#oopsies charles

[lsunstreakerl]

28 "curse of obedience" for lestappen thanks

this was kind of fun! couple different ways I could've taken it, but I liked this one :) 1.2k

Charles didn't mean to do it. The stupid book was all fucked up and ragged, pulled out of storage when Lorenzo had gone looking for something, and it had never made its way back in.

He and Arthur had laughed about it when they were younger, and then Charles had decided that it would look good in his room, and it's just...

Always been with him. He hadn't thought twice about putting it in his room when he'd bought his own place, and it's never been an issue.

Until now.

Lando is squinting down at the letters, eyebrows furrowed as he looks at the page he's randomly flipped open to.

"Mate, am I just really dyslexic or is this not in English?"

Charles rolls his eyes, stalking over and snatching it out of his hands.

"Obviously not. It is in Italian."

Come to think of it- he's not sure why his family has an old Italian book, but. Heirlooms are weird.

Lando gestures at him, spreading his arms.

"Okay? What's it say?"

Charles shrugs.

"I've never actually read it before."

Alex looks up from his phone, drawn back into the conversation.

"You've had that book your entire adult life and you've never read it? Really?"

Charles scratches at the back of his head, slightly embarrassed.

"I am not much of a reader."

He looks down into the book, squinting at the handwriting.

Something about obedience, behavior, and servants- Charles is somewhat confident this book could get him cancelled.

He reads further, confused about all the prior "emotional prerequisites".

Oh.

He must make a face, because Alex snickers.

"What, is it a sex book?"

Charles runs his hand through his hair again, sheepish.

"It's a, ah. It's a spell book."

The uproarious laughter is probably deserved.

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Several hours later, and they're all wine drunk, eating their way through trainer-unapproved pizza. Lando rolls over, poking at Charles' thigh.

"Hey, that spell earlier, what was it?"

Charles rolls his eyes, reaching for another slice.

"It was-"

He hiccups.

"Mate, it was an obedience spell. Can you imagine if those worked?"

Lando breaks out into laughter again, and Alex chokes on his pizza slice.

"Charles, please- imagine if someone did that to someone like Max, it'd be so funny-"

Charles bites on his lip, giggles building up inside of him.

"It'd be so bad, no-"

Lando sits up, leaning backwards to snag the book.

"You should do it! Like a fun little 'he does whatever I ask him to' thing. And then next time you see him you should get all upset about why the spell isn't working."

Alex snorts, grinning over at Charles.

"Mate, you have to."

Charles rolls his eyes, wetting his throat with more wine as Lando passes him the book.

"Yes, yes, whatever. He's not even going to get it, it won't be funny at all."

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Charles forgets about it. He goes back to his usual routines of working out, spends some time on the piano, gets bored in his Ferrari meetings- it doesn't even cross his mind.

Not until race weekend.

Max seeking him out isn't exactly abnormal. He likes to talk over car setups and track temps, can go for hours about weather and tire graining. Charles has a reputation as one of the few people willing to listen to it all.

He's never understood why more people don't listen to Max- he has good info, if you're patient.

Except Max is weird this time. He doesn't immediately launch into a conversation about the upcoming weekend, but instead simply settles near Charles, quiet and unobtrusive.

It's two words Charles doesn't normally use for Max.

He nudges him with his elbow.

"You okay?"

Max's eyes snap up to meet his- they seem more... blue than usual. Not that Charles spends much time staring at his eyes.

"Yes, I'm good, do you- do you need something? Can I get you anything?"

Charles blinks, taken aback. That's doubly weird. Max does not make a habit of making life easier for anyone.

"...I'm fine, thank you."

Max nods, eyes dropping back to the floor. He's jittery, foot tapping, fingers running across his hands and wrists.

He still won't leave his seat.

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Max has been following Charles around as much as humanly possible when you drive for two different teams, and it's getting weird. He doesn't even have anything to talk about- he's been a complete pushover, going along with whatever Charles says, keeping quiet otherwise.

He reaches a breaking point when Max almost follows him to the presser, that Red Bull isn't in, dragging him into an abandoned hallway.

"What the hell is going on with you, Verstappen?"

Max's eyes go wide, still deep blue.

"I'll fix it, I'll- there's got to be something I can do for you?"

His fingers are digging into the sleeve of his jacket, and Charles notices his fingernails are bitten down to the quick.

"Max, what? Do for me? What are you even...?"

Max grips violently at his own wrist, eyes flashing for a moment, and Charles is startled by how wild he looks for a split second, like a caged animal- but then he relaxes again, positioning himself to appear smaller.

"Sorry, sorry, just- if you think of anything, let me know, yes?"

Charles furrows his eyebrows, uncomfortable for a reason he can't quite place.

"Uh, anything? Maybe let me by on turn one tomorrow, yes?"

It's a common joke in a paddock, so Charles has no idea why he gets the reaction he does.

Max- Charles doesn't have another word for it, the way his full body twitches, eyes bright and normal and seething, making a half aborted grab towards Charles, lip curling- but it's gone as soon as it had started, except Max looks mildly ill afterwards.

"Right. Of course."

He says it through gritted teeth, eyes back to being deep blue, and his fingers are digging into his own wrist.

He still doesn't leave until Charles does, following behind him until his press officer bodily drags him away.

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Charles doesn't think about it again until lights out.

After Max smoothly lets him by in turn one, doesn't even attempt to battle for it, even when Charles was going for a late lunge anyways-

Afterwards, it's the only thing he can think about.

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He doesn't hear what Max says in the post race interviews, doesn't want to look online and see all the speculation- he splits from his press officer as soon as possible, and manages to somehow get ahold of Max and drag him far away, into the private sections of the paddock.

He doesn't stop until they're in a meeting room, door locked behind him, before he spins around, staring at Max.

His heart is pounding in his chest.

"Sit."

Max drops into one of the chairs, eyes never leaving Charles'. There's a sick feeling settling in his gut- but maybe that was just Max being Max, maybe-

He needs to make him do something Max would never agree to do.

"Tell me I'm the best driver."

He sees it again, Max's fingers tightening around his wrist. There's faint purple splotches showing from underneath the edge of his suit sleeve.

Max wets his lips, opening his mouth.

"You are the best driver."

Charles-

It's not real. It can't be real, Max has somehow figured out their prank on him and decided to flip it around.

He stares wide eyed at Max.

"Are you under a spell?"

The corner of Max's eye twitches.

"Yes."

Charles takes a steady breath out. This is fine, he's just accidentally cursed his direct competitor to be- to be at his beck and call.

His thoughts screech to a halt.

He'd made Max give up turn one.

If he breaks this spell, Max is going to kill him.

[abovesn4kes]

Side characters!!

[rustyr3dhe4d]

unexpected - cl16

summary: a few years ago, you found yourself unexpectedly pregnant with your boyfriends baby. upon telling him, he completely disappeared and you hadn't heard from his since. of course you told your best friend, charles. he vowed to help you before and after the birth. fast forward a couple of years, what happens when your child assumes charles is her father.

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flashback: 4 years ago

as the two little lines show up on the little plastic test, you feel your hands begin to shake. this can't be happening, you think to yourself. you're 22 years old, you're not ready for a kid. you haven't even discussed marriage, let alone kids with your boyfriend.

you quietly made your way out of the bathroom with the test in your hand. "baby?" you call out into your apartment. "yeah?" you hear his voice echo from the kitchen.

his back is to you when you enter the kitchen, looking through the fridge. when he turns around, his brows crease when he's met with your red, tear-stained face. "is everything okay?" you just shake your head and slowly raise up the test in your hand.

his creased brows slowly raise as he hones in on the object in your hand. "is it..." he begins but doesn't finish. you nod your head slowly, your eyes not meeting his. he sets the drink he took out of the fridge down on the counter. "say something, please..." the silence was all the answer you need.

he briskly walks past you and to the bedroom. "where are you going?" you ask him but still get no answer. within the next 5 minutes, he's out the door with bags packed. you sit on the edge of bed, eyes full of tears. your hand finds your phone not to far away on the bed and you tap on the contact of the one person you can trust.

"hey amour, what's up?" his voice rings through the phone. you take a shaky breath before continuing. "charles, i need you." you hear some shuffling on the other end before he speaks. "i'll be there soon, hold on amour."

soon after you hang up, you hear your front door open and frantic footsteps moving throughout the apartment. a few seconds later, charles appears in the doorway of your bedroom. "hey..." he squats down in front of your sitting frame. "what's going on?"

your eyes look to the bathroom and his eyes follow. he gets up and moves to the bathroom, you see him freeze when he reaches the counter. he emerges with one of the tests in his hand.

"are these..."

"yes."

"where's-"

"he left. as soon as i told him. bags packed and everything." your eyes stay locked on your feet. he sets the test down on the nightstand closest to him before sitting next to you. he wraps an arm around your shoulder and pulls you to his chest. "i've got you. i'm here now, and i'm going to be here every step of the way."

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present day

"alright adeline, are you ready to see cha race today?" you ask. your daughter's smile grows as she holds your hand and you both walk through the paddock.

as you walk through the ferrari motorhome doors, your greeted with many 'hellos' and 'hi's.' you make it to charles' driver room, just as he comes out. at the sight of you and adeline, his face brightens. "addy!"

your daughter lets go of your hand and runs over to the brunette. "cha!' she squeals as he lifts her up, placing her on his hip. you smile at the bond the two share. once she's comfortable on his hip, he turns to you. "hi, belle."

he moves to wrap his free arm around your waist and places a light kiss on your cheek. "cha?" adeline starts.

"yes, papillon?" he turns to the little girl on his hip. "can we go see uncle carlos?"

"of course we can, as long as your mom is okay with it?" he turns to you. you just smile and nod your head. "that's fine with me. just give me one second, i need to use the restroom and then i'll go with you guys." you disappear down the hallway as he sets her down.

"is there anything else you want to do today, addy?" charles asks as he squats down in front of her. adeline just shrugs her shoulders, which causes charles to chuckle. "can we go see uncle carlos now?" she whines.

"just wait for a few more seconds, your mom will be back in a few." you finally come back from the bathroom. "alright now we can go, papillion." he says.

adeline moves to run out of the motorhome but charles stops her. "hold on, your shoes untied addy, come here." she turns around and walks back over to charles. "place your hands on his shoulders so he can tie your shoes." you tell her.

she places her hands on his shoulders as he moves down to tie her shoe. after tightening the knot, he stands up. "all good." she turns around and makes her way to the exit. "thanks daddy!" she calls behind her.

both you and charles freeze. "oh, um..." you stutter out. his face and ears are burning red.

"why don't we-"

"let's just-" both you and charles start at the same time. he gestures for you to walk ahead of him. you nod your head and start walking after your daughter with charles close behind.

this will definitely be a conversation for later.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Would Charles have a matching magical girl outfit, too? 🤔 Asking for scientific reasons, of course.

not much of a Magical Girl outfit but its a mini skirt and thats the important part isnt it

[cloctor-doodles]

I will never stop talking about ✨️them✨️

[natliyy]

drdt 16 spoilers

I need to spitball my thoughts on charwhit. this reads like I know where I’m going but there’s probably going to be very little connections and cohesion and I am NOT good at analysis pls forgive me. my first actual post of course it’s about it drdt LMAOO

A lot of people have noticed how focused whit was on charles in the latest episode, me included. And now I’m thinking.

and I want YOU to think about it too. whit’s go-to for grieving is to not acknowledge it. everything that happened in ep 16, ace about to die, broken monotv, teruko almost dying, levi getting shot and on the brink of death, so many gorey things. it’s all too much to process, so many unexpected things rapidly happening one after another, and you pile that on top of whits grieving method. he needs to laser-focus in on charles, because there’s a lot of blood, and judging by how min’s execution was, there should probably be more soon. it gives him something to do.

and now this is the part where I Get Confused. And a little Concerned. And things start Falling Apart. triple whammy.

teruko has a machine gun aimed at her. she’s saying what might possibly be her last words, and everyone’s telling her GET OUT OF THE WAY??? HIDE?? (even ARTURO. sounded thoroughly panicked. this isn’t about him but I have thoughts on him too) and you know the weird part? whit likes teruko. he wants to see her smile. he apologizes, and jokes, and knows she doesn’t have to close off her heart the way charles did. but did he say anything to teruko during her execution?

NO?? ABSOLUTELY DID NOT? he says “Charles, stop talking and cover your eyes!” which. Sure. Okay. charles has a pretty strong attachment to teruko. he genuinely likes her. that machine gun would’ve reduced her to bloody mass. he’s gonna be borderline hysterical. like I get it? but dude teruko is about to DIE. you want her to be your friend. I hold some acknowledgement towards mm whit theory but I really think it’s too early for me to believe in that, yet at the same time, if he didn’t call out, didn’t say a word to her, did he like… know she wouldn’t have died? already known how her luck works? I don’t know…

and now we cut to levi getting shot. And this is the part where things start getting more insane with me for no damn reason. there’s blood everywhere, and charles is starting to break down. and you know what whit says?

Hey, dude? What the HELL???

The smell of blood is really strong. Even though I told him not to look, he still…

the choice of words is really messing me up. “Even though I told him.” whit telling charles to cover his eyes was lowk the most forceful we’ve heard him so far. I really can’t decipher this, but I will rewind a little to convey why this line made my skin crawl so much.

in trial 1, whit was pretty damn convincing to the audience. “He’s my friend, of course I’ll argue for his sake!” and telling people to lay off of charles… it was really sweet. very considerate and compassionate.

except in chapter 2, he doubles down. in ep 2, he says something along the lines of, “Oh, I did say he was my friend, didn’t I? Well, that was a total lie! I only said it to make people believe me! But I think he took it to heart, or thinks he owes me…? So, yeah, I’ve decided we’re friends.”

…………. okay my thoughts r falling apart it’s 4 am let me try to think of connecting this somehow

whit seems to know charles is dependant on him. whit also has a history of avoidance and ignoring things that bother him. and let me make it clear, I don’t think these two r some ultra toxic relationship at all. I’m trying to pinpoint their flaws and predict where their relationship will go.

it’s kind of funny? imagine the ultimate matchmaker with commitment issues. though it’s not too far, considering how isolated his childhood probably was.

anyways, I feel like this is all setting up for a shift in dynamic in chapter 3. which is where I get to the part I really want to say: if charwhit’s relationship deteriorates due to Charles’ dependance and Whit staying subtlety dismissive and avoidant, I will be amazed. What seems to be the most sturdy relationship in the series crumbling due to the killing game wearing down on their compatibility is a writing choice that would send me to cloud nine, I think. we know DRDTdev has been subverting troupes since chapter 1. the “tragedy” of this relationship being them growing more unhealthy due to their problems, rather than one of them dying would be so. How can I even articulate it?

although, if whit’s prediction of “Charles Cuevas, dead at 3” comes true, I will simply reach into the screen and strangle him. anyways, that’s all I got. enjoy my braindump maybe

[nocturnalnewsiestrash]

I was thinking more about this lovely post from the lovely @shaylogic, specifically the why of Charles' shirt changing to black immediately after Crystal talks to him about them staying friends.

And I think it has less to do with the fact that it's her telling him they should remain friends since she can't handle a relationship right now with all her trauma from David. I think this part, the "from her trauma from David", is really really important. Because from Crystal's perspective, she's essentially saying she cannot deal with romantic involvement so soon after David while he's still massively messing with her head and is in no way trying to say that it's because Charles is too similar to David, it's just that all her romantic memories are completely entirely filled with memories of David and when she's put back in the headspace of romantic feelings it brings up all the trauma of him and she needs more time to work through her trauma before she can revisit romantic feelings again.

Now from Charles perspective, he hears her saying that she can't handle a romantic relationship with him right now because of David being so in her head still. And Charles, ever the Reading People's Emotions boy that he is (built from his own trauma mind you) can tell that there's more to why she's saying it now. Like she quite literally just woke up screaming from a nightmare as she puts it and immediately says she's "fine" with an earnest nod to. With this context Charles is reading into why this conversation is immediately following this nightmare, which he has no details about so of course he's analyzing it and why she's saying this after it. Not to mention the fact that she pulled his specific move of brushing of concerns about your well-being. And we have to remember that this is following all the events of the Devlin house shaking his trauma to the forefront of his mind, everyone's look in their eyes following his attacking of the Night Nurse, and all the shaking of all his uncertainty about him being a Good Person and being Needed by the people he loves into the ruminating focus. So with all of this fresh in his mind, with him and David being referred to in the same sentence both with the same romantic context, even though it's entirely NOT what Crystal was saying, Charles still hears this, already in overanalyzing mode out of his worry for her and his own worries that are bouncing around in his mind so easily attach themselves to her worries and twist them until they look alike as overthinking anxiety often does. And to HIS brain he's now worried that he's like David. That now he has some "proof" that he might be a bad person in Crystal connecting him to David, at least enough proof for his own trauma induced "what if" anxiety to think that maybe these fears he's always had and repressed that are now being brought into reality somewhat actually ARE true. No matter what Crystal could have said in this scene he heard David and him in the same context and it became his own worry spiral even with his ever-present smile masking it.

So essentially in Crystal's attempt to explain without revealing her own trauma too much because she can't bear to do that yet she set off Charles own trauma response from dealing with his father of reading into every minute emotion and action to figure out how to understand so he can help her (and himself from the past) and this instinctive trauma response brings out his overthinking which then brings out his worries that he was already recently overthinking and they then got all mashed together in an overthinking sandwich and grew his what if I'm not a good person worries enough to take him down an entire shirt shade. His emotional well-being has been knocked down a whole nother peg from his new worries over any similarity to David. So that's why this conversation was the catalyst for the burgundy to black transition.

[petit-papillion]

Another one for the collection...

Charles during FP1 | Bahrain GP ! 29 February 2024

🎥 sharr_vids

[reallyjustthatbitch]

A lil Charles Leclerc wallpaper for your computer and phone.

[vveris]

Call it a hot take but I will be upset if Edwin and Charles get together.

Every gay guy had to get over our kind straight friend and I will not settle until I finally see that happen on tv

[vomitpukey]

TWF 4 Spoilers

What the fuck no brian and bon makeout session?

On the plus side I can totally make some bribon wonderland soul plane yaoi now mwahahaha.

Also lord 'Bon's voice was hot as fuck (why does he sound so familar though???). Loved Susan's voice, Charlie sounded exactly how I expected him to sound lol.

Fuck man we all knew Felix regretted that crash but christ the way my breath stopped entirely when he was about to jump.

Everyone looked so damn good in motion I cannot get over it. Seeing 'Bon' kill Susan was brutal I was not expecting such fluidity. Loved the girlboss pose he struck afterwords tho #slay

Praying some epic secret hunters spot a Brian cameo like they did for ep. 3 lmao

[bunniberry]

god i hate carlas human design so much 😭

[loyalpromise]

🎲 for charles and edwinnnn <3

36: A kiss to the shoulder

          another  case  solved,  another  job  well-done…is  typically  charles’  motto.  this  case  had  been  harder—more  emotionally  taxing—than  some  of  the  others.  a  kid  who  died  via  hate  crime  had  come  to  them  for  help  in  finishing  their  business  on  earth  and  crossing  over.  it  was  something  they  could  both  relate  to,  but  said  hate  crime  had  been  blatant  homophobia.

          a  kid  murdered  by  his  bullies  after  being  outed.  it  had  been  a  rough  one  to  deal  with  and  they’d  felt  so  bad  that  they  decided  to  take  it  on  pro-bono.  his  death,  at  the  very  least,  hadn’t  been  covered  up  or  forgotten  about,  but  it  still  hit  close  to  home.

          when  it  was  all  said  and  done,  either  of  the  two  felt  in  particularly  high  spirits  to  celebrate—even  if  it  had  been  a  happier  ending  for  the  kid.  charles  had  noticed  how  it  had  affected  edwin,  in  particular,  and  sat  next  to  him  on  their  old  couch.

          wordlessly,  he  leaned  his  head  against  edwin’s  shoulder,  tilting  his  head  after  a  moment  to  press  a  soft  kiss  to  his  shoulder.  he  remained  silent  for  a  few  moments  longer  before  quietly  asking,  “ do  you  wanna  talk  about  it ? ”

[xxplastic-cubexx]

do you have any personal headcanons about charles that you’re willing to share? if so i will go on my hands and knees and beg on behalf of all your followers for the juicy deets, this is your chance to yap about him for as long as humanly possible 🛐🙏🏻✨

ooohhh im bad at hcs..... but i do have. a few:

firm believer charles is a model-kit enjoyer and likes keeping his hands busy overall: started off with ship-in-a-bottle kits but over time gravitated towards cars and aircrafts

on that note, he's a slight vintage car buff/appreciator

has great upper body and core strength. he doesn't get a lot of opportunities to demonstrate it, but it catches people off guard when he can

can play at least ONE instrument. money's either on piano or violin. not much of a singer, but might hum to himself

probably gives killer shoulder massages

started collecting hats as a teenager and has numerous baseball caps. despite this, he isn't super into baseball itself and the hats themselves are probably the least worn of his collection. nowadays, despite not wearing hats as often as he used to, he favors fedora and bowler hats

wrist watch collector. has an anti-magnetic set in his collection, though rarely actually wears them

certified rambler this isn't even a hc but i must assert it extends beyond inspirational speeches and lore drops. ask him what book he's reading and he'll give you a verbal dissertation about it

favorite tea's chamomile

dyes his eyebrows to be darker (this is partially a joke.. and yet.....)

[flashfuckingflesh]

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[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

Charles and/or Daniel hcs 🤯 ⁉️⁉️⁉️

I can give you a few! Though i Don't have too much for Daniel </3

Charles: - Relatively easy going, unless you manage to piss him off. Then he'd probably punch you in the face, or just give you a stern talking to like the dad he is [affectionate], depending on what it was you did. - Might actually fucking kill you if you shit talk his boyfriend(s) too much! - Warm, very very warm (awesome for Kevin, he loves the Warmth) - Autism. - He is intersex! Has boobs but did not get top surgery for them because he didn't feel the need to (hc stolen from lauren @/tgirlteeth because it's actually canon. to me.)

Daniel: - Although whether he was originally human or not is unknown, post Strex Daniel is convinced he was formerly a normal human before Strex got him. - HATES Kasper. Does not get along with him at all. This is because Kasper absolutely loves turning people into robots of servitude, it's his favourite activity! Not to mention how he made himself a cyborg by choice. This pisses Daniel off big time. - Horrified of cats, has been ever since The Incident.