"𝐛𝐨𝐱, 𝐧𝐨𝐰" : 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐭. 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. maus riki - red bull's new golden boy. ruthless. all fire and raw talent. signed straight out of the F2 junior series. an adrenaline junkie with something to prove, charming when it suits him, hard-headed when it doesn't. a storm behind the wheel. and somehow, the only one who can calm him down is the man with the gentle voice in his ear. (or: maki joins nicholas wang as red bull's second driver and inherits more than just a seat-nicholas's former race engineer, euijoo, reassigned to him.)

euijoo finds out his best friend has a crush and is upset that all their close friends know except him-and perhaps upset over 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. ao3 version: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44259715/chapters/111302392

euijoo's grip on the cup of water loosened as he stared into the sadness, fear, and 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 in nicholas's bloodshot eyes. 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵. "euijoo," nicholas breathed, his voice carrying the weight of the world, broken, scared, and utterly defeated. "𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦." [a nichojoo zombie apocalypse au; inspired by euijoo's fancall answer to the question: "what will you do if nicholas gets infected with the zombie virus?" a. abandon and run away b. offer himself to nicholas ej:"𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴"]

"you hate me," nicholas whispers, lips brushing against his pulse, feeling the way it races. his grip tightens around euijoo's waist, possessive. "because i make you weak." euijoo should be furious. should shove him away. should press the gun deeper and remind himself that this is war, that this isn't a game, that nicholas is the reason for the blood on his hands, the scars on his body, the weight in his chest that never goes away. but nicholas is so warm. and euijoo is so cold. so he kisses him back. (or: euijoo never thought he'd see nicholas again-until the day he's sent to hunt him down. now, standing on opposite sides of a war, with a gun between them, euijoo realizes too late- nicholas was never just another criminal. and he was never just another enforcer. )