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    Charles opens the door in his work out shorts and giant hoodie, half of his hair smooshed to the side of his head while the other sticks straight up. He's frantically trying to smooth it with one hand as he swings the door wide with the other, but gets distracted by Max standing there, red-cheeked and trying to pretend he isn’t panting.

    The cloud of rainpancakesearthsyrup floods into his apartment, making Charles blink dazedly. It’s so fucking good. He can’t help but gasp a bit, surprised.

    Max takes a final deep, almost heaving breath and shoots his arm out straight in front of him, a dark blue hoodie clenched in his fist. “Here.”

    Charles doesn’t reach for it. He eyes Max, the sheen of sweat along his hairline, the fit of his relatively but not egregiously skinny jeans.

    “Did you—did you run here?”

    Max grimaces a little, then shrugs. “Brought this for you.”

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    Charles has spent the last 28 years highly sensitive to smell, usually to the detriment of his own well-being. So what if Max’s presence—and scent—have always helped with that?

    So what if this is the year Max finally notices?

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    07 May 2026

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    Charles has been a caged bird for as long as he can remember; pretty and purposeless. Secretly he dreams of another life, one not so restrained to the designated roles of his gender. One where he's free to be whoever he wants. He yearns for the sea and the world beyond, to escape his cage and experience a love worthy of the stories he reads. A love for the ages.

    Salvation comes in the shape of a pirate with a dark disposition and a curse that endeavours to draw them together and tear them apart all the same.

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    26 Mar 2026

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    Rapid fire thoughts in French pour into his head, each more hysterical sounding than the last. He recognizes “merde”, “putain”, and “pensée” and that’s it. Unhelpful.

    “Charles,” he murmurs, slightly apologetic, “French.”

    Charles’ eyes get even bigger, his eyebrows shooting up to his hairline. He makes a noise that if Max were a slightly less merciful person he would call a squeak. Watching him make the absolutely unhinged connection in real time is fascinating. Then carefully, in tentative English, You are hearing my thoughts?

    Miserable, Max nods. Then shrugs. Fuck.

    “Max,” Charles practically hisses, his grip on Max’s hand going tighter. The pinprick of his nails feels like the only thing connecting Max to the earth. “What the fuck?”

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    Or, the year Max turns thirty, he spends about a month mid-season being able to read minds via physical touch. Charles is there too.

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    21 Jan 2026

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    Did you hear?
    At Val d'Argenton Charles Leclerc drove Max Verstappen into a puddle after the chequered flag. Yeah, and they were fighting behind the garages. You know how they are: screaming, shouting, the works. Then they just stopped.
    True.

    Did you hear?
    Charles presented as an omega at Val d'Argenton.
    True.

    Did you hear?
    Verstappen bit Leclerc to shut him up.
    That's not true! I didn't do that.

    Did you hear?
    Charles bit him back.
    That's not what happened!

    Did you hear?
    They're bonded now.
    No! Well... Kind of. But No! I'm not his Alpha!

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    11 Jan 2026

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    “If you were stuck in a timeloop, and you knew you had to stop something from happening, what would you do?”

    “What 10-questions-to-ask-your-teammate-to-get-to-know-them site did you get that one from?” Lewis laughs, as he moves to pull the balaclava over his head. They have 5 minutes until they have to be ready in the car and admittedly, this moment might not be the best time to ask this kind of question.

    “No, I mean it,” Charles insists, lifting his helmet from the stand, but holding it awkwardly in his hands, maintaining eye contact. “If you were stuck, what would you do?”

    Lewis places his hand on his shoulder lightly, squeezing once. “We can talk about this after the race, yes?”

    There won’t be an after the race, Charles thinks bitterly, but he nods his head anyway. “Yeah,” he agrees, “after the race, sure.”

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    or: max crashes, charles deals with it more or less well, and the universe decides to meddle by having charles relive the same day over and over again

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    20 Dec 2025