#rationally i know everyone's fine but emotionally i've been wobbly about lando's crash

[parcfermekisses]

Ribs ache

George / Lando, fluff and comfort, 500-ish words cw: Las Vegas crash

He knows Lando makes it out of the car by himself because Marcus keeps telling him. "He made it to the medical car under his own steam, George, he's okay. Focus on your race." There’s a fountain of sparks on the big screen as he circulates, trying not to slide like he’s on ice behind the safety car. “Norris hit the wall on the right-hand side, watch out for debris.” It’s a long way from the right-hand side of turn eleven to where he glimpses the McLaren buried nose first in Tecpro in the run-off area, well beyond the bridge. Far enough to make his ribs ache.

He also knows, once he’s finished focusing on his race, that Lando couldn't answer the question the first time it was asked – too much adrenaline and not enough breath – but he gets a shaky hand to the radio button the second time and tells them he's all good. George has watched the onboard over and over. He shouldn’t, he knows that too, but he wants something, anything, to prove that Lando’s not just being stupidly brave in front of the whole world. He doesn’t really listen to the words, only the cut-short exhale and the part where it sounds like Lando would double over and sob if he weren’t strapped so tightly in his seat. It doesn’t help.

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