First official book here we go.
As the title reads, this is a book full of Oneshots based around F1 drivers.
Drivers will be from the 2022 season, for example, Kevin Magnussen will be Driving for Haas and Zhou Guanyu will be included in this book.
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Warnings: Moderate language _____________________________________________________
- No pov -
It was the first race back after the big F1 summer break and it definitely was not a great start for Daniel. With sepeculated news that Oscar was replacing Danny in the 2023, social media had just kicked off. Especially with a new video that Daniel had created, announce his departure from Mclaren, claiming it was a shared agreement to let him go and make room for Piastri in 2023.
You had a gut feeling that this wasn't the case, with a couple of months ago, Danny claimed he was staying no matter what. You could see how stressed he was, even though he was hiding behind a smile. He would always try and reassure everyone that he was okay, that things happen and you just need to look ahead, but you had a gut feeling that your boyfriends mentality was not in a good space.
The race in Spa had finished and you knew something was off with Danny as he left his car, he had finished P15 with Norris finishing P12, ending the race on 0 points for Mclaren. Tom had said he had gone to his room in the paddocks after he did an interview. You made your way to the McLaren offices and to where Ricciardo had his own room. You opened the door slowly and smiled to find him sat at his desk listening to some music. He didn't like showing you that he was upset, he'd try and hide it from you.
You went into the room and closed the door behind you which alerted Daniel to knowing that you were in the room. He looked up at you and just smiled before taking his head phones off. You gave him a hug to which he would never decline. You looked at him and he was starting to tear up, you knew he was holding back though. You placed a hand on his cheek and smiled, "hey.. it's okay, I'm here for you Danny." you quietly said. You hugged him again and this time you felt his body relax with a deep sigh coming from him before you could tell that he was crying. "You don't have to hide behind a smile Danny, especially with me" you reassure him, "I really want to work in F1 but I swear this is just becoming fucking painful now" you hear him mumble. " I've been trying so hard but I think this just goes against me. Every race, I just... it's hard to keep positive" he says. "For me, you have been doing amazing. You have been putting your all, day in and day out to try and fix your relationship with McLaren whilst also still trying to find your way with the car. You work so hard and for me and the fans, we would love you to win championships and races, but in our eyes, we all love you even without those things" you tell him. You felt a kiss on your forehead and looked up to see Daniel showing a soft smile, you smiled back and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "thank you" he quietly said, "it's okay love" you smiled. "Ugh I have a meeting to go to." he chuckled, "I don't wanna leave you" he added. "Well finish the meeting and afterwards we can go and find a restaurant and just have a relaxing evening. Just me and you" you suggested. "okay then, it's a date" he smirked, making you giggle.
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Ayyeee, I finally finished this chapter on time. I feel bad for Daniel, well tbh I think everyone does. I understand that McLaren have standards which both drivers need to meet, but to let Ricciardo off the way that they did, it kinda sparked a bit of hate in me towards the team. I ain't gonna diss Lando, cause the situation doesn't really involve him. But I feel like Ricciardo has just been treat like shit this year and you can see it's getting to him sadly.
Anyways thanks for reading this chapter and my little rant on McLaren ❤️ I don't know who to write next so I'm probably going to be late again with the next chapter, but we'll see about that 🤣.
