Flowers || Lando Norris || Mick Schumacher

6. Balcony

As I enter my room I notice the balcony doors slightly opened, wind blowing my curtains around. "Lan?" I whisper, unsure if he's even still here, "You out there?" After a few seconds of silence I stumble towards the balcony opening the door wider.

I spot Lando with his knees tucked into his chest and his arms hugging his calves. "Hey," I whisper taking a seat next to him. The fresh smell of the crisp night air is replaced by the strong smell of alcohol and his cologne. "You okay?" I nudge him slightly, "Hey beautiful." he mumbles. "What're you doing out here?" I ask a little worried. I swiftly grab a blanket from a near by chair and carefully wrap it around his shoulders. "Just thinking, the stars are incredible tonight aren't they?"

I look up to see sky littered with stars, there's not a single cloud in sight. The moon is completely visible shining down onto the city below. "Wow." I whisper under my breath. A cool breeze hits my face sending a chill down my spine.

I feel Lando's warm skin brush against my side as he pulls me closer to him. He gently adjusts the blanket to be around both of us as we continue to admire the world around us. "I love this place," He begins "I wish my life was always this peaceful." I remain silent letting him get everything off his chest "I love my job, I love travelling the world and going on all these adventures," He sighs letting his head fall onto his knees "But, sometimes I wish I could get away from it all, have the opportunity to slow down and just watch the stars."

I turn to look at him, his jaw is slightly clenched and he's swaying back and forth a little "You're so drunk." he turns to look at me for the first time since i'd got here "maybe, but so are you."

We stay silent for awhile listening to the muffled music coming from the party below, the alcohol slipping me in and out of consciousness. "I'm so happy you're gonna be working with me." He smiles, his eyes meeting mine "It's not just you i'll be working with, it'll be with everyone, you know that." I mutter. "I know but i'm glad you're always going to be around."

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I can't tell how long we've been sitting out here but it feels like long enough. I grab onto Lando's shoulder pushing myself to stand, immediately missing his warmth "Come on you're gonna get a cold sitting out here!" I reach my hand out to give him some extra support to stand.

We cling onto each other as we make our way inside, I set Lando down onto my bed before clumsily closing my balcony doors.  I glance over my shoulder to see Lando looking away from me before I pull off my outfit replacing it with an oversized shirt and shorts. By the time I turn back around he's completely passed out on one side of my bed, I slip into the other side quickly falling into a deep sleep.