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Summary:

maxie 🐂
lewis told me lando helped with some of the lyrics

charlie 🐎
what?

alex 🤍
what?

george 💙
what?

Lando
😳

maxie 🐂
exactly


or, Lando has never been in love, or in a relationship, or on a date. He is also the lead singer of "The Five" and struggling to make people make feel things he doesn't feel. He doesn't, right?

Chapter 1

Notes:

i would just like to say i know nothing about being in a band, that too in college??
when are they going to classes and doing assignments and doing music, you ask? IDK OK
this is just a silly au so lets forget logistics pls <3
hope you like it

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The Five

Lando
i cant do this
find another singer
goodbye i quit

charlie 🐎
no

alex 🤍
no

george 💙
no

maxie 🐂
stop being dramatic

charlie 🐎
max

maxie 🐂
what they said 

Lando
why dont you guys understand

george 💙
we understand enough

alex 🤍
we believe in you 

charlie 🐎
you did better than last time 

maxie 🐂
did he?

charlie 🐎
max i swear

Lando
he is right though 
i cant do this

charlie 🐎
yes you can i swear I felt something today
you were almost there

maxie 🐂
you sure it wasn't pain from what we just witnessed

charlie 🐎
MAX

alex 🤍
MAX

george 💙
MAX

 

Lando
😭😭😭 
i just cant relate to any of the lyrics
i dont get how love can hurt like that

charlie 🐎
you sweet baby 🥺

alex 🤍
aww lando that's actually a really good thing

Lando
is it?
its not helping the album

maxie 🐂
it's really not

charlie 🐎
max get out.

Lando
😭😭😭😭

george 💙
charles why don't you sing it

alex 🤍
i second that
you've written basically the whole song

maxie 🐂
no.

charlie 🐎
I WAS IN A VERY DARK PLACE OK

Lando
i can't eat, i can't sleep, i think you're what's wrong with me
like howww???
what does that even mean!!!

alex 🤍
you should know that well actually
charles was at your place after [redacted]

george 💙
you literally dragged him to the doctor as well

Lando
yeah because he refused to leave the bed
he was surving on ice cream and cake for four days
and i saw him crying to puppy videos in the middle of the night

charlie 🐎
hello some trigger warnings would be nice???

alex 🤍
sorry

george 💙
would you tell us why you can't sing it?

charlie 🐎
well for one lando is the lead singer

alex 🤍
like that's stopped anyone before

Lando
you literally sing purple

charlie 🐎
that's different

maxie 🐂
yeah because he wrote that for me

alex 🤍
I KNEW IT

Lando
I KNEW IT

george 💙
that's lovely
but can we discuss the situation here

maxie 🐂
you mean the problem

Lando
😭😭😭

charlie 🐎
max stop bullying him

alex 🤍
yeah he isn't even fighting back today  

maxie 🐂
ugh
he's been quite since lewis told him off
i was trying to get him to talk

charlie 🐎
aww mon cher 🥺

george 💙
how thoughtful

alex 🤍
just admit you have a soft spot for him already 🙄

Lando
MAX 😭😭😭
ILYSM YOURE THE BEST
im gonna cry again

maxie 🐂
pls don't

charlie 🐎
again?

alex 🤍
why were you crying?

Lando
because!!!
lewis said im not getting the emotions right
he said he cant feel any love or heartbreak😔

maxie 🐂
fuck him
what does he know about heartbreak

george 💙
well...

alex 🤍
well...

charlie 🐎
well...

Lando
well..

maxie 🐂
i take that back
still fuck him
he didn't say it nicely enough

Lando
thanks 🥺

george 💙
i don't get one thing though

charlie 🐎
what?

maxie 🐂
what?

Lando
what?

alex 🤍
is this about what you told me?

george 💙
yes

charlie 🐎
get to the point already

Lando 
the suspense is killing me 🙄

george 💙
lando can't sing sad songs because he doesn't relate to them right?

charlie 🐎
yeah

alex 🤍
yeah

maxie 🐂
yeah

george 💙
because he's never had his heart broken?

charlie 🐎
yeah

alex 🤍
yeah

maxie 🐂
yeah

george 💙
because he's never been in love?

charlie 🐎
get to the damn point!

maxie 🐂
yes we know he's a loser can we move on

Lando 
😭

george 💙
how does he sing the happy ones then?
like I swear honeybee demo sounds great

charlie 🐎
oh?

alex 🤍
yeah I heard it yesterday and couldn't believe my ears

Lando 
rude

maxie 🐂
actually now that you mention it
lewis told me lando helped with some of the lyrics

charlie 🐎
what?

alex 🤍
what?

george 💙
what?

Lando
😳

maxie 🐂
exactly

charlie 🐎
lando...

Lando

yea...

charlie 🐎
is there something you'd like to share with us?

Lando
umm not really

alex 🤍
are you sure?

Lando

omg look at the time i should go to sleep

george 💙
it's not even 11

maxie 🐂
excuses 

charlie 🐎
yeah sure id like to see you sleep before 2 am for once

Lando 
i know right im so tired 
good nightttt 

charlie 🐎
weird 🧐

george 💙
weird 🧐

alex 🤍
weird 🧐

maxie 🐂
loser 

charlie 🐎
MAX

george 💙
i could make a presentation on love and heartbreak

charlie 🐎
NO

maxie 🐂
NO

alex 🤍
NO

Lando
NO


Unknown

Unknown
Hello is this Lando Norris?

Lando
ummm
who is asking?

Unknown
Oscar
I'm Oscar Piastri 

Lando
library guy????

Unknown
Glad you remember 

Lando
mate weve been accidentally studying and walking to class together for a week 
ofc i remember you

oscar from library
Accidentally...right 

Lando
so youre saying you did save a seat for me yesterday 😏

oscar from library
I said nothing 

Lando
sure...
im onto you mr piastri

oscar from library
Oh no busted

Lando
that's what I thought
anyways how did you get my number?

oscar from library
Right 
So my friend Logan knows your friend Alex

Lando
oh?

oscar from library
Yeah

Lando
that doesn't explain why you have it though 👀

oscar from library
Yeah so
I was thinking I could we stop "accidentally" studying and walking to class together 

Lando
oh

oscar from library
Yeah thought I could pick you up and we could walk to library together as well
Like you know not accidentally?
Uh Lando?

Lando
yeah
cool cool
we should do that

oscar from library
Okay 
Well I live away from campus
I'll text you when I get near the dorms?

Lando
yeah
actually can you call me instead?
so i dont miss it

oscar from library
Of course
We could also get breakfast together if you'd like?

Lando
breakfast?
together??

oscar from library
Uh yeah?
You always complain you get hungry during class so we could get something to sneak during class too?

Lando
that's
good
yeah lets do that

oscar from library
Okay
See you tomorrow then
Goodnight Lando 😊

Lando
yeah good night


charlie 🐎

Lando
i think i have a stomach bug

charlie 🐎
???
thought you were sleeping 🙄

Lando
i was...

charlie 🐎
what happened then?
did you eat kinder before sleeping again 😭

Lando
uh no
i feel better actually

charlie 🐎
you sure?

Lando
yup
im gonna sleep for real now

charlie 🐎
you're acting strange
is this about what george said about honeybee demo 🧐

Lando
dunno what youre talking about
good night 🥰


alex 🤍

alex 🤍
so how do you know oscar piastri 🤨

 


Notes:

you guys!!!! can you imagine a lestappen edit to purple??? like charles is red and max is blue!!! their team colours!!!! (lmk if it already exists lmao i don't have tiktok) like im sure someone has thought about that??
anyways think charles writing "my red and your blue" instead of the other way around to fit here XD
also what instruments do you think each of them should play?? i can't decide for sure 😭 i just keep thinks max on drums? so lmk what you think!!