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the jumpscare I get when I'm scrolling my feed to see myself reblogged.

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hshdhdhhfs max refering to lewis and nico as calm and squeaky human 😭 (also, squeaky???)

but knowing that, I'm curious about catboy! Max's POV/thoughts when he first saw daniel 👀

I mean, nico has a pretty high pitched voice. and if you have large, sensitive ears...

hmmm maybe one of these days I'll write that. mostly it was just "pretty!"

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i kind of just assumed catboys wore clothes but now i'm realising max is probably wandering around butt naked

the way I'd actually thought about this and then just. never mentioned it anywhere. whoops! that's on you guys for not just reading my mind, obviously.

clothes! just very loose. lewis and nico's max tends to just be in sweats usually, unless it's particularly cold for some reason. he does have a section in the closet with a few rare going out outfits- he has a ski suit for a winter trip they went on the the internet went crazy over it in the background of lewis's instagram story.

charles' max has a bit less freedom, and will occasionally wear charles' stuff at the flat, and ferrari stuff out in public.

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I can only imagine how chaotic and bizarre the courting of Max gets

Carlos standing confused holding a bouquet of tulips (he tried okay!! He’s just very old school!!) watching Ollie and Kimi carrying a full mini fridge between the two of them (“look Max you can dim and change the lights on the door of this one so it doesn’t make your lighting weird on stream!”)

LOOOOOL. the rookies being lowkey judgmental of the other courting gifts. "....you're giving him that? okay, I guess."

love the mini fridge idea.

they're always buying new cat toys, or picking up little trinkets they think max would like. they're constantly listening, so if max even hints at wanting or needing something, it's just. there. outside his flat.

rookie delivery express service.

liam smug about being teammates, gabriel smug about having been in max's personal nest at his flat. kimi smug that he's mitties height, ollie smug that he raced with max first- it's an ego-off with them. (jack is like "but im australian and he likes australians so I get points" and they're all like NO)

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Funnily enough monstera plants are mildly toxic to cats, don’t know about cat boys tho. But if a cat did really chomp down on a monstera it would irritate its mouth, and if they swallow it causes vomiting

this is why max thinks they're evil

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ALWAYS more catboy max please 🙏

more catboy max! max, lewis, and nico here. 800 words, max POV.

slight explicit content- not graphic. more slice-of-life than anything.

There's a new green thing. It's in the food space, large and leafy.

It smells nice.

Squeaky human had shut Max into the sleeping space earlier, when the green thing was not here. But now it is.

Max settles onto the chair. He's going to watch it. In case it's dangerous.

Or goes anywhere.

Calm human pats him on the head. He gives good ear scratches- gets his nails in right where Max wants them, at the base of his ears, and Max is purring loud.

"Sweetheart, the monstera isn't going anywhere, you've been sitting here for almost an hour."

Max doesn't know why calm human and squeaky human make so many noises, but he likes hearing it, letting the sound wash over him.

Calm human sighs.

"You're ridiculous, Maxy."

That's his name! Max pushes his head into calm human's hand.

"You're very cute, yes. But I don't trust leaving you in here with the plant, so you're going to Nico."

Calm human is picking up Max- he doesn't always like being carried, but calm human and squeaky human know how to hold him so they don't pinch his tail.

He gets gently dropped onto the soft chair in the picture space.

Squeaky human is curled on the other side, but he looks up when calm human deposits Max onto the squishy fabric. Max likes to dig his nails into it.

They don't like when he does that.

"Aw, did Lew kick you out of the dining room?"

Max snuggles up to squeaky human, getting his face right where squeaky human is supposed to have a scent spot.

He doesn't, but that's okay, Max scents them both plenty anyways.

He does it now, nosing into squeaky humans skin. There's a hand on his back, running down his spine to the base of his tail.

Max pauses.

Rolls his hips.

Squeaky human makes a soft, affectionate noise, and then he's rearranging Max, getting a warm leg up against his wet heat.

Max rolls his hips down again. The pleasure zips up his spine, makes his chest vibrate with purrs as he does it again, and again.

Squeaky human keeps stroking down his back, making his weird noises in a soft voice.

Max whines. He wants more.

Squeaky human pulls Max higher onto him, and then there are fingers brushing against where Max is wet and empty.

They push gently inside of him, and Max settles further onto them, rolling his hips again. The fingers are good, very good- they hit just the right spots, moving inside of him.

Max whines into squeaky human's neck, and then the fingers are moving faster, and then Max is feeling really good, loose limbed and soft.

Squeaky human kisses between his ears.

"Is that a little bit better?"

Max purrs, curling further into his chest.

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There are noises from the food space. Calm human and squeaky human are both asleep- they sleep for a very long time. It makes Max nervous.

They are defenseless, so it's Max's job to go make sure there's nothing.... suspicious.

He slinks out of the bed, padding down the hallway.

The food space is normal, except for the green thing. It's making soft swishing noises as the leaves move. Max doesn't trust it.

He steps closer. The green thing doesn't attack.

It's easy to feel at one of the broad leaves, and then-

Max needs to make sure it's safe.

What if the green thing is Bad? Squeaky human and calm human wouldn't know- Max has to protect them.

He pulls at the leaf.

Pulls a little harder.

It snaps off from the rest of the plant, and Max sniffs it.

It doesn't smell evil.

His ears swivel, trying to listen for any sound of movement. Nothing.

Max nibbles on the end of it.

It doesn't taste evil either.

The leaf is safe! Max is glad- but calm human doesn't like the leaf inspections, so Max has to do something with this one.

He's moving away when he spots it.

There is a small leaf, different from the others.

There is a stripe on it.

What if it's Bad?

Max bats at it.

Pulls.

Pulls harder.

The Weird Leaf snaps off, but it smells the same when Max sniffs it.

A nibble is not enough, not when there's potential danger.

Max takes a bite out of it, a real chomp.

It tastes the same too.

He still doesn't trust it- and he can't hide it, not when it might be Bad.

He keeps both leaves, slinking back into the sleeping space.

He arranges them carefully near calm human's face. They will see that the leaves are Not The Same, and that one of them is Bad.

Max settles back down between them. Squeaky human makes a soft noise, pulling Max into his chest. Max starts purring.

He's done his job for the night.

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i hate every single one of you oh my god i'm gonna be thinking about cat!max and dark!charles all day everyday now

do they soften around each other with time? i imagine charles would be very strict in the beginning because max needed to be trained. and maybe max would be wary of charles? idk i wanna know what you think

BRAINWORMS BRAINWORMS BRAINWORMS

charles is very strict at the beginning, yes. firm boundaries are important, and max needs to know who's in charge. max is naturally defiant, so charles has to put some work in overcoming that defiance.

over time it becomes a little bit easier- really once max knows the rules. they occasionally still have small problems here and there, but he's generally very well trained.

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Darkbull has consumed my brain. I love it so much and I love your writing. I find how it all started to be very interesting. Was there a moment when Max when from being GP's kid to Redbull's Golden boy? Also In SH Max struggles with a lot of mental health issues and trauma from his past that really impact his life and his relationships is this also true in Darkbull. How does this impact how he is treated and how the conditioning that he is being put through works.

for darkbull, even when GP takes him in after getting rid of jos, it's still with the understanding that max is going to be redbulls responsibility. GP may be directly taking care of him (a handler of sorts) but it's a company thing.

the past trauma max deals with makes him more susceptible to the conditioning darkbull does with him. max wants so badly to be loved, and he'll push himself to and beyond his limits to achieve that. darkbull gives the love so freely and easily that of course max would do anything they ask.

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‘darkbull charles adores catboy max. he's also very mean to him. catboy max still curls up with him in bed every night purring anyways.’

this has rocked my world omg… poor catboy max… teary and whimpery but still curling into bed next to charles and purring oh my hearttt… charles getting his kitten wow…

sleeping on the bed is a privilege that max very much enjoys having. sometimes when he's in trouble charles tries to crate him or lock him out of the bedroom, but much like any actual pet owner he just doesn't have to heart to do that the whole night.

so max ends up back on the bed anyways.

(charles also can't sleep without the purring now.)

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darkbull charles should not be trusted with kitty max lmao. would he be a responsible catboy owner and get max spayed?

oh definitely- he doesn't want to be dealing with a litter lol

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I can imagine cat!Max being a kind of two faced gift to Charles. Giving the pretty boy a pretty pet but also yes sure Max is a purebred but everyone can see he’s a little… off

The senior figure didn’t realise how much Charles would delight in showing off his perfectly trained kitten (and how much he loves how feral he can still be)

max is a purebred, but he's a stubborn purebred. like, notoriously hard to train purebred.

charles likes a challenge though- and he's been wanting a catboy anyways, so the opportunity kind of drops into his lap. sure, crate training sucked, and bathtime took a while to get down, but max is (mostly) good now! charles makes sure that he's engaged and stimulated at home so he isn't bored, and max likes to go out in public with him.

max still having that feral edge is something charles enjoys. he wouldn't want a defenseless pet- and it makes it so much sweeter seeing reminders that max can be dangerous, he just isn't to charles.

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Pack omega max my baby….did he get picked after seb left? Was seb “training” him and giving him advice how to handle it from his own experiences (and mistakes, especially when it comes to rookies and newcomers)? Who’s the pack alpha alongside max?

things were somewhat chaotic when seb was leaving- max is outed as an omega around 2018/2019 to the pack, and then to the public in 2021 during the title fight.

seb retired in 2022, and while there were other omegas on the grid at that point, they were all too young and/or inexperienced.

max is the most experienced omega available at that point, but he's still got a somewhat strained relationship with the pack. so despite seb asking him to take on the role of pack omega after he leaves, max doesn't feel qualified for it. his bonds aren't strong enough, and he's not sure he'd be able to get over the history he has with some of the older pack members.

without a pack omega, there's a first chunk of the 2023 that is a complete shitshow. the pack is disorganized, and lewis can't manage it all on his own. max ends up putting aside his personal thoughts on some of the grid, because at the end of the day it's just instincts- he cares about these people, and they need someone to step in.

he takes on the pack omega role initially to do damage control- get the grid back in order, make sure they have a functioning nest to stay in, sitting two alphas down who are squabbling and not letting them leave until they've actually talked about their feelings.

max only means to do that for a little bit, until the pack can get a real pack omega in the role, and then he'll dip again. because obviously the pack still doesn't want him.

meanwhile, the pack is thinking of max as the pack omega.

TL;DR: there was actually no training period. in typical f1 fashion it was mismanaged and a total mess.

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Oh my god the grid being out courted by the rookies!!

I love the idea though that the rookies have grown up idolising Max so they actually have a better sense of what he likes?? (I’m thinking of the video from the red carpet the other night where loads of the drivers said Max would be a fighter if he wasn’t a driver.)

The rookies have Done Their Homework and know exactly what Max favours in terms of treats and nesting materials whereas some of the older grid just have no clue what they are doing

yes!! the rookies are terrible in the beginning because they're trying to emulate what the older members of the grid do. eventually they put their heads together like "why are we copying them when we know what he wants? we have all religiously watched all of his interviews??"

the rookies do much better because they don't have an issues being non traditional in their courting gifts- max is a non traditional omega anyways. so they're winning because as a group they're finding gifts for max, not just gifts for an omega.

a few of the older drivers do that (daniel, charles, hulkenburg) but not enough for them to be "winning"

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Omg omg omg I am livinggggg for corporate! Maxiel au ‼️‼️‼️‼️ plssssss tell me there's gonna be some jealousy involved (from either side... Or both 🙏)

if I say yes you guys can't tell coldplums, okay? they wanted smut. I'm microdosing the plot.

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Did catboy max come trained? or did Charles have to do it?

charles did it! gleefully!

they had a few growing pains, but max learned. eventually.

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Did darkbull!charles adopt catboy!max from a shelter? or was he still kidnapped?

a gift, actually! from a more senior member of ferrari on the crime side.

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FERAL CATBOY MAX AND DARK! CHARLES....OH MY GOD THE BRAIN WORM I GOT FROM THAT FICLET??????????? I SWEAR WHENEVER YOU DROP A NEW ONE I GET A NEW BRAIN WORM WHAT THE HECK!!!!!!!!!

charles being surprised that the one time he forgets the collar someone (I assume rb) tries to catnap max...like he's kinda impressively oblivious like wdym you don't expect someone to take advantage that max is alone and vulnerable?? insane whfhshfhsh

(ALSO I JUST GOT MY EXAM RESULTS BACK...I think I'm going to uni 😁😁 just wanted to share good news ahdhhsdhd)

brain worms are highly contagious.

not rb! catboy max in the dark verse has no ties to RB or anything- he never raced, so there'd be no reason. it was just a crazed fan.

in charles' defense, you'd have to be borderline suicidal to think you could get into the ferrari garage and kidnap max. 9 times out of 10 the collar is really just for decorative purposes.

CONGRAAAAATSSS EXCITED FOR YOU!! your hard work is paying off <3 it'll be different and scary but also so fun and so rewarding.