ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: 18+ He's used to being in control, used to getting what he wants. But when a stranger catches his eye in a crowded bar, something shifts. He lives a life where every move is calculated and trust is like a rare currency, this stranger changes everything Max thought he understood about power and desire. He'll stop at nothing to get to know him, pushing the boundaries between what could be dangerous and an obsession. (Mafia AU + Lestappen)

(Updates regularly | Mature content ⚠️| Not a Slow-burn obsession | Mafia x Police forbidden romance) Five years into a relationship built on routine, Max knows exactly where Charles keeps his secrets, he just pretends not to look. When a body turns up on the southern coast of France, Max is assigned to a case that refuses to close. Evidence vanishes. Witnesses forget. Every lead circles back to a man who insists he is only a businessman, and a brother whose death no one seems eager to avenge. Between blood and the law, there is a space neither of them are supposed to occupy 'a place at the limit', where pursuit becomes permission and silence is mistaken for innocence. Max investigates what he already understands and Charles waits at the apex, ruling what he cannot afford to confess. The question is no longer who committed the crime but whether Max was ever meant to stop him, or simply stay close enough to follow, long after the line has been crossed.

« Le premier de nous deux qui embrasse l'autre a perdu. » Il n'était un secret pour personne que les tensions entre Charles Leclerc et Max Verstappen s'étaient grandement apaisées depuis quelques temps. Des années karting où ils se détestaient à leur amitié naissante d'aujourd'hui, une chose n'avait pas changé : ils étaient toujours de fervents rivaux et toujours très compétitifs. Lorsqu'un soir, un nouveau genre de compétition s'installe entre eux, leur relation est bouleversée : Charles, d'un côté, lutte contre des désirs qu'il ne comprend pas tout à fait et Max, d'un autre côté, se retrouve à jongler entre ses sentiments naissants et sa relation actuelle avec Kelly. - Lestappen -