When Max starts coughing up petals, Charles is forced to confront a past he's forgotten. As Max's condition worsens, Charles unravels a hidden connection between them?, struggling to uncover the truth before it's too late.

(+18) Time travel was something impossible. At least, that was what Max believe. After watching the love of his life, Charles, marry someone else, Max boarded a train to return to his hotel, only to open his eyes and find himself suddenly transported back to 2019. He was back in his university years, a time before he had even met Charles and where everything was just beginning; he now had an impossible chance to prevent the greatest defeat of his life.

It's two minutes past midnight. Max is the head chef of the restaurant downstairs; Charles is the playboy neighbor upstairs who brings a different woman home every night. ​It's a routine they know by heart: the date fails, the woman leaves, and Charles stumbles down to Max's kitchen, hungry for pasta and comfort. To Charles, Max is just the grumpy best friend who fixes his mess. To Max, Charles is a beautiful, oblivious chaos. ​Max plays his part perfectly: he cooks, he listens, and he swallows his jealousy. ​Max can make breakfast exactly how Charles likes it, but he can't make Charles love him back

(+18) King Maxemilian, known as the Butcher of the North, with a heart forged of ice and a will of steel, spoke only the language of war and authority throughout his life. However, the cold marbles of Aethelgard were shaken by the arrival of Prince Charles, who came from the silence of a monastery and viewed the world only with curiosity and compassion. This union, which began as a political necessity, was tested by assassination attempts, bloody campaigns, and palace intrigues; yet, Charles's innocence became the only light in Maxemilian's world.

𝑀𝑜𝓃 𝒟𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒦𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉consists ⚠️𝖳𝖶 of 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗁𝗂𝖼 𝗏!𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝗄!𝖽𝗇𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 (𝗇𝗈𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗇-𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍 → 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍) 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄/𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗌, 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝖾𝗑, 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒, 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖡𝖣𝖲𝖬, 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗀 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗉𝗁𝗈𝖻!𝖼 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒. In a world where homophobic families once tore them apart, Max Verstappen vanished into the shadows and rose as Europe's youngest, most ruthless mob boss - the No Mercy Dutchman, who quietly dismantled drug networks to spare others the hell he barely escaped. Charles Leclerc rebuilt his life alone in Paris, a driven law student who never let anyone get close, because no one could ever replace the boy he lost. When Max's protection becomes possession. He drags Charles into his fortified world, away from the life he fought so hard to build. Charles rages against it, then slowly chooses it because Max is still the only one who makes him feel truly alive. Just two broken men building something fierce and unbreakable in the dark. Love isn't light here, it's the shadows they claim together. Or when Max finally takes back the only thing he ever regretted losing.

⚠️ Mature Completed Story 18+ ✓ Max Verstappen has it all on paper. A four-time World Champion, fame, speed... but inside, he's unraveling. Sleep-deprived, stressed, and terrified of disappointing his father, Max is at his breaking point. His best friend Daniel insists he see a psychologist, so Max secretly books an appointment. Only to run into Charles Leclerc, his childhood karting rival, and Monaco's top sports psychologist. Old memories resurface, walls come down, and boundaries blur. Max has never needed someone like him before, and Charles has never forgotten the boy who once raced by his side. But falling in love with a client isn't supposed to happen... is it? Fast laps, therapy sessions, childhood grudges, and forbidden love collide in this story about healing, trust, and the risk of letting someone in. A short lestappen AU with a blending of psychology, racing, and romance.

⚠️ Mature Completed Story 18+ ✓ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ No More Secrets, Mon Chéri is a dark-ish short lestappen au (Max Verstappen × Charles Leclerc) Stripper x Hidden Identity AU. Contains explicit smut, intense emotional hurt/comfort, power imbalance, obsession, secrets, praise kink, dom/sub undertones, and two broken men who ruin and heal each other in equal measure. Read at your own risk. Heavy angst ahead. Happy ending guaranteed, but the road is brutal. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Max Verstappen is drowning in debt and desperation. When stripping at Le Mirage becomes his last option, his first night is a disaster until a mysterious, sharp-eyed regular in the shadows steps in and changes everything. Charles Leclerc is rich, dangerous, and impossible to read. One protective clash, one heated night, and Charles offers a deal no broke uni student can refuse plus no strings and no questions but strings form fast. Max falls hard for Charles and for the safety he's never known but Charles falls first and even harder possessive, devoted, terrified of the secrets he's hiding. An unexplained gun still on the nightstand and late nights. There's love but with battles of doubt until one explosive fight forces the truth into the open. When everything shatters, what's left is raw, real, and will it be theirs? or Max walks away?

!ROYAL AU! When Victoria Verstappen, the princess of the Netherlands is promised off to Lorenzo Leclerc, crown prince of Monaco, her brother - the Crown Prince Max Verstappen - is forced to consort with an old enemy, Charles Leclerc while trying to figure a way to save his sister from a loveless life. Will Max be able to stop the marriage before it is too late? TW : Abuse, mentions of grief, eating disorder, scars, Jos Verstappen, internalised homophobia (kinda?), pain, dead parents society, stress, anxiety, heartache, homophobia

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 : 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 1 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘈𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵...𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴.