Hit the Brakes - Daniel Ricciardo x OC

Part 34

The whole garage erupts into cheer, with everyone running to the pit lane to watch him cross the line. I blow Daniel a kiss as he goes past, and he blows one back. I look up at the track TV to see a close up of me on there, to which I wave and smile.

This season has been the best first one. A mixture of ups and downs, but now I get to celebrate.

The podium ceremony happens and the first thing Daniel does when he holds that trophy up is look at me. I give him my biggest, proudest smile. Max lifts his up, and everyone cheers. It's really a season finale to remember.

Both of them walk off the podium and I run to give them both a hug. I congratulate Max and then grab Daniel's arm to take him off to somewhere quiet.

Daniel swoops me into a big hug and kisses me.
"I owe every single second of that podium, to you."
"I'm so proud of you."
"It was so surreal, it was like I needed you most and you just... appeared." He says, tearing up.
"Don't cry, baby. One of your engineers grabbed me."
"I love you, so much." He says.
"I love you too."

As we walk out, Will Buxton has a camera and a microphone.
"Pretty incredible performance there, Daniel."
"Thank you. I really only have one person to thank for this, and it's her." He says, him and his camera pointing to me.
"Poppy, how was it for you?"
"I just didn't even think about it. I just had to calm him down. The race or anything like that didn't even matter to me. I'm just so proud of him."
Will nods his head and smiles, and walks away, talking to the camera. 

And for that night, myself, Max, Daniel and the RedBull team celebrate hard. Can't really say I remember the majority of that night.

We spend the next couple of months between Monaco, England and Australia, and I even managed to move in with Daniel. 

Not everyone was fully happy with me dating someone from another team, but everyone loves Daniel, so they let it slide. 

Why hit the brakes, when you can get your foot on the accelerator? 

Author's Notes:

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