Redxpapaya - J. | Lando's Version

I used to be really against marking up books and would clutch at my pearls anytime a book was damaged in anyway but now I see it as another way to express love. Water stains on the cover means you carried your favorite book through the rain because you wanted to keep reading on the go. Writing in the margins is participating in the conversation with the author. Leaving bookmarks and receipts in between the pages is like freezing traces of your own life in time.

A well worn book is a well loved one.

*Reggie and James at the mall*

security guard : sir, is this man bothering you *points at James doing Merlin knows what*

Regulus : *sighing* yes he is, but he's my husband, I signed up for this...

James : *smiles stupidly*

just thinking about lando feeling like it has been years since him and oscar have been teammates when in fact it's only been one season.

and how comfortable and easy their partnership must be for someone like lando to feel that way so quickly.

there is such a deep rooted respect between them, as teammates, as racing drivers, as people. it's like they were made to find each other. i hope it never changes.

I'm crying 😭😭😭🤌🤌

ok but the history of Oscar noticing changes to Lando’s appearance !!! the way Oscar stares and smiles and even tho it’s supposedly meant as teasing, he never follows it up with any kind of jokey insult and it ends up as pigtail pulling attention that Lando absolutely loves. the fact that Oscar doesn’t do the Staring or the Noticing with anyone else in his life except for his literal girlfriend. that there’s no way he or someone around him hasn’t noticed the hearteyes jokes made about him all over sm since like early 2023 but he has no interest in stopping - or just can’t stop himself idk which is better ???

but esp how he pets his own hair and then the two of them just breathlessly giggle and beam at each other likEEEEE I can’t get over how Not Blokey or overtly masculine they are w each other ??? like Lando will slip a bit into cabron/mate/dude behavior w friends who are more blokey like how he’ll trade play punches w Carlos and Daniel or he’ll put his chin up and pull out the crude jokes w guys he’s less comfy with - Oscar mostly just withdraws a bit and lets his voice get deeper and more monotone. they don’t do much ! but around each other they aren’t physically aggressive and treat the physical space between each other like spring break middle school crushes, they giggle, they don’t take any funny jabs at each other or and even their play-bickering is followed by breathless giggles. but esp w how things like ‘you seem uncertain’ and ‘I was uncertain of trying it’ like they’re just chatting about the why’s and how’s of Lando’s haircut the same way they’ll get wrapped up in talking about their new driver spaces (the new couch/bed, the new door, etc) or the snacks they have to try and they kinda forget to play for the audience bc they just want to comfortably toss around the minutiae between each other bc it’s nice! and calm! and reassuring! it makes them smile and giggle and be quieter than the raucous alphas mucking about out there in the paddock!

esp with Oscar’s active listening (and GOD I’ve loved seeing how much Lando has learned he loves that about Oscar after he was a bit unsure and thrown by it early in 2023)

Lando is telling a little story about himself and Oscar is paying close attention - like he always has paid close attention to details like stories Lando told on stream years ago and a moment between Lando and MaxF from a year prior and immediately knowing the year Lando got his maiden podium - and even when Lando starts talking about his curl pattern Oscar is invested and it’s silly but it’s a thing !! and they giggle and oh that’s the end of the video just them talking about Lando’s curls and giggling :3 no taglines, no wacky moments, nothing to get social media fired up about. just them quietly chatting in their half-sleepy little voices!

but like Lando’s dimples are so deep you could fall into them and he’s wriggling delightedly on his little butt and twirling his fingers in his curls and looking up at Oscar through his lashes and Oscar is leaning back all easy and relaxed and smiling big big big like he does in the mirror selfies with Lily and goddddd they’re so unusual and sweet and killing what’s left of my sanity w each tiny video under one minute

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video sources: one two three four

This last week has been something

Look at what I found… in Carlos Sainz’ liked tweets… eh….

I'm crying this is the most couples boyfriend selfie

📷 Scuderia Ferrari

Lewis : hey mick

Mick : hi guys!

Seb : me and lew wanna tell you something

Mick : .. okay?

Lewis & Seb : we're adopting a baby!!!

Mick : OMG guyssss!!! that's ama-

Seb *slamming adoption papers on the table* : it's you, you're the baby

Lewis : sign here and here

Seb : here's a pen

Mick *confused and speechless* : ummm...? what???

I need y'all to know that I discovered the secret to happiness is just writing the extremely cringe fic you want to read so bad yourself. It doesn't matter if you're a good writer or not or how ridiculous or crack your idea is- if it makes you happy, just write that F1 RPF fic where a world champion title winner is a cat shapeshifter and his team principal basically adopts him as a son and also barn cat for the winter. Who gives a shit- this is for me and me alone, and y'all will just get it fed to you like I am the old man on the park bench with cat!Max Verstappen flavored bird seed and y'all are my pigeons- I don't give a fuck anymore, I'm truly free <3

Lily : give me an example of an extreme sport

Remus : skydiving

James : surfing

Peter : skiing?

Sirius : doing homework while the professor is collecting it