One Shots - Formula 1 [REQUESTS CLOSED]

8, 77. - Daniel Ricciardo

Request from glozali :)

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"Hello M.Ricciardo! No wonder it's going to be a hot lap."

"Please, call me Dan." Daniel smiled politely and didn't answer the woman's pointed look. She was mentally undressing him and anyone could see that.

You acted like it was nothing and focused on the screen full of data before you. Internally, your blood was boiling. Who the hell did she think she was? Oh yes, of course, she was the rising star of Hollywood since she stared into a popular science fiction trilogy. And to her knowledge, Daniel was still a very wanted bachelor, so she was taking her chance.

The actress flipped her long blond hair over her shoulders as Daniel opened the car's door for her and helped her inside. You almost groaned but kept quiet not to catch anyone's attention. Finally, Daniel sat behind the wheel and started the car, leaving the garage. You shook your head to shake off bad thoughts from it and focused on your work.

You had been Daniel Ricciardo's engineer for a few months now, being the one of Carlos Sainz the year before. Daniel and you quickly grew closer and you started dating a month ago. To avoid any conflict of interest or other problems with the team and the media, you had kept this quiet. Only your close family and friends knew. The team didn't, even though it was getting harder and harder to keep this a secret. Especially in times like this where all you wanted was to confide in some team member about how that bitch was acting.

"Well well, I bet Dan won't be sleeping alone tonight!" You heard one of the mechanics exclaim, making the others laugh loudly. Ugh, boys. You tried not to get any bad image in your head but it was too late.

The Infiniti sports car came back into the garage. The actress made sure to thank Daniel, touching his arm and inviting him to see her on set in Hollywood. Of course she had to! You ignored Daniel most of the day, avoiding his stare. You just talked to him when work was involved.

You came back into your hotel room tired after a long evening. You had to compare all the data from the first two practice sessions to guess the best strategy for qualifying. It was tiring, but you loved your job and you wouldn't change it for the world.

When Daniel knocked on your door, you almost closed it to his face. His smile disappeared when he saw you were not happy to see him. He quickly entered, not wanting to be spotted in the corridor in front of your door.

"Are you alright, Y/N? What happened?" He immediately took your head between his hands to catch your stare.

"I thought you would be staying with that actress tonight." You replied nonchalantly.

"Why would I want to stay with her? I'd rather spend the night with my girlfriend." He smirked and slipped his hands around your waist.

"You didn't seem to think much about your girlfriend earlier when she was flirting with you."

"Babe, you know it was all for the cameras. People still think that I'm single, I need to act like it. I don't care about her at all. All I care about is you. And she's not you."

"Well maybe I'm tired that everyone thinks you're single. Girls are always throwing themselves at you, your mechanics keep trying to set you up, journalists imagine you have a new girlfriend every time you talk to a girl... And I just stand there, witnessing everything and not being able to say anything."

You surprised yourself when you finished your speech. You spoke with your heart and you didn't even know you had kept all of this inside. Truth is, you didn't want to hide anymore. Not because you wanted to show off or anything, but you were just tired of lying, pretending, and not being able to talk to Daniel freely in front of the team.

"OK..." Daniel first said, to let everything sink in. "So you want us to tell everyone?"

"Yes." You breathed.

"Alright. Of course! Honestly I was just keeping this a secret to protect you, I didn't want you to be harassed or anything. But I understand it can be difficult. So we can tell the team tomorrow and see with my PR how to announce it to the press."

You sighed in relief and nodded, quickly huddling in his arms.

"And please babe, trust that I love you. I don't want anyone else, alright?" You nodded and raised your head to face him. "You know that you're the Troy to my Gabriela." Daniel smirked and you punched his shoulder.

He once heard you sing a High School Musical song and you had to tell him how fan of these movies you were while being a teenager. Of course he asked to watch it with you and made fun of you the whole night because he said the movies were cheesy while you still knew the lyrics by heart. He hasn't stopped teasing you about this ever since.

"Stop mocking me! I don't judge your musical taste, do I?" You pouted, only for Daniel to laugh and hold you tightly into his arms. And there was no better place.