#lando deserves the world

[oscarspastrys]

someone give lando the biggest hug.

[fallinallincurls]

this was the cutest and exactly what i needed after the last few races🥺 this couldn’t have been any sweeter and i just loved everything about it so much

i see you - a series | ln x she.

Pairing: lando x she. Summary: a little post race comfort for our favourite papapya boy. lando norris we love you. part 2 here. Word Count: 1.1k A.N: just a little comfort fic, lando being lando

he'd had a bad race. there was no denying that. there were strategies that could have been cleaner and places that pace could have been picked up sure, but at the end of the day lando had had a bad race. everyone at the team knew that and there was going to be no one else that knew it more than lando. she was already waiting for the comments that came on social media and the flood of criticism for the man that she loved. it would be worth removing the apps from her phone for the next couple of weeks and she would encourage lando to do the same as soon as she got a hold of him too.

kicking about a bottle she had dropped she paced back and forth across the tiny space that lando called a driver room as she waited for him, her mind racing through each possibility over how his interviews would go and what state the press would send him back to her in. if he got through them fine he would have to get through debriefs where oscar was once again was celebrated more than he was and she could only pray that he didn't beat himself too much over the fact he was below oscar again.

hearing the door her head flew to the entrance way, her heart sinking as she caught sight of the sad smile that covered her loves face. this fucking sport, she knew that he loved it and he wouldn't give up racing till someone pried that car from his dead cold hands if he could help it but every day she was ready to whisk him away from it all and never let any of them near him again. grown man or not, she was sick of the toll each result took on him.

moving without saying anything lando didn't even have the energy to be pissed at himself as he wrapped his arms around her and tumbled them both onto the small excuse for a bed that they had shared on more than one occasion. right here, this was his happy place. this right here, made the rest of it seem like it was all nonsense.

"i drove like shit." he spoke into the quiet after a while, fingers tracing slowly up and down her spine as he finally looked down at her face, dreading seeing any signs of disappointment from her. he could take it from a lot of people, but not from her. she wasn't sure what he was looking for on her face, all she had to offer him was unfiltered adoration. "you didn't drive your best, that doesn't mean it was shit." she confirmed because she wouldn't lie to him. they both knew that he'd had a rough weekend and for all the smiles he had managed to muster this morning, he hadn't felt right since the hungary grand prix and she knew that he needed the summer break to shake it off. "it doesn't matter, i let him take another two points in the lead and i just....wins mean everything now and what if they're right, what if i'm a fraud and miami was nothing?"

"lan." she sighed into the room wondering if it was well poised questions or his own self deprecation habit that had gotten to him this time. "you've had a competitive car since miami, that's it, you're learning more and more each time you go out you know you are and you're human, shitty weekends happen they're going to happen again and you're going to deal with them. you're 24, you've got seasons ahead of you."

"oscar was ahead of me again. he's on his second season and he's already as good as me, what next year they're gunna make me driver two?"

"oscar was ahead for the last two races, he's a good driver but that doesn't take away from the fact you're an amazing driver, you're fighting with the greatest drivers. you can't control what's coming my love, all you can do is control how you react to what you have in the moment and make sure you're in the strongest position you can be in driving wise."

"i'm just...i'm tired of having to have excuses now, what if we come back and i'm still shit?"

"it's summer break now, let's worry about that when we're back, we will talk to zak and we'll no doubt have a million back and forths with jon." she hummed as she pressed a soft kiss to his forehead. "the next two weeks though? we're going to be lounging on the beaches and eating all the good food...i might even try some sushi, a little salmon." she smirked as she looked up at him, her boyfriends face immediately pulling into a grimace that made her laugh. "baby, that's disgusting! if you don't want to spend summer break with me just say it." lando groaned as he buried his face in the crook of her next with a small groan as he rolled on top of her fully. she would have complained about the smell currently rolling from him and his suit if she didn't know how much he needed this.

"oh please, you know i can't wait to spend two weeks with you and your boyfriend." she was all too happy to continue to taunt him, earning a scoff from lando despite the fact they would be spending a great amount of time with martin but she didn't mind that either, he was another person in landos life that made him happy and she would follow them around and keep them out of whatever trouble they got into if it meant she'd have her love back to himself some what. that was life with lando, she wasn't just going to stick around and deal with the fun parts and the glamour, she was here for all the anxiety and the self doubt that crept in too.

with the silence around them again she looked down to find lando's eyes closed where he still rested on her and she let her fingers find their way into his curls that were far more unruly than when he'd put his helmet on today. typical lando, leave him in one spot for more than thirty seconds and he was going to fall asleep. her need to pee and regain feeling in her left leg would wait till he'd had a decent amount or rest or someone came to interrupt them, whichever came first. if someone dared to interrupt them she might not be so nice about it. with her own stiffed yawn she let her own eyes fall closed as lando nuzzled himself in even further and she could hear the deep breaths that meant he was out for the count. "i love you lando norris, so damn much."

[lnfours]

mclaren | 2024 constructors’ champions

papaya on top 🧡

[bystandrr]

Lando finally getting P1 and having the opportunity to sit in the centre chair in the cool-down room, and instead saying “No thanks”, and sitting on the floor is the most Lando thing I have ever seen

(Featuring: Charles taking Max’s spot, and Max doing nothing about it… again…)

[revolutionsingingintherainnn]

fuck you f1 admin, you piss me off every day.

[carcarpodium]

i feel so overwhelmed about the way they look at their 1st victory' thropies 🥹🥹🥹

[mcmuppet]

he's 🤏🏽 this big

i need to put him in my pocket

protect him forever

[blahblahbih]

My beautiful pookie 🧡🧡

[landhoe-norris]

i love this so much 🫶

[oscarspastrys]

i hope lando is okay and everyone gave him a big team hug when he returned after his crash.

[lillies-and-daisies]

I think one thing a lot us often forget and should probably remember is to show these drivers a little more grace. These are young people who have insanely high pressure jobs that require them to drive at some pretty life threatening speeds every other weekend. And sometimes they're gonna make mistakes. Or fail. Or even be kind of an asshole while doing it. But honestly I don't think any of us is beyond being a little bit of a cunt at times while driving at 200mph. Or even right after.

Another thing I see people doing a lot is comparing these drivers to Lewis Hamilton. Like yes, he is calm while racing. Yes, he doesn't lose his cool like the others do sometimes. But GUYS. This didn't naturally to him either. He's had a career more than TWICE as long as some of these guys. He's had two decades to train himself not to lose his cool. You're seeing him now but in doing so you're doing a disservice to all the time and effort he put into getting there. So the next time you see Lando be an asshole because he was chasing his 2nd win or Max be a little shit because he thought he'd been dealt a bad hand, just remember, show them some grace.

[2bluetwo85]

I'm so fucking proud of Lando and so happy for him (as you might be able to tell), but I'm also so absolutely gutted for Oscar. He was having such a good race, and that contact just destroyed it. But I admire how he always stays polite and calm, even in the heat of the moment. It must've hurt a bit to hear Carlos blaming him for the contact, though

[ren-the3rd]

maybe i’m on the wrong side of f1 social medias but i feel like we moved on a bit too quickly from what lando said about trump

[orengesz]

My boys, my glorious boys on the podium alongside one another.

Their joy for eachother is beyond anything that can be written.

Look at him waiting for his bestie so they can chat and hug it out, and pose and post eachother on their stories and accounts with their cute little ship name.

[valyrfia]

i understand why charles signed the mega contract with ferrari and why it's important to him to stay and win with ferrari but dammit lestappen rbr would've given us some of the best racing in recent memory

[leosxrealm]

THEY KNEW WHAT THE AUDIENCE WANTED KSKSJSSJSJ