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chemistry 'til it blows up ('til there's no us)

Summary:

Charles

they don't know about our CHILD?

Charles

how much have you been neglecting him there, max???

or,

Charles has finally taken the leap to move apartments, and he finds the perfect one, nestled in the streets of Monaco. It's an apartment better than he could've asked for, and one of the few that allows pets. Perfect for him and his little, lovely, darling Leo. The residents seem kind as well when they first add him to the apartment building's groupchat. That was, of course, until his ex-boyfriend (and current co-parent to the most adorable puppy on the planet!) is suddenly typing in the chat.

It is quite classic for him, he supposed, to cause chaos on his first day.

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Chapter 1: chaos unleashed

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Chapter Text

George Russell selfie

George Russell

+44 630 063063

Today

Charles

Hello George. It was lovely meeting you earlier. Thanks for giving me a quick tour of the facilities, much appreciated!

15:15

George

No worries at all, mate. More than happy to help.

15:20

George

We have a groupchat for those living in the apartment complex. It helps when packages get misdelivered, pet/plant-sitting, etc. Would you like to be added?

15:21

Charles

That would be wonderful. Thank you ☺️

15:25


 

group icon

🏠 Residents

You, George, +44 0440 44444, +44 0404

Today

George added you

George

Everyone, please give a warm welcome to Charles who has just moved into one of the apartments on the sixteenth floor. Introduce yourself so he can add you as a contact. Regards, George.

15:25

+44 0440 444444

Hello Charles. I’m Lewis — I live on the fourth floor, Flat 440, if you ever need me. x

15:26

+44 0404 040404

not to be confused with meeee

15:26

who is just as great and living on the same floor with and with a simalr phone number

15:26

im lando, flat 444 xoxo

15:26

+61 081 081 081

Oscar, Floor 8, 810 :)

15:27

+81 022 2222222

so we’re all just doxxing ourselves

15:28

+44 8787 878787

could’ve sworn child safety told us not to do this but whatevs

15:28

Lando

screw stranger danger and online safety

15:29

+61 081 081 081

i’m yuki tsunoda, floor 2, flat 222, i’m 25 and 1.59cm, japanese, make good food 👍

15:29

+44 2323 232323

I’m not giving that much detail LMFAO. I’m Alexander Albon, but everyone calls me Alex!

15:30

+44 8787 878787

ollie, floor 8, flat 870!!! :))

15:30

+39 012 12121212

if ollie’s doing it, then i guess i will

15:31

i’m kimi, floor 12, 121

15:31

+33 31 31313131

I’m Esteban, Floor 3 — 331 🙂

15:32

+39 055 55055055

Hello, I am Carlos. Floor 5, 555 ;) Come find me if you need anything

15:32

Charles

Hello everyone! Thank you for the warm welcome! As George said, I’m Charles, I just moved into the vacant flat on floor sixteen. 160! I look forward to meeting you all!

15:33

Max

charles?

15:33

Charles

max???

15:34

oh fuck off

15:34

you’re KIDDING ME.

15:34

Max

hi charles

15:35

Lando

????

15:36

Charles

DON’T HI CHARLES ME

15:36

wait till pierre hears about this oh my god

15:36

Lando

??????????

15:37

WHATs HAPPENING?

15:37

Ollie

max scared the politeness out of charles apparently

15:37

Yuki

wait

15:38

how did charles know max’s name…

15:38

Lando

Yuki

how did charles know max’s name…

WAIT YUKI WHAT

15:39

HOW

15:39

Ollie

max didnt introduce himself like we did..

15:39

Kimi

and yet… charles knew…

15:40

Alex

Guys hold ur horses pls lol

15:41

Yuki

and who is this pierre fella…

15:41

#Mysterys #Hm

15:41

Kimi

@Max do you know charles???

15:41

Ollie

@-ing him 😭😭😭

15:43

Charles

oh my god. you’re horrible.

15:44

you’re absolutely horrible.

15:44

they don’t know about our CHILD?

15:44

how much have you been neglecting him there, max???

15:44

Yuki

WHAT IS THIS DEVELOPMENT

15:45

Alex

RELEASE THE HORSES

15:45

Lando

WHAT THE FUCK

15:45

Carlos

¿QUE CAJONES?

15:45

Lando

A CHILD?

15:45

Kimi

max has other children?

15:45

George

@Max Have you been having an undeclared minor residing in your residence? This is serious, and needs to be discussed ASAP. Please respond.

15:46

Max

omfg

15:47

charles look what you’ve done

15:47

we don’t have a son. he’s not my child

15:47

Charles

SERIOUSLY?

15:48

how would leo feel if he heard you say this.

15:48

Max

he can’t even READ

15:49

Carlos

don’t talk about your child like that?

15:49

Lando

yeah mate dont be mean to ur baby

15:50

he’ll be able to read one day!

15:50

Max

no he won’t

15:51

Charles

i think we need to reconsider our co-parenting agreement

15:52

leo doesn’t deserve this

15:52

Max

okay no??

15:53

think about jimmy

15:53

what about him?

15:53

Charles

all jimmy does is terrorise leo.

15:54

Max

they love each other

15:54

Charles

so now you care about splitting our family up?????

15:54

Carlos

are we going to address the fact max HAS A CHILD???

15:55

Lando

TWO CHILDREN****

15:55

there’s jimmy too as well??

15:55

Ollie

ik kimi angry as hell

15:55

George

Max, this is serious. And Charles. Neither of you have informed us about any children living with yourselves. We need all tenants to be on the lease.

15:56

Max

mate.

15:57

why do you even care

15:57

Yuki

i have to be honest

15:58

i thought carlos would be the one with the secret child

15:58

Lando

well yes

15:59

@Carlos want to get me preganant and make it true?

16:00

Carlos

reaction image from the tv show dexter, man staring dead-eyed into the camera

16:01

Kimi

Ollie

ik kimi angry as hell

well because of lando i am now scared

16:01

Im 19 and AFRAID of lando norris.

16:02

Lando

why am i getting strays now

16:02

go after that guy charles mentioned

16:03

Oscar

Pierre

16:03

Lando

yes let the strays hit pierre

16:03

Alex

Focus on the topic at hand, please!

16:04

George

Yes. Thank you, Alex.

16:05

We need to understand if you are having issues, Max. Co-parenting can be stressful. Separating your sons Leo and Jimmy is the last thing we want to do. But housing them, also, is a direct breach of your lease. Please give us all the facts so we can look at getting this resolved, and providing you with the best support we can offer.

16:06

This extends to you as well, Charles. With you both living here now, we can definitely work this out.

16:07

Kimi

learn to coparent with mama 🩵

16:08

Ollie

meanwhile george fails to coparent you with max

16:08

Charles

not necessary. i will be moving out.

16:10

i don’t want your help, george. clearly you have your own child.

16:10

i don’t want mon bébé leo around any of max’s bastard children.

16:10

Lando

@Kimi random new dude called you a bastard how will u respond

16:11

Alex

Lando, stop stirring shit LMFAO

16:11

Kimi

reaction image of a man stating ‘learn to sit back and observe, not everything needs a reaction’

16:11

Max

jimmy is NOT a bastard you take that back

16:12

George

Could you have at least tried to defend Kimi?

16:13

Charles

Max

jimmy is NOT a bastard you take that back

now think about how leo feels

16:13

Max

leo doesn’t feel anything but joy

16:13

there’s never a single thought behind those eyes

16:13

Charles

why did i ever allow you visitation? you are so cruel to our baby

16:14

leo is intelligent and you know it

16:14

Lando

elephant stood in an empty office room captioned with ‘address me’

16:15

Oscar

I honestly have to admire the fact they’re ignoring everyone. Inspiring peak nonchalance

16:15

Esteban

Anyone else concerned that Max might have been a potentially negligent parent under our noses

16:16

Max

leo SHAT IN MY SHOE last week

16:17

Lewis

What is happening?

16:17

Ollie

max is a deadbeat dad

16:18

Charles

yeah he only pooed in your shoe cause i told him to

16:18

mon fils intelligent

16:19

Ollie

and it seems like charles is just a bad dad

16:20

Charles

charles leclerc holding his dog, leo leclerc, in his arms and pressing a kiss to his head

i am the best fucking dad look at me and my precious little son leo who is so well behaved and classy when we go out for dinner

16:22

Lando

LEO WAS JSUT A DOG THIS WHOLE TIME????

16:22

Charles

just a dog?

16:23

JUST A DOG?

16:23

tu n’es qu’une merde. ce bâtiment engendre la stupidité. pourquoi ne l’ai-je pas senti plus tôt? je peux généralement repérer les conneries de max à travers tout le pays. tout le bâtiment est pourri.

16:23

Yuki

@Esteban translate?

16:24

Esteban

I’d rather not

16:24

Carlos

so who was going to mention charles was hot @Max @George

16:25

Charles

n’importe quoi

16:26

i am leaving.

16:26

You left

Notes:

first ever html-coded fic, please be kind. slow updates as i am focusing first and foremost on my other fic 'named lucky on a starlit night' but this idea came to me and suddenly i was learning how to code. so here we are. i also don't know french, so the french is probably wrong. so i am so so so sorry to all the french people out there. i love you all down, forgive me.

i hope you enjoyed!! <3