"You made me feel something again - you brought me back to life." Max Verstappen, reigning Formula One champion, is devastated when a tragic call leaves him to care for his young nephews. Struggling with grief, he steps away from racing and isolates himself, trying to hold his shattered life together. Charles Leclerc, his somehow friend but mainly rival, is shocked by Max's withdrawal from the sport. While being on the peak of his performance, he sees Max spiral into despair. Charles is determined to help him heal, risking everything to bring Max back to life, and maybe, to love. In the high-octane world of Formula One, where every second counts, two souls are drawn together by love, loss, and the hope of healing. Will Charles be able to break through Max's walls and help him rediscover the joy of life, or will fear and heartache keep them apart?

"My life was all about boxing and drugs until you came along." Max Verstappen is a rising boxing star. In the ring, he is almost perfect-focused, disciplined, unstoppable. He wins fight after fight, keeps his body in peak condition, and looks like the ideal athlete everyone admires. His career is clean and impressive. He always gets what he wants: titles, respect, victory. Outside the ring, Max is a very different man. Cold, arrogant, and dangerously confident, he lives like someone who believes the world belongs to him. He parties hard, uses drugs, chases pleasure, and rarely thinks about consequences. Fame makes everything easier - people, women, and whatever else he desires. Everything begins to change when he crosses paths with Charles Leclerc, his trainer's younger son. Charles is clever, determined, and not afraid to challenge Max. What starts as a simple proposal quickly becomes something neither of them expected, leading to tension, challenges, and a connection that could turn both their worlds upside down.

**LESTAPPEN HIGHSCHOOL AU** Charles has a lot on his mind. With the constant bullying, issues at home, and the death of his father, he finds it hard to cope, constantly losing grip on reality. Only a few things help him find solace in life, his father's grave, and the boy he's feared of loving, Max Verstappen. Too scared to speak in person, Charles finds a way around it. To text him anonymously.