#when in rome do as the romans do... when in ferrari do as ferrari does. which is to say; red. all over. oh i LOVE that

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Hiii Katie!! I am so sorry for the incoming word vomit in this ask but I just had to get this out or it would have driven me to madness. I am not a writer and this idea won't leave my brain

It started with wine, red wine, maybe merlot. charles is just trying to relax in his hotel room in the soft white robe that the hotel has provided, is idly scrolling through insta and is drinking merlot because he read on a tik tok that wine relaxes you and tik tok is always right. He is a slow drinker though because lorenzo says he's a lighthead and should drink his drinks slowly to not become tipsy and lorenzo is always wise. His lips have been stained red, making him look every bit of the ferrari driver that he is. At first he thinks he is imagining it but no someone is pounding on his hotel door. With great reluctance he goes to open it only to be faced with the sheepish faces of one carlos, behind him lando, max and pierre, all of them holding ps controllers. Wordlessly he invites them in and carlos rushes to explain that his girlfriend was staying with him and they needed to play this new game that is just so lit charles. "damn they do spoil you lot", whistles lando, taking in the big (messy) room. He can feel pierre staring at him and subconsciously he wonders if he has something on his face before realising it's his red stained lips. He chuckles to himself, pierre was always a sucker for lips. Outloud he welcomes them in, offers them drinks and makes small talk with them while they set up the playstation like his maman taught him is polite to do. He is many things but he will never be a careless host. He knows that now it's not only pierre, that now they are all sneaking in glances at him when they think he isn't looking but charles had a sixth sense for cameras and eyes. He knows that the right thing to do would be to discard his robe to wear a shirt over his boxers and to discreetly wipe off the wine with a tissue and to join them for playing but damn him, he finds he likes having this power over them too much, this power where they're all attracted to him but only he has the choice to choose. So like any minx, he drops himself onto the lone armchair, politely declines to play saying he's just not in the mood and resumes his insta scrolling. If he pouts or bites him lips just a little extra than his usual, well that's for him to know. He smirks to himself when all of them are less boisterous than usual and he knows it when max leaves with a hard on, when carlos lingers his eyes on him or when lando looks like he has just discovered sex is a thing. But he only lingers with pierre.

Next time also happens innocently enough or not. His maman dragged him along for shopping along and now they're in a beauty store. His maman tries all the shades of lipstick on the back of his hand and before she can decide on one, they are interrupted by riccardo and martha while they're out baby shopping. riccardo is as annoying as his brothers therefore instead of saying hello like a normal person, he comes up behind him and starts tickling him until he can't stand and is a breathless mess. he can see them greet his mom and ask her what they're looking for. when he finally gets his breath back, riccardo is looking at him mischievously when he says "you know, this would suit you so well charlo" just before jumping at him to swipe his lips. He can hear martha and maman laugh while he tries to fight him off but he knows he doesn't try too hard. He lets himself be pulled in front of a mirror and he knows someone is saying something but he doesn't hear them because he is struck by how pretty his looks. not just pretty but pretty. before he wipes it off, he makes sure to take a selfie and send it to pierre and he can just imagine his reaction.

Next time, he tries on a lipstick that is only one shade darker than his lips in the team debrief after friday and wonders if anyone will notice. Ofcourse carlos notices. He can feel him staring from the opposite side, he can feel him looking at his lips. But he doesn't say anything.

His love for red lips just keeps growing and so do his attempts to show it.

Five fridays later, he shows up on saturday with the perfect shade of red that suits him and makes sure to jovially greet max. he can almost hear something grind to a halt in max's brain. when he gets pole by 3 tenths, he momentarily wonders if this can be considered mind games and if michael would be proud before focusing on flashing his most brilliant smiles to the camera

OK IM DONE IM SORRY FOR THIS!! You and Akira have inspired me too much. This post is also to thank for it.

https://at.tumblr.com/watercolor-hearts/so-yeah-i-couldnt-resist-trying-it/t5y0mhtnhyis

oh my GOD!! okay, anon, don't you dare apologise, because this is absolutely GENIUS and I loved every second of it. OMG!!

ahhhhh, so much to scream about here, but firstly, visuals 💋

(image credits to this post from @watercolor-hearts - you are brilliant for finding this, anon!!)

secondly. SECONDLY. babe are you sure you're not a writer?! because this is a spectacular idea and i would give half of my left arm to read it, lmao. little minx/tease charles my BELOVED... give me more of it. more of it ASAP. *discord blurry eyes react*

also!! charles using his red lips as a form of mindgame - now, i'm no schumi expert, but i'm pretty sure he would've arched an eyebrow and been pretty impressed by that. DAMN. chef's kiss! (pun unfortunately intended.)

i'm going to tag @effervescentdragon here too, because you did say akira inspired you too, and because i think she should see it immediately. EVERYONE should see it immediately!! anon, your brain is absolutely massive and i am quite simply on my knees for you 😘 thank you so so much for sharing this epic idea!