**LANDOSCAR UNIVERSITY/CAFE AU**
"I'm sorry for running" I whispered, my voice shuddered as we stood out in the open. I stood there, waiting for a response, yet nothing came. Not a single word.
"I was scared, I still am," I confessed. It was true. Logan was right, I was scared. Scared for what might happen between Lando and I, scared for what the world might think of me.
Lando still said nothing.
"I don't know if I'm ready for this, for us," I stammered. I felt my gaze fall to the floor, intimidated by Lando's deafening silence. It was horrifying. Still, no words. I was beginning to think he really did hate me.
"Lando please say something," I choked, pleading for him to say something, anything. Tears began to reform at the corners of my eyes, rushing down my cheeks.
"Oscar... I love you,"
Lando Norris after experiencing severe bullying since he was a child, was completely closed off and introverted in his rookie year. While Carlos and Zak Brown tried to get him to open up, it was impossible. The quiet, practically small boy struggled, and while Lando has worked through some traumas and made friends, he was still stuck in his head, suffering silently, his mental health debilitating.
Carlos Sainz is reeling from a horrific encounter with a fan at a bar, where she took advantage of his drunken state despite him not giving consent. He's a natural care taker, always worrying and help out others over himself. The Ferrari driver is helplessly in love with his best friend and ex-teammate, but can't do anything about it. But maybe he has a chance, especially when after the Miami Grand Prix, he finally starts to see that maybe Lando might like him back.
A story where two people who can't find love find it with each other.
This story runs parallel to my other story, Finding Home 🤍