in which... ⊹ ࣪ ˖ Lila and Oscar reconnect unexpectedly at her graduation party, where old memories resurface and feelings they've both buried come rushing back. ⊹ ࣪ ˖

She never thought her life would unravel like this, but the second that ring was forced onto her finger, she knew everything had fallen apart-and Lando Norris was to blame. "I don't want you as my fucking wife," "That's not my problem, pretty boy." "Will you marry me, Carter?" "Do I have a choice, Norris?"

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝙜𝙞𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙘. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. "𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨." "𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜." ▎𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘤 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘤 ▎𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩

Avery Stroll and Max Verstappen know eachother very well. Everyone arounds them knows it. But time and the events that have come with it have been as corrosive to their relationship as acid. Will they be able to cope with their differences during her first season in F1? Or will history repeat itself?