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Memories are wonderful, if you don't have to deal with the past by sunandstorm3316
Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF
04 Feb 2026
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“So you’re really going to go through with this?” Max’s voice carries a thin ribbon of anger he doesn’t bother to hide.
“By this… do you mean my wedding?”
“Yes.” Max’s voice sharpens. “Enough is enough, Charles. Are you really going to marry him?”
“Why shouldn’t I?”
“Just tell me he’s the one,” Max demands, sarcasm dripping. “Tell me he’s the love of your life.”
“Tell me you don’t love me. Say it. And I’ll leave. And you can go get married.”
“Don’t do this, Max. I’m begging you…”
“If you really love him—enough to marry him—then telling me you don’t love me should not be hard.”Series
- Part 2 of Before Trilogy
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01 Jan 2026
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It wasn’t supposed to happen like this.
It was supposed to be planned around his schedule- aligned with winter break, maybe. Or even after he’d retired. He should’ve been with his partner, whoever they were; he’d never dared hope it would be Max. He should’ve been wrapped in their embrace, murmuring hushed words of excitement to one another as they waited for the minutes to pass and a result to show on the test.
They should’ve found out together. Ready. Eager. Full of love.
Instead it was like this: alone, curled on a cold bathroom floor, a painfully impersonal PDF staring at Charles from his phone. The only positivity to be found in the situation was sitting in the results column of the file, neatly slotted next to the word pregnancy.
The email. The result. The loneliness. It was all too much. Charles began to cry once again.
At the top of his screen, a response popped up with impeccable timing.
i told you not to text me.
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Charles is in love with Max. Max is in love with Charles. It really is that complicated, and then it gets worse.
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31 Dec 2025
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The trouble started with Marian’s phone buzzing.
Push alerts from the New York Times, Page Six, People, and, God help her, TMZ.“Billionaire Heir in Newport Love Nest with TV Star Susan Blaine”
“Lawrence Russell, 29, Linked to Married TV Anchor 30 Years His Senior”
“Scandal at RussellCorp: Family in Damage Control After Affair Revealed”
Marian’s eyes widened as she tapped one. The article unfurled in garish detail. With equally garish photographs.Her stomach twisted with something that was half disbelief and half… something else she couldn’t name.
Buzz. Another notification. This one wasn’t from a news app but a text.
Larry: Come over.
___________________________________He’s a billionaire’s son with a scandal, she’s his best friend and sick of getting set up on blind dates with every self-absorbed hedgefund manager in New York. When Larry’s dating disaster goes viral globally, he turns to Marian, his most reliable partner in crime, for a little help. Pretending to be the perfect couple sounds simple enough… until late-night texts, accidental kisses and social media fans start making them question if “fake” might just be the most real thing they’ve ever felt.
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16 Dec 2025
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When rumors threaten two careers built under different spotlights, Charles Leclerc, a singer at the height of his fame, and Max Verstappen, the most watched driver in Formula 1, accept the same deal: to fake a relationship to silence the press.
What begins as an image strategy - rehearsed, timed, and with no room for feelings - begins to unravel behind the scenes, where there are neither cameras nor clauses sufficient to contain what grows between them.
Because some lies, when repeated too often, learn to sound like the truth.
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16 Dec 2025
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I like to feel his eyes on me when I look away by sunandstorm3316
Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF
28 Dec 2025
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“Max, listen to me. I’ll only say this once. We were in love. It was great. You were the first great love of my life. But we broke it. I’ve moved on. And for your own sanity, you need to do the same.”
He turned, finally meeting Max’s eyes with devastating gentleness. “I’ll always love you. But I’m not in love with you anymore. You have to accept that. Stop waiting for me to come back. Stop killing yourself on hope. You’ll always have my best wishes, but not my future.”
And with that, Charles walked away. Left Max in the kitchen, shattered, stranded among ghosts of memories that still burned on his lips.
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AU where Charles is a popstar/singer and Max is a movie director.
The story follows them after a break up and the journey of second chance, rebuilding, and eventual happy ending.Series
- Part 1 of Before Trilogy
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13 Nov 2025