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At twenty-four, Charlotte Hayes lives a quiet, structured life in Manchester, between her online studies to become a primary school teacher and caring for her father, no one suspects the secret she carries, diagnosed with the same incurable illness that took her mother, her days are numbered, refusing to spend what little time she has left confined to a hospital bed, she chooses silence, masking her growing weakness as nothing more than student burnout.
Her routine shatters the day her best friend, Natalia, wins two VIP passes to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, thrust into the loud, dazzling, and high-pressure world of Formula 1, Charlotte crosses paths with Lando Norris in the depths of the McLaren paddock.
For Lando-a rising star locked in a highly publicized, superficial relationship that brief, fleeting glance from a girl who seems entirely unbothered by his fame becomes an instant obsession.
From quiet art galleries in Manchester to the high-stakes glamour of F1 afterparties, a slow, inevitable pull draws them together, but as Lando risks everything to love her away from the cameras, Charlotte's health quietly begins to slip away.
A poignant, secret love story where every second counts before fate catches up.
Slowburn love
TW: Illness, Grief, Loss & more