#By the end of the game half of Miles final notes are filled with Gen Alpha brainrot slang

[rika-mortis]

Based on that one cursed convo I saw in RB discord server

[mirkwoodshewolf]

Chapter 4; Wakanda Forever!

*Author’s note*

And so it begins. The epic Wakanda battle scene starts right here and now. Sadly there are just two more chapters I’ve got left before ya’ll are on the same line of hiatus till I can get Avengers End Game on DVD Aug.13th. So if any of ya’ll know the music of IW fill free to listen along or just simply play the movie and just let the bagic do it’s work and take you back to the day of April 26th 2018 when this movie graced us with this epic scene (at the time till end Game came out and....well ya’ll know the scene I’m talking about). Anyway enjoy this chapter my lovelies :)

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Deep within the jungles just a couple miles away from the lab, all the chimeras were gathered around on either the ground, the cliff’s edges or up in the trees all in their animal forms.  They divided themselves amongst their species.  The canines all huddled in one part of the jungle, the felines in another, the birds and monkey/ape family in the trees.

Every species coming together and stood proudly alongside their kin as they all stomped their paws, hooves, flapped their wings, whatever they could as they knew war would soon be upon them.  

They also wore suits of armor designed by the Princess of Wakanda and her team with the help of their Alpha (Y/n) and some of the chimeras themselves who were well equipped with technological backgrounds before becoming chimeras themselves.  It was then Mitchell sniffed the air and proclaimed with a howl that their alphas had arrived.

Soon coming out of the jungle was the Alpha male of the Chimera pack, Rauri Williams. He stood in front of a great rock formation as the chimeras finally ceased their chanting and stomping. Rauri looked to his people, the people he had once controlled over beside Connor but now looked to each of them as family and said to them.

“My friends, I present to you a woman who is a legend among us. The woman who saved all of us from the darkness and brought us into the light, the woman who has saved the world twice in just under a couple years of her life. The woman who has now become a legend and her name never spoke more truth to her kindness and strength. And I am honored to call that woman, my wife. I give to you; our Savior, our High Alpha, our Mother Raksha. (Y/n) Williams!”

The chimeras including Rauri all bowed their heads submissively as they pounded on the ground rhythmically.  Soon coming out from the thick brush of the trees, I appeared in my wolf form.  I climbed up the rock formation and looked down at my people.  Phasing back into my normal form I closed my eyes and softly breathed in deeply as Rauri proclaimed in Cherokee.

“Galvquododi Ugvwiyuhi Raksha!”

“Galvquododi Ugvwiyuhi Raksha!” Which meant ‘Praise to Chief Raksha’.

“My friends, the fight we are about to face will be bigger than anything you have ever faced before. There will be loss, and there will be pain. But it is our duty to fight and defend our home. Who will stand and fight beside me?” I proclaimed to every chimera surrounding the jungle. All was silent for a brief moment before a Wakandan shout was heard from the Apes sections and Caesar, the representative for the Apes spoke up.

“The Primate family will fight beside you our Alpha”. Another shout was heard and I turned towards the Feline section.  Sam Winchester soon stood forward and spoke up for the Big cats.

“The Felines will serve and fight beside you our Alpha”. Another shout was heard and I turned to the Canine section.  Mitchell then stepped forward and said.

“The Canines are at your service, Mother Raksha”. I smiled and nodded to my husband's right hand man.  A bird cry was heard and Mitchell's girlfriend Maria stepped forward and said.

“We the Birds of Prey offer you our Wings, our Alpha”. A Bear chant was then heard and Sam's older brother Dean stepped forward and said.

“You can count on the Bears to fight beside you, our Alpha”. It was the same for the Cervidae, the Elephants, and Reptile families. I looked to see that everyone had agreed to fight alongside me in battle.  

I turned to my husband and he nodded to me softly.  I knew that now there was no going back.  But with the world at stake, I couldn’t just back down from this.

“We join our Wakandan brothers and sisters on the battlefield. FOR THE STRENGTH OF THE CHIMERA IS THE PACK”

“AND THE STRENGTH OF THE PACK IS THE CHIMERA!!” I then let out a powerful war howl and leapt off the rock changing midair and took off running.  Rauri let out a howl as well in his wolf form and chased off after me.

Soon everyone either howled, roared, trumpeted, cried, screeched or whatever before finally turning into their animal forms racing or flying right behind me and Rauri as we all ran through the jungle to meet our friends to fight for our home.

We soon arrived just as the rest of the kings guard, the Dora Milaje, and the Avengers reached the field.  I told everyone to get into their positions and as they did, I heard the familiar chant of the Jabari tribe.

Rauri and I appeared up front to see T’Challa, Steve, Bucky, Okoye, Nat, and my mother up front as well.  T’Challa and M’Baku greeted each other and T’Challa told him.

“Thank you for standing with us”.

“Of course, brother” M’Baku answered in Wakandan.  I looked on ahead and saw the familiar female figure of the alien woman who attacked Wanda and Vision back in Scotland, standing alongside a ‘Hulk’ like alien as her intimidating muscle.

“Time for negotiations” said Steve.

‘Care for a lift?’ I got in front of Steve and Nat and lowered myself to my stomach and they happily got on my back.  Rauri did the same for T’Challa and the King much obliged.  Rauri and I then took off in a light trot down the hill as we walked right up to the barrier to see the two of them standing right at the barrier.

The woman held a sword in her hand and touched the blade against the Vibranium shield which sparked and lite up her sword and refused to break its force.  Rauri and I stopped a foot away from the barrier as the three leaders got off our backs and walked the rest of the way to discuss surrender or war.  As they stopped, Natasha sympathized out mockingly.

“Where’s your other friend?”

“You will pay for his life with yours. Thanos will have that stone” she said darkly.

“That’s not gonna happen” stated Steve.

“You are in Wakanda now. Thanos will have nothing but dust and blood” T’Challa stated as King of Wakanda, letting them know that this was his kingdom and he wasn’t about to give it up.

“We….have blood to spare” she said.

She let out a grunt as she raised her sword high and it was at that point the ships began to open up causing the ground to rumble. Well so much for negotiations.

Steve and Nat got back on my back and T’Challa got back on Rauri and the two of us lowly snarled before turning away and racing back towards our army.  Once we reached back to them, Steve and Nat got off my back and T’Challa got off Rauri’s and we both phased back into our human forms.

“They surrender?” asked Bucky as Steve stood by his side.

“Not exactly” answered Steve.  I then stood beside T’Challa who stood out amongst his people.  All was quiet before finally he cried out.

“YIBAMBE!”

“YIBAMBE!” His people cried out.  I then cried out.

“DUNIYR!”

“DUNIYR!” My chimeras all cried out as both they and the Wakandans pounded the ground.

“YIBAMBE!”

“YIBAMBE!”

“DUNIYR!”

“DUNIYR!” I then saw the alien female lower her sword and suddenly millions upon millions of alien animals poured out of the jungle like a raging river.

My heart sunk.

“What the hell?” I could hear Bucky mutter.

“Looks like we pissed her off” said Nat. Yeah no kidding.  But as soon as any of those creatures touched the barrier, they were bounced back or knocked unconscious.  And when they tried to break through the barrier, all they ended up doing was either cutting their limbs off or killing themselves by cutting themselves in half.

“They’re killing themselves” Okoye said.  That just proved how savage these things were. From all the way up here, I could smell nothing but bloodlust on them.  These things reminded me of me back in my Hydra days, they will kill without conscious because they are bred for one reason.

To kill.

Unfortunately some of them did manage to make it through the barrier only scarred up and burned.  It was then the Border tribe called out a command and used the cloaks on their back to create Vibranium shield to protect the front lines.  I phased into my wolf form and ordered out.

‘WINCHESTERS! FORWARD!’ It was then Dean, Sam, along with their wives Gen and Danneel came forward.  Like me, they were given sonic roars to help push back any oncoming offender and I knew the birds that were already in the air led by Maria would wait for the right moment to strike.

We waited till the creatures got closer, the Wakandan soldiers, Bruce in the Hulk-buster suit, Bucky with his new gun took aim and then T’Challa gave the command to fire.  I called through my collar.

‘SONIC ROAR!’ Soon nothing but gunfire, spear and sonic blasts, and sonic roars and howls were let out.  I let out for the first time in 2 years my infamous Super bark which took out about five of the creatures sending them flying right towards Maria and her people.

As we fired on the ground, Maria and the rest of the raptors along with Sam and Rhodey took the creatures out from the air. Some of the men and women including Maria had a sonic screech.  

Combine with a cry of an eagle or hawk, their sound frequencies allowed them to literally be able to split eardrums at a loud, piercing frequency which can kill their victims in just a few seconds.

Sam and Rhodey did what they did best, taking things out with their firearms.  As Sam dived in an out trying to take down some of the creatures and flew back up he said.

‘You see the teeth on those things?’

‘Alright Sam, you and the rest of the birds clear you less you get your wings singed’. He then flew right by the barrier and released bombs right to the ground which exploded all long the barrier taking care of most of the creatures from continuing forward leaving only a couple left.

I stopped the Winchesters and ordered them to get back into formation and it was then I noticed the creatures beginning to circle around the perimeter heading for the back.

‘Steve, they’re performing an old Aniwaya battle tactic. They’re trying to find a weak point in the barrier by circling the entire perimeter’. I said as I turned towards Steve looking at him worriedly.

‘She’s right Cap, if those things circle the perimeter and get in behind us…there’s nothing between them and Vision’ Bruce said backing me up.

“Then we better keep them in front of us” Steve answered.

“How do we do that?” asked my mother to T’Challa. He turned to face her and he said gravely.

“We open the barrier”. He then touched his commlink and he said to the dome control, “On my signal, open North-West section 17”.

‘Requesting confirmation my king, you said open the barrier?’ I could hear the woman speak through his commlink.

“On my signal” T’Challa spoke again.

“This will be the end of Wakanda” M’Baku stated solemnly.  But then Okoye answered with pure strength.

“Then it will be the noblest ending in history”. I backed away just as I heard Steve activate his new shields and T’Challa commanded out in Wakandan for the Border tribe to lower their shields.

He stepped back out in front of his people and I backed up further until I stood right between Steve and Bucky as T’Challa then cried out in English.

“WAKANDA FOREVER!”

“WAKANDA FOREVER!” We all cried out and we all charged down the hill.

Battle cries and animal roars pierced the air as we all raced down the hill.  Once the first half of the army reached the bottom, T’Challa gave the command to have the barrier open.  A small strip opened right before us and soon the creatures all poured inside and raced towards us.  

As everyone raced as fast as they could on their feet or paws, three figures led the charge.

Steve Rogers, King T’Challa, and me, (Y/n) Williams.

The three of us, the Alphas of our team or people raced on ahead and made the first strike.  The three of us leapt over the small stream at once before finally pounding on the first batch of alien creatures.

Soon the battle broke out as both sides met each other.

I tackled one creature and the two of us rolled across the water as I clamped my jaws tightly onto its head trying to behead it with all my strength.  I used my Vibranium claws to scratch any creature that tried to come near me or push it away with my sonic howl (that is if none of my friends or family were in the way).

Spear clashes, battle cries, animal snarls and growls, punches, kicks, guns firing, the Wakandan air was filled with the sounds of war.

This was the war to either save the Universe or the end of everything as we knew it.

The battle continued to rage on for I don’t know how long.  I had just taken down one alien when I saw Bucky was in trouble.  He had now been knocked down, his gun clawed away from him and was pinned down by one of those creatures. I saw him trying to stab but it seemed to do nothing on it.

I saw nothing but pure red as I charged onward and tackled the creature off my brother and slammed my jaws right on its neck. I gave it a few strong and rapid shakes before finally tossing it aside like a chew toy.

I hovered protectively over Bucky as I snarled at any creature that came near him.  As another one came charging at me, I stared smugly at it before super barking it backwards towards the barrier incinerating it.  I looked down at Bucky worriedly and he looked up at me and stroked through whatever fur he could find peeking through my armor.

I nodded then I let out a fearsome snarl and charged onward and tackled one of the creatures but suddenly three of them came on top of me sending me down.  Like rapid dogs in a dogfight, I tried to fight them back but they kept biting at my legs sending me flying through the air like a ragdoll before coming at me again.

Suddenly I was rescued by a flash of pure black fur hidden in armor.  Rauri soon stood in front of me and snarled out through his collar.

‘Not my wife you bitches!’ They then roared and charged at Rauri and he leapt head on at them snarling and snapping at them defensively.  I sat up knowing that they could overpower him too and charged right at them and together we fought off these rapid creatures, just like when we defeated Connor together.

Just when we both thought we had the upper hand, ten more of them soon tackled onto us.  I could hear through our collars our friends crying out that there were too many. So many voices filled our collars and I was beginning to think this was the end.

When suddenly a flash of light hit the earth.

It’s rainbow colors flashed and stopped some of the creatures in their path.  Suddenly something came flying out of the light striking lighting wherever it went destroying the creatures and freeing not only me and Rauri but Steve, and Bruce as well.

Just as the weapon returned to the rainbow light, it disappeared and there stood Thor alongside a humanoid tree and a raccoon hoping off his shoulder with a gun in hand.

‘Is—is that?’

‘Yes my love, it’s Thor. He’s back!’ I cheered as my tail wagged happily. Thor looked so different from the last time I saw him, he had shorter hair and his powers were a lot stronger than when we last met.  I could tell everyone was either happy or relieved to see the God of Thunder had returned.

“HA-HA! YOU GUYS ARE SO SCREWED NOW!!” I could hear Bruce cry out ecstatically.  And boy did Banner ever speak the truth.

Thor turned his attention ahead to the female alien and her giant friend as he cried out.

“BRING ME THANOS!!” The tree and the raccoon both charged alongside Thor crying out at the rest of the alien army.  Thor leapt into the air, lighting surging all around him before slamming his axe down and thunder boomed in the sky as lighting struck the ground destroying half of the creatures in front of him.

[sleepyverstappens]

Let me share this whole new world with you (Chapter 3/6)

Title: Let me share this whole new world with you

Pairing: Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen

Rating: Gen/PG

Word Count: 5482

Tags: Oliver Verstappen-Ricciardo, Original Child Character, 5+1

Summary: Time for some home GPs :D

A/N:  Just a reminder, Max talks Dutch with Oliver when he’s younger/alone with him. Apart from a few Dutch sentences/words, that should be clear enough through context, but will also be translated in the end notes, most of it is written in English but in italics to indicate that it’s spoken in Dutch.

Read chapter 3 or Read from the start

2) Melbourne, Zandvoort & Monaco 2024

Melbourne 2024

Oliver’s tiny hand is clutching onto his own as they walk into the Red Bull garage, big headphones already covering his ears as engines are revved. His wispy blond hair is almost white from the sun it had gotten during the winter break spend in Australia and is now starting to fall over his eyes, in desperate need of a haircut.

“You stay with Vicky yeah, Papa’s gotta go drive the car now,” he said trying to push the strands of hair from Oliver’s eyes one last time.

“‘kay Papa, be safe,” the little boy mumbled back, the words always tugging at his heartstrings. He’d picked them up from his mum, the words always said by her every time he stepped into the car, whether it was in person or via text.

“I will Oli.”

After 2 weeks of testing in Spain and plenty of time spend in the Red Bull and Renault factories, winter break was now really over, the first practice session of the season about to start. Pre-season hadn’t been the easiest on them. Even with Enstone and Milton Keynes only being an hour apart, their rental place somewhere in the middle, they’d barely gotten the time to spend together, both of them exhausted from long days at the factory. They’d both crashed pretty much as soon as they’d managed to get Oli to sleep. At least with testing they’d had to be on track opposite each other, one of them getting to spend their day with their son as the other worked up miles on the racetrack.  

Now though they were finally back in Melbourne. He loved Melbourne, a fresh start to a new season where everything was possible again. Over the years he’d been with Daniel it had become sort of a home race for him as well. A home race without the busy schedule that Zandvoort or Spa brought. While for Daniel it meant a jam packed schedule and barely any time for his family, for Max it meant he got to spend some time with his extended family. Grace, Joe and Michelle always happy to have Max to keep them company whilst their son and brother was rushed about the circuit. And of course these last two years they had all been excited to get to spend some extra time with their grandson and nephew as well.

He grabs his helmet and glances back at his son one more time, the boy happily playing with the toy car his assistant had given him. The bright yellow Renault shirt he’s wearing is clashing terribly with the colours around them, but even though Oliver had insisted on going with his papa today he’d refused to wear the Red Bull shirt to go along with it. No amount of playful teasing from the Red Bull crew had made him want to change it either, the boy happy in his ‘nana shirt.

With how quickly Oliver seemed to change his mind nowadays, the terrible twos finally rearing their ugly head just a few months before he would turn three, he would probably insist on wearing his Red Bull shirt at Renault on race day. He might be a handful at times, but Max loved him with all his being and he loved having him at the track with them.

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Come race day he’s on his own at the garage, Oliver at Renault to spend time with Daniel’s family, it’s his home grand prix after all. It doesn’t mean Max doesn’t miss seeing his boy at the back of the garage though, his toothy grin the last thing he sees before strapping himself into the number 33 car. It makes him miss the old days sometimes, the days when he’d only have to look towards the other side of the garage to see curly hair and a bright smile. What he’d give to have been able to share that with his son, their son. Both of them giving him a kiss on each cheek for luck before they jumped into the car on their respective side of the garage.

It would never be like that, Alex now a permanent fixture on the other side of the garage, the man now his teammate for longer than Daniel had been. Them parting ways, so to speak, had probably been for the best. Made it easier for them to separate work and home, their battles now with their respective teams rather than each other.  

He’s shaken from his thought by Tom handing him his helmet, reminding him that there was installation lap to be driven, the clock steadily ticking down to 16.10.  

Zandvoort 2024

Home races were always special, while he was lucky to have fans come out in droves to quite a few tracks, the stands turning orange all over the world, Zandvoort was something else. The success of the first three years had made sure that Zandvoort would be a permanent fixture on the race calendar for the foreseeable future. And whilst the crowd was still mostly orange in its 5th year on the calendar he was happy to see that more and more different coloured specks had started to show up in the crowd. It’s what made the sport so special after all, there weren’t just the fans of two teams there like in football, there was a mixture of fans, even people who changed their shirts on each day of the weekend not being able to choose a favourite.

It was still all very hectic though, he’d flown into the Netherlands on Monday and had had pretty much every minute of his day scheduled from then on. Daniel and Oliver had followed on Wednesday, the hugs from his family a welcome reprieve from all the formal handshakes and (fake) nicery from the last few days.

Today hadn’t been much better, a room of bored looking media people staring at him, Lando, George and Daniil followed by a multitude of microphones waiting for him in the press pen. The pen was empty of other drivers by the time he’d been done with his last interview. He’d looked over at Vicky expecting her to tell him where he was needed next, but she hadn’t had anything planned for the next hour or two. Which is how he’d found himself here, his shoes getting filled with sand as he climbed down from the dune and onto the beach.

It wasn’t all that warm yet, the winds were strong and would surely be a big factor during the weekend, making him zip up his hoodie as he walked towards his family. He could see Victoria chasing after Oliver near the shore, his mum and Daniel chatting, sat atop a giant spread out blanket.

None of them had spotted him yet, only Victoria knowing that he had found himself some free time and was coming over, happy to help him surprise the others. He continued walking towards them, his shoes collecting more and more sand, and saw Oliver turn around still trying to avoid getting caught by his auntie. The second Oliver spotted him he was running towards him, yelling out Papa! and alerting the others of his presence. Max grinned as Oli jumped into his arms, pressing a kiss against the boy’s forehead as his son immediately started telling him all about his day.

“Hey,” he greeted his family, settling down next to them, Oli cuddling up on his lap.

“Hey, I thought you were busy for the rest of the day?” Dan asked him before pressing a kiss against his lips, a curious smile on his face when they drew apart again.

“I thought so as well, but Vicky doesn’t need me again until 4. Victoria told me you guys were on the beach and I didn’t want to miss that did I?” He addressed the last part to Oliver, bouncing him in his lap a little and ruffling his hair making the little boy giggle.

“Papa, kasteel?”

“You want to build a castle? Okay then go get your bucket.”

Soon enough not only his shoes were filled with sand, his hair and clothes covered by the sand as well, but an impressive, if he said so himself, sandcastle was standing proud in front of him.

“Come on Oli, let’s fill the moat to finish our showpiece.” He hoisted Oliver up onto his shoulders and ran over towards the sea, the plastic bucket hitting him in the head as he went, but the giggles floating along the wind more than made up for it.

The racing started tomorrow, the campsites already filled with thousands of people dressed in orange, but this right now is what he loved the most. He had never expected himself to love something more than racing, his whole life had been revolved around the sport, but now that he had this, a family of his own he’d give it up in a second if someone made him choose.

Monaco 2024

“Hello little man, are you lost?” They heard Lewis say, Oliver having ran right into him, the Brit’s hands reaching out for him before he could tumble over.

“Up?” Oli requested, hands already reaching up for Lewis, head tilted backwards with what were surely his best puppy dog eyes. They could see the other man melt before their eyes, one of Oliver’s many victims this weekend.

“You don’t have to,” Dan jumps in, but before the words could even fully leave his mouth Oliver was already in Lewis’ arms, the little boy happily snuggling his head against the man’s chest.

“It’s okay, I love kids, makes me miss when my cousins were this small. Don’t get me wrong I love playing soccer and games with them, but most of them are at that age now where they’re refusing cuddles.”

“Oh but you haven’t seen a two-year-old throwing a tantrum huh, uncle,” Dan said with a wink, clearly not having forgotten the fit Oliver threw earlier that morning, the boy refusing to eat his toast because it was cut into squares instead of triangles. Daniel had been close to pulling his hair out before Max had come into the kitchen after his shower and reminded him that squares could be cut into triangles, the boy’s cries stopping as soon as Max had cut the first one in half.  

Dan and Lewis fall into an easy conversation then, Oli sucking his thumb, eyes flicking between the two adults intently. Max should probably join in, instead of just standing here, but he can’t help but let his mind wander. He’d seen Lewis change a bit during this season, it was only the 7th race of the year, but the fact that these would be Lewis’ last races had shown a different side of the man. He would never refuse to talk to you if you started up a conversation before, but would usually stick to himself if he could. Nowadays he was happy to mingle with the rest of them. Noise cancelling earphones exchanged for friendly conversations on the drivers parades, relaxed walks through the paddock rather than quick scooter rides right into the garage. It made Max wonder whether he would change, once his time came. Not that that would be any time soon if it was up to him.  

Lewis’ announcement hadn’t exactly been a shock to people, 39 was already a pretty old age to retire, if you excluded Kimi of course. Still the knowledge that Lewis’ records would soon be up there ready and waiting for someone else to take them away again, had made the press go into overdrive, churning out article after article. Max didn’t really care about that though, he cared about the conversations he’d had with Lewis over the last few race weekends. About his plans to start his own fashion company, not just a fashion line but a proper brand of his own. The plan to travel to all the countries they’d been to so often but had never really gotten the chance to see properly. The wish for a child of his own, the registration for the adoption agency ready to be send off.

He’d not always liked the other man, had had more than enough moments where he’d despised him, but seeing him like this, happily chatting with Dan, Oliver now asleep in his arms, it made Max realise he would really miss him next year.

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“Papa, kijk!” Oliver exclaimed as they crossed the street towards the harbour, the Red Bull yacht already pumping out music. That wasn’t what the little boy had spotted though, no he’d spotted the giant inflatable unicorn floating in the swimming pool.

“Wat is dat dan Oli?” They’d pretty early on decided to try and raise Oliver bilingual, Max talking only Dutch to him to try and get him to pick up Max’s native language alongside English. Max often tried to use German as well, after all now was the best time to try and teach their son more languages.

“Eehoon.”

“Eenhoorn, Oliver,” Max corrected him gently, the word still sounding silly to him in his mother tongue as well. “You want to go swimming sweetie?”  

Oliver nodded his head so excitedly Max was almost afraid it was gonna fall off. They had some time to spare between the last free practice session and qualifying. Whilst Oliver had of course been with them last year, this was the first time he really got to take in the Monaco grand prix weekend. The streets of his home transformed into the tracks where his fathers got to race their fast cars. He still didn’t understand it fully, the city not all that recognisable anymore after all, and this wasn’t the part of the city where they actually lived, but seeing the excitement on their son’s face never failed to make them melt.

They quickly changed Oliver into his swimming trunks, Red Bull branded floaties wrapped around his arms to go along with them. As soon as they reached the pool he was pointing at the giant unicorn again, clearly wanting to sit on it. They waited for it to slowly float its way to the side of the pool, the currents of people wading their feet in the water making it bop up and down in every direction before Daniel shouted for someone to push it towards them. No one was surprised to see Daniel there, even with it having been six years now since he’d gotten to swim into this pool himself. It wasn’t uncommon to see Daniel back at the Red Bull hospitality these days though, nor Max at Renault’s for that matter, having a child who wanted to see both of his daddies would do that for you.

Oliver’s giggles were barely audible over the music coming from the dj booth on the other side of the deck, but they managed to go straight through to Max’s heart anyway. The boy was now sat atop the floating animal, clutching onto its rainbow mane as Daniel pushed it around the edge of the pool, not caring about the people sitting in their way.

They finished the lap of the pool, Max taking hold of the unicorn as Dan took his shoes off to join him on the edge of the pool, and just taking it all in for a while.

“Papa, kiss!” Oliver requested excitedly, his tiny little body already leaning towards him. Max grabbed hold of him before he could fall off the floatie and pressed a kiss to his son’s lips.  They would need to go and prepare for quali soon, but right now as he sat on the edge of the pool, his feet in the warm water, his son happily splashing his feet into the water as he sat atop his unicorn, he couldn’t help but wish for more time.