Comfort [landoscar]

6) realisation

''Okay so guys, silence, action.'' The PR director told everyone to start filming. ''Hey everyone, since the new Barbie movie's coming out and the new Barbie toys as well, we thought that we would relate it out to our childhood and'' Oscar started the video. ''Review some toys!'' Lando said at the same time as Oscar. They started with the Barbie, and Oscar explained how he had three sisters, so he was more familiar with those dolls. Lando then took it out of the box. ''Lando just broke Barbie.'' The Brit took the shoes out and continued playing with the toy. The next toy was play doh. ''I'm gonna make a tree.'' Oscar stated as he started making it with the green play doh. ''Cool. You put it in the oven, though, and then cook it.'' Oscar suddenly turned around and looked puzzled. ''Wot.'' The Aussie was really baffled. Someone from the team gave them the next toy, which was Bop it.

After the filming, both boys left together to go hang out after. It was around 13h and the workday was already done for them. They were both pretty hungry, so they decided to go for lunch. They hopped in the car and drove to a small restaurant not too far from the padel court they wanted to go too. When they got out of the car, Lando saw a fan coming towards them to take a selfie with them and she gave them a bracelet made with letter beads. It read ''Landoscar''. When the Aussie saw that, he got confused and turned to his teammate who seemed to know more about the subject than him. ''What is it?'' Oscar asked. ''Oh it's a ship name for us; like a name for our duo. It may be disturbing at first but you get used to it. A lot of fans did things like that for Carlos and I.'' The Brit explained calmly while walking to the restaurant. ''So we're a ship then..?'' Oscar wondered aloud as he whispered.

They got seated at a nice table next to a window and Lando excused himself to the bathroom before they'd start their meal. The curiosity got the better of him so Oscar took his phone and went on tiktok. He typed in the searchbar ''Landoscar'' and clicked on the first video. It showed multiple clips of them from PR videos, fan stages and meets and greets with a song behind. The edit had a few effects and transitions to show said landoscar throughout the last months. Oscar had to admit they had talent. ''What are you checking?'' Lando asked when he came back from the toilets. Oscar's face became red and he started stuttering and quickly threw his phone in his pocket. ''Huh... Nothing special!'' His teammate chuckled seeing his state and let it go as Oscar tried to get his emotions back together. Oscar's face got even redder as he watched Lando's warm smile beaming at him.

"Damn you're as red as Carlos' Ferrari!" Lando said as he chuckled. Oscar simply put his head down in his hands and sighted. Lando sat down and tilted his head as he smiled with what Oscar could qualify as a charming smile. It made it worse for the Australian, and he had to admit Lando had a lot of charisma.

Oscar took the menu and buried himself in it. The waiter came and they ordered their drinks. Oscar was back to normal and was acting normally. Lando was talking about the previous race and Oscar was simply listening. They often did it like that when they hung out. Lando talked and Oscar listened. It was how they were made and they completed each other well like that. They were like the moon and the sun. The black cat and the golden retriever. Bright as the sun and calm and mysterious as all the stars in the night sky.

"And you know I'm happy for the podium and all but I just wish I could win sometimes." Lando told with a slight pout. Of course he was happy, everyone would be, but he was still upset that all he could achieve was a simple podium and not go in the top step. It was even worse knowing what had happened in Russia in 2021. He let it slip by a mistake. "Lando, you know the car is not that good and Max keeps winning by 20 seconds each time, it's not your fault." Oscar tried to reassure his teammate. "Yeah but Daniel won in 2021 and I couldn't. All I could do was a second." He was the eternal second after all. "Daniel is a good driver. I'm not saying you aren't but he's really good." Lando looked away for a few seconds and changed subject.