#lando annoying max on the drums

[mgu-h]

Lando Review 40/? • 5 Oct 2021 • Max's Twitch Stream Pt. 2

[kathlare]

decode

Lando Norris x Amelie Dayman

Summary: During a routine rehearsal, Amelie is unexpectedly confronted by the weight of a song she can no longer bear to sing.

Wordcount: 1.0 k

Warnings: none

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August 12th, 2022 - London, United Kingdom

The studio was buzzing with energy, the sharp twang of an electric guitar reverberating through the air as the band warmed up. Amelie stood in the middle of the room, her fingers wrapped tightly around the microphone, trying to steady herself.

It was just a rehearsal. Just another song in the setlist. She had sung it a hundred times before. It shouldn’t feel this hard.

But it did.

She swallowed against the lump in her throat as the familiar chords of Decode filled the space around her. The opening melody rang out, and suddenly, she felt like she couldn’t breathe.

—"You're good at the falling, not the staying there..."—

Her grip on the microphone tightened.

—"You're good at the giving too much, then getting scared..."—

Her stomach twisted.

Lando.

She didn’t even need to close her eyes for the memories to hit her like a tidal wave.

Late-night calls when neither of them could sleep. His voice, groggy and teasing through the phone, telling her about some ridiculous thing Max did that day. Her laughing, telling him he was an idiot, and him calling her mi amor in that British accent that somehow made it sound even more like a joke.

Racing through the empty streets of Monaco at night, her heart pounding as he sped past red lights, his McLaren roaring against the silence. The way he’d glance at her from the driver’s seat, that cocky smirk on his lips, fingers drumming against the wheel. "Scared, princesa?"

Inside jokes only they understood. The way he’d call her brat when she annoyed him, the way she’d roll her eyes and call him pretty boy in retaliation. The way he’d wrap his arms around her after a long day, whispering in her ear, "I missed you."

But then there was the way it ended.

The nights he stopped calling. The way he started pulling away. The text she had sent that he never answered.

The moment she had seen the first blurry photo of him with her.

Luisinha.

Amelie’s hands trembled.

—"Now I wonder why... I let your confusion keep me up at night..."—

She couldn’t fucking do this.

Her voice wavered. It was slight—maybe no one noticed, maybe they thought it was just a crack in her voice, a choice she made for the song. But Amelie knew better.

She swallowed the lump in her throat and kept going, forcing herself to sing through the words that felt like open wounds. But the more she sang, the harder it became. Her head was filled with his voice, his laughter, the fucking way he used to look at her when he thought she wasn’t watching.

—"Done looking for signs in the gaps and the silence..."—

The words lodged themselves in her throat.

Because she had spent months doing exactly that. Looking for signs. Overanalyzing every moment, every word left unsaid. She had torn herself apart trying to understand how he could go from making her feel like she was the only person in the world to acting like she had never even existed.

And then, just like that, he was with her.

Like Amelie had been a placeholder. Like she had been a temporary thing to pass the time until someone else showed up.

Her breath hitched, and suddenly, the walls of the studio felt like they were closing in.

—"Where else can we go? There's nothing left here to decode..."—

Her voice cracked.

She heard it. The band heard it. The entire fucking room heard it.

She ripped the headphones off and let them dangle around her neck, shaking her head as she stepped away from the mic.

—Let’s take five,— she muttered, voice tight.

Her bandmates exchanged glances, unsure whether to press her on it or not. They had been playing with her long enough to know when something was wrong. But no one said anything.

Amelie walked away from the mic stand, running a hand through her hair, frustration burning under her skin.

What the fuck was wrong with her? It had been over a year. She had moved on. She was happy.

So why the hell was she standing in the middle of a rehearsal studio, falling apart over someone who wasn’t even thinking about her?

—Amelie?— one of the producers called after her. She exhaled sharply, trying to push past the emotions clawing at her throat before turning around.

—We’re cutting the song,— she said firmly.

The producer blinked. —Cutting?—

—Yeah,— she nodded, voice more confident this time. —Take it out of the setlist.—

The band looked at each other again, but no one questioned her.

—Are you sure?— her guitarist asked carefully.

Amelie forced a smile, as if this wasn’t fucking killing her. —Yeah. Just... I don’t think it fits the show anymore.—

That was a lie. It fit too well.

But she wasn’t going to stand on a stage in front of thousands of people and sing a song that made her feel like this. Like she was back in Monaco, waiting for a text that would never come.

Like she was still nineteen, still stupid enough to believe that he wasn’t going to break her heart.

[screamsinsilver]

I miss lando randomly banging something out on the drums to annoy max so much actually

[captainnameless]

i have so many lando and max ideas pls 😭😭

I feel like Max is who Lando behaves the most for, like he is still this little ball full of energy but Lando knows Max wont tolerate his brattiness or give into Lando. Max knows Lando well enough to understand if he's actually upset or just putting it on, if Lando starts using crocodile tears Max will genuinely just laugh right in his face. But then again, Max knows how to comfort little Bub. Knows just how he likes his hair petted, how much pressure to cuddle him and exactly what words to use to calm him down. Lando can go from on the verge of a meltdown, to dead asleep in Max's lap in sub 3 minutes.

Max is also the one that gets the earful of everybody who has slightly upset Lando that day, even over FaceTime. I can also imagine Daniel getting so desperate for little guy to calm down that he calls Max himself and hands the phone over to Lando after a brief explanation.

Max is also there for all the Quadrant videos, Lando's exhausted during a filming session which was scheduled just after a race weekend. Something goes wrong at the studio and Lando just loses it as soon as he and Max get somewhere semi-private. Max is amazing with little guy.

Max feels like home for Lando. I can se bub being very homesick and when Max comes to a race with him, he feels so much better. It may not be his mom and dad but it's his best friend and that may be arguably better. Maybe since Lando is just so comfortable with Max, he may regress to an even younger headspace sometimes? He just feels safe and loved.

We know Lando's a little attention seeker (bless him) and i can also see him trying to throw a semi-tantrum to gain Max's attention when they're back at Max's place: Maybe Max has just finished streaming and bub feels like he hasn't been getting enough of Max's attention so a meltdown begins.

Max also knows Lando better than Lando knows himself; so can automatically sense when little ones lying about something.

Sorry for all these but they've been sitting in my notes app and i saw Max and Lando mentioned 😭

BYE i forgot about this, it’s literally 2am and i’m like wait a damn minute; did i respond to that ask n i didn’t 😭 i’m so sorry bc this literally made me smile so much so thanks for sharing your thoughts with me ily!!!!!!!!

Max and Lando have such a soulmate connection i literally wanna scream into the void watching them, like they’re so in tune. and Max endures so much bless him

they’ve been together in every life time idc idc.

Lando definitely would try be on his best, especially when they lived together bc Lando’d be spending most of his (free) time w/ Max.

i almost don’t know what i wanna add to this cause i’m just like yes to everything you’ve said.

but especially the semi-tantrum to get his attention, it’s also just misbehavior lmao. that stream where he’s just yelling when Max unmutes? starts playing the drums obnoxiously loud while Max is trying to stream/speak. the look-backs he’s given until eventually Lando’s just sat on the floor behind him annoying him continuously.

i can so imagine when Max finally turns off the stream, spins around to face Lando with a semi-unimpressed look while Lando just gives him the biggest puppy eyes.

“Well?” Max’ll say and Lando’ll just blink up.

“You wanted my attention right?”

so Lando’ll grin up kinda sheepishly before clambering up into his lap with a “Yep.”

[turbolando]

For one last time Lando annoying Max… 😢

… but he is actually pretty good with this drums 🤣

[formulazero]

asked my friends who know nothing about f1 to tell me what they think of the 2020 grid based on pictures

checo: “he looks like he used to be in a band that had a tv show like big time rush and now hes all old and has a solo career but its not that good” “he looks like he professionally fishes”

lance: “he just looks uncomfortable. no thoughts head empty” “how do i describe this. he looks like he competed in gymnastics at the 2016 rio olympics”

kimi: “he looks like an evil democrat he has a centrist face” “he looks like his name is mitch”

antonio: “he seems like a cool guy who has an acoustic guitar but when you actually talk to him about his opinions hes not that cool“ “he looks like he would be cancelled on pop punk twitter for doing something problematic. he looks like if eric from heart attack man was evil”

valtteri: “he looks like if will from coldplay decided to become a politician. or decided to be a youth pastor” “he looks like an ambiguously scandinavian actor”

lewis: “i dont want o judge this man he just looks like a wholesome chill dude” “he looks like he's a teacher but he writes poetry on weekends. he writes chill haikus”

alex: “he looks like an aspiring actor who works at a restaurant to support his one true passion of being on tv” “he looks like he really hates red bull but pretends to like it for the sponsorship money”

max: “he looks john mulaney if he were the annoying kid in math class. morally incorrect john mulaney” “he looks like he works at the post office but in a negative way”

daniel: “he looks like his name is gerry” “this dude looks like he is just so much fun to be around and also he likes to eat taffy”

esteban: “ok my first thought was the shane dawson photo where hes just standing there. he is literally an evil office employee. he sits behind his evil desk drinking evil coffee and making Evil Schedules” “he looks like collin Walsh from grayscale but evil”

carlos: “he looks like he designs cakes but is also an architect” “he looks kind of like someone i would have wanted to be friends with in middle school who played minecraft and i thought it was cool”

lando: “he looks like my uncle i will not elaborate further” “he looks like he would cause car crashes in evil movies and then smile. he looks like hes smiling at a car crash that he orchestrated”

seb: “he looks like if my geography teacher were a cool dude to be around and also sewed” “now HE looks like a youth pastor but doubles as a camp counselor”

charles: “he looks like the letter j personified” “his name is jason and he really wants to be an eboy on tiktok”

kevin: “literally before i saw he was danish i was like ‘i bet this guys danish’ anyway he looks like he asks foreigners to pronounce rødgrød med fløde” “he looks like he thinks mew is an indie band”

romain: “he looks like he does carpentry in an ironic way” “this man looks like he really wants to be on hgtv. just any HGTV show. he secretly wants to become the next property brother”

george: “he looks like the new hottest glass animals member” “he looks like an instagram influencer that takes pictures of lattes. he looks like he was almost popular in high school but not quite”

nicky: “he looks like a villain in spy kids” “he looks like he wants to be the ceo of something but hes just some dude”

pierre: “looks like he plays the drums either badly or so superbly” “help he looks like if my cousin was 8 years older”

daniil: “he looks like he teaches geometry class but is homophobic” “he looks EVIL he looks like a republican that doesnt know how to cook pasta. he looks like a weird evil gamer”

[mgu-h]

happy to report the favor was returned by max in a later stream, though with significantly less percussive force

Lando Review 54/? • Apr 2023 • Max's Twitch Stream