Charles and Max, fierce rivals for years, share a drunken night that blurs the line between them. Days later, Charles suggests a reckless arrangement, and Max agrees, driven by his growing, unrequited love. Their secret is further complicated by the fact they both have girlfriends, entangling them in a web of guilt and forbidden emotions. P.S. I also post this on Ao3 under the same username!

❝𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝❞ - After a dramatic stunt from F1's top two drivers: 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘓𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘤 and 𝘔𝘢𝘹 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 are forced to share a room during race weekends by their PR teams. What starts as a rivalry could end up as something more, but can they reach a happy ending when the pressure of maintaining images can ruin their relationship...?

"Just shut up Charles shut up!" I yell at him, his eyes sparkling with challenge, He surely wasn't backing down from this. "Make me" He whispers. Before he or mostly I could think straight i took 3 strides and crashed my mouth on his. ○♥︎○~~~○♥︎○ ~university au~ In which 2 academic rivals, that hate one another, are paired up for a project which starts with chaos due to their animosity. Until one of them comes up with a solution, a benefits arrangements situation which should make their friends happy. But they end up getting closer and start to feel something for one another. This was something they had not expected. ☆Enemies to lovers ☆Academic rivals ☆Forced proximity ☆Enemies with benefits ☆Alternate universe Driver x Driver Max Verstappen x Charles Leclerc Lestappen. 🥇Best ranking [4/12/2025] #1 lionheart #1 academicrivals #2 onebedtrope #3 danielriccardo #7 feeling #8 boyxboy #10 romance-friendship #10 f1fanfiction #15 university ●Mature content ●Profanity ●This is a fanfic all events in this fic are fictional.

⚠️ Mature Completed Story 18+ ✓ | This fic is set in 2030 Max Verstappen never expected to spend retirement surrounded by glitter glue, pancake disasters, and a five-year-old who thinks "overtaking" applies to bedtime. But here he is, an eight-time world champion turned grumpy dad haunting the karting tracks of his youth, wearing a hoodie of nostalgia and a frown that says please don't ask for an autograph. He's not here for closure. He's here because his daughter likes speed and because standing on the trackside hurts a little less than staying home alone with his regrets. Charles Leclerc didn't dream of coaching kindergarteners with oversized helmets and sugar highs. But a crash stole his career, and this karting track the fumes, the flags, the occasional crying parent is all he's got left. He smiles like it doesn't ache and teaches like he doesn't miss the rush. It's not the future he imagined, but it's something. They weren't best friends. Rivals? Sure. Occasional podium eye contact? Absolutely. But nothing ever happened, at least, not when it mattered. Now they're thirty-three, washed in nostalgia and worn down by everything unsaid. But when Max's hoodie ends up on Charles, when Lilly calls him her "other dad," when burnt toast becomes breakfast and stolen glances linger too long, maybe it's not about racing anymore. Maybe it's about healing. About family. About bad coffee and slow mornings and one last shot at something they never let themselves want. Maybe love doesn't roar at 200mph. Maybe, this time, it tiptoes in through the kitchen door. ~~~ I grew up on F1 but don't expect realism. Expect mess. Bad decisions. Vibes over plot. I have no idea how this happened. One second, I'm vibing. Next, I'm writing a Max/Charles fic with sad dad energy, karting trauma, and chaotic Carlando lurking in the background like gremlins.

Max and Charles rivals since the beginning, find themselves in a position where their story changes it's plot, revealing the hidden desires ~Lestappen fanfic~ ✨️Enemies to lovers ✨️

Charles Leclerc is struggling. Every night it's the same story, between the nightmares and the anxiety attacks the 2023 season promises to be hell for him. Max Verstappen his longtime rival on the Formula 1 grid will be the only one to notice that something is wrong. They will inevitably get closer in spite of themselves. Formula one story about Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen (Lestappen)

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝟏𝟖 + [𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭] ''𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣.'' ━━━ THIS BOOK IS A CONTINUATION OF ADRENALINE: A LESTAPPEN STORY ━━━ Max Verstappen won the 2024 championship, but his secret love affair with Charles Leclerc shattered. Now bitter rivals, they must unite to face a new challenger for the title: Lewis Hamilton.