#radiocheck

[hitthatapex]

Max Verstappen is assigned as the race engineer for the newest Red Bull driver, Charles Leclerc.

Both being stubborn to the core, clashed from the very first meeting and as they try to work together without ripping each other's throats out, other feelings also begin to blossom.

Chapters: 9/10 updated so far

*credits to the original photo owners (I just found these on pinterest)

[hitthatapex]

Red Bull are really feeding us with engineer max! Time to plug my fic again ???

engineer!max

[singsweetmelodies]

badly summarised wip tag game

rules: summarise your WIPs as badly as possible, then ask your followers to vote which one they'd like to read most.

tagged by my lovely @duquesademiel and @pinkierre - thank you so much for thinking of me, darlings!! 😍 this tag game is my new favourite thing EVER, omfg.

so with no* further ado...

* some important caveats: in this list, i have not included any WIPs that are already available on AO3 (because i'm pretty sure that the idea of this post is that people vote for fics that they DON'T know about yet.) i have also not included my PWFE fic, firstly because ✨ keep it secret keep it safe ✨ and secondly because, well, it's going to be revealed soon anyway, so voting for it is a bit of a moot point.

apologies (but not really 🤭) for being INSANE xD

now! to share the fun and pass this one along, i'm going to tag @boxboxbrioche, @hourcat, @francophonesfictions, @ilspredestinato, @radiocheck, @yukierres, @your-littlesecret and @chaesonghwas - but also anyone else who sees this and wants to do it, please feel free to tag me in yours, because i'd LOVE to see & vote for some of your amazing ideas <3333

[landinrris]

Thank you to the wonderful and og @radiocheck for tagging me ❤️❤️ I love shit like this.

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 posted fics and see if there's a pattern.

Lando questions his decision to pursue a PhD sometimes. [Unconstrained, Carlando]

“If I ask you to kiss me in front of all these people, will you do it?” [You're the First Thing That I'm Thinking Of, Carlando]

One of Lando’s favorite spots near their home base in the main cavern ends up being up on one of the outcroppings of rock that helps to produce the breathtaking photos they’re all taking. [Go Anywhere With You, Norrix]

“Are you coming to the gig tonight?” Max asks Lando while they’re standing off in the corner of the press pen following the race. [Anatomy of a Heartache, Norrix]

Martin looks at Lando in a club in Ibiza, surrounded by family and friends, and sees possibility. [Through This Purple Haze, Norrix]

When Lando initially texted Carlos about going to Augusta on Zak’s membership after the race on Sunday, he thought it was a joke. [Hide All Our Sins From the Daylight, Carlando]

Don’t get Lando wrong, he loves what he gets to do for a living—loves that he gets paid to drive fast cars week in and week out. [Pulled Me Back From Things Divine, Carlando]

Lando wakes up in a haze of red, a burning in his throat that makes it feel like he’s catching fire from the inside out— like no amount of water will make it okay again. [The Calmest Slit To My Neck, Carlando]

They plan for a summer wedding so they can forget about the racing calendar and the other conflicting commitments that take up much of their time. [Can We Always Be This Close, Carlando]

The fact that Lando’s id badge actually scans him into the Formula 1 paddock is a dream he never thought he’d experience. [Double Exposure, Carlando]

My takeaway is that I love just jumping straight into the action. Sometimes we get short, punchy sentences to get us there, sometimes they're a bit longer, but they all seem to jump right in. Do we like that? I like that. And then we get to learn more about whatever's happening in the following ones/paragraphs.

I'll go ahead and tag @phebess @pitmewithyourbeststop @quadrilogical @jolandax13 @7msc @ehcahache

[hourcat]

OMGGG PHOEBE HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope it's a wonderful day for a wonderful person 🥺🩷🩷🎉 sending so much love!! (from juliet aka radiocheck)

juliet my darling thank u!!!! mwah ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[jshadow01]

thank you so much for tagging me @golden-fairylights <33 I didn't read that many books this year, so you'll get a mix of what I started to read, actually read and bought in 2023.

I'm also tagging @liesmultixxx and @radiocheck <3 and anyone who wants to do it feel free to!

[babygirllinds]

Share 5 top songs you have on repeat right now! 💜🎵

tagged by: @radiocheck (now I know your side-blog lmao) — thanks for the tag, lovely 💗💗💗

According to my Spotify ‘on repeat’ playlist…

Hungry Eyes — Eric Carmen

If I Could Fly — One Direction

Willow — Taylor Swift

Man! I Feel Like A Woman! — Shania Twain

You Can’t Hurry Love — Phil Collins

no-pressure tags: @foreverralways @awkwxrdapple @jynxmirage @fantasygirlsuniverse @sweetlittleladybug @callsign-shortstack

[monte-charlo]

Thank you to my beloveds @radiocheck @effervescentdragon @wolfiemcwolferson @duquesademiel and @singsweetmelodies that tagged me for the top 5 songs on repeat thingy, and sorry i am responding so late, i had a busy weekend 🤭

1. MIA23 (1:2) by Charles Leclerc (i know, shut up)

2. Syn by Spoegwolf

3. People of the Pride by Coldplay

4. Suid van die Capricorn by Koos Kombuis

5. Arsonists Lullaby by Hozier

Tagging anyone that hasn’t done this yet and still wants to! 💕

[hitthatapex]

Radio Check - Chapter 8 is out!

“Charles, I – ” Max hesitated. He really wanted to make sure he was voicing his thoughts properly. “Of course I’m not angry at you. I just want the best for you okay?”

He let those words hang in the air for a few seconds before saying. “And if you think this training camp is good then you should go.”

“We had plans this summer,” Charles pointed out with a bittersweet smile.

“Yeah,” Max said with a weak chuckle. “Plans can change. And hey, it doesn’t mean we can’t text or call?” He tried to lift Charles’s spirits. “Maybe I could even come visit you in Mallorca,” he proposed with a hopeful glance.

Charles finally cracked his own smile, albeit small. “I’d like that.” 

SIDE NOTE: I've just stopped posting sneak peaks because I literally write and post these chapters on the same day? This fic has hands down been so easy and fun to write. I sometimes need to stop myself from rambling so much.

[pinkierre]

Share 5 top songs you have on repeat right now!

Tagged by the loveliest @duquesademiel @radiocheck @singsweetmelodies

I’m in my Nothing But Thieves & Froukje era’s right now so it’s

1. Nothing But Thieves - Reset Me

2. Froukje - Heb ik dat gezegd?

3. Froukje - 17

4. Nothing But Thieves - Can You Afford To Be An Individual

5. Gang of Youths - Achilles Come Down

[singsweetmelodies]

tagged by the wonderful @vicsy to do this writing introspection meme - thanks so much for thinking of me, love 🫶

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern.

PIERRE GASLY: BOND BREAKER?!

Pierre can count on one hand the number of calls he's gotten from Charles' friend Joris – which is why it's quite a surprise when he opens his phone and sees not one, not two, but three missed calls from "Joris Trouche 🇲🇨".

After nearly twenty years of knowing each other (not to mention just over two years of dating) Pierre likes to think that he knows Charles pretty well by now.

When Pierre's doorbell rings in the middle of the night, he knows who it is before he's even rolled out of bed.

Pierre Gasly, fan favourite member of the international smash hit boyband One Formula, is late.

"Do you know," Pierre says, thoughtfully, "that kissing is supposed to help with stress relief?"

There is something haunted in the paddock after Suzuka.

Between work at the café and all the new people in the loft, weeks pass quickly, and it feels like no time at all before the short probationary period they'd agreed on in the contract with Charles and George is over. (note: this is part 2 of a series)

Pierre is buzzing.

Pierre has never really understood the appeal of watching someone else drive.

any patterns?

HMMM! well, the first thing i can see is that i really, really like pierre gasly, and want to talk about him first thing, apparently... i am charles? (🤭)

in all seriousness, though - there doesn't seem to be any real pattern of sentence length or even sentence type. it all depends very much on the fic in question, and what kind of vibe i'm trying to get at? idk - this is a difficult one!! i tend to have a pretty clear vision of where i want the fic to go, and i need the first line to prepare for that vision - like the shock factor of the "pierre gasly bond breaker" one, for example, or the immediate oh this is going to be a fic about FWB vibes of "do you know that kissing is supposed to help with stress relief?" looking back on it, i do think that some of these first lines are more... striking, perhaps, than others? but all of them set the tone for the rest of the fic in some way, which is the most important thing. (some of them actually need the second & third lines as well to make a bit more sense, but it's okay!!) it was definitely SUPER interesting to take a look back at my last 10 first lines 📝👀

tagging: @boxboxbrioche, @welightitup, @hourcat, @francophonesfictions, @ilspredestinato, @radiocheck, @yukierres, @pinkierre, @your-littlesecret, @duquesademiel, @wolfiemcwolferson, and @river-ocean, if any of you feel like giving this a go! 🫶

[landinrris]

Tagged by @pitmewithyourbeststop ❤️❤️

15 questions 15 friends

Are you named after anyone? Not that I'm aware of. My middle name, Elizabeth, is one that half my cousins share though.

When was the last you cried? Earlier this week when I was finishing up my rewatch of Ted Lasso. The end of that final match always gets me 😩

Do you have kids? lmao no. I have two fur babies who might as well be children though.

What sports do you play/have you played? I used to play volleyball when I really young, and I was in color guard spinning flags for four years in high school nearly ten years ago, but that's it.

Do you use sarcasm? It may or may not have gotten me in trouble at work before...

What is the first thing you notice about people? Probably their hair, which seems odd to say. Especially for someone who barely ever styles hers.

What is your eye color? So black I've never seen my pupils

Scary movies or happy endings? I agree with Jess' response saying they're not mutually exclusive, but I don't like scary movies and I do like happy endings, so I'll say happy endings.

Any talents? Writing sentences that are four lines long.

Where were you born? South Florida, or as I like to refer to it, the geographic South but the cultural North

What are your hobbies? Apart from the obviousness of writing way too much, I love film photography. I'm also an art kid at heart who loves drawing even though I don't do it nearly enough.

Do you have any pets? I have two cats who live with me, Birdie and Charlie 🫶

How tall are you? Around 5'6" last I checked.

Favorite subject at school? In grade school, it was probably English or Art. In college and beyond, it's been Psychology classes that focus on cognitive psychology/neuroscience.

Dream job? Doing psych research without having to actually come up with the research questions (and then not get paid the pennies that jobs like this actually garner) 😔

Tagging @jolandax13 @phebess @opfire @ehcahache @f1-birb @radiocheck @thejasminechronicles @papayabrain @osaka-lilac @8xlewis and anyone else who wants to do this!

[jjustcallmejuliett]

Shoutout to some of these writers on Tumblr (and for you guys to reblog if you want)

@racingorange @laeana @radiocheck @formulacherry @fewawi-friends @bwoahtastic

22 f1 fic rec pt. III

Hey there! 

It’s been a while since the last one but finally I’m here for the last fic rec of the year :) 

I’m offering you ten of the best f1 fics I’ve read during the second half of the year (which I think you def cannot miss!!! )

so here we go…

- Sebastian and the Angel by Anonymous (Explicit)

This is a fic with an outstanding plot, an explicit and very detailed narrative that makes you feel like you’re whitnessing the story and all very ingenious characters. The emotional inteligence of the author is definitely something else.

- Every time I think the feelings fading I miss you (I miss you) by TheWiseOne12 (PG)

or a very sweet story about love, heartbreaking and refinding love even when everything is against you. It had me intrigued during all nineteen chapters and the strong point is definitely the hurt/comfort it offers, with a lot of angst but fluff on the same mesure.

- we can live in a world that we design by freed0m98 (T)

I have a soft spot on Carlos/Lando/Charles fic but this one is unexpectedly Carlos centered! I’ve never read one like this and the author definitely nailed it, the building is great (better than my own ficI’ll admit) and the ending is as sweet and you can expect it to be.

- Latibule by VettelMyPretzel (AndroidHeaven) (Explicit)

I’m obssessed with this fic!!! It’s basically Sebchal falling in love in the 20th century and again, the building and the sexual tension is otherworldly. One of my favorites of the 2022.

- I like you.. by formulacherry (T)

Or piarles confessing each other and it’s so godamn goals! they talk their past, their present and their future and the fic has an even bigger meaning if you read the fic before in the saga (a saga I highly recomend as well, but this work is my favorite of them) so go check it out.

- some of the best moments in life are the ones you can never talk about by Quagswagging (Explicit)

Or one of the hottest fics I got to read this year, and a very captivating sexting moment I have in my mind even after days of having read it. Definitely a sebchal ft Lewis jewel.

- e forse il mare è dentro di lui by DuquesaDeMiel (T)

One of the most well thought plots I got to read, where Pierre is a scientist and Charles is a lifeguard and the sea is…. well, the sea conects them and It’s all I can say without spoiling because I really want people to read this. It’s wonderful.

- First Love/Late Spring by blackest_eyes (Explicit)

Or my favorite Piarles fic of the 2022. It’s sweet, sexy, sad, and all the good S in there ;) (sorry for the bad pun). I love the nostalgia and how you can reflect on the characters’ feelings, fears and decisions. An emotional story with a hopeful ending that will leave you smiling for days.

- we do not perish. by Laeana (T)

Or the fic where Pierre and Charles live and die again and again untill they get their happy ending. There’s a lot to outstand in this fic; the originality of the idea, the narration, how it comes and goes in time, how sentimental it gets… It’s beautiful not just the plot but the whole aesthetic you get from it.

- it’s better than regretting by FunkyinFishnet (M)

Or Lando and Charles get drunk and married in Vegas. Charles panics about it but everyone reassures him so he doesn’t fuck it up. Everyone in this fic has a role, and no detail is left hanging. I love that it shows the path of someone realizing that even when things look bad, there’s always something good in it and you have to make the most of it. My favorite Charlando fic so far.

This is it! Of course that if you’ve read these already and you’re looking for something new, you can go and check my stuff :)

Happy Holidays, Julie.

[jshadow01]

thank you @golden-fairylights for tagging me to post my top ten pics of 2023 <3 so most of my fave pics of 2023 include my friends, but I also love these.

I won't tag ten people, but as always @liesmultixxx and @radiocheck and anyone who wants to do it feel free to!

[vsyrworld]

i hope pierles doesnt end up like brocedes😭😭

[hitthatapex]

Sneak Peak for Chapter 9 - Radio Check!

“Hey, look at me please.” Charles whispered. 

Max brought his eyes back to Charles. His beautiful green eyes.

Max loved looking at them. He loved it when they sparkled mischievously. He loved it when they became a little misty after intense sex. He loved Charl —

He didn’t let himself finish that thought and instead focused on Charles once again.

“I said that back then to rile you up. I did not actually believe it." Charles was gently carding his fingers through his hair, ruffling it a bit and Max couldn't help leaning into the touch.

"Well, not really anyway.” Charles added, giggling lightly. Max felt a warm smile spread across his own face at the sweet sound.

“Max I lo —” Charles paused once again. “I really like you. You have no idea how much. So please — please just don't think otherwise. And don't let those comments get to you. Okay?” 

A moment passed before Max whispered back just as softly. “Okay.” 

*Also wanted to apologise for missing last week's update :(( but hopefully this extra long chapter will make up for it (it'll be out Mon - Wed)

I also might add an extra chapter? unsure yet, but I want to do an epilogue and have a proper send off for these characters (why am i emotional 😭). If I do add an extra chapter, I won't keep you waiting for long! It will be up within a few days of chapter 10 being up.

If you have made it this far, can you please pray for a miracle and hope that Lestappen gets a podium in Singapore? 🙃