Are You Ok || Formula 1 | English one shots

1. Hold my hand (Carlando)

Elsa has always been an F1 fan, and now she is also a doctor who realized her dream. Since the beginning of the season she works in the FIA medical center as personal medical assistant of F1 drivers.

She is only 30-year-old, but she's an emergency master. Anyway, this job is more about medical examinations, check-ups, race-fit authorizations, and under-covered psychological assistance to the drivers.

And she is good in this as well, but this time something went wrong.

She checks once, twice, ten times.

Lando Norris'medical record > blood test > empty file.

How the hell is this possible!?

All the drivers did blood test at the beginning of the season, is compulsory.

Nothing, not even the anti-doping blood-test.

Elsa recollects her memories about pre-season check-ups. She was doing ultrasounds and electrocardiograms, while in the other room her colleague did blood tests. She remembers strange sounds like someone screaming or crying and someone else laughing. Now she understands.

Lando was afraid of needles and was trying to escape in every way.

Really don't know how but it seem he managed to. But now we are in trouble, both me and him. Especially him.

She opens the door of her office in the medical center, Lando and Carlos are sitting there, waiting for the routine examination before the race weekend.

Lando looks at Carlos: "You first."

And Carlos gets up but Elsa says: "I'm sorry, Carlos, I would like to see Lando first...We have a score to settle." She looks really angry.

"Ehrr what?"

"You know it Lando. But maybe you don't know what happens when the FIA discovers that a driver has escaped the compulsory anti-doping test..."

"I don't..."

"It happens that the driver can go drive supermarket trolleys, doing fastest sector between the grocery and the fridge."

He is staring off but he is recollecting the moment when he left the medical center saying he got an important call from Zac Brown and that he would have been back soon...

Carlos looks worried and angry as well, he is always apprehensive with him. "You really didn't do antidoping test??!"

"No...no... It' didn't went like this... well... I can explain..."

But Elsa opens the door and push in the young guy who was trying to tie his legs on the chair. "Come on, move. It's quickly done and I'll try to cover for you. I'm sorry Carlos you'll have to wait ten minutes more"

Lando comes in the room with downcast eyes, as a grounded kid in primary school.

"You can sit here please... Give me your right arm..." Elsa is preparing the blood test kit, but when she looks at him she notice how nervous he is. As she gets the needle close to him, he quickly pulls his arm away.  "no I don't... can... can we do this in an other way? I don't want to..."

"Lando? What's the problem?"

"I.. I mean.. I don't think this is necessary, isn't it? I already did antidoping tests in the past so..."

"Yes, Lando, it's compulsory. And it's not only for antidoping, it's also for you, to check all your blood values and make us sure that you're ok..."

He doesn't reply but he looks terrified with tears in his eyes. She sits beside him and takes his hand. "Hey, you can talk to me. I don't want to force you to do anything, but I want to understand what's the problem, because I'm sure you never took drugs or doping. Is there something wrong? Are you afraid of something?"

"Mhm... It's just that... I hate hospitals.. doctors... shots and needles especially. I hate it since I was a kid and my mother forced me to go to the doctor and  he gave me shots and I fainted."

He is crying. Elsa doesn't know how to comfort him, but she gives him a hug.

"Hey, it's ok... I feel you, but, you know... even if you just told me that you hate doctors, and me as well, I love you, and I want you to do this test just because I take care of you. So there's nothing to be scared of, ok? And, anyway, if I were a maniac who enjoy hurting people I would choose a Mercedes driver."

He smiles but he's crying.

"What if I ask Carlos to come here, so he keeps you company while I fill up this test tubes?"

"I don't know if it's a good idea"

"So.. Are you friends and you help each other?

Do you spend much time together sharing many things? Do you feel safer when you're with him? Do I still have four hours of work before going to sleep in my hotel room and I can't sped my all day waiting for a blood test? Then we have four good reasons already."

She opens the door.

"Carlos, we are getting bored, do you want to come and join us?"

He looks confused but Elsa blinks at him, and when he comes in he quickly understands.

The Spanish driver enters the room running his hand through his hair, he looks like Rambo.

Lando is sitting on the exam couch, with tears in his eyes, he seems like a scared little boy.

Carlos sits beside him and take is hand "Hey, look at me. It's everything fine ok? I'm here."

Lando is sobbing, Carlos caress his cheek wiping his tears away.

Elsa smiles, Carlos is really sweet and they are really cute.

"Carlos, I called you because we want to ask you advice about flirting, so here we are, we're listening you can start."

Carlos looks into Lando's eyes and starts say many silly things worst than a teenagers wikihow page like "look your girl, or your boy, in his eyes... always smile... make compliments... offer him a drink so he will talk more relaxed... than do a lot of funny jokes"

He keeps saying a lot of stupid things but with a very serious expression as if he was presenting a scientific theory.

Lando is looking at him and laughing. Elsa is laughing as well but meanwhile she manages to do the blood test and Lando nearly doesn't notice.

"Ok Carlos, I'm done, please stop. I haven't heard so much rubbish since the last Ferrari strategy..."

They carry on talking friendly while Elsa examines both for their routine check, one after the other in the same room, they don't need privacy.

When they are done they go away from the medical center together, sill teasing each other and laughing.