Formula 1 - One Shots

Charles Leclerc - "You think you're the only man in the world, don't you?"

A / N: For LaCity 💛 Thank you for your request!

P R O M P T: "You think you are the only man in the world, don't you?"

Spending your Saturdays and Sundays alone had become a normal thing for you. Your boyfriend Charles was currently in Spa for the F1 race in Belgium, while you stayed in your shared apartment in Monaco. You were an introvert anyway, so you really didn't mind being home alone so often. But the lack of intimacy and sometimes even his interest in your life was starting to take a toll on you. It felt like you were so invested in his life, while he didn't really care for yours anymore. Your last year of university had just started and Charles hadn't really shown any interest in it yet and it made you kind of sad.

You spent your Monday morning cleaning, making sure the apartment was nice and tidy for him to come home to. You had prepared all his meals for the week and changed the sheets of the bed as you knew he always enjoyed coming home to a clean bed. Charles had finished on the podium yesterday and you were really proud and happy to see him and the team do well again. You heard the key turn in the door when you were making yourself a cup of tea and a small smile showed up on your face. A few seconds later, Charles walked into the kitchen to greet you. You stepped towards him and wrapped your arms around his neck, while you planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Hey, baby!" You said, happy to finally be together again. "Hey.." You heard him say back. "Congratulations on your podium! You did so well.. How was your flight back?" Charles pulled his arms away from you and turned to the fridge to grab a bottle of water. "It was alright, just happy the weekend is over. We did get a podium but it was hard work.." You saw the tired look on his face and you knew he always needed a few hours to get used to being home again. "Do you want anything? I can make you some food?" You asked and he smiled at you. "No thanks, I'm just going to take a shower". He said before he walked away.

And there you were again, standing in the kitchen, all by yourself. You walked to the hallway to get your boyfriend's suitcase and you decided to start unpacking it so he wouldn't have to do it this time. You took the suitcase into your bedroom and sat down on the bed for a while, just thinking. 'Am I asking too much of him? Is it normal for a guy to lose interest after a while? Should I just let him be and not complain?' You weren't really sure of the answers to these questions, but it was beginning to eat away at you. After fifteen minutes, Charles came out of the bathroom, dressed in a grey pair of jogging bottoms and a white hoodie and you loved how cosy he looked. You just wanted to cuddle up to him and watch a movie together.

"I've unpacked your suitcase already, babe.." You said while you sat down on the bed again, watching your boyfriend walk around the room, placing his phone on the nightstand. "Charles.. Can I ask you something?" You hesitated when he looked at you and nodded, but you decided to go through with it anyway. "Do you still like being with me?" You softly asked and you saw the expression on his face change to confusion. "Of course, I do. Why would you ask that?" You could tell he was a little annoyed already. "Well, it seems like you aren't really interested in me or sometimes even in spending time with me anymore.." Charles looked at you and you could tell he was getting angrier. "You know I'm really busy, right? You know I have to fly to a different country almost every weekend, right?" 

You were just staring at the floor at this point. 'It's not worth fighting over' You thought. So you just nodded. "Yeah, I know". But as you were apologizing for even bringing it up, your mind started spinning again. "But no, I'm not sorry". You suddenly said and he quickly turned around again. "I just cleaned the entire apartment for your arrival back home, I unpacked your suitcase, I prepared your meals for the entire week and you haven't even asked me one thing about my weekend or even my first week at school last week yet.." You raised your voice a little, not wanting to get angry, but it didn't seem fair to you anymore. "You don't have to do all those things for me. You choose to do them, I have never said you need to prepare all my meals for me". 

He was really getting on your nerve now and the lack of interest in trying to fix a problem in your relationship was getting you even more riled up. "You think you are the only man in the world, don't you? That you can just ignore me and do what you want because I will never even think of leaving you?" You could see the expression on his face change again as you spoke to him, but this time, it changed into shock. Charles had never even thought about losing you, but hearing you speak like that, got his heart almost beating out of his chest. Were you really planning on leaving him? He knew he had been neglecting you a little bit and wanted to surprise you this upcoming week, but you kind of beat him to it by asking this right now.

"I.. I know I haven't been the greatest boyfriend lately. The first half of the season was just us all trying to get the team back to where we belong and it was really hard work. I know I'm so incredibly lucky to have you and I've been taking you for granted lately. I'm really, really sorry". He walked over to you and grabbed your small hands in his. You didn't look at him yet, your eyes still fixed on the floor. "Look at me, please". You heard your boyfriend say before you felt his hand under your chin, slowly lifting your face up to his. "I'm really sorry. Can I please make it up to you? I had already booked a spa day together for Wednesday and I'm taking you out to dinner afterwards. I promise I'll do better from now on. I love you, Y/N". 

Those three words had made your heart flutter and you completely forgot what you were even mad about in the first place. "I love you too, Charles". You said as you felt his lips brush over yours. He kissed you with the passion you had missed so dearly these last couple of weeks and you felt the butterflies erupt in your stomach when he lifted you onto the bed. "Let me show you that I am in fact the only man in the world, baby girl".