#does this happen with race issues as well? i bet it does

[landograndprix]

clarity ✾ c.l

summary – in which Charles and reader can't get along until they do.

a/n – requests are open!

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y/nusername

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y/nusername definitely not what we expected after some issues during practice and qualifying but p2 is a welcome suprise. We'll keep pushing and give our all next week.

tagged: scuderiaferrari

y/nfan32 you killed it today ❤️

scuderiaferrari girl power 🙌

zhou_ey the battle between you and max was the highlight of the race, a well deserved p1 & p2 if you ask me.

charles_leclerc 👏👏

carlando_ boy are you being hold hostage, is she holding a gun against your head? what are you doing here?💀

tifosired Fred doing everything to make them like each other I see 😂

lunaaar he didn't 👏👏 when they 'bumped' into each other in the media pen 😂

daisyyy lmao not y/n her fault he ended in p6, boy is always mad when she finishes higher

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f1.memes

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f1.memes a collection of charles' face whenever someone mentioned y/n in HIS interviews 🤣

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leclerc_16 lmfao stop this man is too much sometimes

thurthur lando liking this is sending me 😭

dannyric3 the grid knows

thurthur like half the world knows lol

norrisfour y'all think he sends this to charles and y/n 🤡

thurthur oh definitely :')

maxmaxver y/n just suck his dick already, he's done waiting

emmaaaa 😭 😭 y'all too much

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maxmaxver we just know it's what will ease the air between them 👀

charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc pole and p1 this weekend🏆

car was feeling really great, amazing team effort @/scuderiaferrari ❤️

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marck6 phenomenal race once again!

leclerccharles16 😍😍

scuderiaferrari thats how we do it 👏

damian00 took you long enough to get them a good enough car

tifosi_16 always our p1 🥰

y/nusername 🏆🏆

leklerkc Charles holding a gun against y/n's head right now 😆

y/nfan289 Charles said comment on my post like I was forced to do last week 💀

norlando "Okay at least I got a podium too unlike you last week." – y/n probably after Charles forced her to comment :')

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y/nusername

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y/nusername summer break with the kids 🐶 😺

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y/nfan4 I would in fact die for ruby and milo if I need to

charlie_16 ruby and roscoe playdate when?

hammyton didn't they try that before but ruby is like terrified of roscoe 😭

y/nleclercc yeah they met in Monaco last year and my girl ruby was like 'is that a boy? Disgusting, get me outta here.' 😂

bott_ass imagine being afraid of roscoe :')

Zhouey24 why's milo staring at me like that what does he want..my soul?

y/nusername the more the merrier 😻

landonorris what book are you reading, racing for dummies?

y/nusername bet you laughed real hard at that when you thought of it..

y/nusername I'll give it to you after the break, god knows you need it

landonorris ouch..okay

landoscar 💀 welp if charles and y/n isn't going to happen, let it be these two

ferraricharles Charles what are you doing here? 🤣

chilisainz 👀 👀

Hannahh don't think we don't see you Charles

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landonorris posted on his story

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y/nusername

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y/nusername team-building or something..I don't know, something in the contract that we didn't read when signing it..kinda fancy him I guess ❤️

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grussel63 we've come a long way lads but we've made it, they've finally seen the light. Good job everyone 👏

ricricdaniel took y'all long enough..:))

charles_leclerc ❤️❤️

y/nusername ❤️❤️

scuderiaferrari what a team 👏

sainzjr55 yall better keep an eye on the drivers' rooms 💀

charlesnyn finally 🥰🥰

danielricciardo @/landonorris so when are we going on some team-building trip?

landonorris soon, I'm planning something as we speak

danielricciardo thanks babe

norrylando when I tell you I love the grid, this is what I meant 💀

[1moreff-creator]

I would genuinely love to hear your thoughts on Ace and Teruko as friends. Like, I can see it working maybe? Outside of the killing game, preferably. (Given how it's too late for that, in light of recent events)

Hey! Certainly an interesting dynamic! Admittedly, Teruko's bad luck might scare Ace a bit too much for it to easily work, but it might be easier if Teruko can convince him of her apparent immortality. Ace would probably appreciate an immortal friend given his last friendship ended with Tayor six feet under :v

This got longer than I expected so we're putting in a read more!

Once the friendship itself is established (as you requested, outside of the killing game), it would probably be pretty fun! I kinda imagine it as the sort of friendship where they're constantly making fun of each other, to the point where it's hard to tell from afar whether they love (platonic) or hate each other. Just a lot of Teruko deadpanning at Ace's cowardly nature while Ace is constantly yelling at her, only for her to roll her eyes and throw jabs back. How does it work? Only they know.

Teruko's certainly the brains and impulse control of the friendship; Whit would probably joke about her putting a leash on Ace on more than one occasion. Teruko's probably one of the only people who can get Ace to calm down when he's mad at someone.

Meanwhile, Ace is constantly dragging her around, and Teruko enjoys the antics he gets them into. Provided her luck doesn't seriously injure everyone involved :v

There would probably be more gossip than you'd think. With Ace's penchant for eavesdropping, and Teruko not giving enough of a damn to stop him, they would talk so much shit about other people. I could even see Arei joining them on occasion. Though I imagine Teruko would have enough sense to cut the others off if they go a bit too far.

Ace doesn't mesh all that well with the friends Teruko would have in a non-killing game AU, aka Baking Squad + Mai probably (I'm obviously ignoring West Class Teruko theory for logistics purposes), unless Teruko is around. She'd probably be able to reign him in just enough for Min to tolerate him, Rose to vibe in the group, Eden's Eden so she'd try to be friends with Ace anyways, and Mai's Mai. If Teruko isn't around, Mai can substitute for Ace's impulse control since everyone loves her.

Teruko would also help keep the beef with Nico and Levi to a minimum, which probably wouldn't even be that big of an issue outside of the killing game anyways. That would also help Ace keep civil, if not good, relationships with Hu and Xander.

And while Teruko keeps Ace social life healthy, Ace keeps Teruko in good moods. Whenever she's feeling down, all it takes for her to laugh is walking in on Ace burning down the classroom to kill a spider while Nico and Xander are trying to get him to stop, Min is running in with a fire extinguisher, Rose is somehow sleeping through it as Mai and Eden try to wake her up, and Veronika's cheerfully sharing popcorn with a cackling Arei and a "so done with this shit" Arturo. Well, Teruko would probably freak out while the fire is raging, but laugh about it afterwards.

On angstier days, Ace and Teruko could definitely bond over people close to them getting hurt (Taylor and pick someone from Teruko's past) and feeling like they can't fight their fate. I have... no idea how that would work, but I can see a world where Teruko bullies Ace into trying to get his life together while Ace looks up to Teruko's strength in the face of adversity and tells her she has a better chance of changing her future than he has of changing his. Maybe. Really hard to tell how this would go.

Now I'll go over more specific headcanons of certain things I would imagine could happen if they were friends outside the killing game!

One time, when Ace had a race and he was worried he was going to lose to another jockey, Teruko put a bet of a single dollar on said horse/jockey (I don't know how horse betting works), as a joke to get her bad luck to help Ace. The jockey Teruko put a bet on fell off the horse in the race and almost died. They both agreed Teruko should never ever bet on a horse/jockey again.

Ace: Teruko! Get her the hell away from me! Veronika: Teruko! Do you want to join our horror movie marathon? Most of the class is joining! Teruko [not really interested, just wanting to mess with Ace]: What are we watching? Ace: That's not what-! Veronika: Well, I was thinking of starting with the Headless Horseman- Teruko [smirking, grabs Ace by the back of his shirt]: Sure! Ace: AAAH! [Ace ended up hiding behind Levi and Teruko as everyone, Veronika included, talked mad shit about the movie. Ace was the only one who was even remotely scared. The rest of the movie marathon, Ace was passed out, but the rest of the class enjoyed it well enough]

Teruko, hair smoking and soot on her face: Sorry I'm late, my apartment building caught fire an I had to escape the ambulance. I can't really afford a trip to the hospital right now. Ace, genuinely horrified and worried about his friend, look of shock on his face: ... Ace, now smirking: Skill issue. Teruko, smirking back: Fuck you. [They both laughed about it later, after Ace shouted at Teruko to take better care of herself]

Hope that's enough! Thanks for the ask!

[petit-papillion]

Fred shines a bit of a light on what they were trying to do with Charles's car during the race.

Canal+: It's the first time of the year that you end a week end without scoring points, what are the reasons ? We heard Charles earlier who was defeated, what is your analysis?

Fred: Not defeated, because I just saw him and I think he understood. There are multiple reasons for Charles, 1st we lost engine control, so 80 kW during 10 laps. We were forced to stop 30 sec to stop and restart the engine, so his race was lost. And Carlos had a contact at some point, front wing and floor, and then he puts himself out so of course, it's a lot for one weekend. But maybe it's better to put everything on the same weekend and have cleaner weekends after. But yeah, that's quite hard. We're quite stunned. We have to wake up for the next one. I think that on the positive side, Charles's pace, despite the engine issue, was pretty good. He was in the pack. He was in there despite having 80 kW less than the others (on the engine) so it's quite good for the performance. But scoring 0 points on a weekend like that, it's quite hard.

Canal+: How do we explain...Well, Charles, I understand because engine failure - in Canada that's really hard -  but he was still doing the job (compared to the other drivers). But Carlos behind, before he had a contact, he had no pace, so how is that explained? Does it really come from track specificity and Ferrari not being there since the beginning?

Fred: I think it was also kind of related to track position, because there was a dry line, but I didn't see if Carlos had more pace than the car ahead. We have to understand what happened on Carlos, but I think the first 15 lap of the race, there weren't many overtakes because the track was drying on this line and leaving it was too risky.

Canal+: Since the beginning, there was a lot of consistency for your team, Charles was always finishing in the top 4, Carlos in the top 5. It’s a weekend off this time. What will happen in the next minutes, hours, how do you debrief?

Fred: I won't commit suicide 😅

Canal+: No but, how will the debrief be organised ?

Fred: The most important is to treat every issue one after the other and understand what happened. And to see what we can do on our side. On the engine side, where the failure comes from - you can't blame Charles for anything during the race. We took more than bold bets, but given where we were... in the pits we had to do this. Carlos, there's more to debrief, because as you said before, his pace wasn't magical, so was he stuck with traffic or not? And then after the contact we lost 20 points of aero ≈ 7/8 tenths, so it was also over.

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[pocksprincess]

Chapter 4 - Don't Clean Your Windows

Series masterlist

Obito Uchiha x f!reader

Modern AU, obi still has scars, pining, reader embarasses herself (it's kinda cringe tbh but this whole story is in a romcom kinda way soooo), reader has daddy issues but she's pretty well adjusted, reader does not find neji hot soz, unhinged group chat between co-workers

Word count - 1419

Beta baddie - @dabilove27 ty my sweet love <33

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The rest of your week flies by uneventfully. You only see Obito in passing, when you leave the house in the morning and return home in the evening, but he actually returns your little waves of greeting now. The small gesture fills you with far too much warmth.

Your second week on the job was a little more relaxed. You know how the practice runs now and after meeting Neji, your final introductions are complete. But the best part is that you've become fast friends with both TenTen and Sakura, even creating a group chat that you all take turns filling with nonsense. 

Today is Sakura's day. You are gathering up your many supplies to finish cleaning the upstairs rooms when your phone chimes from your pocket. You catch a message from the ‘girlies’ group chat as you pull it out, balancing your bucket of cloths and spray bottles on your thigh, as you unlock your screen:

Sakura-chan🌸: so do we think daddy yams is cute? 

You snort in disbelief and put down your supplies in favour of seeing where this particular question ends up leading to. 

You: Sakura, please stop calling him daddy. One of these days you'll let it slip at work, ya big creep

Sakura-chan🌸: not a chance. yeah, but he's cute. in that tired dad way?

You laugh under your breath (she's relentless) and plop down on the stairs to get comfy, too lazy to walk to the living room, and knowing full well that if you sit down on the sofa you won't get up again until dinner.

🖤TenTen🖤: Total dilf! Or I guess an honorary dilf

You: Lmao

🖤TenTen🖤: Got that “i'll provide for you” vibe going on

🖤TenTen🖤: What about Neji though? 

Sakura-chan🌸: see! daddy's provide, tenten agrees! i still think sensei is hotter though

You: NOT NEJI

🖤TenTen🖤: Sakura nooo, Guy practically raised me 🤢

Mrs Hyuuga👰💍: neji is gorgeous!! 😍 

You: lmao sakura did you really just change your name

🖤TenTen🖤: You can't deny Neji is 🔥 just because he told you off the other day

Mrs Hyuuga👰💍: what!! bet he's lonely, i can keep him company <33

You: Ew no, Neji is the dad I never had. And not in the hot ‘daddy issues’ way…before you even chime in Sakura 🚫🙅‍♀️

🖤TenTen🖤: looool sakura is down bad for neji

🖤TenTen🖤: thought you were in love w that friend of naruto's, the emo guy

Mrs Hyuuga👰💍: he pissed me off so i’m looking at other options 

You: Yeah, cuz that will last long…

🖤TenTen🖤: LOOOL the truth has been spoken 

Mrs Hyuuga👰💍: it's not my fault my type happens to be the ones who don't care if i exist 

You stifle a snort into your hand. Sakura is insatiable and TenTen only encourages her degenerate ass. Not that you are any better, honestly-gawking shamelessly at your shirtless neighbour most mornings.

Mrs Hyuuga👰💍: our newest member has avoided commenting on the hotness of our bosses 👿

🖤TenTen🖤: that's becuz she's too smitten with her sexy neighbour 👅🍆💦

You groan audibly, it's like TenTen sensed what you were just thinking about, and now your stupid heart is racing more than it should at just the mention of him. You never should have told TenTen about Obito, she is the world's worst tease.

Mrs Hyuuga👰💍: sexy neighbour got you whipped! NEED PICS 📸🔥

You: omg I hate you both 

You: PICS OF WHAT?!

🖤TenTen🖤: 🍆 pics

You: I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM ONCE 

Mrs Sexy Neighbour💋: just take a pic of him when he isn't looking, you said he runs shirtless, right? 😈

🖤TenTen🖤: Yeah and you bought him wine!! Such a come on, can't believe you didn't get his #

You: SAKURA NO

🖤TenTen🖤: that's called stalking 

🖤TenTen🖤: get help @/Mrs Sexy Neighbour

🖤TenTen🖤: horny jail 4 you

You: y'all are WILD

Mrs Sexy Neighbour💋: how can we believe you about his hotness if we don't have evidence?? gimme his name, i'll find his socials 

You: And that's my cue to leave! 🏃‍♀️

Clicking the off button, you shove your phone back into your pocket just as a barrage of pings assaults your ears. You pick up your bucket, face flaming with embarrassment, and shake your head as you make your way upstairs-those girls need a time out and housework doesn't do itself.

After doing a deep clean of the bathroom and vacuuming the carpets, you are now tackling the grimy windows in the spare room-preparing the space for your mother's visit next month. And it just so happens that from your vantage point you have a direct line of sight into Obito's backyard.

You can see him squatting in the dirt with a trowel in hand (and fully clothed this time, much to your disappointment) as he tends to his garden. You had a sneaky look at the beautiful blooms and array of vegetables and fruits from your bedroom window not long after you moved in. After meeting the mountain of a man himself it surprises you he has such a green thumb.

Although, when you think about it further, it oddly suits him. You definitely picked up on a vulnerable and sensitive side to him during your chat. It shocks you that such a blatantly attractive man could be so bashful and reserved. You initially assumed his brusque and uninterested demeanour was that of an overly confident and self-assured individual. What's the saying your mother used to always tell you? Something about the more beautiful the man, the more arrogant he is.

But how wrong you were. You suppose a man that heavily scarred has his fair share of insecurities (not that he needs to, in your opinion). He is not what you expected at all and it only piques your curiosity. 

You can't help but watch him tend to his plants in his comically small gardening apron. He clearly enjoys the hobby, otherwise why would he be out there in the mid-afternoon heat working so diligently. A few seconds more and you begin to feel like a creeper, watching him without his knowledge, so you forcefully avert your gaze to the task at hand.

You need to clean the outside of the glass, something you've been avoiding doing for fear of your clumsy ass falling out of the window. But no one else is going to do it, so with a hefty sigh you roll up your sleeves and twist the handle. And…the jamb is stuck from misuse. 

Leaning over the windowsill, you place your hands against the glass and throw all your weight behind the push you give it. The window flies open with a loud crack as it comes unstuck, followed by a thump as its extensions reach their limit. You shoot forwards with the momentum, half hanging out the window as you desperately grip onto the handle for dear life.

You barely manage to stifle the surprised screech that rises in your throat, and with a horrific realisation, you chance a glance into Obito's garden. And of course he is watching you, face a picture of shock and concern. 

You grimace at the unlikeliness of the situation playing out around you and offer an awkward smile to your concerned neighbour-letting him know that you are unharmed, but most certainly an idiot. He raises a hand at you tentatively, a funny look crossing his face, and you don't know whether to laugh at the expression or slap yourself in the forehead for embarrassing yourself in front of him. This is definitely going to colour his impression of you.

With some effort, you manage to hoist yourself back into the room and on solid flooring. You poke your head back out the window, safely this time, and hold out the old t-shirt you are using as a rag (as if that explains everything) before rubbing it against the window pane in demonstration. 

"Just…cleaning my windows!" You holler, voice carrying across the space between you. 

"Oh. Okay!" He shouts back, confused at your admission, and you just about die on the spot. You offer another wave before ducking your head back inside and covering your flaming cheeks with your hands.

You couldn't make this shit up even if it was a cheesy romcom movie. You abandon your task and jog downstairs to your kitchen in shame where you hastily prepare yourself a glass of iced tea. Time for a break, you think.

You pull out your phone and open up the chat:

You: guys, you will never believe what just happened 🙃

[lilioopdf]

selfishness and greed and entitlement and arrogance are just traits that don’t look good on anyone 😶😶

and especially not when you’re doing it in a way that demeans and puts down your team and your teammate (who, mind you, has been nothing but a team player, and nothing less than supportive of you, even when you’ve crashed him out and ruined his races multiple times).

hadjar told them to give him 2-3 more rounds, and then he stayed in his position until the end of the race, sat in pepe’s seat in the cooldown room, stood on his step of the podium, popped open a bottle of champagne that should’ve been his, all because he wanted to look like a good driver.

nevermind the fact that pepe got a 30s penalty after the race— he deserved to celebrate on the podium for his driving, and for the position that he RIGHTFULLY earned through his driving.

(im obv upset about the penalty considering that fact that pepe was already on his way to the pits when the vsc came out and that he just didnt make it in in time (tbh id debate this but i think what mattered more was that he got to celebrate the position he earned))

pepe has had insanely bad luck this entire season (hadjar being a part of his misfortunes), and for the first time in a long while, he has something going for him, and he has a chance to fight for something he deserves to have. and then hadjar goes and ruins it.

pepe is an insanely careful driver— this much has been clear since his F3 days. he has a very distinctively careful driving style, he’s mentioned in interviews that he likes doing things “the right way” and step-by-step, and his decision to manage his tyres does not mean that he is slow or incapable of passing drivers ahead of him.

hadjar had no right to be insulting and throwing out shady comments about pepe on radio, before asking for his position, and then refusing to give it back.

here are the radio excerpts from today’s race (the ones that were transcribed, at least.)

teams won’t want you if you’re not a team player, drivers won’t want to drive alongside you if you’re not a team player. drivers won’t help you find a seat because they don’t want you driving next to them, and you can bet that no teammate is ever going to want to help you out again.

pepe is sweet, and he he will probably never bitch about people online so i’ll do it for him right now.

firstly, why are there so many double standards?? when hadjar was screaming into his engineers radio after quali in barcelona no one to told him to shut up when they should’ve. that quali was his own doing.

pepe’s race here, was ruined because of hadjar. when hadjar wanted the position, the team let pepe decide if he wanted to give up position to give hadjar the chance to pass bortotleto, and pepe, being the sweetheart and team player that he is, let hadjar go forward only for that decision to backfire when hadjar didn’t give pepe his position back. and when he sarcastically says “thank you, thank you, thank you” at the end of the race, at a completely level volume, he’s the one that gets told to stay quiet??

(+ there’s also that paul and isack double standard issue that i won’t be touching upon but just know im unhappy about that too)

hadjar’s selfishness and pride has cost pepe his well-deserved celebration, but above all, severed his relationship with his teammate. his arrogance and ungratefulness for his team from his instagram caption on yesterdays post has also done nothing but show how egoistical he is to think that he can do no wrong.

i won’t say more because i haven’t slept in two days so i just want to go to bed now and wake up and pretend nothing happened, but i needed to get this out first because i don’t want to wake up angry or upset.

karma works in funny ways, and so does the universe. i’ll be watching and waiting to see how the rest of the season plays out for him.

[klanceogies]

hi i have klance f1 au brainrot

i can't stop thinking about little story details and backstories like. keith's dad was in f1 before. i feel like he didn't die in an f1 crash. maybe a regular car crash. the irony of this guy who races in incredibly fast speeds to be killed by something so ordinary, in a car, but not an f1 one. and it wasn't even his fault. some drunk driver or something. he didn't die on an f1 car because speed isn't what kills you, it's suddenly stopping that does.

also still talking about keith's background, keith coming from an f1 family background makes so much sense in my mind. him being an orphan would make it basically impossible to sustain himself in such an expensive sport as a kid like that. but since he was already in the scene, and people respected his dad, he had connections and sponsors (not to mention he had always shown that he was a prodigy in the sport so people were willing to bet on him and support him and his career). he met shiro through that environment too.

he also skipped f2 like a lot of really skilled rookies, but he popped into f1 seemingly "out of nowhere" years after a controversy in his f3 days. it goes like this: james, little asshole james coming close second in that season, is a shit person. he is just fucking mean. and keith has been having a shit year. and idk if you're gonna agree with this but hear me out. shiro crashes. like badly. like career-ending crash. he loses his arm and he is in the hospital, and of course he eventually makes a great recovery, but right now no one knows it yet. they just know that at the very least shiro is never going to race again. they don't know how his recovery is gonna go, IF he is going to recover.

keith is alone. since the death of his dad, he is completely alone. so yeah keith starts to lose it a little bit. and this season has been proving harder than expected, james closing the point gap for first place. the media can't stop making up stories about him, shiro was in the hospital, he had a lot issues with his team manageament, which made his season unnecessarily harder. with all of that, keith becomes more reckless. he has nothing to lose--only the championship.

so, a race happens. bad choices are made. of course james provoked him, coming too close, crashing into him races before but not being too penalized for it. saying some very unkind things about keith and his brother, who was still on the hospital. being a little shit overall. so keith closes in on james, a similar situation as hamilton and verstappen in silverstone back in 2021 (as a max girlie this makes me pissed off but oh well). james runs into the wall. thankfully james's injuries weren't very serious, but he got a broken hand which was enough to make him unable to drive until the end of the championship.

now keith was the champion, right? without james on the next races there is no competition anymore. but keith isn't very happy. his impusiveness damaged his car, and at the very least he will get a grid penalty for provoking that accident. well, it is worse. he is black flagged (idk a lot about black flags but like. provoking a crash like that SHOULD prompt a black flag tbh). his engineer tells him he might be suspended for a few races and he LOSES IT. he really needs more mental health help cause he disobeys the black flag and is even more severely penalized. he really is suspended for the next few races, and basically, it screws everything. he finally lost everything he ever had. and maybe, in some twisted way, he felt like he deserved every single part of it. self sabotage and all of that. well, the media goes crazy because everyone thought he would be the next schumacher when he got older. he dips out of the face of the planet. no one thinks this kid will ever race again. "too unstable" some say. "he is just crazy" others mutter. with no one to help him and sponsors dropping him he is now helpless.

that year, lance won the f3 championship. which pretty much sucked. with keith and james out of picture he was the obvious third place. it helps him get promoted to f2. he was doing great already, but he still felt so undeserving. he didn't beat james nor keith. he was just put on that first place podium. he didn't work for it.

after that year lance and keith didn't talk for a while. keith is benched. put out of the spotlights for a while. he does other races, but out of the classic formula path. just because his team hasn't given up on his world champion potential just yet. so they keep him at arm's length, but further from the media than if he was an actual competitor. to the average fan he just disappeared (well, the average fan doesn't even watch f2, much less f3). in the end, his return is even more impactful, memorable.

about 3 years later keith comes back. he first starts as an f1 reserve driver. substituting another driver that year make people actually see him again. how much he has changed. and how much he is still is hungry for speed. hungry for victory.

[thatoneandlonelyemo2005]

I watched 92sies....again-

*title screen with Max's voice over* me screaming while that happens

*Seeing a printer* screams 'yes girl'

The boys sleeping on the statute with dirty feet is gonna make me cry

MR. KLOPPMAN <3, also the squeaky floors are a mood

Boots my beloved, Swifty (is that the one who is sucking his thumb?), SKITTERY THO LOOK AT HIM, Mush sleeping so peacefully, BUMLETS TURNING OVER AND COVERING HIMSELF UP!!!

Hello Jack, wake up you silly whore, also can we talk about his hair it looks so dead

RACETRACK CIGAR IS STOLEN

BEST BOY BLINK WHO JUMPED FROM NO WHERE

MUSH BEING RIPPED

SPECSC AND BLINK, CRUTCHIE <333

"on me back mush", JACK LOOKS IN PAIN THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION

Mush having shaving cream on him by jack-

SKITTERYS VOICE, UM HELLEROOOO BEAUTIFUL

Kid Blink my beloved

OH I CAN SEE MUSHES UNDER WHERE...WELL THEN

Crutchie though, deals with this shit everyday istggg

BLUSH INTERACTING MUSH PUSHING HIM

DUTCHY COMING OUT OF THE TOLITE/DOOR

A BOY IS CLEANING THERE FEET BEAUTFUL

Racer wanting a towel and Skittery is being so silly

Jacks red banana

DID I JUST SEE A BUMLETS YES

Smol boy trying to catch up by sliding on the ground

Mr.Kloppman counting to make sure there all there <3

I hate the kid with the paper telling them to hurry up so annoying

Them all dancing on the barrels, running around and sliding

KID BLINK AND RACE PLAYFIGHTING

THE NUNNS LAKHDLKADGLKDKG, MUSH, KID BLINK SINIGNG<3RACE<3DUTCHY<3

THE FUCKIUNG DANCEING LMAOOOO

BUMLETS AND RACE <3

Specs and Skittery pushing around

DELANCYES BROTHERS ARE HERE AND THE NEWSIES ARE READY, GO OFF

Blink smacking Mush <3

Race betting, JACK TAKES HAT

GO OFF JACK,

DAIVD AND LES <3

COWBOY SWINGING ON THE LITTLE THING

FISRT GAY ENCOUNTER WITH DAVID "What do you think your doing"

sings: "GO GET THEM COWBOY"

Les pushing threw the boys to see Jack

"Your too kind Racer"

Bell rings, Wiesel <3

BLUSH TALKING AND SMILING MUSH WHISPERING IN EAR

DAVID 20 papes but only gets 19, Jack being very gay

I SER SKITTERY IN THE BACKGROUND

"The call him cowboy!"

Kid Blink and Mush walking over is best, Mush is holding Jacks papers while talking to Les, Blink Smiling

"Well if hes the best then why dose he need me" LIKE DAMNNNNNN GO OFF DAVID

Boots I see you, you silly boy,

60/40 *shakes*

Cruitchie has beautiful eyes tf

I HATE SPIT EWWWW

"Newsies sell papes", pretty women walk by and them being all respectful, SPECS GO OFF CALL OUT THAT OUTLINE

I forgot this was a straight boy movie

Pulitzer trying to take money from Herst

"Never mind the Newsies" Stop it, no not rn, just stfu

Silly man gets punch, Les drinking, David having a heart attack, Jack just enjoying life UNTIL SYNDER

Them running away and all the people looking at them, I think i even saw some Newsies

Ending up at Meddas <3, David asking many questions "Sullivan" Jack getting defensive, David pulling Les back from the prop, Medda telling them to get out but sees Jack and <3

ALSO, LOOK AT JACK USING HIS LASSO TO HOLDS HIS PAPES

David getting pulled bY HIS TIE FROM JACK!!!!! Les taking candy

Lovely Dovey Baby, Jack and David being a little gay, also David staring at Medda

Jack running over to the big boom and wanting to join, David having so much panic and tries to get him away, Jack grabbing Les

Them walking home and David's parents are so welcoming

Sarah my beloved

Jack asking for seconds and then getting a slice of cake like go off, how many times does he get sweets

David and Jack sitting on the fire escape <3 very gay BUT WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BREAK IT UP MYER

Jack now has issues and wants to sing about Santa Fe

OK not me dying during this GO OFF JACK, CLIMB DOWN THOSE STAIRS AND GET ON THAT WAGAON, HAY BALE, COWBOY ATE ISTGGGGGG, JUMPS OFF WALL IN ALLEYWAY, dose this weird dance shit like a horse lmao, also lasso is belt rn

SPINS ON KNEES AND RIDES A HORSE <3 SNATA FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, HIM ON HORSE AND SINGING

*gets off horse* <3

RACETRACK AND HIM TALKING ABOUT THE HORSE HE TRIED TO BET ON

FUck Pulitzer and the guy who said to raise the price for the Newsies, man knowns its very bad chief, his next thought to cut his own paychecks, very rough on children

Kid Blink going off, one of the delanceys brothers mocking him, Skittery is not having a good day, Boots you shall never be on the streets again, Mush and Crutchie <3, Jack is looking so confused

Race being a little bitch but truth, I PAUSED IT AND I SEE DAVID AND LES IN THE BACK, Skittery is still there best boy, SPECS I SEE YOU AND YOUR TOP HAT, Swifty <3,

Can we talk about there outfits tho!!! Look at all of them, Kid Blink is a fav for outfits rn I LOVE THE PANTS THO, I LIKE PANTS

"They cant do this to me Jack" <3

Mush wanting to buy papes still, Kid Blink being like wtf, Les makes them move away, Blink hands Jack a cigertt, Race asking if hes done thinking yet <3

Daivd with the idea of the union because IF WE DONT SELL PAPES NOONE DOSE

'YES LIKE A STIRKE", Daivd was just joking

ALSO, can we talk about Blink and how he holds his pants because that's so gay go off king, and Race slinging an arm around Blink

Blink whispering to Mush <3

Les yelling 'STIKE' David wants to die

AND THE WORLD WILL KNOW, Boots and Race asking if they can soak them, David telling them no

JACK BREAKS A STICK

MUSH AND BUMLETS WITH RACE SINGING UPCLOSE ,<3

THE LITTLE DANCE ;LSKDGLKHDGKHSKHGDK

Race and Blink on the gate

David looking like he regrets so much life rn,

David and Jack being so damn gay rn looking at each other, Mush grabbing David <3333

Jack writing STRIKE

BUMELTS I SEE YOU MY BOY, oh there's the one redhead!

DENTON MY BOY I SEE YOU

Bumlets once again is best, Snipper <3

"Who wants Brooklyn" *goes quite*

David telling Jack to go to Pulitzer to dare him *takes Les with him* 👁👄👁<David

Denton bonding with David

Jack telling how it went, Les being best boi, them eating <3

Boots, David and Jack going to Brooklyn and yelling over the bridge

Spot Colon is very dangerous David

Not the Brooklyn boys swimming and then coming out to look strong in front of Jack

"Going somewhere cowboy"

SPOT COLON AHHHHHHHH, LOOK AT THE KING

Him just climbing over the wood and not saying anything

OK BUT WHY DO THE BROOKLYN BOYS LOOK SO DAMN OLD

CAN WE TALK ABOUT SPOTS OUTFIT OMFG LOOK AT IT, LOVE PANTS

Boots giving him marbles-

"Been hearing things from little birdies" *tries to shoot marble* David backs away

*shoots a bottle*

Spot and David almost kissing- (lowkey very close spot)

✨Mouth✨

SPOT WITH CANE OMFG HE HAS A CANE I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT HE HAS A CANE

Cowboy hat is on-

"your right Jack he has brains, but I got brains too" LIKE BITCH GO OFF DAMN

*taps the cane on board*

Brooklyn boy behind Jack, they start to get surrounded, also it looks very bright bc Spot keeps squinting lmao

Spot has nice pink lips, lowkey

"That anit good enough Jackie boy"

WHEN DID MUSH AND DAVID BECOME FRIENDS LIKE IM-

also blush✨✨✨

Skittery talks so beautiful ya know

WHEN DID JACK GET REALLY DIRTY HANDS

David touching Jack shoulder, so gay

OMFG WAIT WHY DID I FORGET DAVID SINGS RN, STOPPPP

Ok but them dancing and David just fucking hops lmaooo

Blink lost his hat, shook his head and put it back on BULLETS MY BOY

Not all the littles on top of the statue and the older ones dancing

Mush with no suspenders on kills me

BUMLETS JUMPING OVER SKITTERY

Now they have a little dance battle ✨gay✨

Blush jumped real high

Denton tho-

Not the scabs rn

A fight scene with the papers being torn up, throwing tomatoes- pushing the cart over

Weisel dying rn

THE BULLS

"CHEESE IT"

Crutchie being left and Race calling out

Javid at the refuge

The nuns <3

Jack being held by a rope that David is holding, telling him to go gently is a mood

Tin Pin-

Not all the boys taking care of the other boys kfkgkfkfkfkfm, I see you patting one kid with a wet cloth

David telling them to shhhh

Crutchie get Snyder away from the window

Pulitzer giving Weisle the permission to get them away

BUMLETS CLOSE UP

SPECS CLOSE UP

MUSH AND KID BLINK AND SKITTERY CLOSE UP

OMFG A DANCE SCENE

The drums reminds me of a street beat my high school band plays

OH WERE SO VIBING RN

There in formation your honor

BUT ANOTHER BLINK CLOSE UP ( actually quite a few)

CHEST BUMPS

Them all breathing hard from dancing

When David told them to be claim down but Jack says soak them for crutchie THEN RACE YELLS IT'S TRAP

Denton with camera trying to get in TRYING TO SAVE HIS BOYS

David holding on to Jack

OMFG BROOKLYN POPS UP

LOOK AT THEM

ONE BY ONE, THERE LITTLE HEADS

MUSH IS SO HAPPY RN

Jack is so happy too

Mush getting chased by a goon, sling shot his ass, Boots hurting one of them, Race saying he gives up but kicks the dude balls

Spot coming down kicking two people, openes the gate then HE WIPS OUT HIS CANE OMFG GO OFF KING

Mush sliding down along with Bumelts!

David and Jack hugging but almost kissing

Kid blink in the picture

OMFG KONY IS COMING UP

Skittery and Specs sitting by one another, Skittery sitting so gay, everyone eating SPOT IS STILL THERE

"Where's me picture!?"

Spot crouching to see the pape, MUSH IS BEST

Spot asking where it says his name <3

Bumlets just smiling

Skittery saying "So what"

I'M- IT'S ABOUT TO START

Jesus Race is getting way to physical with Skittery, don't mind him being a little moody

RACE HITTING THE TABLE ABOUT TO SING

STFU BC THAT WAS AMAZING, ALL THEM GETTING LITTLE LINES TO SING AND SPOT DANCING RIGHT NEXT TO SKITTERY ON THE TABLE, TAP DANCING WITH MUSH AND HIS NO SUSPENDERS, THERE'S A NEWSIES WITH OVERALLS OMFG AND KID BLINK GO OFF, DAVID IS BEST

BUMLETS SPINNING ON THE FAN I CAN'T GET OVER THAT, HOW DID HE DO THAT

ALSO THEM JUMPING ON THE TABLES AND KIDS RUNNING UNDER THEIR LEGS

THE COOKS KIDS WATCHING

JACK TAP DANCING

AND THE LITTLES BEING BROUGHT UP BY PEOPLE IN THE CHAIRS

Blink watching his boyfriend tho

Spot with his hand on the back of David, Blink smirking AND MUSH SHARING HIS DRINK WITH MUSH BC BLINK TRIED TO GET SOME AND EVEN HIS HAND SHOOK A BIT FOR RACE BUT HE DIDN'T GIVE ANY TO HIM, BUMLETS WITH HAND ON LES

I see Specs shaking his head yes

OUR MAN DENTON *raises glass*

Crutchie telling Snyder that's jack- "you know this boy" WHY JUST

I feel like this is lowkey dragging on, how am I 57 minutes in still, maybe bc I'm writing so much

DUTCHY MAKING A SIGN AND ASKING IF HE SPELLED IT RIGHT, SYDNER COMING IN THAT LITTLE BITCH

Kid blink and Race friendship <3

Specs and Skittery friendship <3

Bumlets pointing Synder

Jack dancing around them

Race getting money from Synder

Sarah and Jack a kfkgkfkfkfkfm, although Sarah is very cute

Them eating breakfast on the rooftop<3

"You should hear him talking about ✨Jack Kelly ✨"

Pultizer using a magnifying glass ! ;)

NO WAIT THE RALLY SCENE, IT'S THE BEST BUT OMFG WAIT THERE GONNA COME AND GET THEM

OK BUT PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME HOW THEY GOT ALL THESE SUITS TO LOOK SO DAPPER JUST STOP IT BEST SCENE

Why does Jack look so sunburnt omfg lmao

And Spot being just amzing tho, WITH HIS LITTLE PIMP CANE

"My pal ✨David ✨"

"TELL THEM JACK!" Kid Blink go off

AHHH MEDDA GO OFF YES I CAN'T GET OVER THIS

LOOK AT ALL THEM AROUND HER

KID BLINK HANGING OFF THE RAILING

RACE CALLING OUT TO HER

IM-

THEY DANCING

THE FUCKING BULLS STFU GET OUT

OK SARAH GO OFF, about to kiss jack

RACE AND KID BLINK SKIPPING WITH MEDDA GOD FUCKING SHIT SO GOOD

Skittery and Race dancing is best

YES THAT ENDING THO, BEST GIRL MEDDA

David seeing Synder and telling Spot who dashes away

YOU CAN HEAR BLINK GOING "MWAH" LMAO

Race helping Medda BUT GETS PUNCHED STOP DJFMFMMDKDKDK, HER CALLING OUT FOR RACE

NO KID BLINK GETTING PUNCHED

WHY IS THERE A HORSE IN THE THEATHER

JACK IS DOWN AND DAVID TRYING TO GET HIM

"On the grounds of Brooklyn"

THEY STILL WEARING THERE SUNDAY BEST

DENTON COMING IN TO PAY THE FINE

David asking where Jack is, man's comes in and David is now having second thoughts

Les screaming "No"

Why did Mush shake Denton's hand

David now don't like Denont, he don't know what he's gonna do

Kid Blink has a real bad black eye wtf

Specs and Dusty being supreme

David throwing the paper away but Les taking the paper

Goes to get Jack out, David has a gay squad™, Blink, Mush, Race, Boots, and Les<3

Les really likes Jack istg he calls out to him agAIN

Not the gay squad ™ looking at David, telling Racetrack to watch Les<3

Jack with cowboy hat, David getting on the back of carriage

37 minutes left and idk how to feel, kinda relieved bc why is this taking so long

Smart boy David over here with taking the pin out

Pultizer threating Jack, also not him walking in very gay like

Talking about the war lmao, not Jack snopping the pictures

Jack has a bad bruise too!

"Are your bribing me Joe" lmao, I died

Why is Jack skin so dang smooth

Pultizer threating the Jacobs :(

Jack and David running away THE KISS SCENE ALMOST IN THE ALLEY WAY VERY TOUCHY

David not caring about going to jail and being very hurt by Jack, him walking off

SANTA FE AGAIN BUT IN JAIL CELL

Crutchie tries with a bread but it looks like a potato

Also why is there no damn bed, just fucking springs

Looks out the window so sad like

OMFG JACK SCABS AND I SEE THE RED HEAD AGAIN

Spot breaking kids up and ask Race wtf is happening with Jack also why are most of them shirtless or well not having there buttons done, SPOT JUMPING LMAO, but getting held back

David and him talking kerkkgkgkgkfk, David grabbing his little suit and telling him he's a lier

Wait is Jack jealous of the family David has- shit wait

AHHH THE BOYFRIENDS ARE ARGUING, not David going back for a punch Jack taunting him

Les: "guys mom and dad are arguing again"

OH the boys feeling so many emotions rn, Les saying no he's just a spy, I see you Spot

David having a moment by slamming down the window NOT THE HOTDOG THO

Weisel in the basement with Jack

Sarah just wants to be alone omfg, Les tho gets fucking slammed DAVID YOU GO KING

WAIT IS SARAH REALLY THAT TALL GOOD LORD GOOD LORD

OMFG DAVID FUCKING DASHES AND JACK SAVES THE DAY FUCK YEAH

Jack checking David for cuts

OH THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE THO, WHY DO LOVE THAT

Them going to Denton<3

David and Denton have a moment

Les checking out the house

IS THAT A PICTURE OF TEDDY ON THE WALL

Our man Denton!!!

They all sit around a table is best

Sarah is best girl tho

THEM MAKING A NEWSPAPER AND SINGING AHHHH

DAVID LEARNING HOW TO MAKE THE PAPER FROM DENTON

MUSH ALREADY GOT HIS PAPER BUT THEN BLINK GOES TO GET HIS WITH MUSH LIKE I'M, SO DAMN GOOD

OK BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THEM RIDIND THE CARRIAGE THO, BLINK ON BACK JUST HANGING OUT AND SARAH SITTING WITH LES AND DAVID BOOTS HANGING ON TOO DENONT BEST

Race asking if the kids can read-

SKITTERY MY BOY, TAKING OFF HIS CAP LOOK AT HIM

DUTCHY AND BLINK <3

jack stop being straight

Teddy having sadness for them and calling Denton "Denty" ✨

Kid Blink walking in and Mush looks to him with soft eyes and asking "So's when the others coming Kid" GOD I SCREAMED

Jack once again using his lasso for a belt

BUMLETS I SEE YOU IN THE BACK

Les singing, Race and Les Friendship<3

LOOK AT ALL THE KIDS OMFG

AND SPOT, THAT LITTLE BITCH LOOK AT HIM HE'S SLAYING RN

Them picking the littles up, I see you Bumelts being so kind

Them going to talk to Pultizer and David being the best bitch

"My pal David, a walking mouth" kfkvkfmfmmf

Spot being the best boy and calling Davids name out

Les is on Jack suoulders and I'm in love

All the littlea being hugged by the older ones

Crutchie is back <3 yes bestie

Why is Sydner smiling in the jail car lmao

TEDDY ROOSEVELT <3 STOP

All the kids dying when they hear Jack talking about Santa Fe

Denton being a proud father

Spot reaching out to Jack tho, well all of them

The Jacobs crying rn

BLUSH LEANING ON THE POLL

Skittery and Tumbler tho best

JACK COMING BACK AFTER HAVING A THERAPY TALK WITH TEDDY

"besides I got family here" AND LOOKS TO DAVID

BUMLETS MY BOY IS SO HAPPY

"Come here Davey" JUST STOP

straight people kissing ew, why are they like going at it tho, tf

SPOT IN THE CARRIAGE GO OFF KING

THEM ALL HAVING A SMALL DANCING SKIT

Denton being so proud rn

And the end with KONY go off kings I can't rn

THE END, sorry if this that post was so damn long, I've been going second by second

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Why I dislike Black!Hermione

So I haven't seen any updates on the casting yet for the HBO series but there is discourse about Black!Hermione due to her casting in CC. Adding to the POC race swapping, Harry is commonly depicted as Indian in fanart. Both depictions are not compelling to me. In this post, I want to explain my thoughts on why I do not like the idea of Black!Hermione.

Starting with a shallow reason:

I don't like Hermione. So I am not happy with her character being race-swapped to pander to my race demographic.

Deeper reasons:

Does not improve/enrich the story

I hate when film makers say a character can not be a certain identity because it doesn't serve the story. Which is why so many American Black centric media is based on racial discrimination, police brutality etc. A main character should be Black just because. They don't need to have a tragic backstory about racism. Thank you.

You may be saying I am a hypocrite now and that's understandable. But the difference here is that Hermione is originally white. Changing her to be black serves no purpose other than representation which I will talk about next.

Black characters only matter if they are based on a white character??

I emphasize with the need for more representation. Personally, I don't need a character to be black to love them but it does help for society to be exposed to multi-cultural fiction. My favourite literature book in highschool was "Things Fall Apart" - way more entertaining than mind-numbing Shakespeare! Shows like Fresh Prince, Bill Cosby and Family Matters, based on my understanding, helped show America that black families could be prosperous and "normal". Most family sitcoms I have watched have been black family sitcoms.

Which is why I believe black people deserve better than white people leftovers. We deserve black characters that won't be compared to their white counterparts. By race-swapping, you are indirectly saying that black characters can't stand on their own. Which is why instead of bringing an African or Caribbean folktale to life, Disney made Ariel black to give us cheap representation. I guess African myths and folklore are not as consumable as German and other European stories.

Hermione being black will muddle the mudblood issue

What a coincidence that people want the character who already faces bigotry to be black! I wonder why?!

Black!Hermione will introduce racism sentiments into the story which is not needed. I believe that people will subconsciously tie racism to pureblood discrimination if Hermione is black. Don't pretend it won't happen. Draco is already accused of being racist in the books when his bullying actions have no relevance to racism. Pansy was the one who made the comment about Angelina's hair, not Draco. If you have a rich white blond boy hurling slurs at a black girl and wishing for her death, you bet the fandom will treat the mudblood issue as racism if Hermione is black.

I am open to seeing how a character experiences racism and pureblood discrimination in the wizarding world but Hermione is not the character for that. I think the mudblood bigotry is a rich enough concept to further explore and JKR dropped the ball with it.

These are my three main reasons.

I did not mention the slavery storyline here because I don't think it would be as bad as I previously thought. I have posted that Black!Hermione would make the SPEW story worse...but that is not necessarily the case. Just because someone is black that does not mean they are experts in oppression. My dad has said some racist things about Chinese people. Coming from Jamaica, I don't understand the mindset of Black Americans sometimes and I feel alienated from them. Blacks and Asians are racist to each other. A Black!Hermione thinking she knows best about slavery because she learnt about it in history class and she's black would still fit the storyline well. Black or white, the SPEW storyline is cringe either way.

Feel free to disagree.

[agentofchaos001]

It’s been 24 hours approximately since Charles’ contract announcement was made, and to be quite frank, I’m happy for him really, but I do have some concerns, because it’s Ferrari and from what I’ve seen in my limited knowledge as an F1 fan, Ferrari can’t be trusted.

From watching old season’s races, to watching Drive to Survive, and reading a lot into the whole situation, Ferrari are the sort of team that would put the expectations, yet they somehow find a way to fuck up.

Yes, I understand that the team has changed in the past 15 years multiple times, with the team principal changing and Ferrari getting Fred specifically for Charles, but let’s all look back at something very simple and very small. Ferrari never learn.

We’ve seen it with some of the big names, Fernando was a champion contender to the last race in 2010, but in a way, Ferrari fucked him over. Seb was fresh if 4 consecutive titles, and went to Ferrari because of the issues at Red Bull, hoping to be victor again with them, and he had the chance to be a world champion with them, but again, Ferrari fucked him over. Then after giving them hope, after being the first title contender since Alonso, they decided to fire him, and sign Sainz. Kimi was the only exception of him being their only champion since Schumacher, and even his title has controversy around it, and when he came back in his second stint, they fucked their last champion over, again. Why? Because it’s Ferrari and they never learn!

Ferrari runs high in politics, that is something that is very VERY well known. They are also in some sort of daydream if them being the best because of their history, and while yes, history does play a major part in Formula 1, the teams that are currently successful and have been fir the past few years, it is the “young” teams, the teams that are focused on now, rather than back in the day, with Mercedes who were founded as Mercedes in 2010 as Mercedes that we know today, and Red Bull who were founded in 2005, with no prior history, an energy drink company breaking records left and right over prestigious car constructors from around the world.

And as Horner said in a podcast episode (if i remember correctly it was Eff Won) he clearly said that Ferrari’s main problem is that they really a country team, not a motorsport team now. They’re so focused on being that Italian historical team, rather that being a true competitor. And while yes, 2024 will show us what will happen, I’m still on the look for them, because they have now one of the best drivers on the grid committed to them, for fucks sake he bleeds Ferrari, and we all can bet that there is an exit clause that is very VERY prominent in that contract, because Charles wants to win, ideally with Ferrari, but ultimately he wants to win. And if Ferrari can’t provide him that, you can bet that other teams (Red Bull I’m staring at you my beloved team) are going to work hard on snatching him. And let’s all be real for a minute, if Horner likes a driver, and believes in them, you can bet your money that whenever the slightest of chance appears, he will snatch it with everything, and Christian believes in Charles in a way that I’ve only seen with Max, so you can put two and two together and wait. Let’s see what 2024 will bring for Ferrari’s predestined

[ask-the-cosmic-duo]

"What....?" Aurora paused, holding a beaker with sigils halfway before looking back at Stella sighing, "For all that's worth, that armor can't be produced without the right materials & cost. It looks way too expensive. How would Elysium fund this? Do your world have starships? Augmentations are one thing, but I heard less than 1% survive it. I heard we had a super soldier project in Sky Roc but was scrapped shortly a long, long time ago. For some reason, they went berserk and the entire country went down. It was never revived again."

Aurora continued, heating the beaker with her magic and poured its contents into a small bowl, filled with what seems to be chicken soup with fish maw. Stirring its contents, she resumed calmly, "Technology is of course useful, but all I'm saying, you need the infrastructure and built environment to manage your gizmos. Can cars run without roads? Yes you can, but it will be tougher. But how are you going to house them? You need car parks, and it's going to make the city crowded with smoke. We need to be environmentally friendly too."

She picked up some meat from the side and started chopping, "l honestly do not know what is "America" but I bet it does not have flying cars. How are you going to regulate air traffic if idiots going to crash their vehicles everywhere? In hospitals? In air fields? Private property? Madness!"

"Almost done." Aurora looked back at the both of them before adding more liquid from a goldbox container filled with bones. It is labelled as "Elxir SSS Grade". "MMA refers to mixed martial arts. We don't have racing machines, unless you meant scooters. I was referring to e-sports... yeah, our world is really due for a upgrade, but it is charming in its own way."

"Her highness is suffering from some animal unknown animal wound. She sometimes cough blood and have seizures. It takes special ingredients to lead a normal life. But she does need regular treatment I suppose you could help me with hunting, but maybe you'll like to see her first."

"I don't think Elysium would have too much issue with the cost. Equestria, though..." Stella shrugged. "Eh, I can just pay for the entire thing myself. I'm by far the richest back home, mostly because of the whole Council Agent thing. Still working on building stuff like starships, though. I have a personal gunship, but that's it."

She nodded, humming in thought to herself. "That... does sound strange. I feel like it's possible that their magic might be interfering with the augmentations, or vice versa. One's emotions have a pretty big tie to their magic, and the stronger the emotion, the stronger the magic. I've yet to test if it works the other way around, but if it does, that'd explain what happened. It'd mean the augmented magic screwed with their emotions, and probably drove them insane."

As Aurora continued, it made Stella really think about what she's turned Ponyville into. "Well... yeah... Our cars run on liquid mana instead of petrol, though. Not nearly as harmful, if at all, since the expended energy just gets recycled by the planet."

She giggled, which was strange due to the timing of it being when Aurora was talking about the dangers of flying cars. "Yeah, that stuff wouldn't ever work unless they were on metaphorical rails, and at that point you may as well just teleport. It's no fun when you don't get to drive it yourself. I try to educate Equestrians the best I can on driving, of course. Actually, I sometimes teach at the driving school in Ponyville!"

Sol nodded. "I did say she was good at racing games, so don't worry, I know what you were talking about. She could probably go pro if she wanted to... but she always tells me it wouldn't be fun to always be sweating over a video game."

"Well, of course it's not fun! Video games are like... my way of getting away from things, y'know? I don't want to turn it into a job, that would defeat the purpose of them being a hobby!" Stella sighed. "And don't worry about feeling outdated, okay? If what you have works, then it works. Sure, it could be better, but that's what R&D is for."

Stella felt bad for Empress... Midnight, was it? Not much was said about her, but it was the only Empress she remembered Aurora mentioning the name of. "Goodness... Yeah, I'd like to see her, perhaps sooner than later, because that really doesn't sound good. I'm not great with animals or providing aid, though... Gosh, I should've grabbed Fluttershy, she could've helped."

[bllsbailey]

Defiant Biden Handlers Just Threw Obama, Schumer, and Pelosi Under the Bus and Then Backed Over Them

After Joe Biden allegedly contracted COVID and left Las Vegas for his Delaware beach house on Wednesday, much speculation suggested he was preparing to leave the race. Even the betting markets shifted, showing the probability of Biden dropping out at an all-time high. 

That was exacerbated by an interview where the president said he would drop out if a medical issue arose. Still, I offered some words of caution on that front. 

SEE: Joe Biden Says He'd Drop Out If Doctors Told Him to, Sets Up a 'Dignified' Exit (Updated)

With all that said, my money is still, for the moment at least, on Biden staying in the race. There's now a path for me to be wrong, but I won't believe Jill Biden will concede the White House until it happens. There is also a long list of handlers who derive their living from Biden who aren't going to want to go quietly. Further, he can't simply leave the presidential race. He'd have to resign the presidency as well. After all, how can you be too senile to run for president but not too senile to be president?  The machinations that would need to happen going forward are almost unfathomable.

Perhaps I was on to something because Biden's handlers responded with a vengeance on Thursday. As RedState reported, a senior administration official rebutted claims that the president was close to bowing out, stating that he could start campaigning again as soon as next week.

White House coffee boy Andrew Bates also lashed out publicly in no uncertain terms.

Now, Biden's handlers are getting even more vicious. A report from NBC News quotes a "source close to Biden" throwing Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi under the bus before backing up over them. They even go so far as to say the three named above were responsible for Donald Trump being elected in 2016 because they pushed Hillary Clinton to the forefront. 

“Can we all just remember for a minute that these same people who are trying to push Joe Biden out are the same people who literally gave us all Donald Trump? In 2015, Obama, Pelosi, Schumer pushed Biden aside in favor of Hillary; they were wrong then and they are wrong now,” the source told NBC News. The source pointed to polling in the 2016 election that showed Hillary Clinton leading by as much as nine points.  “How did all this work out for everyone in 2016? Perhaps we should learn a few lessons from 2016; one of them is polls are BS, just ask Sec. Clinton. And two, maybe, just maybe, Joe Biden is more in touch with actual Americans than Obama-Pelosi-Schumer?” the source added.

That doesn't sound like Biden is about to drop out of the race, does it? As I've said before, there's more going on behind the scenes than just what the president wants. Jill Biden is wildly ambitious and shows no sign of wanting to give up the life of luxury her husband's position provides. There's also a laundry list of hangers-on both working for Biden's campaign and within the administration itself who do not want to lose their gravy train. If the president leaves the race, they will be largely sidelined, and they know. 

Then there's Biden himself. He's a deeply egotistical man who will not want to go down in history as someone who gave up against Trump. Never mind that he'll almost assuredly be blamed if he does drop out and then Kamala Harris goes on to lose. There's no easy path out of the race for Biden that allows him to save face. 

With that said, attacking the biggest names in the Democratic Party seems less than helpful. If Biden's handlers burn the party to the ground in their attempt to keep their jobs, then a loss is all but certain come November anyway. So what's being gained? 

This entire thing is an unbelievable cluster. Admittedly, I'm not that old, but I've never seen anything like this in all my time following politics, and certainly not in my time commenting on politics. There's no good answer here for Democrats, though that's a reality no one seems keen to accept at this moment.

[gayspock]

ok im going to finish the ep. i genuinely stopped watching but i feel like seething still bc it doesnt even make fucking sense like... & its actively braindead. like again its my whole issue with lee + how they have a genuinely good idea there but they refuse to ever actually explore it properly. like sorry but its so superficial and pthetic...

like oh it could be soo good to watch him reject the military + all of his experiences as a pilot. i would actually love to see him explore politics&the law and to grow past it but thatsnot even whats happening here... theres just a half-assed speech (again, the issue with lee: half the time its characters turning to the camera and describing him, rather than him actually having a personality) and thats it and its like

he isnt rejecting ANYTHING . he isnt growing past his father at all. he's literally just taking up the role bc "hes the man his fathetr can trust"- LIKE IM SORRY, BUT? THATS JUST... INSANE CORRUPTION. IS IT NOT. LIKE I BET THEY'LL HAVE THE CIVVIES BRING THIS UP,A ND PAINT THEM AS BEING "UNREASONABLE/UNRULY" BUT IS THAT? NOT KINDA SUPER FUCKED UP?

THAT LIKE... some dude with minimal political experience is the only person who can be president - not of a country, even, but of the rest of human race - because his daddy is in charge of the military & he's the only one he's okay with being the president. bc adama doesnt LIKE the ELECTED tom zarek... and whilst we've established how bad it is (& adama himself has said) to leverage the god damn military against civilian affairs he can do it when "oh no, now we've gone too far!"...

and like YES tom zarek is also a slimy bastard, and i can understand (even if i dont agree with) the "concept" of more "decisive" measures in times of crises (and might i add i dont agreeee with it<3) and its funny bc they have kinda done that WELL sometimes. roslin trying to fix the vote, for example- i think they demonstrated well that was a fucking. terrible thing to do. no matter WHAT the consequences of baltar winning were bc like... at WHAT point is this just authoritarian as HELL to just have a few chosen, closely guarded people make every single damn decision, because they think theyre the only ones capable ... and dirty hands did a GOOD exploration of how that type of bs affects the actual populace, not just in the decisions in war but the rest of it AND..

ITS JUST SO FUNNY THAT YOU DO ALL THAT AND THEN ITS LIKE... i would again also be okay with them electing lee like this, if they were self-aware of it but its as i said. they seriously gave lee his he's so honest... hes the only man... speech.... and this is like?? FINE? GOOD? THELIKE BE FOR REAL. AND THATS WHY I DONT LIKE HIM AT ALL MAN BC ITS LIKE... its like why i dont like s6/s7 spike either from buffy like sorry to be the guy that only watches 3 shows but its like... bc the Issues with the character & the writers choking on his fucking COCK constantly starts to effect everything else... and maybe they'll fix this . maybe they'll start to work through it with time but ugh its just so frustrating and annoying to watch this when its so clumsily done and theres so much more INTERESTING SHIT. GOING ON. WHY DO WE HAVE TO WATCH THE FUCKING LEE SHOW. WHY DOES IT BECOME ABOUT HIM. EVEN GAIUS BALTARS TRIAL LIKE... I DONT CARE ABOUT LEE. I CARE ABOUT EVERYONE ELSES REACTION TO THIS- BECAUSE THATS AN INSANE TURNING POINT. and the show has DONE some decent wwork even if i havent always agreed with it ive been GOOD with it bc its like well DONE BUT ITS JUST... WHENEVER IT COMES TO LEE ITS SO LAZY. ITS THE ICONIC WHITE BOY WET DREAM IM GONNA KILL HIM SO BAD

i genuinely might stop watching at this point. i hate lee thatmuch

[korolrezni]

Every day I see a post on [tumblr] dot com about LGBT+ or generational issues/relatability or anything else along those lines that means absolutely nothing to me and it drives me crazy how generalising they are

[i-try-to-write-stuff]

Enigma thy name

What happens when sullen Thomas Shelby meets bubbly Y/N, who finds a way to celebrate every moment of her life?

Thomas Shelby was a changed man. His time in Iraq had hardened him. He no longer smiled as much as he used to before his first tour. But that only made him the most feared man in Birmingham.  He decided to rebuild his family’s name, and with that came the responsibility of leading his family, his rag-tag team of henchmen. Thomas had expanded his empire from a betting shop to racing horses and then moved on to exporting car and car parts and, with that, some not-so-legal export of drugs. He was making money by the seconds.

But the Shelby Company started with Garrison, a well-known pub and his family’s pride and joy, and it was a secondary base of the Shelby company. Although Arthur Shelby, his elder brother, owned the pub, it was home to gangsters who called themselves Peaky Blinders.

When he entered Garrison after a tiring week, he had been dealing with Alfie’s mood swings and resolving conflicts from both legal and illegal sides of the business due to supply chain issues. He noticed the lack of customers in the pub.

He swiftly moves inside, and Thomas sits on the seat opposite. Arthur and John had already started the celebration. Their latest venture had paid off.

“Why is there no one here?” Thomas questions his brothers.

“Everybody has decided to go to that hip new café in Moseley Street”, John replied.

“Even our boys have been frequenting that place.” Arthur acknowledges.

Thomas thinks for a while and then summons Harry, the manager of his pub.

“Harry, please get me the books for Garrison and a bottle of whiskey and join us.”

“Yes, Tommy”

“It won’t be pretty”, Arthur chimes.

“Let’s have a look, shall we?”

Thomas looks over the books of the past quarter and sees a steady decline in sales, not astronomical but a gradual decrease.

“When did this café open up?” Tommy asks Harry.

“The café has been operational for the past four months,” Harry replies shakily.

“Do we know who owns it?”

“I think some woman does, and she just settled in Birmingham around the same time,” Harry replies sheepishly.

“What’s going on in that brain of yours, Tommy,” John asks, seeing the blank look on his face.

“I think it is time we check out our competition”, Tommy commented.

“Tommy, we can afford to keep Garrison open,” Arthur grins.

“I want to see how a café can steal business from a pub”, Tommy confesses shadily.

“Be ready by nine. I will meet you there,” Tommy added.

John and Arthur drop the discussion, knowing well enough that when Tommy sets his mind to something, he gets it or will die trying.

Tommy checked his phone, and it was already past midnight. He asked his driver to drop him off at Watery Lane.

Next morning at the café (Caffeine Station) –

Tommy enters the café and sees how warm and welcoming the café feels. The café had a rustic feeling as well as a modern one. It has corner benches for people to work and clusters of tables for the groups. Thomas went to the counter, hoping to get some caffeine in his system.

“Hi, welcome to Caffeine Station.” You greeted enthusiastically, your eyes shining with passion and fire.

“Hi, could I get some coffee and some scone?” Tommy replied in his Brummie accent.

“Do you have any preference for coffee and scone?” you smiled sweetly.

“Whatever you recommend”, Tommy bit out, your attitude bugging him.

“How will you pay cash or by card?” you asked, still shining brighter than the sun, Tommy’s sullen mood not affecting you.

“Could I have your email?” you asked in your sweet voice.

“For what?” Tommy snapped.

“Oh, for the invoice, we send the invoice to your e-mail.” you still replied in the same sweet voice that annoyed him.

Tommy bites his lips and reluctantly gives you his email, which you enter into the system.

“Why don’t you sit? I will find you once your order is ready.” You add pleasantly.

He joins John. John was smirking. John knew Tommy was not a morning person, but he also hated cheerful people, and Tommy’s interaction with the sweet barista was a comedy show for him. His elder brother was annoyed.

“This is a nice operation”, Tommy commented.

“It is quite homey,” John replied.

Tommy sees you approaching their table and shuts his mouth. You serve him quietly.

“So, as you let me have liberty with your order, I got you a buttered scone, chocolate chip scone, and dark roast café au lait. If you don’t like it, let me know, and I will get you something else,” you stated cheerfully.

You turned towards John and asked him if he wanted anything else. John cheekily asked for pastry while handing you his card. You smiled and promised to be back within a few minutes.

Arthur joined them soon. You reached their table with Éclair. John Shelby smiled and thanked you for reading his mind.

You asked Arthur Shelby what he would like, and he asked you to surprise him. John asked you to use his card and get his brother some pastries too.

“Do you like it?” you asked Thomas.

Thomas Shelby just nodded with a faint smile.

“Someone is whipped”, Arthur interjected, motioning towards John.

Tommy glowered, seeing John smiling.

“You are married, John also. Esme will cut off your balls and feed them to you for dinner”, Arthur added.

“She is sweet, innit? Haven’t seen someone smile in our direction for a very long time,” John asked.

“Johnny boy, we are supposed to be feared and revered,” Tommy added.

“She is in the service business, and she is supposed to smile”, Arthur commented.

“She doesn’t have that insincere smile, though”, John added.

Tom nodded, agreeing with his younger brother.

You got some breakfast and caffeine for Arthur and another round of scones for Tommy and John.

Shelby’s saw you interact with every customer in the same way with a pretty smile and a shit ton of excitement. They saw your jovial mood brightening their day. Foot traffic was substantial, as well as customers in the café.  

But the thing that was most interesting in that café was you. You were a source of everything warm, good and pure, and he needed that in his cold, dark and tainted world.

---

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[evilscuderia]

Girl how are you still going to defend taht clown binotto

Because, contrary to popular belief, Mattia Binotto was very clear from the start. He said during the pre-season that Red Bull and Mercedes would still have an advantage over Ferrari, meaning: he was fully aware that team-wise Ferrari was (is) not on the same level as the other two.

Let's break it down – Ferrari built an excellent car and is developing it well (even though the reliability issues might seem alarming at first glance, all the upgrades have worked so far, indicating that they understand the car and know what they're doing with it). However, a good car isn't quite enough to win a championship (and don't we know it well...) – the team and driver(s) must be up to it as well. Now, the driver(s) isn't/aren't the problem here, the team is. Binotto knows this now and knew this in January already. And it's now becoming more and more dramatically obvious to everyone that Ferrari isn't quite there when it comes to communication, strategy, and decision making – which are all crucial aspects.

It explains why Binotto has been very careful with his words and has never uttered the word "championship" before despite having a top car. He's talked about "being more competitive" and "fighting for wins" but he has never – not once – talked about the championship as something tangible for Ferrari this year. Charles has, but he is a racing driver after all. We all interpreted this as Binotto being cautious in order to protect the team from criticism, but that's on us more than it is on him, isn't it?

It also explains why he refused to implement any sort of hierarchy, especially after the DNFs. I mean, what is the point of creating discontent in your own team and driver lineup if you know that you're not fighting for the championship? I think there is no doubt in Binotto's mind who the number 1 driver at Ferrari is – he placed his bet years ago, when he basically picked Charles over Seb Vettel (whom, contrary to popular belief, Binotto loved and respected very, very much). But why should he, at this stage, pick driver 1 and 2 publicly when he knows it would damage one of his two drivers, create tensions inside and outside the team, and would have no real rewards, since in his mind they were never really in the fight?*

Binotto isn't faultless, far from it. But he does know approximately 99.9% more about what is happening at Ferrari than we do. So, no, I'm not calling him a clown like everyone else and I'm most especially not going to do it for something that he knew already and that WE misinterpreted and were delusional about.

*On that subject, Sara (@/_allthatglitz on Twitter) pointed out something very interesting in her Twitter Space, which is that Binotto has repeatedly called Charles a champion (he did it again on Sunday), whereas he has never used similar words for Carlos. The hierarchy is there already and everyone at Ferrari knows. I mean, it's not like Ferrari has ever been afraid to have a number 1 driver. It just makes no sense to implement it at this stage.

[storiesforallfandoms]

assistant ~ roman godfrey;hemlock grove

word count: 1471

request?: no

description: when you start a new job as the assistant of a huge company, the ceo takes an interest in you

pairing: roman godfrey x female!reader

warnings: swearing, harassing remarks

masterlist (one, two)

“And here is the main floor,” said the lady giving me a tour of Godfrey Industries. “This is where you’ll be doing most of your work, but it’s good to know the building in case Mr. Godfrey ever asks you to get something for him.”

“What’s he like?” I asked her. It was the first time my future employer had been mentioned and I had yet to meet him.

She paused a moment before turning to face me. She was suddenly the most serious she had been all day. “He can be a little short tempered sometimes. He has gone off on some of his employees sometimes. If he ever does to you, do not hesitate to come to me for it, alright?”

That sounded reassuring.

I followed her towards Mr. Godfrey’s office, my heart hammering against my chest.

“Mr. Godfrey?” she said as she knocked at the door. “Your new assistant is here.”

“Bring her in.”

She opened the door and nodded for me to go in first. I hoped neither one of them would see how bad my hands were shaking.

I was shocked to see how young he was. Of course, I knew Mr. Godfrey was no more than 21 years old and took over the family business right out of high school, but I didn’t expect someone so young and handsome to be sat behind that desk.

His blue eyes lifted from whatever he was writing and landed on me. I shuffled under his gaze, wondering what was running through his mind as he looked at me.

“Mr. Godfrey, this is (Y/F/N),” she introduced. “She’ll be working as your new assistant.”

“It’s nice to meet you Mr. Godfrey,” I said, trying to keep my voice as even as possible.

“Please, we’re basically the same age,” he said. “Call me Roman. Is it alright if I address you by your first name, too?”

I was so stunned that I could barley get my words out. “Y-Yes, that’s-that’s okay.”

He smiled at me and I felt like my whole body would melt into the floor.

“It’s nice to meet you (Y/N). I can’t wait to work together.”

~~~~~~

The first few days were nothing exciting, mainly running a few errands for Roman. We were rarely ever alone together, which I was a little disappointed by. I knew it was wrong to have these sort of thoughts about my boss, but I couldn’t help it. He was so handsome and charming.

I was at my desk secretly scrolling through my phone when the intercom chimed, signaling Roman was about to speak.

“(Y/N), can you bring the papers regarding the mill in for me?”

“Right away Roman.”

I grabbed the file labelled Godfrey Industries Mill and brought it down to the conference room where I knew Roman was in a meeting.

The moment I walked in I froze again. There were so many official looking business men sat around the table, now they were all looking at me. I smiled awkwardly before crossing the room to pass the file to Roman.

“Thank you (Y/N),” he said as he took it.

“New assistant, Roman?” one of the men asked.

“Yeah, she just started,” Roman responded, barley regarding the man who spoke.

“Aren’t you going to introduce us?”

Roman glared briefly at him before saying, “(Y/N), these are some of my business partners.”

I smiled at them and shuffled uncomfortably when I noticed how they were looking at me. I had heard the jokes about business men and their assistants, but I never believed them. That would be a massive HR issue, right?

But the way these men were looking at me...I wanted to shrink behind Roman for protection.

“I bet you're having a fantastic time with her,” another man commented. “You’ve broken her in already, right Rom?”

“The innocent ones are always the best in the sack,” another added.

I felt tears welling up in my eyes as they all laughed. I was willing myself to move, but I was stuck in place.

The sound of Roman’s hands slamming down on the desk caused me to jump as he stood from his seat. His face was blood red and he looked ready to explode.

“Get the fuck out,” he hissed.

“What?” one of the men questioned.

“I said get the fuck out! All of you!” For good measure, he threw the file at the first man who spoke, narrowly avoiding his face. “Forget the fucking mill deal, forget any fucking deal. I’m not doing business with you disgusting excuse for men anymore!”

They were all shocked, but knew better than to fight against Roman. They all left, grumbling to themselves and calling Roman a handful of names.

We were left alone. Roman sat back down, running his hands through his hair.

“Do..do you want me to...?” I started, gesturing towards the papers that had scattered from the thrown file.

“No,” he responded, his voice softer now. “I’ll take care of it. You take a break, a prolonged one if you need.”

I nodded and quickly left the room, hoping all the business men had left the building entirely as I raced for the nearest bathroom to hide for a while.

~~~~~~

I was on my own in the lobby area when a cup of coffee and a picture perfect sprinkled donut was placed in front of me. I looked up from my computer to see Roman sipping from his own cup, his breathtaking eyes gazing down at me.

“I’m glad you didn’t leave,” he said. “I didn’t check before I got both of those for you.”

“I appreciate it,” I said, taking the cup and the donut. “I still had some stuff I needed to  do, I couldn’t go home early.”

“I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to.”

I took a sip of my coffee, not wanting to respond. Truthfully, I had thrown myself so heavily into my work to keep the disgusting words said by Roman’s business partners out of my head.

I had never been spoken to in such a way before. I knew it wouldn’t be the last time I’d been spoken to in such a way, but it still made me feel dirty and wrong when I thought about it. Like I was nothing more than some eye candy for business men who were old enough to be my father (except for Roman).

Roman continued to lean against the desk, looking down at me as I diverted my attention back to my computer.

“I’m sorry about what happened,” he said. “Those fuckers are a little too...stereotypical.”

I shook my head, trying to downplay my feelings on the situation. “It’s alright. I appreciate you standing up for me, but I’m sorry if it ruins your business relations or whatever.”

Roman rolled his eyes. “I could give less of a fuck. They're all assholes anyways. They only use me for money and power for their bullshit projects. And what they did to you was far from alright. It was wrong, and I hope you know I’m not going to tolerate you being treated like that. Not now, not ever.”

I nodded and took another sip of my coffee, unsure as to what else to say. I was shocked that the situation had made Roman so angry. I mean, I was glad people treating me so poorly made him upset and he wasn’t about to sweep this under the rug, but to cut business ties just for me? I was still trying to figure that part out.

Silence fell over us again and I wondered how long Roman would be stood there watching me. Not that I really minded. This was the first time we had been alone.

“Listen,” he said, “this may be incredibly inappropriate to ask, but I’d love to take you out for dinner some time.”

I looked up at him in shock. “Like...like a date?”

“Or a work dinner, whatever makes you feel more comfortable.”

I didn’t have to think about my answer, but I didn’t want to come off as too eager, so I thought for a moment before responding, “I’d like that.”

Roman smiled back at me. “Okay. You know my schedule, you can pick a time and a date that’s best for you.”

He turned to leave before pausing and turning back to me. “Just to be clear, are you saying you’d like it as a date or as a work dinner.”

I smiled smugly at him and responded, “You’ll have to wait to find out.”

He raised an eyebrow at me, amused, before walking back to his office. When I was sure he was gone, I did a quick dance of excitement in my chair before turning my full attention back to my work.