Formula 1 | One Shots (1)

Puppy Love | Oscar Piastri

Authors Note: This storyline was requested by user: MorranBorranKnorran 

Done in reader POV 😌 
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Austin was chaotic with the race weekend kicking off. My team and I were stationed at the fan zone earlier, showing off some of our adorable rescue dogs to promote adoption and raise awareness. It had been a rewarding morning, watching fans fall in love with the fluffy tails and floppy ears. But this? This was next level.

We were given a special invite to McLaren's garage. My inner F1 fan was practically freaking out. "This is unreal," I whispered to my coworker, Jenna, as we walked in. 

A loud screech caught us off guard as we both turned to find one of the drivers running towards us. I tried to keep calm as Lando approached our set-up. 

"Puppies in the garage? You've got to be kidding me. I'm gonna die," Lando said.

My heart skipped a beat seeing him so excited, smiling ear to ear, looking like a kid in a candy store. "Which one do I get to take home?" he asked, crouching down as the dogs swarmed him.

"Careful what you say," I teased. "We take adoption applications very seriously."

"Oh, I'm serious," Lando said, stretching out on the floor completely, letting the puppies climb all over him. One of the smaller ones, named Benny, started licking his ear.

"Benny, no!" I laughed, stepping forward. "You've got to at least buy him dinner first, buddy."

Lando laughed, wiping his ear with his sleeve. "Guess he's a fast mover. Is he always this bold?"

"Pretty much," I said. "He tried stealing someone's nachos earlier. He's fearless."

Lando looked down at Benny, now sitting on his chest. "I respect it. Bold moves win championships, right, mate?"

"Are you giving pep talks to a dog now?" one of his engineers called from across the garage.

"Jealous much?" Lando shot back, smirking.

Jenna leaned over and whispered, "Is he always this chaotic?"

"Probably, I've seen some funny edits of him on social media," I whispered back, watching as Lando now had a husky puppy chewing on his shoelaces.

"C'mon, buddy, you've got this!" Lando cheered, encouraging the dog to tug his laces.

"Should we be worried?" Jenna asked louder.

"Nah, he's just getting them into high spirits," I joked.

At that moment, the other McLaren driver, Oscar wandered over, looking both curious and amused. "What's going on here?" he asked.

"Just me bonding with my new teammates," Lando said, still lying on the floor, now fully covered in puppies.

"Teammates?" Oscar raised an eyebrow.

Lando pointed at Benny. "This one's clearly got my instincts. Did you hear that he tried to steal someones nachos earlier?"

Oscar shook his head, kneeling down to pet one of the calmer dogs. "You're going to end up in a  TikTok edit for this, you know."

"Good," Lando said. "Puppies deserve the spotlight. Plus I'm cute as hell."

I couldn't help but laugh. "If you ever retire from racing, you'd make a great puppy ambassador."

"See, now that's a job I could do. What's the pay like?"

"Non existent, but you'd be paid in unconditional love and all your clothes would be covered in dog hair, FOR FREE," I replied.