The accidental meet-cute of pop star Leila at the F1 Paddock. Escaping her old life in a baseball cap, Leila joins her friend Victoria at the Red Bull garage. She gets caught completely off guard when she sees Max Verstappen in his race gear and realizes her friend's "fast potato" brother has become unexpectedly attractive. The crucial moment - Leila's stunned "triple-take" - is captured by cameras. Now, she's trying to hide her new, inconvenient crush on the World Champion while Victoria thoroughly enjoys the chaos. It's literally the F1-Paddock version of the Sabrina Carpenter song: "When Did You Get Hot?" Please don't copy my work :) Book cover partly generated by AI.

❝𝘼𝙉 𝘼𝘿𝙑𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝙄𝘾 - 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙃 𝘿𝘼𝙔 𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙇 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙈𝘼𝙎❞ Isabella Nguyen and Oscar Piastri grew up side by side on the same quiet Australian street-inseparable, chaotic, and full of wild dreams. At ten years old, minutes before Oscar left for Europe to chase a future in motorsport, they made a pact: when he reached Formula 1, they would meet again on Christmas, no matter what. They sealed it with stuffed animals and a pinky promise. Years passed. Life rewrote their paths. Oscar climbed through the racing ranks with single-minded devotion, carrying the memory of his best friend like a lucky charm. Isabella became a global content creator-filming, editing, posting, hustling-her childhood slowly blurring behind brand deals and deadlines. By Oscar's third F1 season, the promise had evaporated from Isabella's mind... until one night, half-asleep, she stumbled upon a TikTok of Oscar. His smile. His voice. His victory. Suddenly, everything she'd forgotten came crashing back: the pact, the Christmas lights, the goodbye hug that shattered her at ten years old. Except Oscar never forgot. But the realization hits her too late. The season is already over. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix-the final race she should have gone to, the place their promise was meant to come full circle-has been over for weeks. The paddock is empty now. Oscar has already flown back to Monaco. The moment she was supposed to show up for... she missed it. And now Isabella faces a different mission entirely. She has to find him. Because to him, Isabella Nguyen is everything he remembers. And to her, Oscar Piastri is everything she forgot until now.

When the ruthless Ferrari team owner's daughter, joins as a strategic advisor for the 2024 season, Charles dismisses her as an entitled nepo baby. Forced to work together, their personalities instantly clash over every little thing, neither of them backing down. With everything on the line, can they work together without letting their tension ignite utter chaos? ❝𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦? 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘨𝘰...𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭...𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘨𝘰.❞ ❝𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴...𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦.❞

»»-----　★　-----«« her who falls in love with the boy who made her cut classes and him the ladies man of the paddock »»-----　★　-----«« "You can keep me from saying it but you know the truth Nathalie. We see it, others see it, except for the two of you." »»-----　★　-----«« an alternative universe Childhood Best Friends a f1 au c. leclerc x oc story All Rights Reserved

Do you ever think about falling?" Magnolia asked, her voice soft, almost lost in the hum of the city. Charles looked up at her, caught off guard by the question. "Falling?" She glanced out over the Monaco skyline, her eyes distant, as if weighing something heavy. "In ballet, they teach us how to fall before they teach us how to fly." She turned toward him, a quiet intensity in her gaze. "But in racing, you don't get that luxury, do you?" He sighed, holding his coffee a little tighter. "No. In racing, you just hope that when you fall... you survive it." Her lips curled slightly into a knowing, rueful smile. "Maybe that's why we're both so afraid of stopping."

Firoa and Charles keep on (almost) breaking up Her anxiety and his struggles with Ferrari aren't helping

Charles Leclerc - Formula one driver Eleanor Ashford - Lewis Hamilton race engineer Eleanor Ashford has spent years in the background - calm, precise, and deeply dedicated to her work as Lewis race engineer. She's never been one to seek the spotlight, especially not in matters of the heart. Charles Leclerc wasn't supposed to matter. But through quiet conversations, shared routines, and late-night chess games, something unspoken begins to grow. When past wounds resurface and pressure mounts both on and off the track, Eleanor and Charles must learn to navigate more than just race weekends - and face what's been building between them all along. ----- Charles Leclerc x OC Friends to lovers / smut / slow burn

In which.... She helps him figure himself out Or An F1 driver ends up in Ireland and meets a professional ballerina who helps him realize he's exactly where he needs to be Charles Leclerc x female OC Right person, wrong time fake dating Extrovert x Extroverted Introvert

When Devon Martin moves to Monaco in the summer of 2024 to escape her troubled past, the last thing she expects is to meet a mysterious stranger at a local bar who lies about his identity. Max tells her he's "just a driver," but he's actually Max Verstappen, three-time Formula 1 World Champion racing for Red Bull. For the first time in her life, Devon feels truly seen by someone, and Max finally has what he's always wanted: someone who loves him for who he is, not what he's famous for. But as their relationship deepens, so does the deception. Devon is battling her own demons - unprocessed grief, trauma from her mother's abuse, and self-destructive tendencies that emerge whenever life feels out of control. Max tries to be her anchor, but he makes her lose control while he maintains his elaborate lie. Together, they must confront whether love built on deception can transform into something real.

Jess Marnella never planned to become the face of Formula 1's newest show - or to accidentally start a secret slow-burn romance with Charles Leclerc. New job. New city. New neighbor. And apparently... new feelings she absolutely shouldn't have. Grill the Grid was supposed to make the drivers sweat. Not her. ✧ black cat x golden retriever ✧ secret romance