a very fashionable zhou guanyu soft launch
once again my discord talked me into this
tags; a bit angsty, sweet stuff and soft launch vibes
content, you are a fashion designer and start working together with guanyu and your story develops from that.
you and guanyu start out as partners for a fashion collab
you have a LA based fashion brand
you are an f1 fan and for more personal than professional reasons you request a collab with guanyu
to your surprise he accepts and for the cota GP he wears your stuff and even posts about it
the fans love it and it gains you some publicity
you get a GQ request to feature some more of your stuff and you willingly accept
when its time to shoot your collection you are flown to shanghai and to your surprise a familiar face is there too
GQ chose guanyu to model your stuff
you are very happy and when the feature is out to the public you start to post some behind-the-scenes stuff and the fans love it
guanyu also posts about the shoot you two start an unusual relationship over clothes
you are now more often in the paddock and guanyu wears your clothes more often than not
the fan obviously pick up on it and they love your business
you two start a friendship in the public eye and it doesn't take long for your fans to pick up on the subtle hints that you drop
at the alpha romeo car launch, you two are photographed by the press being very friendly with each other
you and guanyu trend all over Twitter the following day
you feel very pressured by it because your business means a lot to you and bad publicity could be very bad for you
you put more effort into making your business about your clothes not your engagement with guanyu but its difficult because there is a big launch planned soon with guanyu involved as an official ambassador of the brand
when the collection launches it's received very well but at the launch event you and guanyu are spotted again as you leave together, holding hands
this sparks a lot of rumours and some unserious press makes bad headlines about you having unprofessional work relationships
you and guanyu try to redirect it as best as possible without being too obvious but Twitter catches you very early on
your fanbase is cut in half at this point
some don't really care about you and the alleged thing with the driver while the rest wants a statement from both of you
when the f1 summer break comes around it has become quiet around you and guanyu
the rumours die down as well but fans start to notice the lack of content you are posting
it's not that you post less than usual for the brand, your media team takes care of that but your personal account which gained a lot of popularity over time has become quiet
there are no more behind the scene of shoots or sneak peeks of your launches
your fans are concerned about you
that's until you are back in the paddock for the first Chinese GP in a while
you are seen with guanyu again but it's obvious that you don't want to be seen as you are wearing sunglasses and a hat deep into your face
but after the press sees you in the paddock you seem to give a fuck about being with guanyu and even post yourself about it
after a very successful race for guanyu, you post a snapshot of the two of you in his driver's room and caption it “well done Qīn” (Chinese version of boo/bae)
Twitter is going wild again but to your surprise more positive this time
this encourages you to be more active on your personal accounts and after a while, you even post guanyus behind the scenes again
you and your brand are then invited to a promotion shoot for a collab between fashion and formula one
the event takes place during the Monaco GP and you are again seen in the paddock with guanyu
you two seem more comfortable being seen together now
after a successful GP and event Guanyu who posts the reveal
the first picture is a picture of the two of you on the red carpet of the event and the second picture seems to be a lot older. it's from the alpha romeo car launch where guanyu is kissing you on the cheek with the caption “well done, I'm proud to be a part of your brand journey and your personal one. I loved seeing you grow and I'm even more excited to see what is coming in the future. you deserve the spotlight, honey”
you repost the first picture on your brand account and thank him for the support
at the same time, you repost the second picture on your personal account with the caption “thank you, Qin, love you <3”
Twitter goes a bit insane but they all have the same opinion this time; they are happy for you
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