Pole Position | JAYWON

In the high-stakes world of Formula One, where milliseconds decide legacies and mistakes cost careers, Team AURUM stands untouchable. Four drivers. One championship dream.

Until one race changes everything.

A challenged race made on a bet sidelines a teammate indefinitely, leaving a vacant seat in the most prestigious F1 team in the world. The paddock whispers, the media speculates-and then Yang Jungwon arrives.

Son of legendary racer Yang Jeongseob.
Smiling. Talkative. Too cheerful for a cutthroat sport. And immediately labeled what Jay despises most:

A nepo baby.

"You're not here because you're good."

Assigned as Jungwon's mentor, Jay refuses to make it easy. He sees only a replacement-an echo of what he lost. But Jungwon sees something else entirely: a man carrying anger, grief, and pressure heavier than any helmet.

Despite the sneers, the scrutiny, and Jay's relentless standards, Jungwon works harder than anyone on the grid-last to leave the garage, first to arrive, smile unwavering even when his hands shake.

"Do you ever get tired of smiling?"

"Do you ever get tired of pretending you don't care?"

As races pass and tension tightens, lines blur-between mentor and rookie, rivalry and desire, grief and healing. Jay begins to notice how Jungwon's laughter fills the silence Haechan left behind. How his driving isn't inherited-but earned.

And Jungwon starts realizing that beneath Jay's icy control is someone terrified of losing again.

"If I fail," Jungwon whispers one night in the empty paddock,
"Will you still believe I deserve this seat?"

Jay exhales slowly. "Win or lose... I already do."

But Formula One doesn't slow down for feelings. And loving someone in a sport built on speed means risking the hardest crash of all.

(P.S: The chapters have accidentally been jumbled up in between so please keep track of the chapter number as to not get confused)

(Been no:1 on #jaywon)