Formula One Shots

Jolyon Palmer [3 + 11]

For Mejseamanda93

3. "I'm flirting with you."

11. "Why are you pushing me away?"

TRIGGER WARNING: short mention of abuse

Word count: 756

You liked working for Renault. You had always had a lot of fun at work. That is, until one of your colleagues started flirting with you. You dated a guy once and it didn't work out. He was rude to you and kept insulting you. He had even dared to hit you once. That was the moment you had left him. Ever since that moment, you didn't dare trust any guy anymore, which is why you never answered the guys that flirted with you.

Jolyon had been nicer than usual to you the last couple of weeks and you had no idea why. Maybe the guys made a bet on you, to see if he could get in your pants. You knew raising these suspicions was bad, but you honestly couldn't help yourself.

Today was one of those days Jolyon was extremely nice to you. He tried helping you out as much as he could and he kept making nice comments about your work. You knew that you should feel flattered by all this, and deep down you even were a little. But you still couldn't get rid of the thought that all men would be like your ex-boyfriend.

"(y/n), I was wondering if I could talk to you in private for a moment?" Jolyon asked, snapping you out of your thoughts. You nodded and followed him towards a quiet spot. "So... I think you've noticed that my feelings for you have changed over the past couple of weeks... I just wanted to tell you that you are the most gorgeous woman I have ever seen in my whole life and I was wondering if you wanted to have dinner with me," Jolyon said, making you frown. Did he really think you were beautiful? Why would he have dinner with you if he could pretty much get any girl he wanted?

"Why?" you asked without thinking how pathetic it would sound to him. "Why? Because you are beautiful, intelligent, kind... I could go on about it, but we don't have all day," Jolyon smiled down at you, sending a wink your way as well. You frowned once again. This couldn't be true, right? You knew that your ex had scarred you really badly, but you only noticed that now as Jolyon was asking you out and you kept doubting him.

"But why me?" you asked in a fragile voice. Jolyon frowned at seeing you this vulnerable. He wondered who had dared to hurt you like this. He swore to himself that he would personally visit this person and kill them. "(y/n), like I said, you are gorgeous. And just in case you didn't notice, I'm flirting with you."

"Erm- you see, I erm... the team would never allow it," you said, not being able to think of a better excuse. You wanted to say yes, you really did, but a small voice in your head said it would be a bad idea. The little voice in your head kept saying that he would be like your ex and eventually grow tired of you.

"The team has nothing to do with our personal life, darling. Who hurt you? Who caused you to be so wary of love?" he asked. You were surprised that he had figured you out this easily.

"I don't know Jolyon... They wouldn't be very happy about it," you said, referring to the team again and ignoring Jolyon's question.

"Why are you pushing me away, (y/n)? I would never hurt you," Jolyon said softly. You could see in his eyes that he meant what he just said to you.

"I'm sorry... I have a hard time trusting... men," you said in a small voice, not daring to look up at him. You were expecting him to laugh at you, but instead he took your hands in his and pressed a kiss on top of them.

"I promise you that you won't regret going out with me. We will take it slow, if that's what you want, just... just give me a chance, okay? I will make sure you won't regret it," he said.

You thought about it for a few seconds before slowly nodding your head and smiling up at him, "okay. I'll go out with you," you said and bit your lip.

"You have no idea how happy I am to hear that," Jolyon said with a smile as he pressed a piece paper with his number written down on it in your hand before walking off and winking at you once again.