Summary : A drunken kiss in the midst of Singaporean tequila madness was all it took for Charles and Carlos to throw their carefully crafted dynamics into chaos. Add to that the end of an exhausting season and the arrival of an unexpected promo event during the winter break, and the two drivers will have to buckle up for yet another bumpy road.
Chapters : 16 / 17 (+ 1 ) thinking about a bonus chap....
Pairing : Charles Leclerc / Carlos Sainz + background Lando Norris / Oscar Piastri.
Word count (for now) : 67,023
Ratings : to be safe I'll say E even though it really depends on the chapter.
"Charrles." Carlos' deep voice reached his ears, and he felt a honey-like warmth flow into his chest
" Do you have someone else in your mind?" Caught off guard, Charles could only mumble, "No... no, no."
"So, what do you say?" Carlos beamed, all pumped from his latest title. "Am I worthy of being your golf teacher now?"
"Come on, Carlos! Don't be a pussy! It's a bachata, teach him bachata!" Max's hoarse voice interjected as he passed them.
Carlos raised his eyebrow. Yielding to the nagging voice in his head about what Lando thought of him now, he teased with a smile,
"Is he spicy enough for your liking?"
"I like this song, it's about Monaco, no?" Carlos asked.
Carlos is struggling with his compartmentalization strategy.
"Have I done something wrong?" Carlos asked frankly. "You're acting strange."
Unable to hold back any longer, he raised fiery eyes and met Charles's uncertain gaze.
"I saw you leaving with that guy."
"I'm in " Charles declared
Charles pointed at Carlos
"There's no way I'm letting that loco drive me around in the desert!"
"What about us?" Charles asked carefully.
Well played Carlos, you couldn't have picked a better time to confess
"Charles, dios mios, don't tell me we're lost already!"
"Carlos, what are you doing?" his father attacks without mincing words.
"So tell me. When did you start to feel that something was different between us? "