𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 || 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳

a mistake and a suspicion

i'm baaaaaack :)

~

They had kissed.

What the fuck were they thinking?

Oscar disappeared and then Lando realized. Without even thinking, he had cheated on his girlfriend. With the one person who absolutely no one would understand what the hell had even caused them to like each other, much less kiss.

It seemed as if Oscar felt the same way based upon the same old cold glances that were exchanged between the two of them at the paddock of the next race. Oscar was back to racing after his near fatal incident, and it seemed as if he had never been gone with the level at which he was performing.

Lando had froze once Oscar had left his apartment. He didn't just get to kiss him and walk out. There was no explanation, no apology, no... anything. Oscar was deliberately ignoring him and it was driving him mad.

It almost felt as if Oscar hated him more since the incident. Rather than maybe... talking about what the hell had actually happened that night, how Lando had just about gone insane from worrying about Oscar and then the Aussie had just impromptu made a move on him knowing he had a girlfriend... maybe it'd be better.

But then Lando realized he didn't want to talk to Oscar either.

He knew Lando had a girlfriend. He fucking knew, and he still made a move he would never tell Carolina about, it was a mistake and it would never happen again and Lando knew he had eyes for her and only her.

Even the public had a ship name for them. Landolina. That was it, and out of all people, Oscar Piastri certainly wouldn't be the one to get in the way of them and their flourishing relationship.

He thought Oscar was jealous, given how much attention he paid her. The comment he had made about her shirt being too low? Unnecessary. Kissing Lando? Also unnecessary. It almost seemed as if he was doing everything he could to ruin them.

In truth, upon consideration, Oscar was the person Lando wanted to talk to, but at the same time he didn't feel that the Aussie had the right to just ignore him after the move he made.

And now, they were being forced to interact.

McLaren had these dumb challenges that they had to do for the media, Lando wasn't sure whether it was for Instagram or YouTube or both. Either way, it sucked because he had to pretend he actually liked Oscar, something that was shockingly energy consuming given how hard it was.

At least the game today was interesting. Jenga where each block had a question on it that they would need to answer. Maybe he could get some information out of Oscar, for once. He painted a fake smile on and exhaled before stepping into the room where they'd be filming the video, Oscar was already sat down waiting. 

For these sorts of media requirements, Lando had become accustomed to going on autopilot. He pulled the first block from the Jenga tower.

What's your favorite race of the calendar?

An easy one to start. "Silverstone," he answered, smiling at the camera. "It's my home race, I love driving in front of all the British fans and I think any driver could say that the home race is always more special."

Oscar pulled the second block.

What's your biggest racing pet peeve?

He thought about it for a moment, before answering. "Deleted lap times or penalties for track limits." Lando could only nod in agreement with that one.

Lando pulled the next block.

Who's your best friend on the grid?

"Carlos," he said instantly. "There's no question, we've gotten on well since I first started in Formula One and... yeah, he's definitely the driver who I'm closest with."