#cyril vega

[bookishjules]

anyway hands up if you're gunnin for a cyril redemption arc from asshat jock to doting boyfriend taking care of lydia and her baby while she's kicking ass and taking names

[murasaki-cha]

Alistair: So… we’ve seen you’ve been spending a lot of time with Ruby recently.

James: No, guys, it's not what it looks like, I swear

Wren: Oh really? So no reason for us to be jealous?

James: No! you’re the only ones for me.

Cyril: Is that so?

James: I promise! Ruby and I are just dating, okay?

Keshav: So there are no best-friends-feelings involved?

James: You are still my one and only best friends! She’s just the love of my life, that’s it!

Wren: But we're still the platonic loves of your life, right?

James: Of course bros!

Alistair, Wren, Cyril, Keshav all the the same time: Bro…

Ruby: What the-

Lydia: Don't. Just don't.

[cherrycourage]

In A Secret Place

Ch 5 - What do you want?

Changing my focus to the bedroom decorations, I pick up one of the marble lions on display. “Ruby would hate all of this,” I say gesturing towards everything in the room. “It’s all too much, the butlers, a private chef - staff always waiting to fulfil all of our needs.” Lydia frowns, knowing that I’m purposely ignoring my problems.  “I agree, it’s all extremely ridiculous. She hates it just as much as we do.” There’s a tinge of annoyance in her voice but I ignore it.  “I never noticed how much I hated all of it, until I met Ruby,” I reply, sitting on the bed again. “She really did change all of our lives..” Lydia looks down at her books and smiles faintly. Ruby has been a great friend to both of us. 

Read more on A03 here!

Chapters: 5/7

Total Word Count: 19,171

[aphrmoosun]

So I wanted to speak about it. I am in summer holidays and I'm watching shows I couldn't before. I have watched The Decameron and after it I want to watch first Maxton hall and the My Lady Jane or the other way. But I wanted to watch then but OOH again Prime Video cancelling its shows because they don't think it makes good ciphers... I haven't watched My Lady Jane yet but they already cancelled it... It isn't the first time they do it. I want to watch a show and they say NO WE ARE NOT DOING MORE OF IT. I will watch My Lady Jane but I am going to watch first Maxton Hall because they are taking good things from people and I have to support the active shows first AND I want to watch it to watch some sequels if it has one in the future.

They expect too much from the shows made for women. It is romance, it is a period show, it is a woman protagonist then all the brid****** watchers must come to watch this show too... and it does not work like this. I hate these platforms, I hate that they put ads when I'M PAYING it and I hate that they don't stop increasing the payment, I hate that they cancel the shows before I ever have time to watch it. They really suck.

[ethereal-daydreamerr]

Hi there ✨

I have a little something for those like me who are still not over Maxton Hall (and James Beaufort).

[yapenka]

I’ve just finished reading “Maxton Hall” and why no one talking about Lin??? She’s like one of the most wisdom, clever and kind person in this books (not Ruby, I’m sorry). And what about her and Cyril??? Their story just ISN’T over! What about their future? They just talked, broke up after 2 years of relationship and it’s all? Their feelings just disappeared? Are you kidding? I want more LIN

[flower-radio]

you’ve got sins enough to know it’s a sin to tell a lie

[scare-ard--sleigh]

i need a prayer candle for a figure that works really hard, that i can light when i need to focus and work really hard (i think this personality would naturally balance out the more chaotic energies of the 3 i have--eliot waugh, revenge gerard, and sterling archer) but i have no idea who it should be

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Who is the Sexiest Fictional Podcast Character?

After receiving 219 submissions for 152 characters from 52 podcasts and a round of preliminaries, we have our brackets!*

*20 characters from the podcast Welcome to Night Vale will appear later in a Night Vale-only bracket.

Round 1:

Scripted Bracket

Isabel Lovelace (Wolf 359) vs Cyrille (5 Minuten Harry Podcast)

Krejjh (The Strange Case of Starship Iris) vs Lady Ethel Mallory (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Lord Arum (The Penumbra Podcast: Second Citadel) vs The Witch Queen A.K.A. Daughter Dooley (Old Gods of Appalachia

Warren Kepler (Wolf 359) vs Ashley "Ash" Ramis (Georgie Romero is Done For)

Brutus Feels (Kane and Feels) vs Shan (SPINES)

Sir Caroline (The Penumbra Podcast: Second Citadel) vs The Dragon Narrator (Unseen)

Alé (The Penumbra Podcast: Second Citadel) vs Hester/The Narrator (Within The Wires: Season 1)

Thistle/The Woman (Alice Isn't Dead) vs Sam Bailey (The Sheridan Tapes)

Peter Nureyev (The Penumbra Podcast: Juno Steel) vs Butt (Pounded In The Butt By My Own Podcast: Episode 1)

Alice (Alice Isn't Dead) vs Diggory Graves (Hello From the Hallowoods)

Antigone Funn (Wooden Overcoats) vs Ryan Dallas (EOS 10)

Martin Blackwood (The Magnus Archives) vs Galileo (Let's Make A Music)

Lucifer Kane (Kane and Feels) vs Gin (Story Break: Heaven Heist)

Amaryllis of Exile (The Penumbra Podcast: Second Citadel) vs Mabel Martin (Mabel)

Pilot Pereya (The Penumbra Podcast: Juno Steel) vs Hester Oleta (Within The Wires: Season 1)

Strelitzia (Additional Postage Required) vs Harold "HBD" Bastion Demetrius (The Soft-Boiled Detective)

Akmazian (EOS 10) vs Everyone from The Strange Case of Starship Iris

Damien (The Bright Sessions) vs Mari Datuin (Hi Nay)

Count Dracula (Re: Dracule) vs Static Man (Archive 81)

Dragana Vukovic (The White Vault) vs Elias Bouchard (The Magnus Archives)

Agnes Montague (The Magnus Archives) vs Vega Rex (Vega: A Sci-Fi Adventure Podcast!)

Mina Murray (Re: Dracula) vs Nicholas Waters (Archive 81)

Mark Bryant (The Bright Sessions) vs Laura (Hi Nay)

Georgie Crusoe (Wooden Overcoats) vs Kate Burnham (The Bridge)

Keisha (Alice Isn't Dead) vs SAYER (SAYER)

Chance Sequoyah (The Penumbra Podcast) vs Yaretzi (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Buddy Aurinko (The Penumbra Podcast: Juno Steel) vs Dane (Dreamboy)

Sadie Doyle (Thrilling Adventure Hour: Beyond Belief) vs Hera (Wolf 359)

Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives) vs The CryptoNaturalist (The CryptoNaturalist)

Rita (The Penumbra Podcast: Juno Steel) vs Lou (Archive 81)

Dr. Joan Bright (The Bright Sessions) vs Ashvin Beeharee (Hi Nay)

Renée Minkowski (Wolf 359) vs Clara Page (Who is Aldrich Kemp)

Unscripted Bracket

Pickman (Friends at the Table: Sangfielle) vs The Shadow Man ('Til Death Do Us Blart)

Beacon (The Adventure Zone: Amnesty vs Glenn Close (Dungeons and Daddies)

Oscar Wilde (Rusty Quill Gaming) vs Grand Magnificent (Friends at the Table: Twilight Mirage)

Taako (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Bathin (Stella Firma)

Lup (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Sago Glegg (Rotating Heroes: Arc 6)

Sans Undertale (Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined: Authority) vs M. Leopold Duvall (Friends at the Table: Sangfielle)

Duck Newton (The Adventure Zone: Amnesty) vs Chine (Friends at the Table: Sangfielle)

Tryst Valentine (Campaign: Star Wars) vs Mini Smithson (Chapter and Multiverse: Masks)

Gable (Campaign: Skyjacks) vs Hector Hu (Friends at the Table: Bluff City)

Michael (The Adventure Zone: Dust) vs Nicky Close (Dungeons and Daddies

Zolf Smith (Rusty Quill Gaming) vs Fourteen Fifteen (Friends at the Table: Twilight Mirage)

Coco Cashmere (Hey Riddle Riddle) vs Trexel Geistman (Stella Firma)

Killian Fangbattle (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Henrietta Salm (Pest Control: Fate)

Kalvin Brnine (Friends at the Table: PALISADE) vs Lye "Lyke" Lichen (Friends at the Table: Sangfielle)

Indrid Cold (The Adventure Zone: Amnesty) vs Rigour (Friends at the Table: COUNTER/Weight)

Chunt (Hello From The Magic Tavern) vs Suvirin Kedberiket (Worlds Beyond Number: The Wizard, The Witch, and the Wild One)

Tender Sky (Friends at the Table: Twilight Mirage) vs Pox (NeoScum)

The Firbolg (The Adventure Zone: Graduation) vs Ron Stampler (Dungeons and Daddies)

Azu (Rusty Quill Gaming) vs Hadrian (Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron)

Moonshine Cybin (Not Another D&D Podcast: Bahumia) vs Caspian (Just Roll With It: Riptide)

Amber Gris (The Adventure Zone: Ethersea) vs Jens Lyndelle (Not Another D&D Podcast: Trinvyvale)

Perennial (Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN and PALISADE) vs Throndir (Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron)

Nadiya Jones (The Adventure Zone: Commitment) vs Ibex (Friends at the Table: COUNTER/Weight)

Cassander Timaeus Berenice (Friends at the Table: COUNTER/Weight) vs Tech Wizard (NeoScum)

Vermillion "Milli" Blue (Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN) vs Dak Rambo (NeoScum)

Rainer (The Adventure Zone: Graduation) vs Mercedes Oak-Garcia (Dungeons and Daddies)

Thisbe (Friends at the Table: PARTIZAN and PALISADE) vs Echo Reverie (Friends at the Table: Twilight Mirage)

Kravitz (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Henry Hogfish (Not Another D&D Podcast)

Aubrey Little (The Adventure Zone: Amnesty) vs Glenfyr "Glen" Gladewyn (Not Another D&D Podcast

Cel Sidebottom (Rusty Quill Gaming) vs Adelaide Tristé (Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron)

Kardala (The Adventure Zone: Commitment) vs Jacqui Green (Friends at the Table: COUNTER/Weight)

Hella Varal (Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron) vs (Former) Confessor Bartholomew Lamentations (The Unexplored Places: Ruin's Gate)

[ivoryielded]

— — 𝑳𝒀𝑵𝑨𝑹𝑨 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑲 + 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

self-portrait by marie gabrielle capet, 1783 hands by he lithuai, 2017 portrait of rosa spier by johan hendrik van mastenbroek, 1923 a fresco in neuschawasten castle, unknown date and author unknown by yuliya baltus, 1852 martyr in the catacombs by jules cyrille cave, 1886 love's messenger by marie spartali stillman, 1885 a portrait of empress elizabeth of austria by wilterhalter, 1865 lady in a fur wrap by alonso sanchez coello, 1577-1579 a portrait of carmen aguado by wilterhalter, 1860 a wedding in 1830 by josé gutiérrez de la vega, 1830 waiting by thomas francis dicksee, 1850

[lemmylemons]

I now 100% believe Cyril is a chronic plant father. Like his apartment is COVERED in a shit ton of plants. If he were to buy a house, in his backyard would be a greenhouse and garden.

Pov: this is fucking from one quote where Archer gets in arrested in Vegas and he's getting dragged off by cops and yells:

"CAN SOMEONE WATER MY PLANTS FOR ME?!"

Mf has flowers everywhere, change my damn mind.

[murasaki-cha]

Cyril: Hey Alistair can I get a sip of your water?

Alistair: It's not water.

Cyril: Vodka, I like your style!

Alistair: It's vinegar.

Cyril: Wh-Wha-

Alistair: It's vinegar, COWARD.

[cherrycourage]

In A Secret Place

What if James and Ruby decided to keep their relationship a secret?

Canon divergence following episode 4 of Maxton Hall — The World Between Us

I imagine Ruby is relieved to have her invisibility back without worrying that people are watching her every move. I remember the look she had on her face when she realized everyone was watching her when we walked into school together. Although she grew more comfortable with it over time, I still sensed her nervousness.  There are many positives to keeping our relationship private, for example, I get to witness Ruby from a whole new perspective. Ruby always believed she was invisible but from what I’ve gathered in recent weeks that’s far from true.  Before I knew her she may have been invisible to me, to all the rich assholes like me, but not to everyone else. She may not be best friends with everyone at Maxton Hall but she is the go-to person for everything. Being the top student in all of her classes means everyone seeks her help with homework or proofreading essays.  I noticed some of this during my time on the events committee but never to this extent. Everyone she helps always walks away smiling. It doesn’t matter how busy she is, she’s always willing to help others. Seeing the way she lights up talking to people, makes my heart flutter. It is admirable how much people adore her. How was I so blind to the light she radiated throughout Maxton Hall? She is like an angel, I see no flaws in her. 

Read more on A03 here!

Chapters: 4/6

Word Count: 14,404

[semperama]

F1 Kink Meme Fic Recs

I'm probably late, and for all I know many of these have already been recced to heck and back, but since I was off tumblr and missed whatever conversations were happening, I just wanted to share my favorite kink meme fics with you all! Please feel free to reblog this to boost it, if you want, and if you read any of these and like them, please leave comments for their lovely authors!!

the price you pay for a loss of control by @kritischetheologie (George/Alex)

This one is angsty, so be warned, but it has immediately become one of my favorite fics I've read in this fandom just for how well-written and meticulously well-characterized it is. The George voice is so good it's out of this world.

what happens in vegas stays online forever by finedae (George/Alex)

An instant classic married-in-Vegas fic. Funny and sweet by turns. The characterization is amazing.

find my way by anonymous (Daniel/Max)

I love it when writers manage to transfer characters to such a wildly different universe (Star Wars in this case!) and still remain so true to the characters, and this does that. It pulled me in so completely in so few words.

sweet relief by anonymous (Daniel/Max)

I did not know it was possible to pack so much love and care and great writing and amazing characterization into a watersports fic, but this genius author did just that.

regrets, i've had a few by anonymous (Daniel/Cyril)

I would read a hundred Daniel/Cyril fics like this one, lol. So dirty and angsty and perfect. This is a version of Daniel we don't often see, but it feels so true and real.

a night, a scene, a town by anonymous (Daniel/Max)

Just some well-written, desperate, club bathroom sex. Very satisfying and INCREDIBLY hot.

overflow by anonymous (Seb/Lewis)

I'm a sucker for a non-linear narrative, and this is so, so incredibly well done. The writing is phenomenal and packed with so much depth, and it's also HOT and KINKY. It has everything!

my temple will be beautiful,too by @notthehardtyres (George/Daniel)

I'm sure you all have read this by now, but if you haven't, RUN, don't walk. Absolutely beautiful, moving, healing, sexy, perfect, will make you feel the entire spectrum of human emotion and probably cry.

come over and kill some time by anonymous (Daniel/Max)

I tend to be kind of hit-or-miss on always-a-girl!fic, but this is easily some of the hottest sex I've ever read. I need to fan myself just thinking about it.

Take What's Yours by anonymous (Daniel/Max)

The premise of this is crazy creative, and it's so well done. Everything is so well-described, and the tension is insane. I gasped out loud multiple times.

let the bells ring by anonymous (Daniel/Max)

This is so sweet it will rot your teeth, but in the best way. I had such a huge smile on my face by the end.

edge of desire by anonymous (Pierre/Charles)

Amazing, perfect, 10/10 sex pollen fic. I could read a million "sex pollen is what finally gets them together" fics, and this is a wonderful example of that trope.

riches and wonders by anonymous (Daniel/Max)

ADORE everything about this! The world-building! The outsider POV! The way the characters are developed so well without even being in their heads! This has become another instant fav for me. I've already reread it several times.

Not like any other love by anonymous (George/Alex)

The George/Alex angst writers really brought it during this kink meme. This fic hurt me deeply in the most satisfying way. The ending is so fucked up, and I mean that as the HIGHEST possible compliment.

[abbatoirablaze]

Racing Stripes, Chapter 23

Word Count: 1.6k

Warnings:  jealousy, slight angst, mentions of violence, punching/hitting, using alcohol as a coping mechanism. 

Danny Ric pushed through the bustle of the men who were packing up, already getting ready to ship out at a moment’s notice to their next location.  He was already angry over the outcome of the choosing ceremony, and now he wanted to get through the next race as soon as possible so that he was able to spend time with Sheila. 

Portugal was a wrap.

Officially.

And while he had managed to get ninth, he was on edge.  Truth be told, it had little to do with the scene that Charles had created during the ceremony, and even more to do with the stewards.  It had been ever since the stewards and the officials within the FIA had cornered he and Sheila. 

“I think I’m going to start taking more meetings…” he said firmly as he looked at his girlfriend.  She gave him a soft frown, and he began to read her look.  They’d been talking for the past hour over what they were going to do when the babies came along, and had settled on buying a house together in Australia so that they could be closer to his family.  And the fact that she had agreed with him on that simple issue was one of the reasons he knew he loved her with all of his heart, “what they just put us through-“

“Cyril was on our side,” she reminded him gently as she reached across the table and squeezed his hand, “at least let him know what’s going on.”

He sighed, “you’re right…Cyril will at least put me in touch with other teams…everyone is so secretive this year about their contracts…I don’t even know what seats are truly confirmed for anyone.”

“Aren’t I always?” she teased, “I know that you’re upset with Renault and the fact that their leadership isn’t behind us, but I trust Cyril.  I always have.  He will help us, Daniel.”  

“Daniel!”

Danny Ric’s attention shot away from the woman he loved as he looked at the man coming from the Renault trailer. Instinctively, he went to pull Sheila even closer, knowing the past that she’d held with the former Formula 1 driver.

His brow furrowed.

“Alonso?” he asked, “what are you doing here?”

The driver with the long history smiled warmly at him.  Sheila all but gasped and ran towards him, wrapping her arms around him in an instant.  For a second, a surge of jealousy ran through the Australian before Sheila looked back at him, “DANIEL, IT’S FERNANDO!”

“It’s good to see you, love!” Fernando smiled, giving her a friendly welcome. He parted from her quickly and wrapped Daniel up in his arms next, “I’m so happy to be running into the pair of you.  From what I hear, congratulations are in order…the two of you finally got together.”

Sheila blushed, and Daniel put his arm back around his girlfriend’s waist.  His smile lit up his face as he agreed, “yeah…but that’s not all.  We’re also pregnant…”

“Technically I think she’s the one that is pregnant,” Fernando joked, pointing at Sheila, “but still.  I congratulate the two of you.  I know that you both have been in love for quite a while.  But not many pull the trigger like Vetel and his wife.”

“Well…we haven’t gone down an aisle yet…” Sheila teased as she nudged her boyfriend lovingly, “but I think we’ll head that way eventually…”

“Eventually?  Sheils, just say the word and we’ll fly to Vegas right now…we’ll go get married wedding chapel style with an Elvis impersonator!” Daniel smirked. 

Sheila giggled, knowing that if she did indeed tell him to, they would be boarding a flight and married before anyone set foot at the next race track.  She shook her head at him and absentmindedly placed a hand on the flat of her stomach.  She smiled at Fernando, “it’s twins…can you believe it?  I give this guy one chance…”

“Hey, I made it count!”

“That you did!” she giggled, leaning up to press a sweet kiss to his lips.  Daniel’s grin widened as she turned her attention back to Fernando, “what are you doing here?   I thought you jumped to IndyCar!”

Fernando shrugged noncommittally, “feeling a little homesick.  Thought about jumping back into a seat here…talking with a few teams about possibilities.”

“Yeah…I know what you mean…I don’t know what I’d do with myself if I wasn’t in my car…”

“Hmmm…” he nodded, putting his hands in his pocket, “the Renault car specifically or any car?”

Danny Ric chuckled, knowing where the conversation was going.  He had the inkling that he wasn’t taking requests from just any team, but one specifically in particular, “how long did it take before Cyril called you up?”

He shrugged once again, “does it matter?  I heard you were signing with another team next year…that means there is an open seat…”

“There is…”

“So, you’re making the move to McLaren?”

Daniel nodded, looking over at his girlfriend, “they’re willing to work around the schedule with the babies…and employing Sheila as something other than a motorsports girl when she comes back next season…even offering to hire help for the babies for us while we’re on the road.”

“Look at you,” he chuckled, “looking out for your family before it even happens…”

“So, I’ll see you on the grid next year?”

Fernando nodded, “see if you can drive a McLaren better than you drive a Renault.”

“See if you can still hold your own against us young bucks,” the Australian teased.  There seemed to be a short moment of tension, before both men chuckled, and Fernando bid Daniel farewell, “see you soon…”  

“What was that?” Sheila asked.

Daniel shrugged, already leading his girlfriend away from the building, “just a friendly conversation…”

“Sounds like someone is a little jealous…”

“Why would I be?” Daniel smiled as he playfully squeezed Sheila’s hip, “I got the girl in the long run…he didn’t.”

“Come on mate…” George urged, trying to get the Monegasque driver to back down.  But he only shook his head, “Charles…this isn’t right.”

“What do you mean, it isn’t right?  She’s a motorsports girl, isn’t she?”  Charles asked as he stared Sheila down as he stood in front of her, “I choose her.”

“Sheila isn’t up for grabs for anyone other than me!” Danny Ric growled from beside her.  Sheila looked to her boyfriend and the Monegasque driver.

“Daniel…”

“It’s fine, Sheils…”

“Sheila, we have to remind you of the discussion we had last week…if you reject the driver in question, you will not be allowed to spend additional time with another driver nor will you receive your stipend for this week unless you agree to work for one of the teams doing another job.  Not spending time with other drivers includes your boyfriend.”

“It’s fine!  She said that she doesn’t want to go with Leclerc, and we’re not going to force her!” Danny Ric muttered, “but I am going to walk her back to her hotel room.”

“That is fine!” the steward sighed, “Sheila are you rejecting this driver?”

She nodded, “yes.”

Daniel was quick to speak up once more, “and I want my bonus to go directly to her so that she’s supported for the week.  She won’t have to work with the teams in another position.”

A few of the girls gasped.  They hadn’t heard of anything like that happening.  Drivers didn’t just give up their bonuses to them.

Sheila looked towards him, “Daniel…I can’t do that.  Your bonus is-“

“We share everything!” he reminded her gently, “take the week and talk to my mum and dad, yeah?  I have them sending you emails the next few days of places they looked at this past week…we were supposed to look them together, but so long as you’re happy with it, so am I.  See what you like and start buying stuff!”

��Daniel, I-“

“Ugh,” Charles groaned, “this is disgusting.   Why can’t you just fire her?  She shouldn’t be allowed to simply reject a driver because she’s knocked up!”

“Hey…why don’t we calm down, yeah?” George asked, giving the driver a sad look, “get out of here?”

Charles looked at the Brit then huffed before turning his attention to the stewards.

“Give me the cash bonus then,” Charles growled at the steward, who was taking notes of the choosing ceremony.  He turned to George, “we’re finding booze…and you’re buying!”

“But it’s just like how you had feelings for La La,” Charles sighed, continuing his hour long rant of why Sheila had all but rejected him despite how she’d serviced him before, “we had this deep connection.  I-“

“Oh my god, will you just shut up!” George growled, “I don’t want to hear about it anymore, so please just stop and enjoy your drink.”

Charles nostrils flared, his drunken stupor making him see red, “what did you just say?”

“Sheila this.  Sheila that,” he groaned as he took a heavy dreg from his pint, “she’s been with Alonso.  Raikonnen.  And now Riccairdo…she’s a motorsports girl who never saw you as anything more than a job.  At least La La and I had feelings.  I just never got to tell them to her because Max was always in the way!”

Charles’ jaw twitched, “Sheila and I had something special.”

“Oh, piss off, Charles.  No, you didn’t!” the Brit accused, “she sucked your cock, just like she sucked anyone else’s that picked her.  Hell, you admitted it yourself.  She fucked Danny Ric when she was on your time.  Clearly, she had feelings for someone…it’s just that someone wasn’t you!”

Charles completely blacked out, his anger taking over. 

Everything he felt for Danny Ric and Sheila.  All the rejection.  The anger over his own internal struggles. 

They all manifested when his arm pulled back and released, catching George in the eye. 

Chapter 24

Tag List:  @lohnes16, @prokey16

[mcl4r3n]

Tagged by @ocontraire to shuffle my music and post the first ten :3

I won't tag anyone here but if you see this and feel like doing it, please do :3

Adding song links + a little ship vibe that I feel when I listen to it, so if anyone wants to give these a listen, you can!

Your Love - Little Mix

Vibe: Lestappen au where it's 2028, Charles has been WDC for two years in a row, and Max is on his way to contemplating retirement. He struggles with this decision and the weight of knowing he's gay, and the bigger weight of being in love with his greatest rival. When Charles kisses him the night of Max's sixth WDC, Max thinks it's going to be terrible, but it turns out to be the lightest he's ever felt in his life.

2. Cigarettes & Loneliness - Chef Faker

Vibe: Galex non-driver au where George and Alex reunite while working for Google in the New York office, and they haven't spoken to each other in almost six years. Fic about the inherent loneliness of moving to a new country, an isolating new city, and rediscovering a person that you didn't grow into adulthood with.

3. Supercut - Lorde

Vibe: Dando au where Lando and Daniel date for two years until Daniel ultimately decides to retire after his Red Bull dreams never come to fruition, and Lando wins his first WDC in 2026. It's rough and it's a painful breakup and it's Daniel's POV.

4. Go Back Home - FKJ

No ship vibe here; just a good fuckin vibe overall. :)

5. Have Some Love - Childish Gambino

Vibe: Not an au but more like an edit set to this song and it's Lewis versus all his greatest rivals compilation + slow-mo crossing the chequered flag + podium sprays + him celebrating with said rivals.

6. Say Goodbye - Ulrik Munther

Vibe: This beautiful Galex fic by @charlesprincessdileclerc

7. You Aint Alone - Alabama Shakes

Vibe: This beautiful Dewis fic by @ocontraire

8. Forever Only - JAEHYUN

Vibe: No ship vibe. I just really fucking love this song. <3

9. Sucker - Charlie XCX

Vibe: Chaniel Las Vegas 2023 fic where Daniel and Charles get very, very fucking wasted and fuck in Charles' hotel room and wake up hungover with a new tattoo on Daniel's left asscheek and it's a 16 with a heart around it.

10. Believe - Mumford and Sons

Vibe: Daniel/Cyril after Daniel tells Cyril that he's leaving Renault. </3