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patience - carlando • charlos

"Just have a little patience, i'm still hurting from a love i lost."

Lando wasn't able to put his feelings into words. He was just standing there, listening to Carlos.

He heard the others clapping, so he clapped as well.

Carlos could've found the right words, beautiful words even, but it wouldn't change anything inside of him.

The emptiness and the scars he left him with, wouldn't go away through a few words. Only time could heal this, so Lando was hoping at least.

He was happy for Carlos. He will be driving for Ferrari next year. It's like a dream coming true, for every driver.

His new teammate will be Charles, Charles Leclerc. Not the worst looking guy in the grid, that's for sure. On top of that, he also had a great character and was a talented driver.

Carlos will forget him. That he is sure of, even if Carlos reassured him that this won't be the case.

He will be happy at Ferrari and also with Charles. Lando however, will stay at McLaren.

A while ago they discussed that his new teammate will be Daniel Ricciardo, but he decided to go back to Redbull. Instead he would get a rookie as his new teammate.

His name was Oscar Piastri. He has heard of him once or twice, but never really spoke to him. People said he is a "nice bloke" but Lando is sure that no one will ever replace Carlos, no matter how nice he was.

The connection they had was special. It was so much more than just being teammates, or even friends. He didn't knew how to survive without him.

Lando got so caught up in his own thoughts, he missed the speeches the team gave for Carlos. Only when Carlos voice arose again, he stopped thinking and catched his last few „thank you" words.

After another round of applause everyone started going back to work.

Lando finally looked up from the ground. Probably for the first time today and saw Carlos making his way directly at him.

Lando wanted to push him away. He didn't want to talk to him right now. He was hurting. He wanted to cry and hide himself alone in some corner.

But he didn't get the chance. Carlos grabbed his arm and dragged him into his driver room.

He closed the door and then, Lando could feel his back on the door. The next thing he felt, were Carlos lips on his.

God, how he would miss this. He almost forgot anything else, what just happened.

A little smile started to play on his lips, but he tried to stop it, because he couldn't miss Carlos lips on his.

After a while Carlos pulled back a little, but Lando could still look into his big brown puppy eyes.

"You didn't look at me." Carlos started.

"I do now." Lando replied, slightly joking.

He doesn't want to talk about it.

"At my speech, i mean."

He could hear in his voice, he was disappointed. Carlos could look as dangerous and scary to other people as he wanted to, but when he's with him, he was just a little puppy.

"I couldn't." Lando said, truthfully.

"I'm sorry. I know this is hard for the both of us but I..." Carlos started but Lando stopped him.

"No Carlos, please. You will be happy at Ferrari and Charles will be a good teammate. Don't feel bad for letting your hard work making your dreams come true."