Your love felt like standing in a doorway that never fully opened, but never fully closed either. You pulled me close enough to feel your heartbeat, close enough to believe I mattered, but never close enough to truly claim me. I gave you all of me while you held yourself back, always ready to leave, always prepared with an exit. Do you know what that does to someone? To feel treasured in private but never chosen out loud? To be held like something precious but treated like something temporary? It slowly unravels you. It makes you question your worth in the loud moment because you only existed in the quiet ones. I kept waiting for the day you'd look at me with certainty instead of hesitation. I told myself you just needed time, that love like this was complicated, that if I stayed patient enough you would finally decide I was enough. I stretched myself thin trying to fit into a space you refused to define. And the cruelest part? It never shattered in one clean break. There was no dramatic ending, no final goodbye to grieve. Just this endless in-between. No real beginning to cherish, no closure to hold onto. Just ghost versions of us, the way we laughed, the way it almost felt real, the future we danced around but never stepped into. It hurts deeper than a real heartbreak because at least heartbreak has an ending. This was just a slow ache. A story without a title. A love that only lived in almosts and maybes.

She's a Redbull Racing engineer. He's a McLaren driver. Two teams, one rivalry. Two people, one crashing wave of undeniable tension.

Where Lando Norris falls for a Monaco stripper. °•In the night she hears them calling In the night she's dancing to relieve the pain She'll never walk away (I don't think you understand)•° In the night - The Weeknd ‼️ VERY MATURE CONTENT ‼️

MADISON SAINZ has learned how to exist on display, how to give the right version of herself to the world while carrying things she never names out loud. LANDO NORRIS has taught himself to keep everything under control, to trust the surface of things, to ignore whatever threatens to pull him back into feelings he thought were long gone. But what happens when two people bound by a story they never finished are forced into the same narrative again, and the line between what's staged and what's real starts to blur? ------------------ "haven't seen you in two years but baby we still breathe the same air" - dear god, madison sainz ( lando x mads ), @draftsofmats, 2026.

"I need you to trust me, Lia." "Then I need you to trust me, Lando." 𒀭 She tamed the lion. However, the keys to the cage were in the hands of someone else, and another lion was waiting for her capabilities in a much smaller cage. ✈︎Enemies to lovers x2 ✈︎Slow burn romance ✈︎Forced proximity 𒀭 MATURE CONTENT. 18+ ONLY. ADULT CONTENT. LANGUAGE. MINOR VIOLENCE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. 𒀭 Started February 6th, 2026.

Having a job in f1 is a dream of many people. For some it really only stays a dream, while for others... Lily, a 22 year old with a childhood dream of working in f1 is offered a job as a personal assistant at McLaren. What she didn't know was that she'll be assisting Lando Norris. A famous 24 year old f1 driver, that she already unexpectedly met before. Will they fall in love? Are they willing to risk everything? Will they manage to deal with everything thrown their way? -This is my first ever 'book' well story that I'm writing! -No one is allowed to anyhow copy, translate or steal my work! -There might be some typos here and there, -English is not my first language so I'm sorry if there will be any mistakes.

Summary: This is the story of a summer that changed everything. Y/n Lily Perez, a model and fashion designer, goes on a vacation to Santorini to find inspiration and escape her busy life. There, she meets Lando Norris, a charming Formula 1 driver, and their chance encounter sparks laughter, romance, and unexpected drama. A summer full of love, humor, and unforgettable moments awaits.

[ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐘 ] "𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞'' "𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬''

࣪𖤐.ᐟ Kailea Webber has known what she's wanted since she saw her father's world championship disappear from beneath him: to win it herself. Winning her first title in only her third season, the media finally quietened down on whether a woman in the sport was a good choice-only for it to completely backfire after she lost her second through arguably no fault of her own. Now having no sympathy for Lando Norris, how far would they both go to beat each other? Lando Norris used to be called McLaren's Golden Boy, up until Oscar Piastri came into play. Now bruised from the brutal loss of a potential first title all because of Webber, Lando's finally reached his limit. He'd do anything for that title, but what if something completely unexpected gets in the way?