#hes how i imagine toto when im writing toto dealing with their shenanigans oops

[iishmael]

Ok this is totally random but the infamous holiday in greece always makes me scream lol. I've seen a few post but i don't remember which interview (was it?) from? I can't find it anywhere and I thought that maybe you could help a poor girl out?😂😅 maybe even give me a little backstory? I swear I'm finding very few stuff about it Also, I'm not joking when I say I'm obsessed with that f** holiday, I can't help to at least mention it in every of my fics (yeah I have problems lol)

I’m so sorry I’m only replying now; I’ve been busy with moving to a different city oof. BUT OH MY GOD. THAT NIGHT IN GREECE. I’m obsessed with it too!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING!! I’m adding a readmore bc I have a LOT of thoughts on this topic!!

So exhibit A: The tweet. 

Exhibit B is the interview they gave before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2016. Lewis said quite a lot of interesting things. There’s a short, nice version of the interview; especially Lewis part after 2:03 HERE. Take a deep breath before watching. Karting. Unicycling. Kellogg’s Frosties. Pizza. Doing crazy things. Motorbike tours. If you look closely, you can see that Nico almost starts crying when Lewis mentions that. He literally wipes over his face. Please. My heart cannot take this. And THEN. THEN. They’d talked about going to F1 together as kids! He doesn’t explicitely mention The Night In Greece, but it was a couple of days before that tweet was made so Lewis clearly brought some memories back up when he talked about their friendships like that... This is the whole interview, the part I highlighted in the shorter version is here at 17:26 give or take. I didn’t rewatch the whole interview right now, but that’s the only one I can think of where they almost explicitely talk about it! (I also wrote a fic about this way back in 2016. It’s pretty bad because it was my first english fic ever, oops.)

Anyway, I can’t really provide other sources I’m afraid, it really came from that tweet and became a fandom mythos - but I just dug around so much I found a fun article with quotes from other drivers. 

- Robert Kubica: “They would even have races to eat pizza, always eating two at a time.” - Dino Chiesa (their karting boss): “Many times I was called by reception about some problem in the room. It might be noise or they might have broken something. They would never sleep, so they were always tired the next morning. Both liked ice cream so much, particularly vanilla. During the night, they wanted to eat ice cream always, so I had to go out everywhere and find some to keep them happy.” 

There was also a German interview from 2009 I think where they said they used to “wrestle” in the hotel rooms, unfortunately that got deleted, but BBC quotes: “Hamilton and Rosberg competed over pizza slices and wrestling matches “ in this article (there’s also a nice video of Nico talking about Lewis and telling everyone that he has the most talented, bestest, greatest husband... honestly Nico is a bigger Lewis fan than me which SHOULD be impossible but here we are!!). 

I can’t find anything else right now because I’m not entirely sure what I’ve made up in my head and what’s real, but I thought there was something where either of them explicitely says that they were sitting under a tree, at night, looking at the stars. But that might just be my headcanon because I can picture that so well. A warm summer night, the ocean waves audible in the distance, a soft wind rustling the leaves of the tree above them. They sit there, next to each other but both leaned with their backs against the tree trunk. Maybe they were laying on their backs to look at the stars just moments before but now, now that they’re having a serious conversation they sit there like that... talking about how they will be world champions one day. Making plans which teams they want to drive for - as team mates, obviously. Arguing about which tracks they’re going to fight battles on, which tracks Lewis will win easily, which win will Nico snatch away from him right before the finishing line. They laugh, and dream, and they’re so young and everything seems possible. They feel invincible. Then, suddenly, Lewis straddling Nico and they kiss, softly, so softly, the wind cooling the sweat on their skin. They’re one, and their future is bright. 

I love them so much. I hope that whatever happend during that night - I hope the happiness they dreamed of tasted anything like the champagne on a podium.