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  1. Public Bookmark 13

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    Project: The Perfect Christmas Boyfriend
    Client: His own mother
    Cornerstone: Charles Leclerc—his brilliant, insufferable ex.
    The Price: The most coveted tender of the year.
    Deadline: Five days.

    Genius architect Max Verstappen has accounted for every variable, except one: his flawless design is built on the most unstable foundation in the world—their shared past.

    And a foundation like that is bound to crack.

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    16 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 71

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    This fic is Set in 2030

    Max Verstappen never expected to spend retirement surrounded by glitter glue, pancake disasters, and a five-year-old who thinks "overtaking" applies to bedtime. But here he is an eight-time world champion turned grumpy dad haunting the karting tracks of his youth, wearing a hoodie of nostalgia. He's not here for closure. He's here because his daughter likes speed and because standing on the trackside hurts a little less than staying home alone with his regrets.

    Charles Leclerc didn't dream of coaching kindergarteners but a crash stole his career, and this karting track the fumes, the flags, the occasional crying parent is all he's got left. He smiles like it doesn't ache and teaches like he doesn't miss the rush. It's not the future he imagined, but it's something.

    They weren't best friends. Rivals? Sure. Occasional podium eye contact? Absolutely. But nothing ever happened at least, not when it mattered. Now they're thirty-three, washed in nostalgia and worn down by everything unsaid.

    Maybe love doesn't roar at 200mph.
    Maybe, this time, it tiptoes in through the kitchen door.

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    26 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 67

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    “I’m kind of in a rush because I have a birthday party for a friend. I need a present, but he doesn’t really like music.”

    The man’s bright smile fades. Max feels a tightness in his chest at the sight of that, but as the words he’s just said process in both of their minds, he realizes he’s probably got worse things to worry about than making this beautiful man smile.

    God, he’s beautiful.

    “I’m sorry. So, you need a present for a friend who doesn’t really like music and you came into a record store?”

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    OR: Max finds a way to give all his friends the gift of music (and it totally has nothing to do with the cute boy who works at the record store)

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    21 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 45

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    Winter break arrives, and Charles Leclerc, having said goodbye to the SF25, decides to leave everything behind for a vacation. He sneaks into an Austrian ski resort, only to be knocked off course on the first day, crashing ungracefully into the snow.
    “For god's sake, mate, don't you see someone ahead? That line isn't meant for—”
    His words cut off abruptly.
    Because the man in front of him swipes the back of his hand against his goggles in one sharp motion. Goggles snap up, lodging against the top of his helmet.
    A face, wind-flushed and familiar enough to make Charles's pupils contract, suddenly right there. Pale gold lashes stand out against the pink of his cheeks, and those icy, cold blue eyes are fixed on him, holding a mix of confusion, awkwardness, and, Charles is sure he sees a sparks of amusement.
    “Charles? What are you doing here?”
    The nerve of politeness and patience snaps in Charles’s brain.
    “MAX VERSTAPPEN?!”

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    Charles and Max meet unexpectedly at an Austrian ski resort after a collision. A sudden blizzard disrupts their plans, and Max invites the unaccommodated Charles to stay at his place. What starts as a random encounter turns into an unexpected five-day stay together.

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    19 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    When a mysterious package arrives at his Monaco apartment, Max finds a device that claims to show glimpses of the future. Bored with predictions of more trophies, he checks his future with Charles Leclerc.

    The visions are a chaotic kaleidoscope, but one constant outcome pushes Max from passive curiosity into desperate interference. The problem with changing fate, however, is that it never goes quite as planned.

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    19 Jan 2026