Always

Epilogue 1

3 years later ( Max's POV)

I wipe my sweaty hands off on my dress pants and nervously make my way over to the 3 Leclerc brothers I invited for dinner. I am confident they know why I asked them here but it doesn't make it any less terrifying. Fuck maybe I should just cancel and say I got the flu or something.

"Max over here!" Well there goes that plan, I mentally sigh and make my way over to the table. I greet all of them and sit down and we all order something to drink. I guess this is my que then.

"Uhmm..." I clear my throat and nervously look at all of them. " You probably know why I asked you here but I wanted to do this right so." I see Arthur giving me a cheeky smile, Lorenzo giving me a supportive look and Charles looking extremely confused, seemingly not really understanding what I'm talking about.

"You know how much I love Alexander and how much he means to me, he is honestly my person and I believe I am his.He makes me the happiest person in the world and these past years with him has been incredible and I never want to not be around him. He is the air I breathe and I need him to survive at this point. I love your brother more than I love myself and I would do anything for him and to ensure his happiness. With that being said I asked you to dinner because I would like to ask permission from you to marry your brother."

All three of them break out in smiles, Charles finally caught on. Arthur though is the first to say something, " I thought you where never going to ask at this point" he laughs, " I can't speak for these two next to me but you definitely have my permission." One down I mentally think to myself.

"Well you definitely have my blessing you are practically already a part of the family might as well make it official." Charles grins.

Lastly Lorenzo says something, "Max, I have never seen Alex so happy as when he is with you, he lights up whenever your around him, you two are made for each other, I trust and know you will treat him right you have my support and blessing."

A weight is of my shoulders knowing all of them gave me their blessing to ask Alexander to marry me. The rest of the night we celebrate and talk about how I am going to ask him to the new race season. But after we part our ways I know there is still two people I need to ask.

I step out of my car making my way through the cemetery and sit down on the grass before two graves next to each other, Hervé Leclerc and Jules Bianchi.

" You also probably know why I am here but I still wanted to ask officially." I stare and both tombstones wishing I could have been able to ask them this in person, knowing how much they both meant to Alexander and how much he misses them.

"If I'm being honest with you, Alexander is my favorite person, every morning when I wake up my first thought is about him and when I go to bed my last thought is about him, he means more to me than everything else this universe possesses. He makes me the best version of myself and I would like to think I do the same for him. I know I will never be enough for him and he deserves so much better, maybe I am selfish but I'll promise to be my best, give him my everything until the day I die." I look up to the sky.

"So I would like to ask your permission to marry Alexander." I close my eyes just sitting there for a moment and as I open my eyes and get up to leave, a beautiful butterfly come to sit on my hand. Completely memorized I just look to the sky once again, " Thank you"

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One week later ( Alexander's pov)

"I have no idea why you are taking me karting, you always win it's so unfair." I complain as Max practically drags me over to the karting center.

"You're such a sore loser, love. And beside what do you think will happen when you race a six time world champion huh?" He cheekily replies.
Ugh, if I didn't love him so much I would totally deflate his ego right now.

It's only after we get inside, or outside since it's an outside race track, that I realize where we actually are. This is where me and Max met for the first time. I remember it clearly, how my mother forced me to show some support and go watch my brother and Jules practice. I was sitting on the tires bored out of my mind until someone threw a rock into my back. I was so mad until I turned around and found him standing there and asked me if I wanted to play soccer with him with a cocky smile on his face, even as a child he had an crazy amount of confidence.

Just as I was about to turn around and tell Max if he knew this is the place we met I feel someone throw a small rock at my back. This time however when I turned around Max didn't have a cocky look on his face but a nervous one and the soccer ball replaced by a ring box. Oh my god.

He gets onto one knee, and tears immediately begin falling down my face, " Alexander" he says with a trembling voice and tears of his own begin to collect into his eyes. " From the moment I met you, my life has been transformed in the most incredible ways. You bring so much joy, light, and love into my life. I can't imagine spending a single day without you by my side. you are my soulmate, my best friend, and the love of my life. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to wake up next to you every morning and fall asleep next to you every night. I want to create a beautiful life together, full of laughter, adventure, and endless love. So, Will you marry me?" He asks.

I am speechless, I put my hand over my mouth and just shake my head yes, as I can't seem to find the word as I am overflowing with joy. Max immediately stands up and pulls me into a bone crushing hug.

"I love you so much." I whisper to him. I hear cheering and turn to look and see all our family and friends here causing me to cry even more. " I love you too, my Alexander."

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