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Let the record show: this is not a love story.
Or rather, it is — but not the kind with declarations and happy endings and one singular, beautiful narrative thread. It begins with a protein bar. A hospital. A boy who nearly disappeared and the man who refused to stop seeing him.
Charles is released from a Swiss psychiatric facility just in time to miss the season he should’ve ruled. Pierre finishes eleventh. Ferrari keeps making statements, Alpine pays for sushi, and Lando Norris doesn’t know when a joke becomes a promise.
Told out of order, because memory is faulty and trauma even more so, this story is about:
— the notebook Charles never meant anyone to read
— the email Pierre never wanted to write
— and the scars neither of them can stop touchingIn the end, they survive. But survival is not the same as being okay.
Featuring: post-attempt recovery, visible scars, press manipulation, mirror sex in Vegas, a wildly inappropriate amount of sushi, and one very worried narrator who knows that love doesn’t fix people — it just rearranges the furniture in their drowning house.
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- Part 2 of Drowning House Theory
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31 Jul 2025
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The One Where Matt is Foggy's Weakness by JinxQuickfoot
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe
20 Mar 2025
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“I already told you, we decided there wasn’t enough evidence for us to take on the Moreux case. We dropped it a few days ago.”
“So you said. The problem is, Mr Nelson, I don’t believe you. And if you’re not motivated by your own pain, maybe you’ll be motivated by his.”
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When Foggy refuses to give up information on a sensitive case, Matt is taken hostage and used as leverage.(Set between Daredevil (2015) and Daredevil: Born Again. No spoilers for Born Again)
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- Part 49 of Weaknesses
- Part 6 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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30 Apr 2025
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Max wasn't sure what to think of this visit. It was late, as their time spent alone together usually was, but Charles seemed in no mood for the activities that would follow a midnight arrival time. Max didn't know what to do with this, the comfortable rules and expected behavior of their interactions gone. The script that he'd become accustomed to was useless, gone the instant Charles looked at him through the crack in the door with what could only be described as desperation.
"Charles?" He asks, voice still thick with sleep.
"Hello, uh, sorry to wake you. Can I come in?" Charles says, as he throws a glance down the hallway, not sounding particularly apologetic. His arms are crossed tightly over his chest, and he shifts his weight from one foot to the other. He's clearly anxious about something.
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26 Dec 2024
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Vladimir screams, writhing beneath him, his sounds filling the empty space like a rocket, too loud, too much, but Matt hisses through his teeth and bares through it. He’s had worse. He turns his focus outward, trusting his hands and nose to know exactly where the wound is and when to stop, but his hearing lets loose, escaping the confines of the warehouse and the screams and—
Shit.
Claire’s voice echoes through the speaker of the phone. “Did it stop the bleeding?”
“Thanks, Claire. I gotta go.”
“Matt?—”
He hangs up. Drops the flare. Stands. Cocks his head and listens.
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In season 1, episode 6 — what if Brett had been the officer to come to the scene instead?
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07 Dec 2024
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Charles’ lawyers had spoken to the FIA and to Ferrari and the agreement they came to was feeble, at best. Try was the word they used again and again. They will try to avoid putting them together in press conferences; they will try to find a solution to the cooldown room finally being reintroduced in a couple of months. Empty promises and half truths, he’s sure. But, it’s better than nothing.
OR: Charles reflects on everything he's been through as he lets go of that part of his life for good.
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- Part 2 of Ultraviolence
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17 Nov 2024