BFB // MICK SCHUMACHER

TWELVE

TWELVE

If somebody asked Lennox Knight, when did she get so comfortable around Kevin Magnussen, she would not have an answer.

Because she didn't know.

But, here she was, in her design studio, using Kevin as a model for a sports jacket without any issue of touching him, being overwhelmed or having a panic attack.

Kevin was surprised too, having just finished a meeting with Gunther, only to be asked directly by Lennox to come to Paris and to her design studio to model for a sports jacket.

He had, of course, agreed instantly.

He knew how good of a fashion designer Lennox was, because Gina always wore her designs, and especially in the past few months, Mick had started to wear new items of clothing that the Magnussen man could never find on the Internet, so they had to also have been created by the Knight girl.

He wanted to ask her if he could buy some of her designs, or ask, and pay, for her to create some items for him, because it meant that he didn't have to spend thousands of Krone on luxury clothing, when he could give the money to a designer who genuinely deserved it and who actually had such great ideas.

"What colors do you think that you'll do these sport jackets in?"

Kevin Magnussen spoke up, interrupting his own thoughts, making the young woman in front of him jump slightly, having not expected it.

"I have fabrics of thirty different colors. What do you have in mind?"

Lennox Knight muttered quietly, her soft brown eyebrows furrowed slightly in to a frown, confusion yet intrigue filling her mind, her hands stopping at adjusting the fabric in order to listen to him.

"I just had a thought of you, maybe making jackets for all of the drivers on the grid. I can get you the measurements for each driver so that you don't have to be near any of them, but I think that these are great! You could get so much publicity for your designs!" Kevin grinned as he spoke, his smile growing larger by the second, not noticing the way that Lennox's eyes began to widen slightly in fear.

"People would know me... I don't want people to know me, I like being a nobody." Lennox spoke in almost a whisper as she began to get back to work, putting the final adjustment pins in where she needed to.

"You're not a nobody, Lennox! You're Gina's best friend, Mick worships you, Gunther says that you're the best way to motivate Mick because he always wants to make you proud! Does that sound like a nobody?" Kevin frowned slightly at what had been going through her thoughts, worry flooding through his veins.

"I guess not."

Kevin was a dad. A father.

And yet, all that he wanted to do every time that he saw Lennox sad, or upset, was to hug her, to reassure her that people cared for her, loved her, miss her. He saw a young woman who had been abandoned by a parent and had never recovered from it. He just wanted to keep the young woman safe and happy.

"How are you around small children?"

"Uh, I don't know." Lennox hesitated, unsure where the conversation was heading. She didn't know how she was around small children, she had never been around small children.

"I'm not a rabid dog... so that's good, right?" The Knight woman pouted slightly, her bottom lip protruding outwards a little bit, her eyes wide and full of confusion, uncertainty and fear.

"If I bring my daughter to the next race, will you meet her? If it makes you overwhelmed, then that's fine, it won't happen again, but I feel like you would like her. I know that she'll like you." Kevin offered her a smile of friendship, noticing the look of thought that was on her face, but at least she was thinking about it.

"Okay. I will bake her some cupcakes."

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"Lex!"

Mick Schumacher shouted abruptly, his body shooting upwards from his bed, his eyes wide and concerned, the nightmare that he had just suffered plaguing his mind.

"What did I do?"

Lennox muttered quietly, her body sluggish and exhausted, her eyes refusing to open from where she was laying beside Mick, half awake but concerned for her best friend.

"Are you okay?" Mick breathed heavily, turning his body around to check on her, seeing that she was okay and not hurt at all, breathing a sigh of relief at the realisation.

"I was until you screamed in my ear. I was dreaming of the care bears." Lennox huffed, using her hand to push his face away, since she could sense that he was directly next to her.

"I'm so sorry, Lex, I just had a nightmare. Go back to sleep, I'm sorry." Mick leant forwards once more, pressing a soft kiss to her temple to soothe her, turning his body around so that they could both go back to sleep.

It became completely now for the both of them to sleep in the same bed, they barely thought about it. Lennox had nightmares some nights and would not be able to sleep the rest of the nights, so it was very rare that Mick had a nightmare.

He blamed it on the fact that they had been separated for a while, since he had been across the world racing, whereas she was designing multiple sport jackets, having decided to test out the popularity of her design with a couple of Formula One drivers.

Kevin had only given her a handful of drivers measurements to start with and she was greatful for that, because she wanted to see how they reacted before she made it very well known what it was that she was doing.

So, she had sports jackets for Kevin, Mick and Gunther but she also had the measurements for Yuki Tsunoda, George Russell, Daniel Ricciardo and Lance Stroll.

She had never met the four racing drivers, but they were happy to try out her jackets, having spotted Kevin wearing one, which they loved.

"Mick?"

The Schumacher boy immediately turned his body back around, seeing the girl that he loved staring back at him, a look of concern on her face.

"Yeah? What's up?" He whispered softly, lifting one of his hands up to cup her face, his thumb softly moving over her cheek and her lips.

"I don't want you to have nightmares, that's my job." A soft smile began to form as Lennox stared at her best friend, seeing the German boy rolling his eyes at her, lightly sticking his tongue out at her.

"You better come and cuddle me then, shouldn't you?" Mick laughed, his smile growing as the beautiful woman beside him shuffled herself closer to his body, until her head was resting on his chest, her ear picking up his slow and steady heartbeat.

"Don't tell Gina this because she will try and smother me to death... but you're my best friend, Mick and I love you." Lennox laughed softly as she spoke, her eyes fluttering shut before the blonde man even had a chance to respond to her.

"You're my best friend too... and I love you, Lennox."

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A/N

I am back, I am motivated and I am determined

What do you think?

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy this chapter and I'll see you all soon for the next one,

I'm so proud of all of you, my loves

Love you all,

-RUBY 🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩🇸🇸🇺🇦🇾🇪