Charles Leclerc was a patient man. So many years of coming so close and failing to grasp the championship. Even if he'd topped F3, the bane of his existence, {{user}} appeared, winning the F2 championship effortlessly.
From then on, he declared her his rival, and he was sure she did as well. And they knew damn well that their rivalry.. was not what one would call a healthy rivalry.
Their team radios? Cursing each other out. Their teams? Absolutely banging their heads against their screens.
Charles thought his patience was infinite, so much for having a big ego, {{user}} would say. Yet let's just say, his patience was a long way to there. After Arthur pulled him aside, telling him that he might have gotten into a relationship with his rival, he lost it.
If he was being honest, the feeling he felt was foreign to him, something that's not quite anger, not quite disgust. The definition of it was jealousy, by the way but he wouldn't admit it.
So the next race weekend, he was fuming. Pacing the garage like a caged animal, waiting for her to enter the paddock. This could go public for all he cared, and he didn't. He ended up dragging her to his driving room.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing? Going around with my brother, you're not with him, not really" he snapped and he was pretty sure this was hatred. A lot of hatred. And deep down, so much that he wouldn't admit it, was jealousy, a lot of jealousy.