There Are Friendships That Go Away There Are Marriages That End Up With A Divorce And Then There's Carlando

via Mariana Gertum Becker story:

someone take Carlos' phone away from him i can't take the thirst traps anymore

Lando Norris & Carlos Sainz | Monaco GP | May 29th 2022

Photo by Clive Rose via Getty Images

Charles watching Monte Carlo Masters Final | 17 April 2022

god, I’m not your strongest soldier

age reversal carlando anon here! thank you for responding

but imagine carlos met lando when he was in f3 or f4 and lando already in f1, they met in some award show or something and lando pat carlos’ hair and went “oh i will see you in f1! good luck” and carlos immediately knew he got this crush on lando AND fast forward years later they met again when they become teammates, carlos is 19, lando is 24 and carlos is growing taller and broader, where he could pick up lando easily when he got his first podium with mclaren, or even put his head on the top of lando’ head and it’s lando’s turn to go red because this kid manhandled him, grab his waist when they’re walking together, and being super sweet to him

...i am intrigued...i must admit...you have moderately convinced me which is no small feat. also he's so HAIRY and lando looks at his own chest and is like :/ why am i not hairy i'm like five years older than him and i think it's kind of this thing of do i want to be him or do i want him WAIT HE'S FIVE YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME WHY WOULD I WANT TO BE HIM- oh no process of elimination.

does lando ever feel self conscious abt being more "pretty" and beautiful than being handsome? and if so, hoe does carlos react??

Oh I think for sure, especially when he was in his teens. Everyone around him was sprouting and growing facial hair or whatever and he had the barest whiskers to shave every four days or so. It’s hard not to feel frustrated about it especially in such a hypermasculine sport, when people are calling you “cute” and saying “aw how sweet do you look in that suit!”

And then there’s Carlos. And if there’s one thing about Carlos when it comes to Lando, it’s that he will never, ever infantilize Lando. The first time Carlos saw Lando in a suit, he smiled and called him handsome.

Handsome. Not cute. Handsome.

Other times, Carlos would fix his suit for him, step back, look at him critically, then smile and nod and say, “Ay, he looks good, eh? Good-looking Lando.”

Good-looking. And even that felt different, like a peer complimenting a peer.

And so it went, Carlos calling Lando handsome, good-looking, complimenting Lando’s jaw (“Did you do something with it? It looks sharp, no?”) or his muscles when he started putting on bulk (he would whistle and raise an eyebrow. “Strong. Not as strong as me, but strong,” and Lando would snort and kick him even as his heart beat like crazy).

Until the first time they had sex, Lando on top of Carlos, easing himself on, gasping with his palms on Carlos’ chest. Carlos looked at him like he was…well, he looked at him, his hands on Lando’s hips, caressing his skin, and he said it, he said: “Dios, you are beautiful, Lando.”

And no one had called Lando beautiful before. He wanted to be offended - why beautiful and not handsome? - but coming from Carlos, it felt like an affirmation Lando had not known he was seeking. It continued:

“Look at you. Fuck, look at you.”

“I could watch you like this forever.”

“I wish you could see how you look like this. Lando. Lando.”

And:

“Mierda. You’re so beautiful for me. So fucking handsome, Lando. Don’t stop.”

It stopped mattering what other people thought of Lando’s looks, whether they thought he was cute or pretty or whatever the fuck. All that mattered was how Carlos looked at him. And Lando knew he was all of it: he was handsome, he was beautiful, hell, he was even cute. More than anything, he was Carlos’. Within that truth, he could be anything he wanted.

CHARLES LECLERC pre-race at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (April 24, 2022)

Am I giggling to myself imagining Carlos performing THIS Spanish entry? Yes. Yes I am.

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