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When they got home, they put all the suitcases and bags in the hall before walking to the living room.
"Would you like something to drink?" Lando asks and Max and Charles both nod. "Please." Charles smiles and Lando walks away.
"Shall we bring everything upstairs?" Max asks and Charles nods. They grab the suitcases and bags and walk upstairs. They remove the bags of laundry from all suitcases so that they can be washed immediately.
"I'm worried." Charles says as he puts all the black laundry in the washing machine. "Me too. I don't really know what we can do for him." "No, I don't know it either. Max you should have seen him outside this morning. He was so upset when I told him we loved him. He freaked out." "We need to give him the space he needs. We don't know what's going on in his head." "But he doesn't talk about it either. He just says the same sentence." "He's protecting himself Char. That moment must have been so traumatic for him and it's clearly difficult for him to talk about." "Yes, I know. I just hope he knows he can talk to us." "He knows that, but we have to think in his shoes. We are his boyfriends and someone else touched him in areas where you shouldn't just touch him. We have been arguing all week about a photo that is fake, about him cheating and then that happend. It all is too much and comes close together." "I can make myself so angry right now. Just thinking about it. If I ever see that boy... I don't know what I should do." "I understand that, but we have to be calm for Lando. We have to get him through it now." "Yeah, of course. We will do that."
"Shall I make my mamas soup? I know how much Lando likes it. With baguettes and all, is that okay?" "That sounds really good." Charles smiles and Max nods. "Then I will go to the store later."
Max and Charles walk back downstairs and enter the living room. Lando is standing by the cupboard with all the photos of them and their family. He is holding a photo frame of him with his grandmother. The photo was taken in 2019 when Lando drove his first Formula 1 race.
"You know what's funny?" Lando begins and Max and Charles walk closer to him.
"I used to have a conversation with grandma about sexual assault. I had discussed the subject at school and grandma came to pick me up. On the way home I talked about it and said that I would never allow it to happen that by myself, but that it would never happen to me either, because I'm not a girl. Grandma immediately said that it doesn't just happen to girls, but it happens most of the time with girls. I immediately said how I would always push him or her away and then start hitting them." Lando laughs softly and then shakes his head.
"How wrong I was."
"Lan." Charles says softly.
Lando puts the picture frame back.
"How disappointed she will be." He says and he walks to the window.
"She then warned me that I would never know how I would react. I kept insisting that it would never happen to me. I even let the younger me down."
"You didn't let anyone down." Max says and he walks over to Lando and takes Lando's hand.
"Your grandmother was right. You never know how you would react, but any reaction is okay. Because at that moment you act on the situation and yes, later you think back and think I wish I had done this differently, but that is not possible. We can all talk very confidently 'I would do this or that'. But at that moment you always react differently and that's good, that's okay. Because you can't do anything else than what your body says at that moment."
"I hope she didn't see it from up there." Lando whispers.
Max and Charles look at each other before Charles stands next to Max and puts his hand around Lando's and Max's hands.
What should Max and Charles say to this?
"I... I'm just going to take a shower, is that okay?" Lando asks. "Yeah of course that's okay." says Charles. "I'm going to the store soon. Do you need anything?" Max asks and Lando shakes his head. "We're having my mums soup tonight, do you like that?" he then asks and Lando nods. "I would love it." he says and Max smiles softly and nods. "Then I'll go get that." "Okay. I'm going upstairs." Lando says and he walks away.
Max and Charles watch him walk upstairs before looking at each other.
"Max." Charles says softly and Max hugs him. "I know." he whispers softly and Charles holds him tighter.
Charles feels the tears welling up in him and he blinks them away. They have to be strong for Lando now, but he is now feeling things he has never felt before. Such a hopeless feeling, because you can't help someone. You can't help him when he's right in front of you.
"It will be okay, eventually it will be okay. We will keep him safe." whispers Max.
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"Ready for it?" Logan asks and Oscar nods and gets out. They walk into the store and take a shopping cart with them.
Since this month they have moved to Monaco and they still have to get some small things for their house.
They haven't been together that long, but even before they got into a relationship they were planning to live together.
"You have the list, right?" Oscar asks and Logan nods.
They walk into the store and start with some kitchen items.
"When do you have to go to Williams?" Oscar asks in between. "I don't have to go. I will see them on Wednesday." "Okay, me too. Then we can fly together." "Good." Logan smiles.
"Alright next department, lockers." Logan says.
And so they go through the entire list and of course they take more with them than what was really necessary.
They load everything into the car and then they go to a small restaurant for lunch.
"Have you talked to Lando yet?" Logan asks and Oscar shakes his head. "Just for a moment yesterday, but he was soon taken to the hotel. When I talked to him it was more about his crash with Yuki." "Yeah, that didn't make any sense at all." "Frustration, you know how drivers get when they enter that part." Oscar says and Logan nods. "But not about Saturday?" "No, he avoided that. I tried but he brushed it off." "It makes sense." "We talked a bit about it in a brief of a moment, but he panicked slightly and then I had to leave. But I already told you that at the drivers parade." Oscar says and Logan nods.
"I hope they are together now." Logan says and Oscar nods. "I hope so too. Lando needs them and they need Lando." "I hope they get out of this." "I'm glad you believed me in the beginning." Oscar says and Logan looks away for a moment and then looks back at him. "This situation was not easy." "No, tell me something." Oscar sighs. "You decided to distance yourself from Lando last weekend, are you going to do that again?" Logan asks and then someone from the service comes over and puts down their drinks.
"Thank you." they smile. "Can I continue to take your order?" "I'd like a sandwich with egg, cheese and bacon." Logan says. "Same for me please." Oscar says and the woman nods and walks away.
"No, I'll keep my distance. There will still be a lot of fuss." "Also away from the cameras?" Logan asks and Oscar shrugs. "We'll see how it goes. It's the British Grand Prix. It's his home race, what could go wrong? They love him." "I hope so. He could use some positivity." Logan says and Oscar nods.
"We're going to discuss it with the team. I think that if we stay more low key now, the two of us will turn things around more quickly." "You two are getting are all over the Internet about hove your friendship will continue." "Yes, for nothing. That's why we have to distance ourselves more from each other now." "Especially now that Lando needs you? I mean during the media or fan zone and everything. If you distance yourself, but he does need you, then he really doesn't have anyone." "I won't ignore him completely. I just won't interact with him as much as I normally do."
Logan looks around him. His eyes fall on two girls watching them. When they realize he's looking, they both quickly look away.
"Maybe we should stop talking about it. There are fans." he says softly as he looks at Oscar. "Okay. Are you sure they hear something? We're not talking loudly." Oscar asks and Logan shrugs. "I'm not sure. But just to be sure. Maybe they've caught something by now."
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In the evening, Oscar and Logan sit together on the couch. Oscar has his head resting on Logan's thigh as he watches the television. Logan checks his phone as he runs one hand through Oscar's hair.
Rumor:
Lando norris has been sexually assaulted last Saturday. This has happened on his way to the drivers meeting.
Nothing has been confirmed by mclaren.
Logan bites his lip as he taps the message to read the comments below. Yesterday he heard that things were going around online.
Oh my heart. Poor Lando
I hope this didn't happen
He deserves it.
That's what happen if you cheat
I really hope he's okay
Maybe Jos Verstappen got so mad he arranged this.
Lando is a piece of shit. He deserves it.
That's why he got so much security last Sunday. I hope he's okay.
I really hope this isn't true.
I hope he and Charles and Max are okay.
Logan press away the message and looks up Lando's name. He knows he shouldn't do this. He has nothing to do with this and besides, he needs to let it go. But it still gnaws at him.
I hope Lando Norris will be safe in the padock this weekend.
Home race weekend for Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Alex Albon and Lando Norris. After everything that happened to Lando, we hope he will have a great weekend in his home race.
Lando Norris has been sexually assaulted? That wasn't on my Bingo list.
I wonder how Lando Norris and his boyfriends are. Are they still together?
Lando Norris deserves every bit of hate.
I'm curious to see how Lando and Oscar will be this weekend. #Landoscar
Logan looks at Oscar who is peacefully watching the television. He looks back at his screen and clicks on the ship name between Oscar and Lando.
Look how cute they are! #Landoscar
#Landoscar trending after this weekend. Good and bad thing. I read a lot of different kinds of reactions.
So Lando broke up with his boyfriends for Oscar? #Landoscar
These #Landoscar fans make everything even worse. They are just friends. Lando had two boyfriends and Oscar is not one of them.
Could #Landoscar be real? That's the question of this weekend. It seems like Max and Charles are not talking to Lando. There is also more space between Logan and Oscar in my opinion.
I miss #Landoscar
Will #Landoscar bring even more problems? Oscar is not known to be in a relationship although a lot of fans are wanting to him be in a relationship with Logan Sargeant from Williams.
Poor Charles and Max #Landoscar
So #Landoscar fucked and now Lando walks out of Logan's garage? What's their ship name?
Logan stops reading and he stares at the comment. He knew some things went around when Lando left his motorhome. He heard it from the Williams media team. They had taken him aside to talk about everything and to say something to the media when he was asked about it.
Luckily he was never asked about it.
"Logie?" "Mmh?" Logan puts his phone away and he looks at Oscar. "You okay?" "Yeah, I was reading something. Nothing special." Logan says and then he presses a kiss to Oscar's forehead. "About what?" "About Football." "Ah okay." "Shall we go to bed soon?" Logan asks and Oscar looks at him. "Yeah, okay." he says. "It's still early?" he adds "I'm tired. But if you want to stay here for a while, that's fine too-" "No, I'll go upstairs with you. An early night might be a good idea." "Okay. Otherwise, just turn on the television." "That's possible too. Do you want to go upstairs now?" he asks and Logan nods.
When they're in bed, Logan lays his head on Oscar's chest and rubs his stomach.
"Are you really okay? You are quite." "I'm just tired." "Okay, so nothing happened?" "No, don't you worry." He says and he presses a kiss on Oscar's chest.
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The next morning Logan was up early. He went downstairs and starts making breakfast for him and Oscar. He puts some little breads in the oven, he has a pan on for the egg and bacon and he cuts the oranges to make orange juice.
Once he has put the new eggs in, he picks up his phone again. He bites his lip as he looks at Lando's name.
Could he send a message? Or would Lando prefer not to have any message right now?
U:
Hey Lan, how are you? I didn't run into you again on Sunday to ask you personally. Oscar and I are in Monaco, if there is anything I can do or get for you, you can always call me.
He looks at his message, biting his lip. Can he send it? But maybe Lando doesn't want to receive worried messages at all.
But what if he actually likes it? He hasn't heard anything from his friends, he was on his own for the whole week. Would the other guys finally send a message to him?
He presses send and he quickly turns off his phone and pushes it away. He turns the bacon and then looks at the sandwiches.
Maybe Max and Charles are with him. He hopes they are with him.
After the conversation with Lando, he was calmer and could trust the two of them one hundred percent. He has often been concerned about how close Oscar and Lando are, but Oscar always said that there is nothing going on between them. That his feelings belongs only to him. He has always trusted Oscar, but the it still gnawed at him slightly.
But Charles and Max felt exactly the same way, not just him.
He finishes breakfast and puts everything on a tray before walking upstairs.
This was the first real weekend that they slept here together. The house is now finished, just a few small things that need to be done. They had received their bed before they left for Austria and it was being put together for them. But they have to fly that evening so they couldn't sleep in the bed. In recent weeks they have been going to hotels more often or he even spent a night at Alex's. But now their house is finally ready.
He opens the door with his foot. Oscar sat up in bed looking at his phone. He looks at Logan and he puts his phone away. "Hey, good morning." Oscar smiles. "Good morning." he smiles and places the tray on Oscar's lap. "How sweet." Oscar smiles. "Breakfast in bed after our first real night in this house." he smiles and Oscar looks at him and gives him a kiss. "Your so sweet. Our first night is over." he smiles and Logan joins him under the covers. "I thought this would be the best way to start our morning." "It is." Oscar smiles and gives Logan another kiss. "I love you." "Love you too." he smiles at Oscar and gives him a little kiss.