lestappen (charles leclerc x max verstappen)

the secret of us (is out)

max POV

there was really no point trying to hide it, i mean he was only here to ask us that one question. the silence in the room was killing me, charles wasnt going to speak up anytime soon, and the longer we left it, the more obvious it'd be. "like a year, probably" I say blankly, looking at the shock on landos face, not pure shock, his jaw dropped before quickly turning into a smile. 

"i fucking knew it!" he yells, standing up on the couch and jumping onto the floor from the arm off it. 

"oh my god, you and carlos conspired didnt you?" 

"how silly of you too suggest that we did max! i just thought something was up.." 

"lan.. thats the worst lie ive ever been told" charles says, holding in his laughter from the both of us.

i didnt really feel a regret about telling him, and if i was meant too i dont think i ever will. i know how much i love charles, and i know that what we had gone through as a couple has bought us closer, and i dont really want to lose him, ever. if it was up to me id tell the whole world about us, really i would. i would make sure that everyone knew, im not ashamed of us and i feel i have nothing to hide. i mean come on this is my boyfriend and i have to keep it undercover. of course i know why, but why should it matter. i wish that everyone could know about us, its my biggest wish ever.

charles POV

in all honesty i didnt really expect max to tell lando that straight up, i mean it was a year old agreement at this point, but i guess heat of the moment, and we had spoken about telling them all, keeping us a secret was becoming so draining. the longer it went on the more i wanted to tell someone, the world even. 

although the world is a place much more different to just us 20 drivers. news spreads quickly in an f1 paddock, as well as the community beyond that paddock. and who really knows if you can trust all those people, theres 17 other people who dont know (maybe 16 if we dont count carlos) it only takes one slip up and then everyone in the world knows, which can change career aspects massively. not to mention the fact that people could speculate massively, you have two drivers from rival teams in a relationship, they could very easily be telling key information to the rival team, and on track who knows if it was just by mistake that you let them by, or because of your relationship? 

its a risky business, far too risky for too many people too know about. 

"so lando, just a question, are you planning on telling ANYONE about this"

"well if your looking for names.. carlos, max, alex, oscar, maybeee george and thats it"

carlos, max, and oscar were fine, but i knew that alex and george would not be able to keep it a secret for one moment, i had not one doubt about it.

"alex and george will let it slip within an hour of knowing about it, im telling you right now."

"no they wouldnt, their very good at keeping secrets ill have you know"

"alex literally told christian one of my secrets within a race weekend-" max chimes in

"exactly my point"

"well then i guess ill just tell george, carlos, max and oscar"

"yeah thats fine, i guess" i say, moving on to a new topic but of course lando kept asking questions about us all. night. long. it got to the point where he was considering sleeping the night just to find out even more information, which of course wouldnt have been an issue, if we all didnt have work to do the next day.