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Lando hated Valentine’s Day. He never liked this stupid commercial holiday, and it was not because he was embittered. Or maybe a little, but nobody must know about it. He was sad enough about spending this special time by himself, he doesn’t need to gain pity from his relatives or even his friends.
Never in his life, he got the opportunity to celebrate this lover’s time with a partner, since he was always single at this time of the year. Unfortunately, 2023 will not be an exception, his boyfriend was currently in Italy for the Ferrari’s car Launch.
The Brit was so excited about enjoying this Valentine’s Day with Carlos. Sadly, work comes first, and his team thought that revealing the new car to the world on the 14th of February was the best idea. No, it was not, and the boy was so frustrated about spending this day all alone that he cried a little.
Carlos apologized a lot about missing this special time with Lando, but the younger one doesn’t have any reason to be angry at him. It was not his fault. He will not see him today, well, it was not the end of the world and Lando knows that soon enough, they are going to hug each other again.
Anyway, now is not the time to complain or to be a sad little puppy. If Carlos has to work, he has a job to attend as well. Even if McLaren’s launch was yesterday, he and his team have a lot of stuff to do. First, he needed to find the motivation to get up, mostly because it was still winter, and it was freezing in his room. He barely has time to put a foot out of his comforter, before the cold attacked his skin.
Shivering, Lando took his phone that was on his nightstand and sighed at the view of Jon’s messages. He sent too many and the boy doesn’t have the motivation, to read of all of them. And he knows that his personal trainer will just remain him to be on time. Alongside with warned him about today’s schedule. However, he chose to ignore them. He preferred looking at his boyfriend’s message. It was more important to him than some work content.
Carlos [05:15]: Happy Valentine’s Day mi amor ! So sorry to not be here today with you.
Carlos [05:16] : I promise to be with you soon and I hope that today will be nice to you cabrón.
Carlos [05:17] : Te amo mi corazón.
A smile spread across his face, while downstairs, his father yelled that breakfast was ready. More enthusiast, the Brit get up and went down the stairs to join his parents. They were already eating what her mother cooked when he came to the kitchen. He briefly greeted them before sitting on his stool and starting to eat.
“Did you sleep okay, sweetie?” She asked him while taking a sip of her tea.
“Kind of” He responded, not involved this much in the conversation.
Lando just wanted to have breakfast in peace, without being bothered by questions and remarks. Calm was what he researched in the morning, mostly because it will be very noisy at McLaren’s center and on track as well. His parents seemed to understand that because they remain silent, eating without speaking. Just the sound of chewing could be heard until the doorbell started to ring in the house. Completely surprising Lando who was almost dozing off while munching one of his toasts. Since that none of his relatives seemed to move, he grumbled and get up, walking slowly to the door. He opened it and with much surprise, he stared at the bouquet of roses. Red roses, to be more precise. His favorites.
“Are you Lando Norris?” The mailman asked him.
The boy agreed and grabbed the bouquet that was held out to him before saying goodbye and closing the door. A sweet scent emanated from the gorgeous roses while a tiny note was hidden between all the flowers. Lando ignored the cold that was escaping from under the opening and picked carefully the little cardboard. He started to walk to the kitchen as he was reading the beautiful words of his one and only.
“Happy Valentine’s Day mi Cariño, I hope you like the flowers. Te amo my beautiful baby. Have a good day Corazón.”
“Roses ! What a lucky man you are.” Her mother said, although inhaling the bouquet. “It has been a long time since I received beautiful flowers like those.”
Lando chuckled at his father face. He seemed to have forgotten about Valentine’s Day and looking at his mother expression, he knew what is going to happen after his departure. With his mother’s help, he put the roses in a pretty pot and put it down on the kitchen counter.
“What a wonderful boyfriend you have.” She said, admiring the bouquet while sipping her tea.
He knows. He is completely aware that Carlos is the perfect partner that he could dream of. Life has been good with him for making him fall in love with the Spaniard. He was all he dreamed before. An incredible man, good at everything and very considerate about him. He will never let him go, that is for sure. He quickly finished his meal and sent a short message to Carlos while getting ready to leave the house.
Again, he was late. Jon is going to kill him. To be honest, he doesn’t care this much about it, all that mattered was the special attention of Carlos and nothing else.
Lando [08:20] : Thank you so much for the flowers, baby !
Lando [08:21] : I love you and I can’t wait to kiss you again.
Lando [08:21] : And happy Valentine’s Day !
He said goodbye to his parents and ran outside the house, where Jon was waiting for him, in his car. He smiles, apologizing for being late, but he knew that his trainer doesn’t believe any of his words. Furthermore, he was too used to it, to even bother or yelling at him. So, without any words, he started the car, driving to McLaren’s center.
Carlos [08h25] : Soon mi amor, soon.
Lando looked kind of confuse at the sight of the message. First, he was surprised that his boyfriend has time to answer him. And second. Soon ? What does it mean ? Soon, like really soon ? Or maybe, Carlos just wanted to reassure him that it was not a lot of days before the race in Bahrain. Yes, that was probably it. He tried not to be disappointed, yet it was kind of impossible to not be. He just wanted to be firmly hugged by his favorite Spaniard.
Jon seems to remark his mood’s changement.
“What’s going on, kiddo ?” He asked while parking the car.
Lando just shrugged, not wanting to talk about it. It was no secret that he and Carlos were together, but he was not in the mood of talking about it. Everything was fine between them, it was just the fact that he misses the Spaniard so much.
Tears started to roll down his cheeks at the thought of his boyfriend. Great. Now he was crying. His trainer must think that he was pathetic by breaking down like that. Although, none unpleasant words came out of his mouth, instead, he felt a hand patting delicately his head.
“I know you miss him.” He said while embracing the younger man between his arms. “But the worst is behind you. I can assure you, that in no time, you will be together again.”
Jon broke the hug and grabbed his bag, along with Lando’s one.
“Let’s get to work.” He said, slapping his thigh for motivating him.
The younger man nodded and without any words, he got out of the car, following Jon inside the building. He needed to get these feelings out of his mind, so what’s better than racing ? To be more efficient, Lando decided to turn his phone off whereas while greeting everyone passing by.
He knew that Carlos wanted him to be happy and actually not being a sad little puppy. They will face time tonight, and that was enough for now. No more tears will flow today.
Evening. Finally !
Lando waved goodbye to Jon and walks towards his parent’s house. He was so tired and at the same time incredibly hungry. All he wanted to do was having dinner with his family and then calling Carlos. He’s been waiting for this since the beginning of the day.
In a better mood than in the morning, Lando opened the door, waiting for his mother to come greet him. But toe his surprise, nobody seemed to be there. All lights were turned off and their coats as well as their shoes were nowhere to be found. Lando thought it was kind of strange because none of his parents mentioned going out tonight. Maybe, he didn’t hear them talking about it. Who knows ? At least, he will be in peace tonight. Without anyone to disturb him while talking with his boyfriend. He took off his sneakers and throw his jacket on the coat rack before walking towards the kitchen. Hoping that his mother left him something to eat, he was not motivated to cook something, not after his tiring day.
A confused look appeared on his face, noticing the well-dressed table and the several petals of roses scattered around the room. Did his father prepare this surprise for his mom ? It was astonished, thinking about his dad doing this for his wife. Not that he was not a nice husband, but to be honest, he sucked at romantic gestures.
A candle was slowly burning in the middle of the table and Lando noticed that next to it, stood a little pink card with his name on it. A little bit confused, he took it and let out a desperate sigh at the words write on the paper.
Turn around
What does it mean ? Was it kind of joke ? If yes, it was terrible. His curiosity was far too big for him to ignore this instruction. So, cautiously, he turned around, gasping when he made eye contact with his favorite brown eyes.
“Hi, cabrón” Carlos simply said, smiling to his boyfriend.
Dropping the card and his phone on the floor, Lando ran into Carlos’s arms. Not caring much about the ugly tears that were running on his cheeks, he collided against his body. The Spaniard lifts him up, and the Brit’s legs came to tie at his lover’s hips.
“I missed you” Carlos said, wiping away the tears with his thumb.
A long shiver runs down his spine, enjoying the sweetness of his boyfriend’s touch. Carlos noticed it, because he kept caressing his whole body. His fingers running through every parcel of Lando’s skin. Starting from his cheeks to his hands, intertwining them to his own.
“Not as much as me” Lando said, embracing his neck and pulling him into a kiss.
It was all Carlos waited for. His hands coming up to cup Lando’s face delicately, making the younger man smile into the kiss.
God. Lando missed it so much. All of this.
They pull back seconds later, breathless but smiling wide at each other. Their eyes were glowing of love and during a minute they fell into the gaze of each other. Until Lando decided that he wanted more. His hand came to the older cheek, caressing softy his skin, while his lips found his boyfriend’s.
“Lando” Carlos broke the kiss, trying to say coherent words while his boyfriend was attacking him with kisses. “The dinner, it will get cold.”
The younger man chuckled, peppering his neck of kisses, getting dangerously close to his ear.
“The dinner can wait”. He kissed his jaw while whispering. “We can make up for the wasted time, don’t you think ?”
Carlos moaned at his words and walked towards the bedroom, kissing roughly Lando who giggles against his lips.
What was waiting for them, was better than dinner.
Screw it.