STYLE, carlos sainz & charles leclerc

xvii.

STYLE ── seventeen

"𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬,
𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮?"
— "slut!", taylor swift

There's no one who partied better than F1 drivers. Juliette's learnt it over the 5 years she'd spent with them and eventually became friends out of the circuits, which included invitations to clubs and yacht parties every weekend.

Whether it was celebrating a victory or mopping a loss, they were always the most excited party people she'd ever met and actually bounded over that fact. It was one of the few sports in which rivals were actually close outside of competitions, so they'd always be meeting together after races.

After months without doing it, Lando finally organized a meeting with everyone on the grid, their respective partners and some close friends for a party in a yacht that was big enough for an entire family.

Practically everyone was there the afternoon after the prior day's race with swimming outfits and drinks in their hands, talking to each other or dancing to McLaren driver's DJ skills. Juliette loved these reunions and used the opportunity to catch up with Kika and Carmen, as the trio sat by the bow and watched the people around them.

Her eyes met with Charles' as he stood in the opposite way by Max's side and threatened to throw him in sea alongside Daniel, not helping but remember that she had to talk to him. She was so nervous she couldn't even smile when he waved in her direction and thought it'd better to get over with it before Carlos found out why she was really avoiding him.

"Julie!" She was stopped from walking, though, when a drunk Lando stood in her way with his arms open. "Wanna a drink?"

"No, thanks." She forced a polite smile before moving out of his way.

"No, don't leave." He said as he sat on the place she was previously, and she turned around to find him pouting his lips. "Pretty please." Lando batted his long lashes with puppy widened eyes.

"Lando..."

Suddenly the boat made a rushed move, making the bow shake and the people who were standing to lose their balance. Thankfully for Juliette, Lando was quick to put his arms around her waist and sit her gently on his lap when she fell.

Talk about awkwardness.

"Careful there, pretty." He joked, even though he let go of her waist so she could choose what to do next. It was obvious that Lando was not acting like himself or maybe the drinks just brought to light his deepest wishes.

"Hey, what happened?" Daniel looked around confusedly to their best friends sat on each other's laps.

"Nothing, just an "inchident"." Lando joked back, using Charles' iconic interview reply once they were younger, and making everyone around them laugh.

Juliette looked up to find Kika and Carmen trying to hold a laugh and some drivers joking around about Lando "shooting his shot". It was when her eyes met Carlos', though, that her heart missed a beat once she realized the obvious look of discomfort in his eyes.

She felt like getting up and holding him like she'd been wanting for the entire day, yet as she looked around at the amount of people with them it stopped her since no one knew about their relationship and she wished to keep it that way.

After the "lap incident", Juliette proceeded to get up and find Ella, before the duo left for the dance floor together, eventually being joined by several other people as they jammed Taylor Swift and messed around.

Once she got tired, finally, Juliette excused herself in the middle of dancing "Love Story" with Lando to grab a drink in the practically empty mini bar. The brunette was focused on making her drink when suddenly she was surprised by a shadow getting on her way and lifting her eyes to find Carlos.

She was always well aware of his good looks but couldn't help but get surprised every time she saw his this close. That day, she knew a piece of her heart would die to see him shirtless and so close to touch yet not being able to, but it felt like something else to have him this close. Goddamn, Sainz.

He didn't say anything though as he walked to her side and simply leaned down so his mouth would touch her ear and he could whisper, making sparks fly in the entirety of her body.

"You, me, upstairs."

Something light up inside Juliette as she followed Carlos inside the yacht, not only to be able to be alone with him for the first time that day, but because there was something about keeping it a secret from everyone else that it more... thrilling and sexy.

She practically didn't see the inside of the boat until Sainz finally opened a door of the many rooms in the yacht that felt more like a cruise. Either way, it gave them access to a big suite and Juliette couldn't help but gasp when Carlos walked to the big window and closed the curtains before turning around to face her.

"I've missed you the whole day." He whispered softly once his fingers made their way to trail the way up her arm as the touch craver Carlos was.

"Me too." Juliette admitted. "Aren't you afraid someone will come look for us, though?" She moved away once Carlos made his way to kiss her passionately.

"To hell people finding out, I don't want to wait to have you." Carlos breathed heavily as he waited Juliette to say something and allow him to have her right there and now.

After a couple seconds of hesitancy, Juliette finally nodded edgily since this new side of rebellion in Carlos made her a little more bold too. Carlos, on the other hand, didn't waste a second before pressing the tiny brunette against the way and kissing her neck gently.

"I hated seeing Lando do that to you and not be able to say you were mine." He admitted mindlessly with his eyes closed.

Juliette proceeded to grab his face and brought Carlos to look inside her eyes for comfort and reassurance she was hoping to be showing him.

"There's only one person I want. Now and ever." She replied before closing the space between them with a rushed kiss that sent sparks flying everywhere and the world around them slowly faded to their own bubble of safety and love.