I wanted the title. I didn't expect to want him more. Max and Charles had the most intense and interesting chemistry-not romantic, of course. Their rough, tangled past haunted them like a math teacher who knows you cheated but can't prove it. Getting seats in F1 was a promotion they both truly earned. Max: aggressive, dominant, reckless. Charles: equally ambitious, but refined-his driving, a theatre performance in motion. The new season loomed. Max, fresh off his fourth championship, was still riding high. Charles, thirstier than ever for glory, had his sights set. "How far will these two go to win the championship?" That's what the latest magazines asked a week before the season opener. And Charles? He had one thing to say: "If I can't win the championship... then he won't either." They think they're nothing alike. But will that belief push them to greatness-or destroy any chance they have of winning the championship?

WARNING: 18 + [explicit content] Max and Charles never considered like friends, Max used to hating him , but what if an innocent game can change this ? A Lestappen story.

A lestappen Science-Fiction AU ⚠️ Contains a few explicit chapters, trigger warning will be mentioned at each chapter. Somewhere between a collapsing moon, a suspiciously charming commander, who should have stayed in the past, something is very wrong with the galaxy. Max Verstappen swore he wouldn't get dragged back into the mess. He also swore he'd never speak to Charles Leclerc again. He's breaking both promises. There's a missing archive. A race nobody remembers entering. A ghost ship flickering through star systems like it's hunting someone. And whispers of a truth powerful enough to burn the universe clean. None of it makes sense. Especially not the way Max still looks at him. Charles wants answers. Instead, he's getting pulled into a storm of secrets, betrayals, and feelings he can't outrun. The galaxy doesn't have a safety net, and neither do they. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. Started: April 14, 2025 Completed: November 9, 2025

It's two minutes past midnight. Max is the head chef of the restaurant downstairs; Charles is the playboy neighbor upstairs who brings a different woman home every night. ​It's a routine they know by heart: the date fails, the woman leaves, and Charles stumbles down to Max's kitchen, hungry for pasta and comfort. To Charles, Max is just the grumpy best friend who fixes his mess. To Max, Charles is a beautiful, oblivious chaos. ​Max plays his part perfectly: he cooks, he listens, and he swallows his jealousy. ​Max can make breakfast exactly how Charles likes it, but he can't make Charles love him back

(+18) Time travel was something impossible. At least, that was what Max believe. After watching the love of his life, Charles, marry someone else, Max boarded a train to return to his hotel, only to open his eyes and find himself suddenly transported back to 2019. He was back in his university years, a time before he had even met Charles and where everything was just beginning; he now had an impossible chance to prevent the greatest defeat of his life.

"What are you doing?" Pierre asked in English, finally snapping Charles out of whatever haze he was stuck in. "Hm? Listening to you?" Charles looked up to meet his best friend's eyes and immediately heard the thought that followed. *You were very clearly ogling Max just now.* Charles's eyes widened. "I did not!" he said, voice cracking as his ears turned red. Pierre only grinned wider. *Oh calamar, you think I haven't noticed you staring at him since you got the superpowers.* Or the one where Charles can read minds, and Max's thoughts ruin everything (or fix everything).

To the world, Charles Leclerc is the sun. To Max Verstappen, he's a high-profile headache he doesn't have time for. Max is the invisible hand that makes the lives of the 1% perfect, and his rule is simple: no new clients, no high-maintenance egos, and no distractions. But Charles isn't used to being told "no," and he's decided that the only man who won't look at him is the only man he needs. In a world of fake smiles and paid loyalty, the hardest thing Max might have to fix is himself.

Max Verstappen et Charles Leclerc se sont toujours haïs, et ce depuis leurs débuts au karting. Mais que deviennent deux ennemis qui se retrouvent liés par le destin ? Comment l'Insolent peut-il admettre ses torts, comment l'Égocentrique peut-il s'ouvrir aux autres ? L'explosion provoquée par le mélange de leur tempéraments saura-t-elle les rapprocher ? C'est ce que nous verrons. ***** TAGS : ennemies to lovers, slow burn

Counting the petals left on the daisy, Max knew there was no chance the last petal would be a "loves me" one. The chance was about the same as Charles ever coming back.

❝𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨? 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞?❞ - 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩: 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 5 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘹 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮.