As she sat, back propped up against the blue pillows on her headboard, her hand hovered over the submit button. She had this awful feeling that if she submitted this job application, her life would never be the same again. Hazel hadn't expected to receive a job offer for the International School of Monaco, but she knew that it would be an offer she'd be an idiot to refuse. Running away from a toxic ex, Hazel finds herself in Monte Carlo, surrounded by the rich and famous. Looking for a quiet life where she can teach chemistry to pupils in a new environment, she never expected to bump into somebody who could tear her away from the normalcy she craved.

"Can I do something stupid?" In which Max Verstappen had to work hard to be in the spotlight, and where Elia Schumacher was born into it. "Stay," he murmured. "Just for tonight." ••• *all artwork and images are not mine; found on public sites; all credit to the original creators*

"and he laughs at all my jokes and he says i'm so american oh, god, it's just not fair of him to make me feel this much" in which singer riley evans and f1 driver max verstappen are forced into a relationship that neither of them wants. max verstappen x fem oc

❝ 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛𝙛 ❞ ⌜ ⁱⁿ ʷʰⁱᶜʰ ˢʰᵉ ʷᵃˢ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵃ ʷᵒᵐᵃⁿ ʰᵉ ʰᵃᵈ ʰⁱʳᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ˡᵒᵒᵏ ᵃᶠᵗᵉʳ ʰⁱˢ ᵈᵃᵘᵍʰᵗᵉʳ ⌟ ᴼᴿ ⌜ ⁱⁿ ʷʰⁱᶜʰ ʰᵉ ʷᵃˢ ʲᵘˢᵗ ʰᵉʳ ʰᵃⁿᵈˢᵒᵐᵉ ᵇᵒˢˢ ʷʰᵒ ʰᵉʳ ᶠᵃᵐⁱˡʸ ʰᵃᵗᵉᵈ ⌟ • 𝗠𝗔𝗫 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗫 𝗙𝗘𝗠!𝗢𝗖

He races for Red Bull. She designs his wings. Falling for each other? That wasn't on the grid. She's the aerodynamicist every team wants. He's the driver no one can catch. What starts as flirty banter in the garage turns into late nights, stolen glances, and a tension that no diffuser can fix. Love doesn't follow regulations. And neither does Max Verstappen. Quick author note; Heyy, so first time writing a fic, no idea what I'm doing. But I promise it gets better in the later chaps. First few are definitely a bit boring cus it all slowly builds up. This is slow-burn with fluff, and no smut.

•in which a new battle reignites old passion•

Childhood best friends. Both too scared to admit their true feelings. Fighting each other or fighting for each other in the end will it be worth the risk or will everything crash and fall around them?

In which she agreed to get into a fake relationship with the wild lion to save his reputation. Fake dating. Enemies to lovers.

Max Verstappen is a World Champion. Isabelle Leclerc is invisible. She watched her family give up everything for Charles' career-Arthur's karting, their father's savings, even her childhood horse. She understood. She never asked for more. But Max does. He notices the things no one else does, listens when no one else will, and puts her first in ways she never imagined. With him, she isn't an afterthought-she's a choice. And for the first time, she realizes she doesn't have to be invisible.

~ 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 ~ ❝Promise? ❜❜ ❝ Promise.❜❜ So, choose your last words, this is the last time 'Cause you and I, We were born to die '𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵' - 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐅. --------- BOOK 2