may or may not have happened. When it is imagined.”
― Alan Bennett, The History BoysBookmarked by Anney
14 Nov 2021
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03 Nov 2021
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Pierre wants to tell Daniil to stop being so modest, to look in the mirror and recognise his own talent. It’s what Dany had said to him, after his Red Bull seat fell out from under him. ‘You have to believe in yourself and know you are worthy outside of what they say about you.’
My notes when I wrote this were: Alpha Tauri as family, Toro Rosso Drivers Support Group, touching greatness, being your best and what that means
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08 Aug 2021
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He doesn’t blame Max, not really.
If he could have Charles for one night, he would never let him go either.
Maybe he isn’t the one who is losing; Max is also playing a losing game.
You can’t open yourself to Charles and try to exist in his charmed life without becoming irrevocably enamoured.
When Max let Charles walk into his motorhome, when he let Charles slip into his existence, Max didn’t know it then but the battle was already lost.
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- Part 1 of this is our place, we make the rules
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03 Jun 2021