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Max was alone in his apartment, scrolling idly through his phone while dinner cooled on the counter. George was still flying back from a sponsor event, their time zones misaligned just enough to make conversation lag. Max didn’t mind. He liked these quiet pockets of waiting now. They felt temporary instead of lonely.
The notification came from a group chat he rarely paid attention to.
Media clip circulating. You seen this?
Max frowned and tapped it open without thinking.
The video loaded slowly. George appeared on screen, younger, sharper around the edges, posture rigid in that way Max remembered too well. The lower-third graphic read:
End of 2024 - Driver Predictions for 2025
Max felt something cold settle in his stomach.
George Russell:
“I don’t think Red Bull will win the championship next year.”
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Smooth Operator 🌶️:
stop saying oui.Lord Perceval:
oui.Smooth Operator 🌶️:
I will block you.The Imposter:
wtf is going on in hereSmooth Operator 🌶️:
OH MY GOD WE WERE IN THE GROUP?!Lord Perceval:
WAIT THIS ISN’T DMS?The Imposter:
I leave you two alone for one night and suddenly you’re both having a crisis over max verstappen???Series
- Part 1 of F1 Extended Grid Chat Fic
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Or, the story of how Max and Charles got together (told entirely by people who somehow always ended up unwillingly third-wheeling them)
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“Tell your boyfriend he’s not as subtle as he thinks,” Charles mutters, sliding into the seat across from Lando at the McLaren motorhome as if he hasn’t just committed Grand Theft Yogurt from the hospitality fridge.
Lando blinks at him. “I - what? Who? What boyfriend?”
Charles arches one perfect, Monégasque eyebrow, as if Lando is a particularly dumb dog he’s somehow reluctantly fond of.
“You have a type,” Charles says smugly. “Spanish. Dramatic. Drives Ferraris. Sucks at hiding his feelings.”
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"The One Where Oscar and Lando Try to Fake a Break-Up and Start a Family Meeting™ Instead."
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“I’m George,” the guy – George – says, not offering a hand. “Nice weather out here, don’t know how you race like this.”
Max is busy staring at the pearly whites blinding him. There’s no way this guy hasn’t had work done. Lips like those, plump and pouty, would probably burst if Max bit on them. The paddock has become a cesspool of influencers and celebrities since Netflix came in with their cameras, but it still rubs Max the wrong way, how they prance around knowing nothing about racing and offering their inane opinions.
“It’s fine,” he dismisses, gripping the ball. “I’m good at what I do.”
“I’m sure you are,” George says, flashing another cookie-cutter smile. “Good luck on Sunday, then.”
alternatively, max learns that loving a man doesn't have to be painful
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20 Dec 2025
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“Whats the party for? You get another kiddo?”
Max freezes, then his smile drops slightly.
“No. The 2025 championship.”
He says it like a fact, and Daniel feels his heart sink. He hadn't followed Formula one, blocked all the old accounts, but surely he had promised Max he would keep tabs on his stuff. One look around the inside of the room makes him feel even worse. Each wall is plastered with obnoxious ‘2025’ and ‘WDC’ scrawled all over.
“Oh fuck, I- congratulations, I had no idea.”
Max smiles at him, eyes hardening as he speaks again.
“There are drinks in the kitchen.”
Daniel grimaces, reaching out to ruffle Max’s hair.
“Not for me Maxie.”
It's a line that reminds Daniel that he too has changed, and perhaps they have finally become incompatible. Perhaps now he can finally say goodbye.
“Orange juice, not alcohol.”
Or, the fic where Max invites Daniel to his 5th WDC party and Daniel says yes.
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- Part 2 of F1 Fics Based on Noah Kahan Songs
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20 Jan 2026
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Soulmates don’t always get it right.
Max is breaking. George is running.
But the univere knows the truth before they do.
russtappen soulmates au
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08 Feb 2026
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Max truly hates Formula One race weekends.
Running his own coffee shop isn’t going to make him rich any time soon, but it is enough for the quiet life he so desperately wanted when he ran away from home at fourteen without ever looking back.
Unfortunately, not even his wonderful friends who were willing to jump onto a sinking ship just to keep Max company as he drowned changed the fact that his week was going to be hell.
or: in a world where max has tried his very damn best to leave the world of formula one in the past, it comes stumbling back into his life one thursday in august and reels him back in.
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- Part 1 of espressos
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How (Not) To Third Wheel Lestappen by f1writingbyme, LestappenForever
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18 Feb 2026
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Lance doesn’t know which of his emotions is more overpowering; the secondhand embarrassment he feels at how blatantly obvious they’re being, or the fact that watching Max and Charles in their own little world is actually kind of cute.
He realizes it’s the secondhand embarrassment as he watches Max shamelessly grin at James and proudly explain that he was just talking to Charles.
Lance has to resist the urge to roll his eyes, especially when he notices how Charles is quite literally the embodiment of the heart eyes emoji where he’s standing next to Max for his entire interview. And the beeline Charles makes for Max as soon as he hands the microphone to Lance after his P2 interview is even worse than the heart eyes.
He definitely should have been paying attention to that group chat, Jesus fucking Christ.
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OR: There is a WhatsApp support group chat on how to deal with being top 3 with Max and Charles, and this is the tale of different drivers (mostly Checo) suffering at the hands of them. An ongoing fic that will be updated whenever we get content to work with.
NEW CHAPTER POSTED FOLLOWING THE 2026 OFFICIAL CLASS PHOTO SESSION!
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