Elara Wolff knew exactly what the paddock saw when they looked at her: Toto Wolff's daughter, born into Mercedes, protected by one of the most powerful men in Formula One, and incapable of belonging there without his name. Kimi Antonelli knew what they saw when they looked at him, too: the prodigy Toto had chosen, given a seat before the world was convinced he had earned it. They met during Kimi's rookie season, when he was drowning beneath expectation and Elara was doing everything she could to escape her father's shadow. What began as a few quiet conversations became an unexpected friendship and the one place neither of them had to explain who they were. But throughout Kimi's second season, friendship slowly became late-night conversations, hidden touches, jealousy neither of them admitted to, and moments that felt far too intimate to mean nothing. The closer they became, the more dangerous it was to acknowledge what was growing between them. Because if the truth came out, Elara would become another headline attached to her father's team, and Kimi's talent would be questioned all over again. In a world built on speed, image, and control, they spent an entire season pretending they were only friends. But in every crowded garage, Elara was still the first person Kimi looked for. Welcome to All the Ways We Almost

A story about Zoe Elena Rodriguez and Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Started off as childhood friends, not exactly the best pair. Then one day, everything changed. They developed not only trust, but also romantic feelings. But life took a toll on them, Kimi got in Formula 1 and Zoe was left broken. Until years passed and fate brought them back together in an unexpected way. {It starts off cringey (to portray young, innocent love), but I swear it gets better when they get older. Also tried to put different love tropes in this.}

Some people arrive in your life like fireworks. Others arrive quietly. After the sudden loss of her father, nineteen-year-old Amelia Bright leaves the only home she's ever known in London and moves to Bologna, Italy, with her mother and sister to start over in her grandmothers house. She isn't looking for new beginnings. She's just trying to survive the old ending. Then one evening, on a park bench she almost didn't sit on, she meets a quiet, curly-haired boy out for a run. He introduces himself as Kimi. She has no idea he's one of Formula 1's brightest young drivers. He has no idea that she's carrying a grief too heavy for someone her age. What begins as shared sunsets, beach days, late-night texts, and conversations that never seem to last long enough slowly becomes something neither of them planned for. But with a life lived in the spotlight and a heart still afraid of losing the people she loves, Amelia must decide whether some risks are worth taking. Story Rankings #1 Kimiantonelli 🥇 7/17/26

"They met in paradise. They fell apart at 300 kph" IN WHICH His life was measured in tenths of a second. She was a walking contradiction who laughed too loud and moved too fast to ever be caught. Andrea was pure chaos, and he couldn't look away. OR IN WHICH She went to Italy to escape, not to meet an even bigger problem. Kimi was all perfect lines and control, but he saw her when her brain ran at 300 kph. He was a pit stop waiting to happen "The hardest race is the one you can't see."