You know how to make me cry, When you give me those ocean eyes. Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish.

Charles always had a stupid, big fat crush on Max- yes, Max Verstappen. It was just how he could look at almost anyone and just- smirk-! That stupid, stupid smirk was so hot and those… oh, those blue, blue eyes were like the ocean off the coast of Monaco.

Everyone but Max could see how head-over-heels Charles was for him, the other drivers, fans, media, teams- everyone but himself. To be fair, it was pretty obvious, the long, loving stares from across the paddock, how Charles wouldn’t put up too much of a fight when Max tried to pass, but they were still F1 drivers. They had to race.

When Charles’s contract was threatened he stepped up his game, defended harder, played around shit strategies and in the end? Charles was fired. That’s when RedBull asked him for a contract.

Now, that was that and Charles and Max were teammates, with the best team on the grid.