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viennakarma · 9 months ago

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My dearest friend and enemy (2)

PART 2 | Fernando Alonso x Reader

Summary: You and Fernando always dreamed of the day you'd get into Formula 1. Unfortunately, the competition, the pride and the stubborness, get in the way of a beautiful friendship.

Word count: 7.1k

Tags: female!reader, driver reader, coming of age, ups and downs of a friendship, brocedes coded, very very angsty, cursing, anger, fights, overuse of flavio briatore as a plot device, lots of low blows, sprinkles of romance, kissing, making out, happy ending, not beta read

Relationship: Fernando Alonso x Reader

Note: Someone requested this, with this very detailed request, and it has consumed my every thought for the past week or two. I had to tweak some things from the request here and there, hope it's ok. It's heavily inspired by brocedes. (There is a lot of info that is wrong or inaccurate, I did this on purpose to fit my narrative, if you catch them, please ignore)

I was wondering doing a bonus part about Fernando POV throughout everything (to show he was ALSO miserable), but I don't know if i have the time and energy for it. Let me know if you guys would be interested in it and I'll do it in headcanons/topics.

I'm sorry if it feels rushed, this was taking way too long and I just wanted to follow my heart. Feedback and opinions are appreciated xx

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PART 1 | FERNANDO'S HEADCANONS

You were moping and crying in the living room when the phone started ringing. Looking at the little screen that showed the number that was calling, you knew it was Fernando. You had memorized his number at some point in your lifetime. Your parents weren’t home, so you hesitated. You took so long that his call went to voicemail.

“I know you’re there,” he said, voice sounding tired, low and inpatient, “please pick up the-”

You pulled the phone cable, unplugging the call and silencing him. Wiping your tears, you stared at the unplugged phone on the little side table for what felt like hours, until your parents returned from work, when you got up to plug the phone back and pretend like you didn’t spend the whole day mourning a friendship you always thought would last forever.

After two days ignoring all calls, even Flavio’s, you decided that you’d shield yourself from now on, and you wouldn’t give Fernando any more ammo to hurt you. You met with Flavio at the next race, face heavy with makeup to cover up the sleepless nights you had gone through. You put your bag down and stared at Flavio across the table.

“Good morning. Let’s go back to work,” you said, gently pulling the stack of papers from his grasp. He called your name in that tone, of someone wanting a heart to heart.

“We should talk about the f-” He started but you cut him off.

“No, I don’t want to talk about that,” you said.

“I talked to Fernando and he-”

“I said, I don’t want to talk about it. He’s dead to me.” You repeated slowly, finally looking up at him. Flavio must’ve seen something in your eyes because he let the topic go.

You didn’t see Fernando for two more days, and when the weekend officially started, you avoided him like the plague. Even when you two were in the same place with other drivers, you’d ignore his existence for the most part. Whenever you were in a little circle chatting with other drivers and he arrived, you’d leave immediately. Press conference, you convinced Jenson to switch places with you so you could be as far from Fernando as possible. Even with team debriefs, with Flavio trying to make you talk to Fernando, you refused.

The rest of the season was insane, during team meetings and debriefs you were cold and barely talked to him. He didn’t try to talk to you either, and the silent distance only grew.

You were head to head in a race, you were P2 and Fernando P3 right behind you.

“Switch with Fernando,” your engineer said on the radio.

“He won’t fucking pass me,” you said into the radio, holding your position and pace. He was less than a second behind, and you refused to let him pass.

“I repeat, let him pass,” That was Flavio.

“If he manages to overtake me, he can go.”

He didn’t. You knew you had more pace, but still he insisted, and through the mirrors, you could see him closing in behind you. He tried to overtake but you pushed the car fast, and when he couldn’t anymore, he turned into you, touching his front right tyre to your rear left tyre. You were too fast. The mere touch of his tyre bursted yours. You couldn’t even get angry as you lost control of the car in a millisecond, the speed making your car fly into the air as it hit the gravel. With your car overturning a few times in the air, you watched your sight going ground, sky, ground, sky, ground, sky.

Then you blacked out.

When you woke up, you were on a stretcher being placed carefully inside the ambulance, you tried to get up, dizzy and someone handed you a bag where you threw up inside.

You had an insane headache as they took you to the medical center. Apparently, everything else was alright as you checked your own body for any injuries or problems. The doctor checked you but still made you through a round of tests and injected saline solution diluted with pain medicine in an IV drip. They also decided you’d stay overnight to make sure nothing was wrong.

Your dad, who was watching from the garage, was the first to find you in the medical center, visibly worried and crying. He hugged you for a whole minute, before taking a step back and touching your face to make sure you were really alright.

“I’m ok, Papá. Just passed out when the car was spinning in the air,” You smiled softly, wanting to dissipate his worry.

“When you didn’t answer the radio-” He choked back tears.

“It’s ok, I’m ok now.”

“What are you feeling, darling?” He pressed, holding your hands to look for injuries in your arms.

“I’m all in one piece, Papá. Just a little sore, but that’s normal whenever a racing driver crashes,” you let him know, and he nodded.

“Let me just call your mother. She was so worried she wanted to get into the first flight here,” He told you.

“Tell her I’m alright and I love her,” you whispered and he nodded, going outside.

You sighed as you were left alone, trying to find a comfortable position where you didn’t have to move too much, since your whole body felt like it had been run over by a truck. The door opened and you thought it was Flavio, but you were faced with Fernando, still sweaty and in his overalls. He looked disheveled, but he was full of worry, even his eyes looked a little misty as he stood there a few meters from you.

But you couldn’t look past the anger when the memory of him diving into your car came back. He had gambled with your life, out of pettiness, out of envy, he couldn’t pass you, so he decided the next best thing was to take you out, not even caring about the danger he was putting you through.

“Leave.” You said, with gritted teeth.

“Please,” he begged with his voice softer than you had heard for almost a year, “let me just-”

“Leave! You could’ve gotten me killed, Fernando. Get out!” You said, louder. “Do you have any idea that you could have ruined my life in a moment of anger?! That you could have gotten me seriously injured or worse?! I would have never done that to you!” You pressed your index finger to the nurse button repeatedly, and a few seconds later, a nurse came in, “Ma’am can you escort him out please?”

You could see in his eyes that he was hurt by your words, but in that moment, all you felt was blind rage, for what he did the last time you spoke and because he crashed into you on purpose. You didn’t want to hear any excuses now that he realized he put your life in danger just because his ego couldn’t take a hit.

The next day, after you were discharged, you traveled for a meeting with Flavio at Renault’s headquarters. He met you alone in the meeting room, talking to you about the accident, and after making sure you were physically fine, he went off.

“What you did yesterday was reckless and you went against express orders from the team and from me. This is not happening again, or you will be risking your seat at Renault,” He said, his voice never leaving room for debate, you swallowed and nodded, “When the team orders you to do something, you do. No questioning, and no going against it. Understood?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Fernando was really worried about you yes-”

“I don’t want to talk about him.” You cut Flavio off.

“You two are best friends, it’s really sad to see you lose all that because of Formula 1” Flavio said, gently.

“He put my life at risk, Flavio. This is not something a friend would do,” you stood up, walking away but you stopped by the door, “Kinda curious how motorsports, the very thing that brought us together, is the same that tore us apart.”

Then you went to meet the engineers for the next race strategies.

That night as you laid down at home, you thought that you’d never compete with Fernando solely because he was Flavio’s favorite. If it ever came to Flavio to decide whether you would win or Fernando would win, he’d always pick Fernando. You could’ve been fighting for the championship this year, he had promised you, instead you were being used as a step in Fernando’s path of glory, when you could be fairly racing him for the championship. You’d always come second to him there. That was also the moment you stopped seeing Flavio as a friend, and confined him back to a position of Team Principal.

You reread the Sauber proposal that came to you that year to start racing for them the next season, tempted to just go and make your name somewhere else. Somewhere where you’d be put first.

But deep down, a sense of indebtedness had rooted into your heart ever since the day Fernando told you the truth. You had to pay Flavio back for his trust and for his money, and the only way you thought you could do it was by becoming world champion under his team.

There was still a little kid inside you, a little kid who aspired to prove Fernando wrong, to become a champion and prove to yourself you’re more than him. More than who he wanted you to be, more than a loser.

You turned down the offer from Sauber.

The rest of the season you went almost robotically. You still gave your all every race, but your mood would always damper when you had to follow team orders.

“Ask if me and Fernando can switch, I’m faster!” You said on the radio. You kept driving, Fernando a little less than two seconds in front of you, but you were getting closer and would catch up to him in two laps.

“Negative, protect his position.”

“There’s a McLaren right behind me! They’ll pass us both!”

“Negative, team orders.”

You swallowed and held your position, trying to maintain your P2 and Fernando P1. But when the McLaren got close to you, they managed to pass you after a brief battle, going for Fernando a couple of laps later.

Later, you stood on the podium, looking ahead knowing that P3 could’ve been a P1 if they had let you fight for it. You didn’t look at Fernando on the other side of the podium, you just stood there, eyes watery. You pretended to take part throwing champagne for a few seconds, forcing a smile knowing that it would look bad not to.

The post race interviews were torture, and you wanted to go home and vent to your parents.

“How has it been to manage your friendship with Fernando outside the track?” A reporter asked, and your smile disappeared from your face.

“We were never really friends,” you shrugged, annoyed, you added “Are there any questions about racing instead of my personal life?” The reporter was silent, visibly taken aback by your responses, you had rarely been hostile toward a journalist before, you knew he would have a field day with just those replies, especially when your PR manager gave you a hard stare, “No? Thank you, see you around.”

You finished P2 in the race Fernando became champion for the second time. When you got out of the car, you watched as Flavio and Fernando hugged, jumping from the ground and celebrating. The number one and your team principal. After the podium ceremony, you didn’t bother to stay to spray champagne, just leaving and going straight out.

You got a couple more proposals from other teams, and you were tempted, until Flavio told you Fernando was leaving for McLaren the next year and offered you an extension. You took it under the condition to become the number one driver now that Fernando was out of the picture.

A part of you mourned the death of the dream, the one you had at fourteen to become teammates with your best friend. So many things had happened in between everything, now you would miss it. Only the good, not the bad and ugly. You wish you could go back in time, redo everything, and never allow yourself to lose your best friend on the way.

The next year you ended up striking an unexpected friendship with Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg and eventually the two rookies Lewis and Sebastian, who had been very vocal about being fans of yours.

You didn’t go back to talking with Fernando. You didn’t try and he didn’t either. It felt like the bridges were too far burned to recover.

One day as you walked out of the garage, you saw Fernando with a girl on the opposite side. She was clinging to his side, whispering. You knew he had his fair share of fun with grid girls but he never invited them to watch the race from his garage. You wondered if he was dating again, after a couple of years being nothing more than a player. You also wonder why it made a pang of pain flare through your chest.

You don’t linger too much. He had no reason to tell you. You weren’t even friends anymore.

You moved on, as much as you could. And eventually, you met Kaka, or Ricardo, as you preferred calling him. He was a footballer, a big name in the sport, playing for a big team in Italy. You actually met him at a gala party, the both of you being silly introverts, bumping into each other when trying to find a way out. You two ended up talking for hours on the balcony, watching the city lights.

He reminded you of Nano before Formula 1.

And you actually wanted to smash your own head against the handrail as you thought that.

After exchanging numbers and calling a couple of times, you managed to convince Ricardo to come to a Grand Prix. His presence was calm, funny without being mean, and so gentle. It was actually the calm between the storm your life and job was.

You were pacing around outside the motorhomes to try and see if he had arrived yet, since the last you had talked to him was when he was on his way. While waiting, your eyes found Fernando’s on the opposite side in front of McLaren, he was sitting down with his girlfriend telling him something. You stared at him for a whole minute, and for a brief moment, the anger left his eyes for something softer, something like-

“Hi, minha linda!” Ricardo showed up out of nowhere, and he hugged you so tight he actually swiped you off your feet.

Once the surprise passed, you hugged him back, your fingers finding their way through his hair. And he laughed, spinning you before putting you down. You talked for a bit, your face lit up as he told you about his day.

Your eyes unconsciously turned to Fernando, because you could feel that he had been staring at you for as long as Ricardo was there. His face was back to anger.

“You want me to give you the grand tour?” You offered, just so you could escape the weight of Fernando’s glare.

You took Ricardo by the hand and showed him all around, even introducing him to part of your team. After that race when you placed third, Ricardo invited you to a date, the first official one. After a couple of months and a few kisses, he asked you to be his girlfriend. You only hesitated for a second before smiling and squealing a yes.

Being the main driver of your team allowed you to live an entirely different season as a racer. You didn’t want to be arrogant, but you had it in the bag. You had the best car, the best engines, and just the perfect amount of boldness. Add insane strategies, and you were unstoppable.

Despite Fernando being your close rival on track, he was way too busy beefing with Lewis, his surprisingly great rookie teammate.

During summer break that year, you were on a trip to Brazil with Ricardo, but still, the night of July 29th, you got up at two a.m., slowly went to the fridge, where you got an ice cream pint. With a spoon, you sat on the handrail in the balcony, and watched the waves breaking on the beach a few meters away.

It was weird keeping the ice cream tradition alone, but you supposed it was even weirder not keeping the tradition. Staring at the stars, you wondered if Fernando had any ice cream to celebrate his birthday that day.

“Hi,” you heard Ricardo behind you, his hands sneaking around your middle and he hugged you from behind, laying his head against your shoulder, “everything ok?”

“Yeah, just wanted a little treat,” you mumbled, closing the lid on the ice cream, because a selfish part of you didn’t want to share the tradition with anyone other than Fernando. It was silly and stupid, and still… you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. You put the ice cream back in the freezer and smiled at Ricardo as he pulled you into his arms and carried you back to bed.

You came back from summer break with a renewed sense of focus. Deep down you knew that was your season. Your season to become world champion, and nothing was going to get in the way of that. As you won the first two races after summer, you became first in the standings, this sense of purpose being the one thing motivating you every weekend to give your best.

It was Interlagos that year when you needed only a podium to become World Champion, pretty much the same as Fernando two years before. The race was tough, and it felt like Fernando was out to get you, especially in a moment right in the middle of the race, when you were behind him in P3 and he tried to brake test you again, but this time you were quick to react, avoiding his rear and using his own dirty trick against him, turning sharply to overtake him from outer side, moving past him fast enough to gain some precious couple of seconds.

After that, you managed to smoothly overtake the P1 with a carefully planned pit stop that allowed you to come out first. Later on, you saw a crash, nothing too bad, but you found out it was Fernando and Webber.

“Are they ok?” You asked via radio to your engineer.

“Yes, they are already back on the pitlane.”

You sighed and focused back to your race, keeping your P1 safe, and going smoothly to take the checkered flag.

“Congratulations, Y/N! You’re a Formula One World Champion!”

You felt the tears coming down and dampening your balaclava, as you took one last lap to parc ferme, waving at the crowd that went insane.

It was like a huge weight was lifted from your chest. Because you were now world champion. You were there, and you deserved to be there, among the best. You didn’t need to prove yourself anymore, and you had finally paid Flavio back.

You jumped out of the car straight into your team, jumping with them, and Flavio ran up to you, pulling you into a tight hug. Jenson also found you and hugged you firmly, patting your back and Nico also hugged you, both of them were on the podium with you.

As you looked down from the podium, with a watery, emotional smile, you saw your dad crying like a baby and clapping his hands. Unconsciously, your eyes looked for Fernando, silly hoping it mattered something to him, that at least in the name of your former friendship, he would be there, but he was nowhere to be seen, and you felt like that was another nail in the coffin of your friendship.

Deciding to forget it, you drank champagne straight from the bottle, laughing as both Nico and Jenson paired up to drown you in champagne, looking happy for you.

After talking to your mom on the phone, you stood up, taking your bag and going out to look for your dad. You didn’t make it very far, as you came out in the hallway, you found Fernando, leaning against the wall. You paused, looking up to him while your heartbeat went up.

“I’m happy for you,” he whispered. And you wanted to believe it really badly, but thinking about him brake testing you during the race, trying to take you out, made you roll your eyes at him.

“Sure, you are,” you said sarcastically. He shook his head and clicked his tongue, like he was disappointed you didn’t believe him, “my debt is over now.”

“What?” He frowned, confused.

“I just paid Flavio for his investment,” you explained, “I’m not just here because you asked him to support me, I’m a damn great driver. I’m here because I deserve it, not because you took me out of pity.”

Fernando stared at you completely shocked at your words, something painful stabbing at his chest. He never thought you’d think like that over disgusting words he said in a moment of anger. Words that never meant anything to him, that he didn’t even believe in himself. The hurt in your eyes was the same from the day he said the words, when you cried looking into his eyes and telling him he was dead to you.

You walked past him and away. He wanted to shout that he never meant those words, that you were so much more, so much better. But you just left. Fernando followed you outside, trying to catch you and explain himself, maybe fix things between you, making peace.

But as he got outside, he paused, seeing you jumping in your boyfriend’s arms, laughing at something he whispered to you. Fernando swallowed, closing his fist and jealousy burned through his limbs, with such force that it felt like a fever.

Right after the Brazilian Grand Prix, Ferrari got in touch with you, offering a two year contract to become teammates with Kimi Raikkonen and drive for what was one of, if not the most classic team in Formula 1. After negotiations, it was a no brainer. You didn’t owe Renault anything any more. And that’s what propelled you to meet with Flavio that winter break in a cafeteria in Monaco. When you had called, he said he wanted to talk to you about something, which was convenient.

After pleasantries and small talk, you were ready to start, but Flavio cut you off without noticing.

“I have to tell you something,” he started, carefully, “Fernando is coming back to Renault next year.”

You froze for a second, not wanting to think too much about the implications of that. The fact that Flavio was willing to force you and Fernando to be teammates again even after the catastrophic ending you had before. Sighing, you covered your face for a second.

“I know you have reservations, but I’ve talked with Fernando and he’s willing to-”

“I’m going to Ferrari.”

And Flavio understood, after talking for a while. He knew Ferrari was most drivers' ultimate dream, and you weren’t immune to that either. Unfortunately for you, Fernando released the news he was going back to Renault a week before Ferrari announced you, and the media had a field day with that, tabloids and media outlets doing numbers of articles about you avoiding being teammates with Fernando again, since he was coming back and you were conveniently leaving almost at the same time.

Your races with Fernando kept being dangerous, one always trying to one up the other, dangerous moves and overtakes, close calls of crashing into each other, and more and more jabs publicly. The attacks at each other never stopped, and the media seemed to enjoy it, feeding into it ever so often.

One occasion, you were going for a win, and the only thing between you and that damn P1 was Fernando Alonso. So you kept your P2, biding your time as you tried to close the gap, leaving your chance at overtaking for the last few laps. When a fast turn came, you advanced, overtaking him, Fernando tried to defend his position, but you were getting the lead, and both of you were in high speed. Someone had to back out, otherwise you two would crash. But you were feeding off of anger and hurt, and you didn’t back down well into the turn, but suddenly, Fernando slowed down, giving up defending. You took the P1 and after a few laps, the checkered flag. You knew on the podium that Fernando was seething, his face didn’t hide that. Later, at an interview, someone brought up the dirty move.

“So, a very dangerous move at turn 2 during lap 47, no?” The reporter asked, trying to get a reaction out of you.

“I thought it was a pretty common battle, no?” You said, a condescending tone imitating him.

“Well, it could’ve caused you both to crash.”

“I took a risk, either I would pass and win, or we would both crash and DNF. Alonso was wise and went for the safest option.” I gave the reporter a fake smile.

You knew that answer would piss Fernando off, and a part of you knew he deserved it. Sometimes you acted on pure rage and pettiness, feral and way more aggressive against Fernando on track than you really needed to be. But he just pissed you off. Walking around with his model girlfriend, his attacks at your racing abilities, his pretty eyes that always seemed to find yours at the most inconvenient times.

Then, the race weekend would end, and everything that was left was shame. Your burning shame every time your mom’s eyes shone when she asked about Fernando, hoping you two would have made peace. You, looking away from her face every time you told her you knew nothing about Alonso because you didn’t want to see the disappointment in her eyes.

Later that year, after your two year anniversary with Ricardo, you accidentally found a ring box in his suitcase. A proposal ring, a beautiful big diamond ring, probably worth a small fortune. And you tried to feel happy about it, but you could only find dread in your heart. Despite loving Ricardo, you knew you didn’t love him as much as you could. And certainly not as much as she loved you. You didn’t love him as much as you loved-

Closing your eyes, you also closed your heart, and after that just like the coward you were, you broke up with Ricardo the kindest way you could. He was confused, because your relationship was tranquil, without many problems. It broke your heart to break his heart, but you couldn’t lead him on, you knew Ricardo was husband material, and the earlier you let him go, the earlier he would find his true happiness.

Ultimately, you decided to only pursue love after your Formula One career. Having a bit of fun here and there, and a couple of casual relationships even with other drivers, but nothing serious or public. When you found out Fernando was single again, a flicker of hope sparked in your chest, but when you saw him go back to his playboy ways… It died down.

Sometimes you would dream of a different life, of one you never lost your best friend… or even better, one that you never had to suppress the love you felt for him. And sometimes it felt too much, like all this love was just filling up your hollow heart, filling up until it overflowed, until you felt like you were drowning in it, because there was nowhere for this love to go. And you wondered, what do I do with this love, there's no one to give it to, there's no recipient to put it. So you would just ground your teeth and bear it, holding onto anger because that much love, that much longing did nothing but cause you pain.

Every time someone mentioned him outside race weeks, you felt ashamed.

Despite being in a top team like Ferrari, you’d only get a few wins, and some podiums here and there, so it wasn’t like you didn’t achieve anything. But you were a woman so it was obviously not enough, and the media started questioning your career and your place in Formula One.

After two years of you driving for Ferrari, Domenicalli, your team principal, sat you down to let you know Fernando Alonso would be joining the team the next year, and you bit the inside of your cheek, considering just retiring. The criticism was getting to you, and the perspective of living hell with Fernando as your teammate was a broken heart all over again.

When an opportunity arose to drive for Red Bull Racing, with a two year contract, you didn’t think twice before accepting. It would be your chance to turn the tide in your career.

It sent the motorsport world into a frenzy when your new team announced you and a week later Ferrari announced Fernando as their future driver. The same narrative of you running away from him was passed ahead. And of course, it got to the paddock. Most drivers that were close to you actually congratulated you, but of course, nothing was ever good for Fernando. And despite not fully talking to him, he was always willing to throw a mean comment at you any given day.

“And people said you’re washed” Fernando said right after the news broke, the second to last race of that season, his voice dripping with venom. You knew it was a backhanded compliment, he always did that when he wanted to get a rise out of you. He smirked, waiting for your feral clapback, as you always had one on the tip of your tongue.

But when he looked back at you, your face was stony, and you were looking ahead with your chin raised. You didn’t even look at Fernando, nor answered his taunting. You pretended he wasn’t there but he noticed your eyes were misty.

That had been a low blow, even for him. He didn’t know shit about your feelings regarding your career, but he knew exactly how the world had been treating it, and it made you burn with shame that he could add insult to injury this easily. You wondered why he would say something like that if, just like you, it had been years since the last time he was champion of the world. Two years pushing yourself to the maximum so you could achieve your second championship.

Fernando had been your best friend for so long, he knew exactly what buttons to push when he wanted to hurt you.

When someone else arrived, greeting you, you cleared your throat briefly before answering and plastering a smile that never reached your eyes.

“Are you running away from me?” Fernando cornered you later that same day.

“What?” You paused.

“I went back to Renault and you left, now I’m going to Ferrari and you’re leaving,” he shrugged. You scoffed.

“I’m not sure if you know, but my life doesn’t revolve around you, Fernando.”

“Well, that’s a weird coincidence, don’t you think?”

“What do you want? Why are you here?”

Fernando paused for a second, his eyes searching yours, he looked vulnerable, open like he hadn’t been in so long. He looked every bit your best friend from years before.

“I miss you, I-” He started, then cleared his throat.

“I miss the old you,” You swallowed a whole bunch of your pride just to be able to say those words.

“Things are different now…” Fernando started, his eyes full of hoping, of longing, “We could- maybe we could-”

“Fernando, we’re too far gone, what we said- what we did…” You muttered, feeling a lump in your throat, “how do one come back from that?”

“We could restart. Try again-”

“You lost me forever that day, Fernando.” You muttered, the tears holding on to your eyelashes. You didn’t need to specify the day, he knew, he had seen in your eyes the moment he lost you, “I spent so long hearing your voice in my head, telling me I wasn’t good enough, I shouldn’t be here, and I- I hated you that day. And I had to hold onto this hate, because the alternative was overwhelming sadness.”

There was a numbing silence for a couple of minutes, as you stared down at your own feet, trying to stop all the feelings you spent years carefully locking away from breaking free. So much had happened, you believed you and Fernando were too far to recover now.

“I’m a woman here, the first and only woman in so long, and the whole world was against me. You have no idea how it felt that my best friend, the person I trusted the most, was also against me,” You shook your head, feeling the tears drop.

“I’m sorry, Nena… I’ve never- I’ve never meant any of that.” He muttered, and you didn’t look at him to see if he was being genuine. You had formed walls around your heart to protect yourself from heartbreak, and you now had a hard time believing him.

“There are some things… that are not meant to be.” You didn’t look back at Fernando after you said that, choosing to walk away with this broken heart feeling ever present.

It was hard to keep going everyday. You had always faced backlash for being a woman in Formula 1, and you were used to it. But the media took a turn over the next few years. When you didn’t win more championships, when years passed and you were still there, along with other champions and future champions. They started to call you old, washed, telling you to retire and placing bets on when you’d lose your seat. It was baffling because it had been six years since your championship, but it had been seven years since Fernando’s, but still, you were the only one whose spot was questioned all the time. It was unfair, and whenever they came up to you talking about it, you’d ask them if they’d ask the same to older drivers or other champions. They would leave you alone for a week and then come back stronger, ready to throw your whole career under the bus.

Finally, you got another chance at the championship in 2013, after an unbelievable start of the season with five consecutive wins. That had put you first in the standings for the championship, and from there on, your team molded the season around you. Smooth sailing through the season, you became world champion in Suzuka, way too far ahead in the championship to anyone be able to catch up to you.

When you stood on the podium that night, you cried happy tears. You had once again proved wrong years of demerit from the world. As you looked down to search for your family, your eyes found Fernando right beside them, a proud, emotional look on his face as he kept a hand over his heart, listening to your national anthem.

He nodded at you with a small smile, and a part of you healed a little bit.

You enjoyed a couple of days of pure bliss after becoming world champion. Parties, celebrations and trips, they were all you did for the next few weeks.

When the FIA Prize Giving ceremony came, you had another bombshell to drop at the world. You were the most stunning you ever felt that year when you arrived at the ceremony, in a beautiful dark blue dress with little crystals all over the bodice, a beautiful hairstyle and even more beautiful makeup. Never in your entire career in Formula 1, you had felt so fulfilled, so happy.

Hearing your name being called as the winner, the number one, was different this time, and had much more weight, and it made your heart burst with happiness. As you walked up the stairs to the stage, receiving your trophy, you stopped by the mic.

“Thank you so much. I’d like to thank my family for supporting me from the beginning, my team for making the perfect season, and the perfect car for me to be able to achieve this. I’d like to thank all my teammates that, in one way or another, taught me some valuable lessons as a racer. Thanks to Flavio for taking a chance on my career when probably no one else would.” You said, with a smile. You took a good look around, all the people in this sport who made Formula 1 the most important category of motorsport, all your peers, all the teams. “I’m announcing my retirement from Formula 1, as of right now.”

There was a wave of shock and loud gasps in the whole room, flashes and flashes bulbing harder than before, journalists scrambling to take notes… But you kept smiling, hand firm around your trophy as you let the news settle down before speaking again.

“In 2007 I wanted to pay Flavio back for giving me the opportunity to be here today. That debt was paid that same year. After that year I wanted to win for myself, to write my name in the history books, and my dream is now realized. I feel like I should move on and make space for new upcoming talents.” Your eyes were wet with unshed tears, but you smiled, the first genuine smile in a few years.

Fernando felt his heart drop at your words. Things weren’t supposed to go like this, you two should be best friends, drive together, retire together. Go down in history together.

“I’m grateful for everything this sport provided me, the adventures, traveling around the world, the people I met and the people I lost,” there was a calm pause, and Fernando wondered if you were talking about him too, “Now it’s time to go and achieve new dreams. Thank you very much.”

You turned around and walked away under the applause.

Later, after the ceremony was done, you were getting ready to leave when Fernando came to find you. He was dressed in a beautiful suit, looking like a million dollar man.

“Nena…”

It made you pause. It had been a while since he called you like that with that specific tone.

“What? Came here to gloat?” You couldn’t help but be defensive, worried.

“What?”

“I knew you’d be one of the happiest when I retired.”

“No, I would not-”

“You would, Fernando. You did. Many times you said I was done, that my prime was over, that I should retire…”

“I never thought you’d easily give up!” He shouted at you, “Like you did in 2006, not competing against me.”

“That’s because they didn’t let me compete! Do you think I couldn’t have competed with you back in ‘06? I could, but every time, they would tell me to back off, to let you pass, to not fight you, to not overtake you-” You threw at his face, because you wouldn’t stand there and let him look down on you like that. You refused to back down now that you were finally free. “Pat threatened my seat if disobeyed team orders.”

“What?! Why did you never tell me that?” Fernando looked shocked. His fighting stance was completely gone now.

“You were going to be World Champion again. I would never take that from you,” You whispered, voice failing.

“Nena…” He said, like he wanted to drop everything. “Please, don’t leave. If Red Bull don’t want you, you can find another spot with another team, we can think of something.”

“Fernando, I’m not leaving because the team doesn't want me. In fact, they offered me a 3 year extension.”

“That’s not how it was supposed to go, remember? We planned that-” His voice was kinder than it had been to you in many years, “We would go down in history together. Win together, retire together.”

“When push comes to shove, only one wins… We learned that the hard way.” I say, with a sad smile, “Life doesn’t always go as planned. And I got everything I could ever want from Formula 1. Now it’s time for new stuff.”

“What new stuff?”

“I want to have a family, Fernando. People don’t stick around long for this lifestyle, you know that-” You shook your head.

With one last look at Fernando, your eyes watered, and you walked away.

Sitting on the porch, you looked up at the sky, thinking of what’s next for you. It had been months since you announced your retirement from Formula 1. The new season had already begun. It was your birthday, a refreshing new one.

You heard steps coming closer and your heartbeat sped up as you saw Fernando walking up to you. He sat down by your side, holding a pint of ice cream and two spoons. He handed one to you and in silence, you started eating ice cream.

“I’ve been looking for you,” he said after a few minutes of silence.

“Was it hard to find me?” You asked, with a tentative smile.

“It only took me my whole life to find you again…” He said, wistfully, his eyes shining under moonlight and you didn’t know if those were unshed tears or not, “my best friend, my nena, my girl…”

“I’ve always been here. Right here.” You said, eyes watering. You weren’t sure you could explain what that here meant, but somehow you knew he would understand.

Fernando took your hand, gently placing it on his chest, right above his heart.

“Right here,” he whispered, pressing his hand above yours, over his beating heart, “you were always here.”

Then, he kissed you. For the first time in more than a decade, for what felt like the first time for both of you. As his other hand pulled you closer, the kiss deepened, like a prayer and a promise. Both of you knew there was a lot of resentment to navigate through, and a lot of feelings you’d both have to unravel and understand. But there was one thing that was always there, through hate, anger and hurt… And it was love, unshaken, steadfast love.

As you broke apart, Fernando pulled you into him, hugging you tight for a few minutes, before pulling away to hold your face with both hands, his eyes looking into yours with so much devotion it melted everything away.

“We will be alright.”

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no-144444 · 3 months ago

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chancer- o.piastri

Day 31 of fic-tober! fic-tober masterlist

summary: Can he figure out who you are at the masquerade ball before you leave forever?

a/n: thank you everyone for reading these stories over the last month! this has been so fun and i've loved getting to write everyday!

ps, these were the costumes i had in mind (plus random masquerade masks):

you: oscar:

(both from pinterest!)

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Oscar knew he wasn’t the first person anyone would choose to go to a party with. He was awkward, quiet, unknown, and uninterested in getting to know new people. He had his friend group; Logan, Lando, Alex, Charles, George, Daniel, Pierre, Arthur, Liam, and himself. He was happy just talking with his friends. He wasn’t looking for more, and he didn’t want to entertain small talk more than he already had to with his job.

“What if you meet someone there?” Alex had wondered out loud, trying to persuade him to go. He was the only girlfriend-less guy in the group. Alex knew he wasn’t looking for a girlfriend. He knew, because every single week one of their girlfriends would text him about ‘a friend that was really interested’ and every time he’d say no. He wasn’t looking for a hook-up (mostly because he didn’t believe in hook-up culture, not being into having sex with someone without knowing them), and he didn’t want to lead someone on. Objectively, yes, he knew he was an attractive man. He was a fucking racecar driver who was paid to take care of his body. He was paid to model clothes and go to nice events. He was paid to drive a fast car, on track and off it. Could he probably put more effort into his look? Absolutely. He didn’t even own a hairbrush, and he wasn’t going to start anytime soon.

Yet there he stood, pirate costume on (complete with a masquerade mask, as to keep with the theme of the party), walking into the biggest house he’d seen in a while, with a bubbly sense of anxiety in his stomach. Logan was walking beside him, talking to Liam about something or other.

“You’re nervous,” Arthur teased. Oscar rolled his eyes.

“I don’t want to be here,” he sighed as he got handed a drink.

“Why not? Have a bit of fun!”

“Fun to you, is drinking and making out with your girlfriend in the corner of a party. Fun for me, is going home and sleeping,” Oscar took a swig o f his drink, it burned as it went down his throat.

“We should’ve invited Hattie instead,” he scoffed. Hattie and Arthur had become friends during Oscar’s overlapping time in F2 with Arthur. Hattie was always the more outgoing sibling, and Oscar wouldn’t have blamed them for inviting her instead of him. He could’ve at least gone home and slept.

“Oscar!” Fernando cheered, resting an arm over his shoulders. “You came!”

Ah, this was Fernando’s party. Of course.

“Of course I did,” he smiled. Fernando had always been kind to him, especially in his time in Alpine.

“I have someone I want you to meet,” he whispered. “It’s a girl…” Oscar rolled his eyes. “Is everyone trying to set me up with someone tonight?”

“Maybe, I know I am,” he laughed. “Follow me.”

Oscar dutifully followed behind Fernando, being brought further into the party. It was going to be impossible to find any of his friends again, so he sent the group chat a quick text to meet him at the front door in 1 hour, as that would be when he would be leaving. He was met with sad and angry emojis, but he didn’t care. The host had seen him, and he had a weekend's worth of sleep to get.

“This is-” Fernando was too quiet to be heard over all the shouting and singing. But in front of both of them stood you. You were dressed as a mermaid. What a pair you two made.

Oscar’s mouth literally fell open. You were gorgeous, the costume showing a great deal of skin and he was not complaining. What really drew him in was the bright smile on your lips as Fernando spoke (he had tuned everything else out) and the way you nodded along.

“So, I’m sure you’ll get acquainted!” Fernando announced just in time for Oscar to close his jaw and stop drooling. Then your attention turned on him.

“I think him telling me who you are defeats the purpose of the masks, right?” you chuckled. He chuckled.

He was a goner.

“You’re right,” he smiled. “I’m Oscar.”

“I know,” you bit your lip, smiling brightly. “He told me, remember?”

He internally kicked himself. “Of course, yeah. Sorry.”

“No need to be sorry,” you shouted over the music. “It’s a little loud in here, want to go somewhere quieter?”

He nodded. “Yeah!”

You took his hand and led him out to the garden, which was still full of drunk people. You brought him further, him following diligently. You brought him to the edge of the forest at the back of the house. “You trust me?”

He nodded, trusting you implicitly. You led him further, into the forest, until you made it to a treehouse.

You helped him up (despite being in a skirt), and there you two sat for a moment, just enjoying the quiet.

“What do you like to do?” you asked, out of the blue.

“I like to drive-”

“Other than of driving,” you giggled.

He smiled. “Well, I like to sleep, I like to play video games, I like watching movies, I like baking-”

“Baking?” you questioned.

“Yeah, baking,” he nodded.

You looked at him sceptically. “Explain.”

He chuckled. “Well, my mum and my grandma used to make me sit with them in the kitchen to learn how to bake, and when I was a kid, I fucking hated it. Now that I’m older, I love it. It’s so relaxing.”

“You learn something new everyday,” you smiled.

“What about you?”

“Well, I like to read, I like to cook, I like hanging out with my friends and family, I like writing-”

“What do you write about?” he asked.

You smiled cheekily, he could see the way your eyes crinkled, just slightly. It made him smile.

“You chancer, I don’t know if I can tell a random stranger that…” you shook your head. “I’ll need to get to know you better.”

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So, there you two sat, talking about your lives, enjoying each other's company, and just having fun. The hour he was supposed to spend had long since passed, and he had silenced his phone the second you had started talking about your life. He didn’t see the messages from his friends about leaving, he didn’t see the missed calls from them, wondering if he was alright. He didn’t want to either.

You ended up with your head on his shoulder as the topic of love somehow came up.

“Have you ever been in love?” you asked, curious about his experience.

“I don’t think so,” he answered, mildly confused.

“So, no then.”

He chuckled. “No, then. You?”

You shook your head. “Nope. But I do love racing.”

“You race?” he asked.

“Yeah,” you shrugged. “MotoGP.”

“That’s awesome,” he praised.

You looked into his eyes, the majority of his face covered by the mask. “I want to kiss you right now,” you admitted, your voice low.

He gulped. “I want to kiss you right now.”

You smiled cheekily again. “What’s stopping you?”

And that was that. He kissed you.

His hands found space on your hips and held you against him, feeling the sparks between you two like a fuckign fire. He wanted so much more than just one kiss. Your lips against his was like the perfect symphony, your hands on his body the greatest touch, his hands on your skin like the softest connection.

“Oscar,” you moaned against his lips as he bit down on your bottom lip, his tongue fighting yours.

The loud bang of fireworks pulled you both apart. You both gasped, pulled away abruptly, then laughed as your adrenaline calmed down.

“That was…” he started.

“Wow,” you finished.

He chuckled. “Wow,” he agreed.

You checked your phone, wondering the time. “Shit!” you cursed. “I have to go, it was awesome meeting you, my friends-”

“Can I get your number?” he asked, rushing after you.

“I think that defeats the purpose of the night Oscar,” you chuckled.

“I-I don’t even know your name!” he stressed. He needed to see you again. “I want to see you again.”

You ran ahead of him, rushing through the trees. He followed behind, thankful that his trainer makes him go on endurance runs.

As you two got back into the house, you tried to shake him off, just for fun. He wasn’t budging. When you finally made it to the front door, he grabbed your arm and kissed you. Again, those same butterflies were sent free in your stomach, and this time it didn’t make you nervous. It made you happy.

As he kissed you, he pulled your mask off, revealing your identity to him as he pulled away.

“Shit you’re beautiful,” he chuckled. “Sorry if that was too-”

You cut him off with a kiss of your own, pulling off his mask. “Pretty handsome yourself.”

He smiled. “Please. I want to see you again.”

“You already have my number, idiot,” you chuckled.

“I know,” he chuckled. “I’m just asking you out now anyways.”

You smiled. “Yes, I’ll obviously go out with you.”

He pressed his lips to yours once again, and both of your friend groups cheered, happy that you’d finally gotten together.

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geniousbh · 8 months ago

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⸻ ❝ 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 ❞ PARTE 2💫

esteban kukuriczka ₓ f.reader

wc.: 4,2k

prompt: depois de responder as mensagens do loser!esteban no whatsapp pedindo pra te ver você diz que só se ele terminasse sua i.c🤪 o que era impossível, né? ninguém se sujeitaria.. certo? certo?!!

obs.: enrolei mas veiooo a parte dois 💋🎉🎉🎆🎁 fiquei muito feliz que vocês gostaram da primeira e me incentivaram pr continuar! é tão gostosinho escrever uma reader que se impõe mais hihi! e nessa daqui ela realmente dá as cartas viu! shout out pras queridas @idollete e @creads e todas as minhas girlies do coração que hyparam muito a continuação! special thanks pra vc camilinha que aloprou muito no chat falando dele <3 whore to whore conversation at its best ❤️‍🔥💅 enfim, eu revisei algumas vezes, mas sei que vão ter errinhos etc, ent me desculpem por isso! boa leitura, nenas! fica mais legal se tiver lido a parte 1

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tudo o que você precisou para responder as mensagens de esteban foram algumas margaritas na casa de cinthia. combinou com as colegas de curso para fazerem uma noite das meninas bem bagunçada regada à bebidas e histórias de fodas absurdas. inclusive, ficara sabendo sobre um tal de fernando contigiani sendo um super stalker - o que na verdade só acrescentava para o charme dele, mas não vinha ao caso. chegou em casa completamente passada, tendo que tomar um banho quentinho e demorado até voltar a estar decente. quando saía de roupão e toalha no cabelo passava pelo notebook sobre a cama, aberto no whatsapp web, e via o pop-up verdinho de um número que não estava salvo; sem foto pra variar. revirou os olhos, e seguiu para a cozinha pegando algo para beber e imaginando o que deveria ser. tinham alguns dias desde o sete minutos no paraíso fatídico no casarão da república, onde você recebera o melhor oral da vida de um cara que jurava odiar... o dia seguinte à isso tinha sido horrível, não parara de pensar um segundo no ocorrido, na boca dele babada, na sensação do nariz grande roçando no seu pontinho, só de relembrar seu corpo todo arrepiava. nisso, você tinha perdido tempo demais sem conseguir se concentrar na merda do trabalho conclusivo de sua iniciação científica, o que te deixava com quase nada de prazo. agora estava ali, sentada na beira da cama, encarando as mensagens na tela. (número desconhecido) [27/04/24 02:14]: é o esteban, você me passou seu número (número desconhecido) [27/04/24 02:18]: primeiro queria dizer que a história da calcinha foi um mal entendido e na mesma hora um sorriso maldoso crescia nos seus lábios, te fazendo mordiscar a borda da taça de vinho, qual tinha se servido, e descansar o objeto entre as pernas antes de se curvar para digitar a resposta. eu [27/04/24 02:19]: qual das vezes? porque você ficou com uma calcinha da última também (número desconhecido) [27/04/24 02:20]: ... eu [27/04/24 02:21]: kk pq q você não manda logo o que quer e ai me deixa quieta? (número desconhecido) [27/04/24 02:22]: você não considera tentar entender o que aconteceu anos atrás? eu [27/04/24 02:23]: se você for bom em resumir sim, caso contrário não, não me interessa (número desconhecido) [27/04/24 02:25]: naquela época uns garotos armaram, me chamaram pro vestiário e quando eu vi jogaram a sua calcinha pra eu pegar enquanto eles filmavam tudo (número desconhecido) [27/04/24 02:25]: eu nunca faria algo daquele tipo eu [27/04/24 02:26]: você é um idiota mesmo pqp eu [27/04/24 02:26]: e cê quer que eu faça O QUÊ com essa informação? que eu diga "nn tudo bem, vamos ser amiguinhos agora"??

(número desconhecido) [27/04/24 02:28]: queria te ver de novo sua boca que estava entreaberta em nervosismo fechava e seu coração errava uma batida antes que sua expressão se retorcesse com frustração. ele não tinha o direito de mexer contigo daquela forma, fazendo tão pouco. sua reputação inabalável seria arruinada, assim como ele tinha feito no colégio. eu [27/04/24 02:30]: faz o seguinte, seu merdinha. se quiser me ver, é bom que você apareça com a tese da minha i.c pronta aqui em casa. eu [27/04/24 02:30]: se não for assim trata de apagar o meu contato e não fala mais comigo eu [27/04/24 02:31]: e vsf tb era óbvio que ele não faria, o pobre coitado sequer sabia o tema ou onde você morava. era só uma desculpa inescrupulosa pra que ele não mandasse mais mensagens e te deixasse ainda mais dividida entre o que mandava sua cabeça e o que pedia seu coração. por isso abaixou a tela do aparelho em seguida se jogando pra trás no colchão tentando relaxar, precisava urgentemente dormir porque a semana que estava entrando seria cheia. tinha várias coisas pra fazer. teria duas provas na terça, médico na quarta - o qual sua mãe tinha marcado pra ti faziam meses já que se dependesse da sua pessoa você só descobriria se estava com problemas no leito de morte - e PRECISAVA, sem desculpinhas, terminar de digitalizar a tese. nem era tão difícil assim, mas estava passando por um bloqueio horrível no desenvolvimento, então sempre que sentava para dedicar um tempo pro trabalho acabava distraída com outras coisas. por isso quando a quinta-feira chegava você estava uma pilha de nervos. já não bastasse as provas terem pedido um conteúdo nada a ver com o que o professor tinha dado em sala, tinha levado sermão do doutor que tinha pego seus exames para avaliar por quê não sei isso não sei aquilo de beber mais água e parar de fumar... porra! dá um tempo, você era universitária se não fizesse aquilo acabaria explodindo. e o estado irritadiço triplicou quando, ao subir o último lance do prédio do dormitório encontrava ele ali, paradinho - tendo um deja vu -, com uma pasta em mãos. vestia a mesma combinação de moletom e jeans de sempre e os cabelos estavam meio bagunçados, como se ele não tivesse lembrado de pentear. — tá de sacanagem comigo? tá fazendo o quê aqui?! — indagava grosseira depois de colocar os dois pés no andar, parando a poucos metros do garoto. quando esteban te olhava parecia desconcertado a princípio, mas depois te estendia a pastinha com várias folhas dentro. e aquilo não podia ser o que você estava pensando. por isso ignorou, sem pegar da mão dele, ainda o encarando com o sobrancelha erguida. então quer dizer que ele achava normal ter entrado no fórum do seu curso de novo e futricado até achar os projetos científicos em andamento? e também não diria nada sobre, muito provavelmente, ter perguntado a algum colega seu endereço? o fitava mortalmente, e ele, apesar de desviar os olhos sem graça permanecia ali.

— pega. — eu não vou aceitar isso, esquece! — rebatia e bufava procurando suas chaves na bolsa. — aliás, pode ir embora, eu não tô com tempo pra baboseira. — você não tem escolha, o prazo final é amanhã. — ele soprava quando você passava esbarrando para abrir a porta. e aquilo era verdade também. mas, como ele tinha a pachorra de usar isso contra ti? — disse que se eu fizesse você conversaria comigo... m-me deixaria te ver! — "m-me me me" — se virava rapidamente olhando para cima e remedava de maneira exagerada quando ele gaguejava, tomando o objeto toda indelicada para ver se estava escrito direitinho... e para sua infelicidade, estava melhor do que você sonharia em escrever. ele tinha não só feito um sumário e introdução perfeitos, como o desenvolvimento parecia muito bem separado e as páginas estavam enumeradas. cretino, vagabundo!!! mordeu o interior da bochecha não querendo dar o braço a torcer. — acha que fazendo isso aqui rápido vai me humilhar? é isso?? — questionava erguendo o tom e forçando o material contra o peitoral do argentino. — não! eu fiz porque queria te ver de novo! — ele respondia depressa, afobado com a ideia de que você o interpretasse erroneamente outra vez. — me ver pra quê, ahn? o que é que você quer comigo, porra!? — exaltava. — acha que vamos nos entender assim do nada? em que mundo você vive, esteban?!! ao notar que ele parecia perdido, sem palavras, recolhia o braço - que ao mesmo tempo em que o agarrava o moletom o mantinha afastado -, se virando e murmurando algum xingamento para enfim empurrar a porta destrancada e entrar para dentro de casa; se ele não tinha mais nada para argumentar podia desaparecer. entretanto, antes que pudesse fechar a passagem, o kukuriczka colocava o pé na frente, espalmando a mão na tábua de madeira, não deixando. — eu quero te beijar de novo! — dizia depois de juntar toda a coragem que tinha em seu ser, te encarando com os olhos cor de mel oscilando e o pomo de adão subindo e descendo. era injusto que aquela carinha de sonso dele fosse tão atraente e que a voz dele ficasse deliciosamente esganiçada quando ele aumentava um decibel que fosse do tom. era desumano que ele tivesse um perfume tão suave e gostoso de sentir que a sua vontade fosse enfiar o rosto naqueles fios avoaçados pra inspirar o aroma. e por isso, era muito mais fácil reagir negativamente, com desdém, com estupidez e negar qualquer aproximação, mas estava sendo difícil naquele momento... — acorda, cara. me beijar? por quê eu ia querer beijar um nerdinho igual a você? pra começar, você não teria nem as bolas p- e num flash, o loiro te segurava com ambas as bochechas findando a distância entre vocês - que antes já era pouca - num selinho desesperado. ele de olhos fechados, bem apertados, e você com os seus abertos, assistindo tudo enquanto pedia internamente para que quem reagisse fosse seu cérebro e não seu coração.

mas seu cérebro já estava tão exausto da semana, como ele podia fazer qualquer coisa agora? você se impulsionava contra ele, largando o trabalho no chão, fazendo as folhas de dentro se espalharem enquanto seus braços rodeavam o pescoço do garoto, ficando na ponta dos pés para capturar a boquinha fina num beijo de verdade. era ainda mais voraz que o primeiro que tinham compartilhado; estando no seu dormitório e ainda sozinha, nada impedia que você arrastasse ele para dentro e batesse a porta para prensá-lo ali. esteban demorava até avançar com as mãos em sua cintura, entretido com a forma como sua língua experiente chamava e brincava com a dele. você ia fundo, ele conseguia notar bem de levinho um gosto mentolado do paiero que você tinha fumado antes de entrar pro prédio. e arfava quando você o conduzia a descer mais as mãos, enchendo elas com a carne macia de sua bunda farta; boa de apertar. — vai se contentar com isso? — você perguntava baixo, roçando os inferiores, segurando o rostinho inocente com as unhas compridas o espetando a tez suave. — rápido, me responde. — não... — ele soprava, com os olhinhos caídos quase cerrados, tornando a fechá-los para voltar a te beijar. sem cessar, o puxava aos tropeços até sua cama. era um modelo de casal grande, mas não tanto, com algumas almofadinhas e colchas roxas; apostava que era muito diferente do quarto dele e que ele nunca teria se imaginado naquela posição, pobrezinho... empurrava o corpo magro para trás e assistia ele caindo apoiado nos cotovelos. te fitava todo vendido e você aproveitava para tirar a blusa, revelando um sutiã com estampa de laços que estava usando por baixo. subia sobre ele, fazendo com que o kukuriczka se arrastasse para trás, - sempre fugindo quando era você quem o perseguia - até encostar na cabeceira de metal e se segurar numa das barrinhas. — quê foi, ratinho? não era o que você queria? – provocava. — é-é que eu... eu nunca fiz... — respondia, embaraçando as letras daquele jeitinho patético que só ele parecia ter. e honestamente? não era surpreendente, estaria mentindo se dissesse que não esperava por isso, mas ainda assim a informação te fez sorrir ladina, passando uma das pernas sobre ele e sentando bem encaixadinha no colo do rapaz. — nunca fez, é? mas também... você é tão frouxinho pra conseguir alguma garota... — sentia as mãos dele que haviam ido parar no seu quadril agora apertando a carne já que ele não tinha culhões de retrucar. — me diz, estebinho... quer fazer? a vez do closet tinha sido a primeira em que tinha tido controle de tudo e mandado num homem. e não era apenas um homem, poderia ser matías por exemplo, que era conhecido por ser o primeiro homem lésbico da terra, ou pelo menos da faculdade. esteban era sério, reservado, alto, tinha mãos com os dedos longos e bonitos, o nariz monumental... ter poder sobre alguém como ele te deixava doente, querendo muito mais do que podia lidar.

ele suspirava fraquinho e assentia, mas você negava, segurando nos fios claros e puxando com força, fazendo ele encostar nas grades enquanto te fitava. — quando eu te perguntar alguma coisa, você usa as palavras. — se curvava para soprar perto da orelhinha dele e então rebolava de leve, sentindo o membro abaixo de si começando a endurecer. — então o que vai ser? vai querer foder? sim ou não? — ss... sim, eu... uhum, quero. — ele confirmava ansioso se jogando para frente tentando te beijar de novo. você desviava. — pra me foder, seu pau precisa estar bem babadinho. — arrastava o quadril e ele tremia, te segurando firme e tentando impedir que replicasse a moção; era tão divertido. — então vou te chupar... e deixa eu adivinhar, nunca recebeu um boquete também? — ria. saiu do colo e se ajoelhou na cama, abrindo o botão e descendo o zíper da calça de outrem enquanto fazia contato visual, acompanhando as bochechas dele ficando rosadas e a respiração acelerando conforme descia a peça com alguns trancos até que pudesse deslizar para fora das pernas e lançar ao chão. quando os olhos caíam sobre o pau coberto ficava surpresa com o tamanho do pacote. "andava" com a pontinha dos dígitos pela pelve dele que aparecia graças à blusa ter subido um tiquinho até chegar onde queria, amaciando o membro por cima da boxer e mordendo o inferior. jesus... ele parecia ser grande. se curvou mais, sem parar os carinhos e beijou sobre a glande que soltava pré-gozo, melando a cuequinha branca e deixando o tecido transparente. segurava o cós para descer, mas dessa vez era impossível olhar para o argentino quando o pau dele praticamente saltava, completamente ereto e fodidamente enorme. fez uma expressão desacreditada e deitou entre as pernas do maior que se segurava nos lençóis, sem saber o que fazer já que sua cabecinha sequer conseguia imaginar o próximo passo; tudo sendo muito novo. — um pau grande assim e você nunca usou? nossa... só deve ficar batendo punheta pra mulherzinha de jogo, né? — ele apertava os lábios envergonhado e assentia sem nem ligar mais. ralhou maliciosa e então segurou pela extensão, fazendo pressionar contra sua bochecha. estava quente e podia sentir as veias pulsando. era lindo, a cabecinha circuncidada e bem rosinha, além de ser praticamente do tamanho do seu antebraço. bem que suas colegas diziam, os magrelos eram sempre os mais bem dotados. dava batidinhas com o falo na própria cara e tirava a linguinha pra fora para lamber, torturando o outro. — quanto você mede? — questionava descarada. — vinte... — esteban sussurrava.

— porra, vinte centímetros de rola e você todo carentão e virgem? — caçoava e então chupava a pontinha como se fosse um pirulito, só testando. — não sei se consigo colocar tudo... minha gargantinha é estreita, sabe... — formava um biquinho e o apertava forte com mão que segurava o comprimento, ouvindo um chiadinho lesado dele. — ah, e se você me tocar enquanto eu te mamo, eu paro e você volta pra casa, ouviu? esperava a confirmação antes de colocar na boca de novo, dessa vez se permitindo sentir o gosto de verdade e a textura macia da pele fininha, fazendo o músculo ágil e molhado escorrer ao redor e espalhar saliva, preparando. se empenhava, ficando toda empinada e fechando os olhos enquanto sentia os centímetros deslizando para dentro, roçando o sininho no céu da boca e fazendo o canto dos lábios arregaçarem pela grossura. esteban observava com os olhos vidrados. nunca tinha sentido nada parecido. o pau sumia na sua cavidade, reaparecendo cada vez mais molhado, brilhoso. o coração galopava dentro do tórax e o saco latejava inchando. por vezes, ficava prestes a desmaiar, principalmente quando você começava a punhetar os centímetros que não conseguia envolver, dando atenção pra ele todo. — eu... não vou durar — avisava negando repetidas vezes, piscando os olhos com delay e se desesperando quando segurar a fronha da cama não estava mais sendo suficiente para dissipar a tensão. cobria o rosto com as mãos jogando a cabeça pra trás. — p-por favor! você ignorava. levava seu tempo, aproveitando como ele era gostoso, enorme e estava duro como pedra. chupava e deixava os caninhos pontiagudinhos roçarem nele, ouvindo um gemido manhoso do latino, se divertindo sozinha com as reações. lambia com a língua esparramada e se distanciava só para cuspir sobre ele e voltar a colocá-lo até a goela, aumentando o ritmo do vai e vem. a pressão da sucção começando a soar pornográfica e encher o quartinho com uma sinfonia de "mwacs", "hmm" e "a-ahh". "desculpa", era a última coisa que o loiro soprava antes de segurar sua cabeça e começar a guiar os movimentos. já estava tão absurdamente perto e fora de si que aguentar seu ritmo era impossível. emaranhava os dedos nos seus cabelos e te forçava contra a base, revirando os olhos quando a glande inchada batia contra o fundinho de sua garganta. você engasgava e o deixava lhe foder a boquinha, todo aflito, sendo caridosa pela primeira vez; sabendo que podia acabar com a brincadeira a qualquer momento. sentia como se ele pudesse cutucar seu cérebro com o cacete teso e você provavelmente morreria feliz com a lobotomia diferenciada. o apertava as coxas e se lambuzava toda, sentindo a baba escorrer pelo pescocinho e vão entre seus seios apertadinhos pelo sutiã. o meio de suas pernas? arruinado, sua calcinha que há muito tinha deixado de ser suficiente para conter a lubrificação que você liberava, molhava o shortinho já.

ele atingia o ápice, te mantendo pressionadinha contra a púbis, se esvaziando todo, te obrigando a tomar todo o leitinho quente que despejava ali dentro. era porra saindo pelo seu nariz - formando até bolhinhas -, vazando pelas extremidades dos lábios, e as lagrimazinhas nos seus olhos escorrendo enquanto aos poucos esteban perdia a força do agarre se amolecendo, sofregando e murmurando com a voz sibilante. endireitava a postura e ria rouca puxando fôlego, num misto de raiva e tesão. estava completamente suja, e seu grelinho tilintava querendo um pouquinho de atenção. passava a mão pelo rosto tirando o excesso da mistura de fluídos e chupava os dedos melecados, secando-os no linho da peça de baixo antes de chamar a atenção do rapaz a sua frente. silvava a mão pesadamente no rostinho aplastado dele que chegava a virar a cabeça com a força do tapa e devido a palidez, fazendo uma marca surgir quase instantaneamente no local. — isso, é por ter sido um cachorro no cio e me desobedecido. — cuspia as palavras antes de puxá-lo pela gola do moletom. — e isso é por ter um pau tão bom. voltava a beijar o argentino que se atrapalhava, se recuperando do oral intenso e do impacto repentino - que ele tinha achado, infelizmente, muito sexy. incentivava-o a tirar o resto de suas roupas, mas o impedia quando ele desgrudava dos seus lábios fazendo menção de tirar o próprio agasalho. — não. — deslizava as mãos pelos ombros largos e cobertinhos dele, sorrindo. — vai me foder com essa roupinha tosca e... — olhava para trás vendo os pés dele. — de meia. — provocava. já ia erguendo o quadril para encaixar a cabecinha em sua entradinha, mas esteban intervia. — eu não tenho camisinha. — falava preocupado. — se eu gozar dentro- — mas quem disse que você vai gozar? eu não deixei. — o olhava se fingindo, ardilosa, tendo o prazer de ver a expressão mais penosa do mundo se formar no semblante do maior; tão lindo, puta merda. — por quê? — as sobrancelhas caíam. — porque você não merece. — dava de ombros e então aproveitava a distração dele para endireitar o membro de novo e sentar aos poucos. kuku engasgava no meio da súplica, sentindo os primeiros cinco centímetros deslizarem para dentro do que parecia ser mais um buraquinho de minhoca do que uma bucetinha. não conseguia sequer olhar para ver o quanto seu sexo estava dilatando para recebê-lo, sofrendo enquanto o canal era expandido pelo tamanho avantajado. caía com a testa no seu ombro choramingando quando você tinha mais da metade dele.

— porra, você vai me deixar toda arrombadinha... — manhou franzindo o cenho e levando a mãozinha até entre as pernas para estimular o clitóris e conseguir terminar de tomar ele inteiro. sentadinha, com o caralho enfiado até o talo. — puta que pariu, esteban... ele te completava como nada, nem ninguém, tinha feito antes. ficava complicado até de respirar, mas aos poucos se apoiava nele para começar a cavalgar bonitinha. sussurrava pedindo que ele te olhasse e apanhava o rostinho febril, querendo que ele mantivesse as orbes focadas em ti. nessa altura todos os toques dele eram mais brutos e sabia que ficaria com as digitais marcadas na lombar por algum tempinho - e que isso consequentemente te faria lembrar sempre que fosse se lavar ou trocar de roupas. — me deda... — pedia começando a ficar afetada. — chupa o polegar e coloca no meu pontinho... — instruía. — mexe assim... — mostrava. tão meiguinho e bobinho, que ver esteban se esforçando para não passar mal ali e te masturbar enquanto o membro do mesmo beijava sua cérvix a cada vez que você descia parecia errado, como se tivesse roubando a inocência de um anjinho. mordia o inferior arqueando as costas e segurava um chorinho, não querendo dar o prazer de que ele te ouvisse. porém, quando o garoto capturava um de seus biquinhos eriçados era o fim. a combinação do pau, dos dedos e da língua era demais. olhava para baixo vendo o ventre cheinho. — tá gostoso? — perguntava, controlando os gemidos e continuando a quicar no ritmo moroso, sentindo cada contorno dele, dando tempo que suas paredes se moldassem no formato do loirinho. não tinha resposta. esteban estava em êxtase, babava, e murmurava coisas desconexas, ora abrindo os olhos e ora fechando, tocando todas as partes que te alcançava, te trazendo mais pra ele; te apertava os seios, as costas finas, a bunda, aproveitando para puxar as bandinhas e deixar você ainda mais arreganhada. a única coisa que saía compreensível eram os pedidos implorando para deixar ele gozar, quais você respondia com um não adorável. ele estava por uma merrequinha de fio e quando gemia arrastado era incentivo para que você contraísse propositalmente, fazendo várias vezes até que ele estivesse tremendo e te abraçando a cintura, repetindo como um mantra por favor, por favor, por favor. o quadril começando a forçar para cima e te estocar assim, por baixo. — pede direito — o encarava, com os narizinhos coladinhos, as respirações mesclando e os corpos suados atritando. — fala que quer guardar seu gozo em mim... que vai me lotar de bebezinhos, fala... — insinuava, enquanto os biquinhos babados - por ele - roçavam no tecido felpudo cobrindo o peitoral alheio. — eu quero... p-puta madre... — ele xingava na língua materna antes de urrar entredentes — me deixa colocar meus bebês em você, por fi... lo necesito tanto... e como negar?

deixava de lado todas as marras e o apertava nos bracinhos, afundando o rosto na curvinha do pescoço do mais alto, permitindo que ele te segurasse pelas coxas, te erguendo um bocado, e metendo no ritmo acelerado que desejava, fazendo seus peitos pularem, macetando seu ponto g a cada investida - não que ele tivesse como errar já que ele ocupava todo seu espacinho. gozavam juntos gemendo e engolindo os gemidos um do outro enquanto estavam com os lábios relando. arranhava a nuca dele e soltava um miadinho que estava guardado notando como ele liberava o gozo em ti, em várias quantidades, te deixando pesadinha e transbordando. fazia questão de rebolar mais um tiquinho depois que os movimento de esteban paravam, terminando de ordenhar ele dentro de si e ouvindo os soluços dissimulados que o escapavam. tinha deixado o rapaz acabado. não tinha nem tempo de zombar uma última vez antes que ele apagasse em sono profundo, ficando deitada sobre o mesmo, observando a expressão serena enquanto dormia. enrolava uma mechinha do cabelo claro nos dedos e se esgueirava só para fungar mais do perfuminho bom. saía com o maior cuidado, vendo a porra gotejar. estava toda sensível. pegava uma toalhinha úmida para limpá-lo e cobria o corpo grande com o edredom de florezinhas antes de ir tomar um banho. ele acordava horas depois, enquanto você lia a tese - teve que catar as folhas e arrumar na ordem de novo - que estava perfeita. ele era muito inteligente e por vezes tinha arrancado um sorriso genuíno seu mostrando que estudara mesmo para fazer o favor. ouvia o farfalhar da cama e olhava do sofá pra lá. o kukuriczka totalmente sem jeito, mexendo no cabelo e se situando. — ainda bem, achei que tinha te matado com uma sentada. — desculpa, eu não tinha intenção de — tá tudo bem, esteban. — assegurava e então levantava indo até ele, se sentando na beiradinha. — obrigada. — soprava antes de deixar uma bitoquinha nele, que olhava fixo, desentendido, provavelmente porque esperava que você o enxotasse brava do apartamento. — o que isso significa? — o garoto perguntava baixinho.

e você poderia dizer que apesar de ele ser patético, desajeitado, tímido e muito ingênuo, gostava dele. nunca tinha odiado na verdade... contudo, se limitou a negar e apontou para o restante das roupas dele, dobradas sobre uma cadeira. — ainda dá tempo da gente sair. pra tomar um sorvete, comer algo, o que você quiser. — explicava, sem perguntar se aquele seria o primeiro encontro dele também, porque era óbvio que sim. — você não me odeia mais? — ele franzia o cenho te fazendo rir. — um pouquinho. — gesticulava com o indicador e o polegar e dava de ombros decidindo mexer com ele uma última vezinha; repetindo uma frase conhecida já. — mas, vai logo antes que eu mude de ideia.

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spoonfulofmilo · 5 months ago

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Hi! Can you do F - 11? Preferably male reader🤗

of course!

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Please keep requesting - y'all have awesome ideas we agree on a lot of stuff :) - my guidelines are here, and if you want some prompts, they are here.

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f - fernando alonso x 11 - soccer!male!reader

Soccer is a hot sport

Im in my ted lasso era leave me alone

Will be in the stands at every game

Even if its hours after his race

You try to make it to all of his races

But between training and games man is it hard

You btoh celebrate so hard when spain win

He almost runs down and jumps over the barrier to celebrate

But he didn’t wnat to arouse suspicion with george and lando RIGHT THERE

So he held himself back

Which you found honestly hotter

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emchante · 4 months ago

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Hey, really love the writing😍 I was perhaps wondering if it were possible to do a Jenson Button x reader x Fernando Alonso. (Age gap with a young reader like 21years old)

Where the reader is Jenson's girlfriend and Jenson takes her along to a grandprix. After the race while Jenson's busy with interviews the reader walks around the paddock and runs into sweaty, sexy Alonso and he flirts with her FULLY aware that she's Jenson's girlfriend.... And yea some romantic drama perhaps... I fully understand if you're not able to do it though, it was just a suggestion. Thank you for your awesome work❤️

Hands close and teammates closer (JB22 x FA14)

Jenson Button x f!reader x Fernando Alonso

Author's note: Thank you so much for the support, it means the world to me! I am so sorry this too way too long to write. I hope you like it and enjoy it as much as possible.

Also Jenson admitting publicly that Fernando is his man crush, is my new Roman Empire. What do you think? Will Nando go to Mercy along with George for the 2025 season?

Warnings: angst, jealously, possessiveness,

Summary: requested

Monaco has to be one of my favourite circuits on the calendar. And trust me it is not because of the luxury and mamma mia vibes its feeling radiates. What I love, is the fact that I can get lost in the streets of the crown jewel and still be able to guide myself through the lines of the circuits and the fierce sound of engines.

Since this is Jenson's final year in Formula One, I have decided to follow him along in all the races taking place in the calendar, so that this historic season finishes off in a smooth but memorable way. What better feeling than witnessing twenty men in front of your eyes racing hard core in the fastest vehicles on earth and one of them being your boyfriend, right?

With all the eyes being on focused on the two silver arrows that are the championship contenders as well, no one really pays attention to Mclaren's lack of luck this season. Multiple engine failures, pit stop difficulties, strategy errors. It hasn't been the most perfect season the team has had.

Whether it is first, second or even twentieth place, for me, supporting Jenson through thick and thin is my priority. I have witnessed his glory days but that will not stop me from enjoying watching him fight for points in the championship to help the team get back on their feet.

What pleased Jenson even more was when both he and Fernando were into the points after a difficult races. This helped them gain some confidence agains the other midfield teams. Although Jenson wasn't very pleased when Fernando was always following me and him during the race weekend at the paddock. Well, it was mostly me he was following.

Fernando has just gotten out of a long term relationship and seeing his teammate in a happy and healthy one, wasn't boosting his mentality very much. It was the exact opposite. Jenson couldn't really be able to help him given that he hadn't been through such a difficult heartbreak ever.

At first, everything was innocent and friendly. Me and Fernando were casually chatting about our daily lives, his as an F1 driver and mine as an English Professor. Always laughing, making jokes and freely giggling with one another.

Then, when the Spanish Grand Prix arrived and all the drivers were waving at the fans from the paddock and grandstands, everyone was cheering and shouting Fernando's name, given he was the national hero and as he was waving at the audience, he grabbed my waist and held me against his side, as if I was his lady.

That night, Jenson was about to murder his own teammate for the first time. Because the downfall didn't start there. At the Austrian Grand Prix, when Fernando had an unfortunate DNF due to an engine failure, he rushed angrily back to the garage and everyone was trying to console him.

After a few moment, one of the mechanics asked me to go and seek him, given that they were told he wasn't in a position to talk to anyone else but myself, which was very odd.

Austrian Grand Prix flashbacks

"Hey Nando. I am so sorry for the malfunction." I open the door to his driver's room slowly, given that I wasn't aware if he still had his race suit on.

"Come in, Y/N, and thank you. But you know, it's never easy to retire the car after having a good race." Fernando still hadn't looked at me. It is a gutting feeling for a champion to retire so unfortunately.

"I am sure a win is close. One final push and you will be back on the top step of the podium. I have no doubts." I tried to sound as positive as I could, although I knew deep down Mclaren was not capable of winning any race or barely making it to the podium.

"You are the only one who believes in me anymore, y/n. I do not know how to repay you." He got up and took my hands into his, caressing them softly. I really wanted to pull my hands away from his grasp, but instead I made small steps towards the door.

"Jenson believes in you as well, the whole team does. Just do not lose faith in yourself."

"Don't try and give them your credit sweetheart. You are the only one." Before I could react, Fernando landed a kiss on my cheek but I quickly removed my body away from his and walked out of his room.

End of flashback

When I told Jenson, Fernando kissed me he was fuming. Obviously he asked me if I kissed him back, but I denied it. Because I hadn't kissed him, I simply ran away. If there was a hidden camera on Fernando's room I would use it as proof.

At the next race in Hungary, Jenson was still very angry at Fernando that he willingly pushed him off the track and lost 5 places at the beginning of the race, which led to Fernando getting P15 by the end of Lap 1.

Mclaren mechanics were disappointed at Jenson's behaviour. Why would he push his own teammate off the track. Rumors started spreading around the paddock that Jenson was plotting against Fernando and trying to sabotage his races so the team would take into account his bad performances and eventually fire him.

Jenson finished the race in a worthy fourth place, whilst Fernando in P11. Very mixed feelings for the results given that this was the best Fernando could do with a damaged and already underperforming machinery.

Interviewers were flooding Jenson with questions about the first lap incident, what was the actual cause, if he had done it on purpose or it was an accident. All the replied was "I didn't want to lose my position".

As if there wasn't enough drama with Nico and Lewis in the paddock and on the track, now Fernando and Jenson were fueling the media with the answers each were giving to the press.

"I needed to guard my position in order to gain more places"

"I was trying to avoid the cars behind me and eventually fell."

"I did not mean to push Fernando. Clearly driver's error that he went off the track."

"I don't know what Jenson was trying to achieve but he clearly had things going his way today. Pushing off his own teammate. Unbelievable."

"If he thinks I did it on purpose, fine by me, but I know my worth and I am aware of the mistakes I do. First lap incidents occur very often, if he doesn't already know that."

"He is a world champion, like myself. Why is he behaving like we are in go-karts? We should work as a team."

After the interviews, Jenson was called in from McLaren so he could explain himself about the incident and try to save his reputation from getting wrecked because of what he said in the press.

When I walk away from where I left Jenson, I am met with a full blown red, still in his overalls and sweaty Fernando. He is very angry and you can tell from the way his knuckles have gone white.

When he raises his head and looks at me, somehow all the anger that had possessed him, seemed to wash away with a smile covering the pain.

"I am so sorry Fernando, I have no idea why he did so. This all seems ridiculous. I will try to reason him."

"No need cariño. I will take care of him. I know exactly why he is doing so."

What did Fernando knew that I didn't? What was going on, I thought to myself as his eyes were getting shadier and lustier. The use of the pet name made me feel uncomfortable as he was crossing a line that shouldn't have been crossed.

"Why is he doing it then?"

"Because he is clearly jealous. Can't you see it? You are always coming to me in the end."

"I care about you Fernando but not in the way you imagine."

"That is why you let me kiss you the other time in Austria? I know what you are trying to do sweetheart. If you want to be with me just say it."

I was stunned by his statement. From where exactly did he extract this conclusion that I wanted to be with him. I was so disgusted by his saviour. He knew I was Jenson's fiancee. I loved him dearly, so why on earth would I want t be with another man?

I didn't calculate my actions and as Jenson was coming out of the office, my hand instantly landed on Fernando's smirking face. The slap echoed in the room and Jenson's eyes widened enough to pop out from anger.

"I love Jenson so much. There is a reason why I gave up my job to be with him and travel around the world. I will marry this man and I will not allow anyone to interfere in our relationship. I don't know from where you drew the conclusion that I am in love with you, Fernando. I am sorry but you crossed the line."

I ran away from the room and Jenson was following me along, trying to catch up on what was had happened. Tears were storming down my cheeks and I was all flushed up and tensed. If Fernando marked the end to mine and Jenson's relationship I would never forgive him.

"Darling please wait up. What happened?" Jenson's soft voice stopped me on my tracks. I turned around and he was met with a distraught version of myself that he had not met before.

Jenson took me into his arms lovingly, kissing the top of my head, shushing me to calm down, whilst caressing my back gently. I was so shaken by what Fernando had accused me. How could he?

"Talk to me dear. What did he say to you?" His voice was calming me down as he knew I wasn't to blame for what he saw.

"Fernando accused me of hitting on him and wanting to be with him instead of you, which in no way is true." Jenson didn't reply to what I had said. He was silent but tightened his grip on me.

"Say something, anything. I promise to my life that I did not do anything of what he said. Please trust me." I was begging him to utter a single word.

"I am trying not to go back there and chop of his dick. I know you would never do anything to harm our relationship baby. I believe you." He looked deep into my eyes and my heart instantly softened.

"I will stop being in the garage if it means avoiding him at all costs. I will go into the grandstands. I don't mind really." I offered but Jenson instantly rejected it.

"Are you insane? I will simply ask Daniel if he can take you in with him and Max. I trust them blindly, plus you will have much more fun over there." Daniel and Max, the super dynamic duo everyone had been talking about. They are two very funny guys and Jenson has a very good relationship with Daniel.

"I would never want my future wife to not be in the paddock supporting me. I love you immensely and I would hate not having you around, seeing your beautiful face and having someone encouraging me."

"I love you with all my heart Jenson. I am your and only, forever. Thank you for taking care of me. Even in a different garage, I will cheer for you. Even if that means silently so the Red Bull guys don't kick me out."

"Everyone loves me darling, I am sure they won't mind. But don't root very much for Daniel cause he is a womaniser" He winked at me and I laughed with my head hidden inside his chest.

#jenson button x reader #fernando alonso x reader #jenson button #fernando alonso #fanfic #jenson button x you #fernando alonso x you

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theemporium · 1 year ago

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Okay so we know your top 5 guys. And that seb is a yes but George is a no. Oscar’s not doing it for you and neither is max f. No to Pierre iirk. What about some other guys? Mick? Alex? Yuki?

I feel like I should do one of those wee driver tier pyramids agshssjsb

but there are certain drivers who I love and support, but don’t necessarily have an attraction to if that makes sense? like I love alex and yuki, but I wanna be best friends with them. I’m not really thirsting over them the way I am with the others. bottas is probably in this group too, like I just wanna have a drink with him and chat shit. I’m not a huge fan of fernando tbh but I do think he would be such a gossip to be friends with😭like it would be quite funny tbh

mick is kinda in an odd position because he’s just a wee golden retriever in my head and he’s so wholesome, and I have written a few things for him but he just feels too sweet😭idk how else to really explain it but he doesn’t hit the same as the others

and tbh a lot of drivers I’m just genuinely quite indifferent to. like oscar, I admire his talent and he’s undoubtedly an amazing driver, but I just don’t have any strong feelings for him. same with liam lawson tbh. and there are drivers that I can admire the physical attraction of and the talent but I still don’t like them as a driver, such as lewis (watch me get hate for that🤠)

but then there are just drivers I don’t like or not particularly fond of like: george, pierre, ocon, checo, rosberg and probably others that I can’t remember off the top of my head

#cece answers

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dreamauri · 10 months ago

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♪ — 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗞 - part four max verstappen x fem! driver! reader (fluff) series summary . . . when the lives of an f1 and WEC prodigies collide, they find out they find out that they’re not that different and carve out a place for themselves in each other's hearts. the commentators from Sky Sports call this Lovers Rock.

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Y/N Halimi-L/N chats with Martin Brundle on his DREAM F1 debut 🏎️🐅

"One more lap, tsunoda ahead in p10. push for q3." "heard." You mumbled back on the radio, preparing for one more qualifying lap to be a part f the top ten. You've never raced in jeddah before as it was one of the newer circuits and you'd long left formula 2 by then.

But the track wasn't too difficult to figure out. Sure the track is challenging, especially since FP3 wasn't enough to learn the car and that you still indeed are learning the track. Qualifying laps were ok, no real battles yet, just against the clock which gave you peace of mind.

The sim helped a little, not as much as the fact that you'd be teammates with charles again or the fact that Lando has a good car and would be near you throughout the race, battening you or not. On top of that, the only reason you're going through with the race (like you had a choice anyways) is max.

You'd subconsciously called Max after Fred Vasseur broke the news to you, making him the first person to know and the first person so far this half weekend to give you real tips and advice about the circuit, going as far as staying up with you the other night after inviting you to his room to practice on his sim.

"Well done, Y/N, that is P9. P9." You heard your race engineer beep in your ears as you crossed the finish line. "WO! Q3!" "Line up so far is: verstappen, leclerc, alonso, piastri, russel, perez, norris, tsunoda, you, stroll." "Tsunoda? I thought he P10? Did i not knock him out?" "No, that was—" "Oh my god, it's john wick." you gasped once realizing. "Who?" "I eliminated lewis, didn't i?" "Confirmed. Yes." "Oh my god."

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“Hello, Y/N.” You smiled, giving a nod to return the greeting. “You’ve had an amazing debut thus far. How are you feeling?” You laughed, shrugging. “I woke up this morning thinking I’d be chillaxing back in the hospitality and drinking barbican while watching the red cars. Never expected that I’d be in one of the cars. But uh, we had a good qualifying. Q3 is good for the team and hopefully, we’ll have a good pace tomorrow.”

“It is a very remarkable debut,” “It is.” You agreed nodding, brushing your hair back. “I mean, I knew I’d be driving an F1 car at some point or another. I’m glad it was a night race. I’ll do my best to seize the moment and maximize the opportunity,” you quote, joking, making the interviewer laugh. “And we’ll see where tomorrow takes us.” “Very nice, Y/N.” “Thank you-” looked back, feeling someone put a hand on your shoulder.

Max could visibly see you relax upon realizing it was him. He found the smile that rose on your face too cute. “Q3, I taught her.” He joked, making you laugh. “Which position?” “P6.” Max made an impressed face nodding. “Hands off my teammate.” Charles shooed Max, pushing him away. You watched, trying to hold in your laugh.

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“There was something in the air that night, the stars so bright, fernando.” You sang as you hugged the spaniard. “youre going to sing that every time you see me." He laughed, hugging you back and patting your back. “its tradition." You reminded him as the two of you pulled away. He ruffled your hair, cupping the back of your head. “P6?” He asked, smiling. You shrugged, smiling. “just stay behind me." “very funny, nando."

You waved him goodbye as bid a farewell, going to his car. You unlocked your phone as you walked the other way, scrolling through your contacts as you looked around, searching for a certain honda. You don’t remember the license plate so finding your ride back was difficult, especially since there were so many cars in a lot of colors and expensive models.

‘Where are you?’ You send the text message, looking around the parking lot. You were answered with a light flicker. Max’s car wasn’t too far, he’d turned his lights on and off as a signal for you. He wasn’t too far, so you made a jog for it, opening the car door and getting in the passenger seat, and placing your backpack between your feet.

Max started the car, pulling out of the parking lot. Since you accidentally spent the night at his, and the two of you were already staying at the same hotel and you didn’t rent a car out for the weekend, Max figured: why not carpool? “Seat Belt.” the blond reminded you as the car neared the exit of the parking lot. You did catch what he said, distracted by looking out at the other driver’s who were finding their own cars.

“hm?” instead of repeating himself, max reached and buckled you up himself, smoothly merging into traffic, using blinkers and abiding the laws. You blushed, leaning your elbow on the door and watching him out of the corner of your eyes. It was a long day and you were tired. Still jet lagged, you made the mistake of waking up early to venture around unknowing that you'd be driving twice. And now that the main anxiety drilling events were over, the sleep and rest you needed was catching up to you.

Max lowered the music from the radio once he noticed your low energy and slow blinking. He'd been taking glances in your direction, keeping track of you slowly dozing off. When he parked the car at the hotel, you were totally asleep. It took max a few seconds of theorizing on what to do next before going into action.

He didn’t want to wake you up, so with two backpacks on, he managed to get you up on your feet so he could carry you. You were only half asleep when he gently and slowly opened the door, catching your elbow so you don't fall. with half opened eyes, you looked at him confused as he pulled your backpack on before unbuckling your seat.

You let him hold your hands and help you get out, before gently wrapping your arms around his neck and lifting you up into his chest. He kicked the door shut before carrying you away. You leaned your head on his shoulder falling back into slumberland.

it was a shame you weren't awake to witness the journey up to his room. Max had somehow signaled a staff worker over, making him take out the wallet from his back pocket and unlock the entrance from the garage to the building, and once again to unlock the door to his room.

The truly memorable part was when Max set you on his bed. After taking your shoes off and covering you with the blanket, the dutch gently brushed your hair in a ponytail he found in your bag. When he tried to pull away, to get himself asleep on the couch, you'd held his hand in your sleep.

Max felt like he was frozen in place as if one of his cats fell asleep on him and he couldn't move so as to not wake them up. He knelt down on the floor, brushing his thumb against your cheek where you held his hand. You looked so peaceful and adorable that it took Max around 10 minutes of contemplation before slipping in bed with you where you welcomed him by hugging him and clinging onto him.

The smile and blush that covered his cheeks as he hugged and cuddled you back, stayed on his face through the night. The best sleep he's ever had.

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“The nostalgia,” “It's like a copy paste.” the two commentators laughed. “Just look at her driving style as well, she's aggressive but not over the line, shouting" I'm here, I'm going to overtake, and you can’t do anything about it.” Their explanation was on point. You got straight to the point. You caught up, intimidated, saw a gap and went for it. P6 to P3 with a good chunk of the race left. Max and Charles were ahead by a few points and it took you a few laps to catch up. Staying behind the fellow ferrari, you stayed on his tail within a half second distance.

Once you took corner #27 and the DRS was applicable, You were past Charles and chasing Max in the red bull.

Post dive bombing max into turn one, and over taking him, you lead a difficult 4 laps where the dutch was breathing down your neck. You genuinely felt scared because he was in your mirrors the whole time, like playing tag with an adult and they laugh evilly which makes it feel real and you start screaming and actually running for your life.

Max did eventually take his P1 back and you stayed behind him. Unfortunately, under team orders, you had to switch with Charles and give him the P2 once he caught up. You looked up once someone came up from behind you, patting your back. “Rickey, when I catch you, rickey.” You laughed as you took your helmet off, watching Max go off for his post race interview. “Nice driving,” You turned, smiling at Charles and returning the fistbump. “Nice breaking.” you returned the compliment.

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not two steps in the room and max had cupped his hand under your chin and pulled you in a for a kiss. You were defiantly suppressed, not getting the chance to at least find the light switch or put the trophy down somewhere. You kissed back eagerly, a small hum leaving your throat as the two of you made out.

Max must have been continuing where you left off in the morning with how hungry and eager he seemed. Since waking up tangled in each other, the moment led to a kiss and another and another. You never realised how attracted you were to max, how he made you feel.

Dropping your bag, you used your free hand tp tangle your fingers in the hair at his nape, letting him tilt your head with the grip he hand on your chin to deepen the kiss. "I've been waiting all day." he mumbled before leaning in for another kiss.

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Sunday, April 16, 2023

Leaked secret documents detail up to four additional Chinese spy balloons (Washington Post) U.S. intelligence agencies were aware of up to four additional Chinese spy balloons, and questions lingered about the true capabilities of the one that flew over the continental United States in January and February, according to previously unreported top-secret intelligence documents. The Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States this year, called Killeen-23 by U.S. intelligence agencies, carried a raft of sensors and antennas the U.S. government still had not identified more than a week after shooting it down, according to a document allegedly leaked to a Discord chatroom by Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Another balloon flew over a U.S. carrier strike group in a previously unreported incident, and a third crashed in the South China Sea, a second top-secret document stated, though it did not provide specific information for launch dates.

Leak Suspect Charged (1440) A Massachusetts air national guardsman, allegedly responsible for the worst US intelligence leak in a decade, made his first appearance in court yesterday, facing two counts, including one under the Espionage Act. Federal prosecutors revealed 21-year-old Jack Teixeira will be charged with unauthorized transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal of classified documents or material. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on both counts. The 21-year-old Teixeira was arrested Thursday, roughly one week after circulation of the documents on the social chat platform Discord became widely known. According to reports, the documents—which Teixeira accessed through a global Air Force intelligence sharing network—first appeared as early as last summer, eventually migrating to larger Discord groups and other online forums.

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California’s superbloom is so big and bright, it can be seen from space (CBS News) California’s superbloom phenomenon is so big and bright this year it can be seen from space. NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite, which was launched in 2021 to capture images of Earth’s land surface, sent back images of bright purple and green blooms in Carrizo Plain National Park. A superbloom occurs when desert areas in Southern California receive more rain or cooler weather through the fall and winter, allowing more flowers to thrive.

In China, Lula seeks help to build back Brazilian industry (AP) The trip by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Beijing has made clear he is counting on China to help reinvigorate the South American nation’s ailing industrial sector—particularly by picking up the slack of exiting U.S. companies. After Lula met Friday with China’s President Xi Jinping, Brazilian finance minister Fernando Haddad told reporters the nations are planning a “leap forward” in their relationship. “President Lula wants a policy of reindustrialization. This visit starts a new challenge for Brazil: bringing direct investments from China,” Haddad said. He added that Brazil wants strong bonds with the U.S. as well, but noted with regret that recently “some American companies made the decision to leave Brazil.” Industrial policy is near and dear to Lula, a former steelworker who became a union leader. Brazil’s national statistics institute said in July 2022 that Brazil had lost 1 million industrial jobs over the prior decade, a decline of 11.6%. The institute said in 2021 that the country’s industrial sector represented 18.9% of Brazil’s GDP, down from 38% three decades earlier.

Food or medicine? Inflation squeezing retirees in Argentina (AP) With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the buttons they use as markers on their cards. Small containers hold their betting money, coins and crumpled low-denomination bills that every day seem able to buy less. Monthly inflation was 7.7% in March, up from 6.5% in the same month in 2022, Argentina’s National Institute of Statistics and Censuses announced Friday. Analysts project annual inflation—the measure used commonly internationally—will come in at 110% in 2023, one of the highest rates in the world. The impact has been particularly devastating on Argentina’s retirees, 85% of whom receive a state pension averaging 58,500 pesos a month, the equivalent of $265. That barely covers a third of their expenses for food, medicine and rent.

Drought will cause crop failures in Spain, farmers warn (AP) Drought now affects 60% of the Spanish countryside, with crops like wheat and barley likely to fail entirely in four regions, the main Spanish farmers’ association said on Thursday. Spain’s long-term drought is causing “irreversible losses” to more than 3.5 million hectares of crops, the Coordinator of Farmers’ and Ranchers’ Organizations (COAG in its Spanish acronym) said in a new report. Some cereals need to be “written off” in the prime growing regions of Andalusia, Castilla La Mancha, Extremadura and Murcia, and are likely to be lost in the driest areas of three other regions, according to the report. In the wine-growing region of La Rioja, farmers were in the exceptional situation of “having to irrigate cereals ... when normally they are never watered,” the association said. Nuts and vineyards are also struggling, and olives will be badly affected if rain does not arrive in the next few weeks, the report stated.

Germany ends nuclear power era, shuts down last of its plants (Washington Post) Germany is ending its nuclear energy era with the shutdown of its last three nuclear reactors by midnight on Saturday night—a moment pushed by the country’s steadfast anti-nuclear movement for decades and promised by successive governments, though it comes at a time when many other countries are moving in the opposite direction. Originally scheduled to be turned off by December, the three plants won a brief extension as Germany dealt with the fallout of the war in Ukraine and scrambled to find substitutes for cheap pipeline gas from Russia. German government leaders worried that the country might not be able to power itself through the winter. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced he would keep the nuclear plants going for an extra 3½ months. In the end, a mild winter, a natural gas buying spree and the firing up of old coal power plants helped Germany avoid energy shortages. Government officials insisted it was time to make good on pledges to end nuclear power. But many Germans aren’t so sure. The latest polls show a majority wanted to keep these reactors going, for now, even if they don’t support nuclear energy indefinitely. Objections to the shutdown came even from within the ranks of Germany’s three-party governing coalition.

US, Vietnam pledge to boost ties as Blinken visits Hanoi (AP) Fifty years after the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, Secretary of State Antony Blinken looked Saturday to strengthen America’s ties with its old foes in Hanoi as it seeks to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. Blinken and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pledged to boost relations to new levels as they met just two weeks after the 50th anniversary of the U.S. troop withdrawal that marked the end of America’s direct military involvement in Vietnam. And it came as Blinken broke ground on a sprawling new $1.2 billion U.S. embassy compound in the Vietnamese capital, a project the Biden administration hopes will demonstrate its commitment to further improving ties less than 30 years after diplomatic relations were restored in 1995.

Japanese leader Kishida evacuated after apparent smoke bomb thrown at him (Washington Post) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from a campaign event Saturday after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him. There were no injuries reported and Kishida was unharmed. Authorities detained a man at the site, Japanese media reported. Video footage from the event showed attendees tackling the man after the attack, which took place in western Japan. The incident served as a chilling reminder of security concerns for Japanese politicians, who typically appear in public with little visible protection.

Dozens killed as army, rivals battle for control of Sudan (AP) The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group battled for control of the chaos-stricken nation for a second day Sunday, signaling they were unwilling to end hostilities despite mounting diplomatic pressure to cease fire. A doctors’ group said at least 56 civilians were killed and that it believed there were dozens of additional deaths among the rival forces. The Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate said close to 600 people were wounded, including civilians and fighters. The clashes capped months of heightened tensions between the military and its partner-turned-rival, the Rapid Support Forces group. Those tensions had delayed a deal with political parties to get the country back to its short-lived transition to democracy, which was derailed by an October 2021 military coup.

Christian faithful flock to ‘Holy Fire’ under restrictions (AP) Christian worshippers thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Saturday to celebrate the ceremony of the “Holy Fire,” an ancient, mysterious ritual that has sparked tensions this year with the Israeli police. In the annual ceremony that has persisted for over a millennium, a flame—kindled in some miraculous way in the heart of Jesus’ tomb—is used to light the candles of fervent believers in Greek Orthodox communities near and far. Little by little, the darkened church is irradiated by tiny patches of light, which eventually illuminate the whole building as the resurrection of Jesus is proclaimed. Chartered planes then ferry the flickering lanterns to Russia, Greece and beyond with great fanfare. Many trying to get to the church—built on the site where Christian tradition holds that Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected—were thrilled to mark the pre-Easter rite in the city where it all started. But for the second consecutive year, Israel’s limits on event capacity dimmed some of the exuberance. Israeli police say they must be strict because they’re responsible for maintaining public safety. But Jerusalem’s Christian minority fear Israel is using the extra security measures to alter their status in the Old City, providing access to Jews while limiting the number of Christian worshippers.

Christian man in Gaza brings dates and water to Muslims stuck in Ramadan rush hour (Reuters) In the hour before sunset during Ramadan, Gaza’s roads become choked with cars as people dash home in time to break their fast with their families. Frustrated drivers beep their horns or try to cut through the gridlock, and there are more accidents than usual as a whole day without food or water dulls concentration and shortens tempers. For those unlucky enough to miss breaking the fast altogether as they stand in solid traffic, Ehab Ayyad is a welcome sight. The Christian man from Gaza offers dates and water to Muslims held up in traffic or late home to break their fast, in keeping with the Prophet’s tradition. Five years ago, Ayyad began by offering neighbours dates and water, the first thing Muslims normally eat when they end their fast at sunset, and decided to make the offer general. “It isn’t their month and they don’t fast but they feel for us and this is something good,” said coffee shop owner Louay Al-Zaharna, after receiving one of Ayyad’s gifts. Gaza, the coastal strip under an Israeli-led blockade since 2007 and run by the Islamist Hamas group, has only around 1,000 Christians, most of them Greek Orthodox, in a population of 2.3 million.

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