#THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDREA

[ray935sworld]

What in the Eminem is going on- Ah. Nevermind.

Vale seeing him like:

I mean... Vale being an inspiration in fashion is so real. I would copy that too if I was Italian (for historical reason I can't do it with my home country's flag)

It looks actually cool, ngl.

[northern-passage]

i was graciously gifted a lovely portrait of Lea by the amazingly talented @theartloca, and i'm happy to share it with all of you (and go check out her work and her commissions!!) i hope everyone is having happy holidays, a great rest of the year, and a happy new year 💕

[fitzrove]

blimu: As a performer, to what extent were you able to help develop the play during this development phase?

Andreas Bieber: The book/the music existed, but nobody had yet brought it to life in terms of performance, so that was our chance to get involved. A very important point about the work of director Harry Kupfer is that he didn't try to be pleasing. In musicals today, you want to create pieces that please the audience and don't offend anyone. But Kupfer didn't work like that. He had a very clear, often provocative approach. I miss that a bit today, because everything is very "ironed out". Harry Kupfer had a clear vision and it didn't matter to him whether the audience and critics liked it or not. And that is perhaps the key to success. Maybe that's why "Elisabeth" still works as well today as it did 20 years ago. He had a very clear concept and wanted to show these morbid and unattractive sides of Elisabeth in the play. Everything we don't know from "Sisi". And for him, it was always about the conflicts between the roles. With Rudolf, too, it was not about how he suffered at the hands of his mother, father and the system, but about what he was fighting for. Kupfer wanted to see every emotion expressed aggressively. In a rehearsal for 'Wenn ich dein Spiel wär', for example, I wanted to show Rudolf's distress, which he sings about. It was a horrible day, I remember: Harry Kupfer really "tortured" me, because he wanted the song and especially the line "Mother, I need you" to be more demanding than suffering. Well, of course he was absolutely right and I learnt an important lesson. This approach runs through the whole piece and makes it less pleasing. All the characters want to escape their suffering and don't get stuck in it. Escaping forwards is a good keyword here. We were able to play a good part in the development of the play, but many of the facts were fixed. There was the 'Mayerling Waltz' which, as it was intended, had to be retained. Uwe's costume as Death in this scene could not be changed either, because it was supposed to be a mixture of the character of Death and a part of Mary Vetsera (Marie Freiin von Vetsera, editor's note), which resulted in this dress. These things were finalised. But the movement sequence for the 'Mayerling Waltz', before Death gives Rudolf the kiss of death and shoots him, was developed by me and Uwe together with Dennis (Callahan) - and so we incorporated a lot of ourselves into this scene. It was always a give and take and we inspired each other in this work.

[lunalucykat]

what's your favorite thing about your favorite character?

Crazy ask tbh!! Cause this gives me free rein to talk about any favorite character in anything and that's so many options!!!

(Also I've been sat here staring at this question in my inbox for a week cause I was like, who do I even choose??? lol)

After a long and hard deliberation I said, Fuck it! Might as well pick the characters that I have been rotating in my head for the past few months. Sorry I'm gonna be a little One Piece lover for a minute because legit the storylines are SO good and I love SO many of the characters!

I'm gonna give love to the ASL brothers because I love each and every one of them so much (even though I haven't even met Sabo, but I know about him, so it's chill lol)

One Piece spoilers below if you care, also I anticipate this getting absurdly long lmao

Like, I am actually sorry how long this got, cause I went off on some tangents. But if you give me a platform to talk about One Piece I am Going to TALK about One Piece (and, I think, get off prompt way too often.) That being said, I am still REALLY sorry about the WALL of text. You don't have to - nor should you - read this whole thing. orz

Ah, yes. The Age, Sex, Location brothers (lmao I feel like this joke shows my age cause I would make this joke, but TJ would make the joke as: the Am.erican Sign Language Brothers.)

This is definitely more than you asked for because you asked what is your favorite thing about your favorite character, but I'm doing things about characters, so... sorry lol!

Sibling characters are so important to me in general, and any group of siblings are usually gonna be some of my favorites (e.g. Sand Siblings from Naruto.) I have two older siblings and one younger so that might contribute to why, but I usually love the dynamics. And I love these guys all separately and as a package deal.

Ace- TBH what's not to love about Ace? He is the epitome of cool! Everybody wants to be him (or maybe I'm just projecting, but GOD he's so cool!) He is Literally The Cool Older Brother, and I love that for him. He also sort of has the cowboy look too, so that gives him bonus points lol!

Something I really love about Ace is that he loves so fiercely and it's obvious in everything he does. It's the way he's protective over Luffy and makes sure he gives his baby brother some way to find him again if he ever needs. But it's also the way he freaks out when he realizes said baby brother comes to rescue him when he's in a dire situation. He definitely has eldest child vibes in that regard; giving help but not accepting help. It feels like a very eldest sibling thing to do. It's also the way he adamantly refuses to call his biological father his dad, and insists that his father is Whitebeard because he was the man who took him in and cared for him as his son. He literally states it to the world. He loves Whitebeard and won't let anybody tell him that he's not his father.

He is literally all about his family. And that feels stupid to say cause this whole show is about found/ forged families, but Ace wears his heart on his sleeve and isn't afraid to show just how much he loves his family, not only in his actions and words, but also in the things he wears. He's so sentimental that he keeps all of his most precious people with him in some sort of memento. (Some of these are more canonical than others, but most of them you can read a certain way and it makes sense, so bear with me).

The most obvious (and canon) is his back tattoo which is Whitebeard's symbol. He literally calls it his pride and displays it as such. That's his father, and he is happy to show it off. (I don't know if these next few are canonically correct, but the vast majority of fans agree on their symbolism connecting to his other family members.) The red beads around his hat and necklace are the same as the ones his foster mom, Dadan, wears, so they're likely a memento to remember her by. The next one I think has a lot of legitimacy to it, because for some reason I think some people still don't believe it, but the X'd out S in his arm tattoo ASCE is to remember Sabo by. (Textual evidence for this is the "what if" cover story Oda drew where the brothers were never separated and in that scenario Ace's arm tattoo it literally just written as ACE.) The X through the S I think has a double meaning because when he got it Sabo was presumed dead so it could be crossed out because his younger brother was gone, but also the X through the S could be because that was Sabo's mark. Like, it was his jolly roger when he set out to sea. Some people also like to say the little buttons on Ace's hat resemble a goggle-like appearance to mimic Sabo's goggles on his top hat, which I think is cute, but maybe not as legitimate lol. That just leaves Luffy. I'm not gonna lie, there's not a lot on his design that points specifically to Luffy, probably because he was confident he'd see him around. But if we wanna stretch we could say maybe his hat symbolizes Luffy (and probably Sabo too). He got a hat so he could join his little brothers' cool hat club lmao!!

The Symbolism on this boy goes WILD!!! He LITERALLY wears his heart on his sleeve, or back, or around his neck, or his arm, or his head lol!

I also love that he's also susceptible to sibling dumbassery. I'm talking about that shit where you're polite and respectable towards peers and shit, but the moment you're around your siblings you revert to little gremlin mode. Cause Ace met all the Strawhats and was like "Hello, yes, nice to meet you. I am Luffy's respectable older brother, thank you so much for taking care of him all this time, I know he's a lot to handle :)" But when he was alone with Luffy literally 5 minutes ago he was like "What's up fucker? Wanna arm wrestle you little bitch baby?" It's hilarious. I love it.

Also his character design is hot! What can I say? lol! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sabo- I am actually insane about Sabo and it makes no sense cause I haven't even met the dude yet! Like, I'm looking for some excuse to change my icon to him but it's going to be like at least 3 whole arcs until I meet him so idk lol (that probably won't stop me lmao! Sanji's days are numbered lol)

So I haven't technically met Sabo yet, but I do know a bit about him (because my brain decided to snatch him up into my "3 more of these little blonde bitches club [consists of Sanji, Sabo, and Rosinante/Corazon (WHOM I ALSO HAVEN'T MET BUT I LOVE HIM)]" and now I know more about him than I did like 4 months ago) so I'll talk about what I do know.

Erm, it's him being the middle child (as a middle child myself I heavily fuck with middle children characters.) As a kid he looks mostly well-adjusted and like, the peacekeeper of the three, but as a young adult he looks literally so unhinged, and that's the middle child experience babeeeyyyyyyyyy!!! (I'm only half kidding lol)

I also headcannon him as aroace. It's so easy to do that with any of Oda's characters tbh because he doesn't really focus on romance (which I'm thrilled about, because it means he's most likely not gonna do that thing that every mangaka does that everyone fucking hates which is to pair off characters who have no chemistry together or never interacted in canon, but they get married in the end just because he needs everyone to end up with someone and have a family in order to continue the story, but with the kids this time! I am literally looking at Naruto. Cause when the fuck did Choji and Karui ever interact? Literally never. Also, God. Don't EVEN get me started with Sasuke and Sakura.) ANYWAY!!!!! The way Oda writes his story makes it easy to headcannon characters as aroace, and I do with Sabo at least cause I'm also aroace and he's one of my favies, so.... rejoice! Aroace be upon ye! :) Idk, he just gives the vibe :) Also it's funny to make the joke that they're all "Ace."

He's also got that steampunk drip. Love that for him. Go whiteboy, go! Not only does he dress like he's smart, but I'm almost CERTAIN he IS the smartest of the three brothers. I mean like, he probably has similar qualities about him that he shares with Ace and Luffy in terms of general dumbassery, but he definitely gives the vibe that he Knows what the fuck he's doing. Probably helps that I'm pretty sure he was the only one of the three that received a proper education lol. But I love the potential for the duality of him ping-ponging between being really smart and doing something really dumb and reckless.

I think Sabo was the softer of the older brothers. Like, Ace wanted to check in on Luffy and make sure he was okay and everything, but also he and Luffy seemed rougher towards each other (literally arm wrestling upon first meeting again after 3 years of not seeing each other.) Sabo gives the vibe that instead of armwrestling upon seeing each other, he would instead give hugs. I LOVE soft interactions with siblings just as much as I love interactions with them roasting the shit out of each other, and I think Sabo brings the softness needed. I mean, had he and Ace interacted in their early 20s I think there would definitely be sibling ribbing, but I guess I'll never know that for sure :) :) :) I'd've loved to see it though! :) :) :)

But at least Sabo can be soft and baby the baby brother. And you know what? Luffy deserves hugs! And I'm sure Sabo does too! And hell! Throw Ace in there too! He also deserves hugs!

He's also part of the Revolutionary Army, that much I know for sure, so he is absolutely out there doing some much needed shit (Luffy also does liberation every now and then, but he doesn't exactly go out of his way to do it like the R.A. does, he more happens upon it as he goes lol) And we've already met some cool-ass R.A. members (IVA!!!), so he's in good company. Also - side tangent - but Luffy adopted him as his brother, Garp adopted him as his grandson, and Dragon essentially adopted him as a son, so all I'm sayin' is..... Monkey D. Sabo?????? (eyes emoji) [I'm on desktop so I can't do emojis]

Anyway! Can't wait to meet Sabo! Can't wait to see him be absolutely baller!! Can't wait for him to see Luffy again!!! Can't wait to find more reasons to love him than the bare minimum I know about him!!!!

Luffy- Luffy is literally The best MC of any shōnen anime ever and nothing can change my mind about that. I have watched nearly 500 episodes of One Piece and Luffy is one of my top favorite characters, and that says something cause the MC's are usually never even close to my top favorites. Ever.

Like, I watched all 720 episodes of Naruto, and Team 7 (Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura) are some of my least favorite guys in the show, I'm not gonna lie!! Like, I don't hate Naruto or Sakura, but because of their obsession with Sasuke (worst character, sorry Sasuke stans) it makes them SO boring to me. (I could so easily rant about Naruto, but this isn't about him lol, but I'm just sayin' you hit Shippuden and he gets real dull. And just to compare- 500 episodes of Naruto counts the first 220 from the original and then 280 of Shippuden so 500 in is a little over halfway through Shippuden, so I was basically over Naruto as an MC by then. ANYWAY! Enough about him!)

There's so much to love about Luffy. He comes out of the gate being Iconic as fuck in episode 1 and he STAYS that way! He stays that way but he also grows, but even after character growth moments he stays the same goofy guy in the end and I love that! He has a death grip around embodying joyous whimsy. It probably helps that he starts his journey already knowing who he is and what he wants. There is little in the way of self-doubt, and I love the confidence he has in himself and his dream and in others.

I also love that sometimes he's a little rude-ass! Okay, well he's blunt, so sometimes he comes off as rude, but it's funny as fuck. I also love that he displays many AuDHD symptoms, it makes him feel more relatable in some ways.

He's also just so emotionally intelligent. I mean, can he read the room most of the time? Not to save his goddamn life! But is he a great judge of character? Always. He is a ride or die homie! He often feels overly optimistic, but he's also so realistic in those tougher situations or decisions he has to make and I appreciate that kind of depth in a character, and it's SO important for an MC to have those traits! He knows when it's okay to be silly and when he HAS to be serious. And he doesn't mind relying on his friends!!! I see so many main characters insisting they can do something on their own, but Luffy admits time and time again that he DOES need to rely on his friends because they have skills he doesn't! He lifts others up and values them for the qualities they don't always see in themselves! I love him so much.

HE IS ASEXUAL!!! Like it's actually been very heavily implied and there is contextual evidence for it in canon. For example: he has these interactions with Boa Hancock whose Devil Fruit power turns horny people to stone (yeah), and when she tried using it on Luffy LITERALLY nothing happens to him. Aro/Ace King!!! (Again, I'm also aroace so that's why this scores big points with me!) Luffy will never go to horny jail, and good for him!

I also think there is a subtle but noticeable shift in his behavior when his brothers are around (well I can only really use Ace as an example here). But in a different way than Ace, because Luffy is the baby. Like Ace goes gremlin mode, and I think Luffy slips a bit into baby mode. It's harder to see the difference because Luffy is always kind of silly, but when Ace was around he feels a little more like he's clinging to his brother in a way. And to be fair Ace sort of lets him. Like in Alabasta before Luffy realized Ace was there, he was doing his damndest to use the one braincell he has to think through his predicament when encountering Smoker, even if it meant just running away from a fight he probably wanted to have but knew he couldn't win so he didn't engage. But the moment Ace stepped in and told Luffy not to worry about Smoker he was kind of like "oh yippie! :) Okay! Yayyy! <3" and just did what big bro said.

Idk how he'd be with Sabo, but I think he'd be even MORE of a baby around him because I feel like Sabo would let him get away with it more than Ace would.

Anyway!

I just like imagining the siblings having fun and doing sibling things together and everyone is happy and alive :) I love them! I I love the potential! I love what we could have haaaaaaaaaaad!!!!

Sorry this is so long. I love One Piece if you couldn't tell. And this could've been WAY longer. I really, really tried to hold back. But, erm, Your Honor, I love One Piece... I know some crimes can never be forgiven -_-'

[crossbackpoke-check]

a junkyard dog ain't always pretty but you always love that toothless smile

[tennis-kittens]

AO 2024 • Doubles • R1 • Miscellaneous

[ladychandraofthemoone]

For you

Also 3 Questions for Stanley

1: have you got to meet your siblings before? Like the trench engine Davenport

2: do you ever wish you could visit your other home in the states?

3: if you could be rebuilt into any engine you want what would it be?

Stanley: oh?! For…for me….uh…heh thank you I think?(I don’t know why you bother, I’m boring…). Well starting off, I was one of 495 locomotives in the class to be built and I was immediately sent off overseas though I was not in a serviceable condition(guess that where my rotten luck began…the moment where I was bulit)… so I had to be fixed in a workshop which took over a month, that’s where I received my.. my first firing..

(perhaps that where my rotten luck began…I shouldn’t have been built in the first place)..

As a result , I never got to meet my “siblings”, especially this “Davenport fellow”…though from what I’ve hear of some went sent to other countries and railways like Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Morocco 🇲🇦,Australia 🇦🇺 and India 🇮🇳(Kyle…he said he would take me to India 🇮🇳…I miss him) though I do have brothers in the form of Luke, we love talking about anything if we get the time too and… tired sigh… Andreas, Stuart and Falcon, I love them but…grumpy grouchy eldest sibling sigh..and the last two are mean’t to be older than me…

I’m… torn on visiting the states as I must admit.. I don’t have any feelings or connections to that place that automatically sent me off to a new country to fight in the exact same year I was built and especially the flaws that place has though from what Miss Ruth told me about her hometown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as long as the others come with me they’ll maybe one day I’ll visit but for now I’m content with just staying here 

As for the last question… I… I wish wished I was rebuilt in any engine that wouldn’t..just screw up everything…anything would be better than me…perhaps an engine built by the Hunslet Engine Company like Nia and Freddie…as long as it’s not standard gauge (I’m… I’m terrified to think about what he would’ve done to me….) though I wish I was built in and for India 🇮🇳, maybe then….maybe then Kyle and I would’ve been together (I would’ve protected him better)

[summoningcirclepress]

Much love to @this-curiouscat for all the support in helping us get funding! I see all your reblogs and shares and super appreciate it. Andrea of Plotbunny Games makes BILINGUAL games in English and German and also does zinequest stuff and you should absolutely check out their Kickstarter for Against The Monster which is live for the rest of the month of Feb

[supjello]

this is how your parallel piece makes me feel. in a good way. your symbolism of august 'haunting' the relationship of andreas and caspar causes me so much pain but you are so right. it hurts so much to think about andreas' care for caspar mirroring how he cared for august but that resulting in caspar returning for him and dying when andreas so badly wanted him to leave and live... like. with august he lost a son completely outside of his control. but because your kindness (or lack of it) influences whether or not caspar lives or dies it's so much more painful ;_;

😭 thank you so much for this message oh my god I logged off work to find it and you made my whole day (edit: lots of spoilers below!!! realized two seconds after posting I should have used a readmore OOPS)

RIGHT?? And I can't stop thinking about Caspar taking on Andreas' suicide mission!

Like (the way I see it, with my version of Andreas), in Act 2, Andreas had been slowly losing the will to go on after August’s death. He was pulling away from relationships (Claus, his wife, etc.), losing interest in his work (so many depressing dialogue options... so many), and just living a life of regret in general. So when the library's set on fire, he finally saw a chance to throw his life away for a greater purpose (saving the books).

But as a direct canonical response to his kindness—he's SAVED by his new son! He’s pulled from the flames by Caspar, who loves him! And who actively chooses to die in his place! Because all Caspar saw was how Andreas seemed to think saving the books was a job worth dying for!!

BUT IT WASN’T ONLY ABOUT THE BOOKS! Behind that decision was the chance to join August in heaven! And in front of Caspar was a whole life to live! And now Andreas is still alive, and alone, and his actions have gotten his OTHER son killed and AHHH!!! AWFUL. It’s terrible!! He thought Caspar was safe! He tries to kill himself after one son’s death and just ends up losing the other.

And this all comes RIGHT after Andreas’ “Please, Caspar. I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to you” line—now he has to!!! Because he can’t just throw his life away again, he’s living on time Caspar died to give him! How do you ever move on from that? How do I ever move on from that? I’d also run away to live in the ruins!!! I get it!!!

The moment I saw Andreas' drawing of Caspar on the death dance mural my heart broke. I’m so glad you enjoyed my art about them, I’ve been rolling this all around in my head for weeks 😭❤️

[tyffaniefaith]

I just want to thank you Taylor Swift and Taylor Nation. You guys have saved me. In February I went through one of the worst things I wouldn’t wish on ANYONE. And with the help of my mom, God, some of my friends, and most importantly YOU i got through it. And now I don’t care what people have to say about me. Because of you. I love y’all so much. Sometimes I think back to that day and I’m on YouTube and I see a music video. And it’s called “Everything Has Changed Ft. Ed Sheeran Official Music Video” what if I never clicked on it and watched it? I’m SO SO SO glad I did. Because if not I wouldn’t have gone to the best thing ever in my life (Eras Tour) I wouldn’t have been able to get through it (I did bc of you!) so all I have to say is thank you Taylor Swift, Taylor Nation, Andrea Swift and Scott Swift. I love you guys!!

So I just want to say that Everything Has Changed. (Taylor’s Version)

@taylorswift @taylornation 💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙

[callmewhenyougetthis-a]

[ tip-toe ] for a kiss on the forehead - Andrea and Chris // @divinedxsign

She felt a pair of lips on her forehead and had to physically grab onto the cushion of the couch for fear she might blow away. Chris thought the gift she'd given Andrea of two tickets to see a show she'd been wanting to see for a while was good, but not that good. "Oh, c'mon," she said, waving her hand away and taking a deep breath. She had a funny way of acting natural. It always looked like someone who was very awkwardly trying to remain casual, but clearly spiraling on the inside. They were friends who normally showed affection to each other. It shouldn't have been so... what was it? Butterfly-inducing? That sounded too sappy.

"It's nothing. Dooon't even mention it. Happy Gal-entine's Day, sweetie."

[imogenkol]

revenant 👀

When the supposedly dead mother of your werewolf wife 🐺 ends up not being dead at all (original story):

With a curious tilt of her head, Andrea quietly sized me up. I sucked in a tense breath. Normal people are supposed to meet the mothers of their partner during something mundane like the holidays, not when they’ve made a surprise visit after coming back from the dead. I was utterly unprepared and petrified of the first impression I would make.

“You’re close with my daughter,” Andrea noted and took a step closer.

Oh, god, she can smell her all over me. I swallowed hard and nodded. “I am.”

Before I could react, Andrea reached out and took my left hand in hers. She brought it up and the moonstone ring on my finger flashed in the light. I watched Andrea’s expression turn so incredibly soft that her eyes welled once more, making the deep green sparkle vibrantly.

“Oh,” she breathed, the word getting caught in her throat. I stiffened, but her expression met mine, and my vision blurred from my own tears. Andrea looked at me with the same fondness she gave her daughters. She cradled my hand against her chest and gently rested a warm palm on my cheek. The comforting scents of leather and sagebrush came into my lungs as I quietly gasped. “Oh, look at you.”

“I’m Nadya,” I whispered.

Andrea nodded with a bright smile. “I’m Andrea.”

“I know,” I said through a tearful laugh.

She gave my cheek a motherly pat. “It is so lovely to meet you. I think we have some catching up to do.”

[radical-rapscallion]

trey from into the storm (2014) is trans and heres why:

-shorter than his younger brother

-has the high school musical trey haircut. he named himself after that basketball/theatre kid.

[andrea1717]

Hi dear friend! Posted Temptation, and used your moodboard. Should have asked first before using your art; I'm sorry.

What a great concept! Your writing just keeps getting better and the depth of emotions are just - WOW! Well done!

LA violence of the 1990's is a gritty concept. Looks like you did a boat load of research. I think I'm going to learn some things in addition to being entertained.

Doesn't matter to me that you're Deutsch writing about America. You do your homework and it's proven every time.

♥♥♥

OMG what a sweet message 🥹🥹🥹

Thank you so so much! This means so much to me. I'm really kind of speechless 🥹😊😂

It's totally okay to post the moodboard, don't worry 😊

Thank you again, so much. It means the world ♥️♥️♥️

[norrizzandpia]

I’ve Got You (LN4)

Summary: In the midst of the FIA determining whether his lap times will be deleted, Y/n finds her boyfriend sitting in front of multiple cameras, but that doesn’t matter, he’s upset and she’s got him.

Warnings: none <3

Note: this is based off when Lando’s quali lap times were deleted and he was just sitting there looking at his hands all sad :(

“Where is he?” Y/n threw the headphones off her head the moment she caught wind of the news.

Andrea approached her softly, a hand up, “He’s doing the post-quali interviews, Y/n.”

She shook her head at him, “So, what? He’s just sitting there as they converse about his lap time? Andrea, you know how he gets with these things. He shouldn’t be alone.”

Andrea stepped in front of her when she tried to maneuver around him, trying to get to Lando, “Y/n, there are too many cameras. We can’t ensure PR.”

She blinked at him, “Are you fucking kidding me? Fuck PR. I don’t care about anything, but getting to him right now. He should not be alone right now. I mean, look at him!” She waved her hand toward the TVs, screens showing Lando picking at his nails as clear embarrassment sunk into his body, “He doesn’t even want to be alone right now.”

Andrea huffed, eyes glancing to the side before landing back on her and nodding, “Fine, but no major PDA.”

She loved Andrea, she truly did, but she gave him a nasty look before rushing off.

—

She weaseled her way through the crowds, tears springing her eyes at the image of Lando sitting idly by himself. A man stopped her when she tried to get passed the barriers, “Miss, you do not have authorization to enter into this area.”

She smiled at him, “I’m his girlfriend.”

That didn’t mean anything in the eyes of security, “Okay.”

A frown found its way onto her face, “Sir, please. I’m trying to comfort someone I love.”

He continued to shake his head, “I understand, but I cannot allow you into this area. I can’t confirm who you are.”

Hands tied, her eyes spotted Oscar and she yelled him over. When his feet landed him feet away from the situation, he didn’t need anytime to realize what was going on. Oscar grabbed Y/n’s arm, “It’s okay. She’s with me.”

The man thought for a moment before allowing her through, a smile on her face as she thanked Oscar. He waved it off, asking her to promise a happier Lando. She would try, she said.

Lando saw her feet first. Her white sneakers that she loved so much aligned in his vision and he stopped picking at his fingers. His gaze slid up her form as she sat down next to him, hand sliding under and around his arm softly. She heard the murmurs, they were incredibly loud, and the camera clicks, but she couldn’t find it in herself to care. She could practically feel the upset melting off Lando. She hurt so much for him.

His body relaxed at the feeling of her warmth and when she laid her head on his shoulder, he laid his on the top of her head.

“I’m sorry, baby.” She whispered. Maybe lip readers would figure out what they said.

His hands went to fidget with the nails on his fingers, but she stopped him, linking their hands and softly rubbing his skin, “It’s okay. I need to work harder. I can’t keep failing like this.”

She squeezed his hand three times, a silent confession of love, “You’re not failing. You haven’t failed, Lan. Everybody is proud of you. Racing is a hard sport and you are one of the most talented drivers here. You’re so so hard on yourself, love.”

Lando chuckled, “Y/n, you have to say these things. You’re my girlfriend.”

She pulled her head back lightly, giving him a moment to get his off her head before looking him in the eyes, “Lan, I don’t have to say anything. When have I ever lied to you? When have I not told you that an outfit looked bad when it did? When have I not told you that a move you did in the race screwed you over when it did? When have I not told you you handled a situation badly when you did? I’ve always been up front with you. This is a hard track. You are not a failure, Lan. Nobody thinks that.”

He was quiet for a moment before pecking her lips, “Even though part of me is still beating myself up over this, knowing you’re proud of me helps it subside a bit.”

She smiled, kissing his cheek whilst still rubbing his hand, “Of course, I’m proud of you. Lan, I will always be proud of you. Even when you don’t give your all, I’m proud of you for being you. Fuck anybody who thinks different, you’ve got this. You have shown time and time again that you’ve got this. I’m sure you’ll give it your all tomorrow and you’ll continue to show just how much you’ve got this.”

His head fell to the side with a soft grin, “You think so?”

She brushed the hair around his face away, “Yes, I do think so. And, hey, even if you don’t, if you DNF, I’ll buy you your favorite ice cream and we’ll watch a sad movie, have a good cry. We can turn anything bad into something good.”

He laughed, “How is crying a good thing?”

She gave him a deadpanned look, “Baby, you love a good cry.”

He leaned into her as he giggled, “You’re right. You know me too well.”

She nodded, “I love you, don’t I?”

“I love you too. Thank you.” He whispered, kissing her lightly in fear of the cameras. He never told her often, but Y/n had the greatest ability to talk him out of his moments of self-doubt. Whether it was small or big, she always knew just the things to say to make him snap out of his anxieties. Her superpower, turning his frown upside down.

He wished he was as good as her at it, but she was Y/n, his favorite person, she did everything better than everybody.

He loved her for it, he lived for it, he continued for it.

He loved her, he lived for her, he continued for her.

And when they told him his lap times had been deleted, the weight didn’t feel as heavy. Her arm wrapped around the side of his body as they walked away and her whispers of reassurance in his ear, the lap time situation began to feel smaller.

He accredited it all to her. Her words worked wonders, but, if he was being honest, a small look sent his way from her would do the trick. He guessed it was how much he felt for her, how much of his happiness lay with her.

Under the Qatar Grand Prix lights, Lando found peace. When the reporters asked him how he was coping with the loss, he had the same response every time.

“Some time spent in the presence of my girlfriend will work wonders.”

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MIAMI | ln4

summary: lando won for the first time and i have so many emotions i have to write something I’M SO FREAKING HAPPY

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you feel like you’re in a dream. walking on sunshine. on cloud nine. all the good, amazing things in the world.

lando has won his first ever grand prix. his first career win. right in front of your eyes.

in all honesty, it feels like you’re floating. you can’t imagine how he must be feeling as the team comes rushing out of the garage to meet him as he parks the car in front of the first place banner.

“come with me!” zak says the moment he catches up to you from the pit wall, immediately reaching for your hand so he can help you navigate your way through the crowd. “he needs to see you front and center!”

you don’t think that’s necessarily true, that he would certainly rather see the team and catch up with you afterwards, but you’ve learned not to argue with zak. you just hold on tight and allow him to guide you to the front of the barrier separating everyone from the top three finishers and their cars.

your throat quickly grows hoarse from cheering as he proudly stands atop the car, and you can’t even hear yourself over the cheers of everyone else around you and in the grandstands.

you would happily go deaf in this moment, because the sound of hundreds of thousands of people cheering for your boyfriend would be the last thing ringing in your ears. if you dreamt this moment up, it wouldn’t even sound this good.

you’re quick to take out your phone and record as lando gives himself a running start to leap across the barrier entirely and into the waiting arms of the mclaren team, who immediately swarm around him, hugging him and patting him excitedly. at some point he gets flipped around, everyone’s hands supporting him from below so the world can see the beaming smile on his face.

you don’t know when they started, but you can feel the tears on your cheeks as he’s placed back on his feet on the other side of the barrier. he’s pulled into enthusiastic hugs by a few more team members, and then he starts calling your name, eyes frantically searching for you amongst the sea of papaya.

“lan!” you yell as loudly as you can, pressing yourself right up against the barrier and leaning forward.

he spots you from over zak’s shoulder as they embrace, his smile somehow growing impossibly wider the moment your eyes meet. your happy tears begin to fall even faster after he hugs andrea and immediately makes a beeline for you.

all the words you want to say to him get stuck in your throat as you throw your arms around his neck. he’s sweaty, but so are you, courtesy of the miami heat, and neither of you care. you yelp in surprise when you feel his arms go around your waist and lift.

“what are you doing?!” you laugh, clinging onto him with all your might regardless.

“i’m not gonna have a fucking barrier between us when i do this,” is all he offers as an explanation before he’s kissing you, cupping your face with one hand and holding the other above his head, his pointer finger extended up to the sky.

you don’t see it in the moment, of course, but you’ll see plenty of pictures of it later.

you kiss him back with equal fervor. it’s definitely not the most perfect kiss; you’re crying and he can’t stop smiling so your teeth knock together a couple times, but that doesn’t dim the passion between you both as you hold each other. the crowd chanting his name fades into background noise when you break apart for air and he rests his forehead against yours.

“i love you,” he says, over and over. “i love you, i love you. i’m so glad you’re here with me.”

“lan, i’m so proud of you,” you’re in hysterics, laughing as tears continue to fall down your face even while he gently wipes them away. “you deserve this. every single second.”

“i love you so, so much. thank you for not giving up on me,” he says, his words so sincere that you could fall to the ground right here and now.

“stop making me cry more!” you exclaim, hands covering his as you reach up to wipe your eyes. “don’t you have the top step of a podium to get to?”

“can i bring you with me?”

“absolutely not,” you giggle, pulling him into another tight hug.

“alright, but i told will to get you on his shoulders so i can see you perfectly while i’m up there.”

it doesn’t click in your head why he would bother telling you that until you’re on will’s shoulders and lando is spraying his champagne down at you from the top step with surprising accuracy. and when he finds you after it’s all over and kisses you again, you decide that champagne is your new favorite taste in the whole world.

note: i don’t even care that i’m posting this late or if this sucks it doesn’t matter it needs to be posted today i am so happy for him i’m still crying oh my gosh I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I’M SO HAPPY LANDO NORRIS IS A GRAND PRIX WINNER

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