A/N: just wanted to share that i had a whole other alternate ending for the last chapter LMAOOO i think it was a good call to scrap it seeing how u guys reacted to the "almost-amnesia" scene 😭 but tbh andie was supposed to revert to rookie andie (when they were still fake dating and she hated his guts) HAHAHAHA but it seemed like above and beyond overkill at that point lol anyways i hope u enjoy this one 'cause the only drama here is the title fight with a dash of fluff and humor 🥹🫶🏼 and btw this chapter is SUPER long so again, for those who have peeves about long chapters, im so sorry 😭
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" ...you're world champion. "
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LUXURIOUS CARS, PENTHOUSE PARTIES, AND EXCLUSIVE beach clubswere three of the many extravagant themes of that weekend, for the Land of the Gazelle was to host the last and undoubtedly the most long-awaited grand prix of the season.
The Yas Marina asphalt would once again feel the friction and heat of twenty of the fastest machines known to man, its grand stands to feel the anticipation and energy of the crowds gathering there, and its podiums to welcome that year's new champion.
Everybody was entering that weekend on the edge of their seats to witness either two possibilities; a show of prevailing prowess from a reigning titleholder or an ushering of a new era by a fierce trailblazer.
With zero points in between them, it was anyone's game now... so Andie and Charles came to dominate.
Formula One had not seen a do-or-die final match like this since Hamilton and Verstappen in 2021. But what sets the intensity of the Leclerc and Renaldi's title fight apart from Verstappen and Hamilton's was the undeniable passionate fire between the two rivals. A fire that didn't burn the world, but gave it light.
The undeniable sexual tension between Andie and Charles was something they never intended to show the world but what could they possibly do about that?
It was equal parts nerve-wracking and exciting.
But the build-up to that weekend couldn't have been anymore insanely dramatic, especially ever since the championship leaders' nearly fatal crash in Brazil... it was all that people talked about: Charles Leclerc having a nervous and emotional breakdown on live television after finding an unconscious Andie Renaldi in her severely wrecked Red Bull.
One could only imagine how relieved everybody was when it was announced that they were both alright and were on their way to recovery, just in time for their final face-off in the middle east.
They were very fortunate to have been medically cleared to race—especially Andie. But even with the doctor's' professional opinions, that didn't exactly change Charles' mind about treating her like she were a piece of fragile glass during their recovery process. They spent their off-week in Monaco where Charles had spent much of his time tending to Andie even if she didn't really need it. Though, the same could be said vice-versa.
