Final Lap - Sambucky AU

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The Hungarian Grand Prix was a shit show to say the least.

Both drivers for Red Bull received penalties. One received a time penalty and the other a position penalty.

Both Natasha and Kylo were annoyed by it. Kylo thankfully was not having a rough season, but Natasha was at this point. She didn't need penalties.

And then the race went just as awful. She almost ended up crashing, and ended up in 7th. Kylo ended up in 8th behind her because their strategy just wasn't working out.

Natasha walked into her pits and rubbed her neck as she looked at the TV. Bucky, Mina and Anthony.

She sighed and pulled her helmet off. And then pulled her balaclava off. Her and Bucky were neck and neck until she got her penalty and dropped down 6 places. It was stressing the hell out of her.

Kylo was out there cheering his boyfriend on, so she just went to her drivers room and held her head trying to keep herself calm.

As she did Maria came in. "Natasha?"

"Yes.. Maria?"

"You did good out there..."

"Stop lying to me. You know I didn't do well... I didn't attack my dad hard enough and got knocked down to 8th." She said as she unzipped her racing suit.

"I-"

"Be honest with me Maria..."

Maria sighed. "You're doing really bad." Natasha nodded as she turned towards her. "And... and I don't know how to help you." She said.

Natasha sighed and held the bridge of her nose before looking at her again. "How are you my team principal and you don't even know how to help me?"

Maria sighed. "I don't know. I thought if I let you do your thing you would eventually figure it out." Maria said as she looked at her.

Natasha just nodded with tears in her eyes. "Get out please."

"Natasha I'm sorry-"

"Get out Maria!" Natasha snapped. Maria looked at her silently and nodded as she turned. She closed the door behind her.

Natasha just got changed and teared up more as she yelled into her pillow. She just dropped it and got changed.

Clara ended up looking for her. She looked in the drivers rooms, their hotel room, everywhere. Sam was concerned but then paused. She was just like her father he realized. He got into his car and drove to the closest water front.

He stepped out and saw a girl in a hoodie sitting at the edge with her knees pulled up to her chest.

Sam walked over and sat next to her. She knew it was him and just wiped her eyes. The two sat in silence for awhile.

"How'd you find me?" She said eventually. He smiled softly and sighed as he looked at the water.

"You're just like your father. You like to cry in solitude. And you both have a liking for the ocean." He said. She wiped her eyes again.

"Good guess." She said as she pulled her hoodie off.

"What's wrong." Sam asks with care in his voice. Natasha just broke down. She sobbed into her hands and held her face.

"I-I work so hard.... I work so hard and can't even do well! Mina has had a race win, Claras had many race wins, everyone is doing so well, and I can't even keep up. I'm you and dad's daughter, I should be able to do this!!" Sam held her close as she continued to cry.

"I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I want to ask for help but I need to do this myself like everyone else!" She sobbed as she leaned more into Sam. He held her close and teared up listening to her.

"I don't know when I started seeing dad as the enemy, he's still my dad but if I can beat him, maybe just maybe I'll have peace!" Sam just kept her close.

"I'm sorry I'm just a screw up." Sam sighed and made her look at him.

"You aren't a screw up. You are perfect. You're learning. And that's okay." He kissed her head. She just teared up and started to cry again.

Sam took her back to her hotel room. He explained to Clara what happened and she knew what to do.

He hugged Natasha again and then headed to his room.

Clara walked over to Natasha and looked at her worryingly. Natasha's eyes were red, and her cheeks were flushed red from crying.

Clara simply wrapped her in a blanket and looked her in the eye. "You are perfect. Okay?"

Natasha just looked at Clara and then away. "Eventually you will know you are, but right now it's time for you to sleep, so... let's get some rest, and we'll work on some stuff tomorrow okay?" Clara said with a soft smile.

Natasha nodded. Clara helped Natasha up. She looked up at Clara. "Kiss me?"

Clara leaned down and kissed her. Natasha had tears going down her face as she did. Clara kissed her cheek and then her neck. "Ready to go to sleep?" Clara asked.

Natasha nodded. "Yeah."

Sam got to his room and sighed as he saw Bucky look over at him. "You okay?"

"We need to keep an eye on Natasha. She is really stressed, and Red Bull is not helping the situation..." Sam said as he looked at him.

Bucky sighed as he walked over. "I'll keep an eye... but she won't talk to me." He said as he sat next to him.

"I know... she told me today that she feels that
She has no idea how we all got to this point." Sam said as he looked out the window. Bucky sighed a bit and looked at his fine.

"She's not alone there."

The next few races went by.

Natasha kept performing poorly. She had no idea what she was doing, she had no idea what she was doing wrong. She felt as if maybe she was just holding back and decided to push more.