SMALL WONDERS || LH44

Lewis Hamilton had learned to navigate the roar of engines and the weight of championships, but nothing had prepared him for the quiet challenge of fatherhood. Two years after adopting six-year-old Kai, his life was no longer only measured in lap times, but in bedtime stories and the small hand that reached for his.

Maya entered their world almost by chance - a new teacher with patient eyes and a warmth that Kai trusted immediately. She wasn't dazzled by fame or fast cars. To her, Lewis wasn't a seven-time champion; he was simply Kai's dad, sometimes tired, sometimes unsure, always trying his best.

And somewhere between school pick-ups, whispered worries about paparazzi, and the soft laughter of a child, Lewis began to wonder if fate had given him not just a son to love, but perhaps... a partner to share it all with.