"It will eventually stop hurting".

Monaco 🇲🇨

Charles POV
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I..........
I don't know what to say.
I don't know how to feel.
I don't know what to do.
This race.
This country.
Why?Why does this keep happening?
Ferrari.
The strategy.
Everything.
The chances I had of winning. I had pole position. I had a race winning car. I had both Redbulls and Carlos behind me. The most trickiest track to overtake.
And somehow.....
I ENDED UP IN FOURTH.
FOURTH.
ALL BECAUSE OF FERRARIS STRATEGY.
WHY!WHY!WHY!
I hate it. I love this sport but the people who come up with all this bullshit to make their driver who is LEADING THE RACE, NOT EVEN GET ON THE PODIUM.
And some may say I'm selfish because I finished and got points but technically I didn't finish because we didn't do all the laps. So it will go down in history that Charles Leclerc has still not finished a Monaco Grand Prix.
So that's how I ended up here. With my thoughts. Alone. Behind the Ferrari garage into an alley where I can sink into my depressive state and feel disappointed.
Disappointed because I couldn't win or get a podium, for dad and for Jules. I let my mind wonder until I hear someone shout......
"CHARLES"
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Max's POV.
P3 is not a bad result. Of course a higher position would be better but it's Monaco. I walk onto the last step of the podium spraying champagne and enjoying the celebration with my teammate. Suddenly I get a realization. Charles. Charles didn't finish on the podium. Oh god.
I suddenly excuse myself from the big celebration the Redbull crew were having and ran straight to the direction of the Ferrari garage. As I look around to see if I can find Charles with no luck I lose hope and start to walk back to the Redbull garage until I see a figure in the alley of the Ferrari garage. Suddenly I realize who it is.
"CHARLES"
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Charles POV
"CHARLES"
"Max?"
Max suddenly rushed forward and knelt in front of me.
"Charles, hey are you ok?"
💭Stupid question I taught.
"I'm fine"
"No"
"What?"
"No your not fine"
"I am Max just leave me alone"
"Charles please don't push me away. I want to help"
"I don't want your help Max!!!!!What are you going to do?! Huh? Are you going to go the FIA and declare that we have another race so I can win?! Are you going to ask to go get drinks so I can just forget about tonight?! You going to tell me that everything is going to be ok when you know it isn't.?! You going to tell me that I'm a great driver and I'm going to do well in the next race?! Well guess what Max it's not going to work. Seb, Carlos, Pierre even Daniel all said it but it's not true cause EVERYTHING GOES WRONG MAX. EVERYTHING!! AND IM TIRED OF IT."
By now I am standing up glaring at Max. I don't want someone to comfort me I just want to finally do something for once. All of this anger has risen up and I couldn't take it anymore. I started kicking and hitting the garage just letting my anger out. I just needed to. Max didn't stop me. He just stood there watching me shout and scream and kick and hit until eventually I collapsed onto the ground. Max sat down infront of me and pulled me into a hug. That's when I realized I was crying. I was actually crying and Max Verstappen was hugging me. That just made me cry more.
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After some time I had stopped crying and I was facing Max on the ground .
"I'm sorry-"
"Don't Charles. Look I'm not going to say anything but I just wanted to let you know that....."
He paused for a minute and finally said it.
"You deserve so much better"
Me eyes started to tear up again.
"Thanks Max"
"Come on, let's get you back to your hotel"
So that's how I ended up going back to the hotel and Max coming up with me.
"It's quite late. If you want you could sleep in the spare room."
"Are you sure I don't want to overstep"
"Positive"
"Thanks mate"
I showed Max where everything is and said goodnight. As I was walking back to my room I stopped and ran straight back to the room Max was staying in and threw us both to the floor in a hug.
"I'm so lucky to have you as a friend Max. Seriously. No matter how many arguments we have I will always be great full you will be here in my life"
"Me too Charles. Me too"
I went back to my room after thanking and apologizing to Max for him helping me and crushing him into the floor. I felt exhausted from crying but I had a bit of weight lifted off my shoulders. God, where would I be without my friends.

Hey guys. Sorry for such a long wait. I was so busy with family stuff but here is another chapter. Hope you enjoyed!!