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    Max Verstappen has been bitter about the hand life dealt him for as long as he can remember. While his cousins grow up in ancestral estates and lavish mansions, he spends his childhood in a dingy motorhome, enduring the wrath of an abusive father.

    Cunning, charming, and utterly ruthless, Max claws his way out of that life the only way he knows how – through lies, well-played deception, and perfectly executed cons. With a loyal crew of misfits at his side, he’s built an existence on the edge of society. Yet for Max’s insatiable hunger, this quiet life of petty scams isn’t enough. He’s only ever wanted what he believes should be his.

    So he fixes his gaze on his greatest target yet: a heist against his spoiled, undeserving cousins – Lordling Lando Norris and billionaire’s heir Lance Stroll – the perfect marks to finally undo the shitty hand life dealt him.

    Standing in his way is Detective Inspector George Russell, lead investigator with Scotland Yard’s Major Investigation Team – a man with a spotless reputation, a razor-sharp mind to match his own, and a personal history with Max that neither of them can escape.

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    27 Dec 2025

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    George Russell did not mean to commit tax evasion. It just sort of… happened. Look, spreadsheets are hard, and his old finance manager had it out for him anyway. Now, he was staring down a £50,000 fine, the possibility of losing his flat, and the terrifying words of “next year’s filing.”

    Solution? Fake a relationship. Obviously.

    Max Verstappen, head of programming and George’s long-suffering workplace nemesis, also happened to have visa issues and a suspiciously decent tax bracket. Combine forces, share liabilities, and get the government off their backs. Should be easy.

    Except now George was sharing his mornings, a cosy flat, and basically his life with Max Verstappen—who insisted on sleeping on the uncomfortable sofa-bed in his computer room, cooked eggs at ungodly hours, and looked unfairly good in hoodies.

    It was fine. It was fake. It was only for taxes…right?

    Alternatively, The Proposal AU that no one asked for.

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    03 Nov 2025

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    “George is not my boyfriend,” Max responds automatically. Then, “he’s mad at me again.”

    “What did you do?”

    “Nothing. He’s always mad at me.”

    No one bats an eye at them, not really. It’s an open secret around the paddock that they sometimes fuck when they’re not fighting and sometimes when they are fighting. It’s stress-relief, sex you don’t need to sign an NDA for. It works even if George causes him more stress than he relieves. At least he’s quiet with a dick in his mouth. Sometimes.

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    06 Aug 2025

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    Oliver Bearman has a tattoo on his wrist that says “AA.” Soulmate identifier. Could be initials, could be a location, could be a cursed acronym for “Absolutely Alcoholics” — who knows? Not Ollie. Definitely not Ollie. He’s been on a whole chaotic quest, dragging his best friend Kimi Antonelli along for the ride. Problem is, Ollie’s dumb. Like, monumentally dumb. Because if he had two brain cells to rub together, he might’ve realised “AA” doesn’t stand for anything except the boy who's been calling him pretty and colour-coded since day one.

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    24 Jul 2025

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    In a sleepy resort town along Japan's south-eastern coast, Aomine Daiki works in a police box. Lost valuables, people needing directions or physical assistance, crying children, the occasional bike thief or confused tourist -- it's a living. On a sunny morning in early March, shortly before the cherry blossom season, a new recruit arrives at the police box to replace a retired colleague. His name is Matsuoka Rin, and he's got a story, just like everyone else. That story is about to have unforeseen effects on Aomine's story, for better or worse.

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    14 Feb 2025