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Max has been awarded the three star Michelin review 4 times consecutively. Tired of the constant strain of London, he moves to The Cove - a small tourist town with a big restaurant scene. He is not welcome, and this is very clear...
Right until the new kids barge their way into his restaurant like it's their own.
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- Part 1 of unconnected lestappen AUs ♡
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05 Apr 2026
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Carlos has been there for all of Max's firsts. He thinks, sometimes, that this is what he will spend his life doing: watching, waiting, catching up.
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01 Mar 2026
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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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28 Jan 2026
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A champion is a lonely thing. A collection of parts: the feral boy, the cage he was taught to build, the ghost of a laugh that almost felt like home. Max has all the pieces. He just doesn't remember how they were ever supposed to fit together into a person.
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26 Jan 2026
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Carlos leads them wordlessly through the winding corridors of the hospitality to his driver’s room. Once the door shuts with a click of the lock behind Max’s back, Carlos turns to look at him, the silence between them sharp as a razor.
The creature inside his chest whines and claws at his ribs in a desperate attempt to get out and bury itself in the only arms it has ever known peace in.
“I’m sorry,” Carlos says finally, “about your race.”
“I’m sorry about yours,” Max replies, stilted.
or, sometimes Max feels that Carlos is the only one who has ever really known him.
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11 Jan 2026