I remember you
Max Verstappen x driver!reader
Genre: sad with a happy ending
Request: yes! I hope you like it as much as I do! I’m open for Max, Charles, Lando, Oscar, Daniel, George, Pierre, and poly relationships. Don’t be shy I don’t judge. I promise.
Summary: Max and reader have been pining after each other for awhile now but haven’t confessed. When an accident changes everything, Max fears he may have missed his change.
Warnings: major accident, description of injuries, pining,
Notes: written in third person
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Masterlist
She’d managed to get the second seat at Redbull. She gets along well with her teammate and she’s managing to keep up with him. Her team is first in the constructors championship. Life couldn’t have been better for her. Until the smoke filled her nostrils and the orange tried to lick at every part of her.
Her road was filled with hard work and she was so proud of herself for making it this far. Starting with alphatauri and finally getting the second Redbull seat.
Her and Max had been friends since she started in formula 1. Though it was obvious there was more to their friendship then they would confess to themselves or each other. Everyone teased them about it. But neither had been able to confront those feelings.
Her having to deal with the already male dominated sport and being asked ridiculous questions. Him defending his title and struggling with how to communicate emotions.
The way the two drove together in sync. Trusting each other to make the right calls. It was a testament to the connection between them.
Outside the track the talked often. Pushing each other, encouraging one another, it was a sight to see for every party involved.
“Are you ever going to confess to her?” Daniel asked Max one afternoon.
Max looked longingly across the garage where you were talking to your engineers. “But things are already so good. I don’t want to ruin it and I’m not sure she feels the same.”
“I just hope you don’t regret it one day, mate.”
It wasn’t even a day later that Max realized Daniel had been right.
~
She was set to place second, the race closer then you would’ve liked with a few laps to go. She’d been aggressively defending from the Mercedes behind her.
The Mercedes switched to trying an overtake on the outside. The proximity to her far too close for her liking. She thought she’d be given the space. She overestimated.
The confusion quickly over took her senses. One minute she was driving on the track and the next she was spinning. It was so fast she hadn’t even realized her car was in the air. The force of the impact was so great at one point she lost consciousness.
She woke up to her ears ringing and heat dancing around her skin. People screaming her name. She needed to move but couldn’t. The halo of the car had been bent in odd directions, preventing a her from an easy escape.
She tried to keep her panic away but But it was getting harder to breath and the heat was getting more intense. She tried pushing herself a little further out. Grasping at anything that could help her.
She could vaguely hear a familiar voice screaming her name. The copper taste in her mouth getting stronger. Then a hand. Trying to pull her out of the intensifying heat.
Hazy sky started to come into view. Her body trying to succumb to the darkness once again. But his blue eyes wouldn’t let her. Her body limp as he dragged her away from the danger. Why was he so sad? Hadn’t he won the race?
His mouth was saying words she couldn’t hear. Moving her. Trying his best to keep her awake.
Then he was being pulled away. Fighting whoever it was trining to take him away from her. She didn’t want him to leave. Screaming at him not to let her go. It felt that the farther away he got the more her body hurt. The heat pulling her back in again. Hands lifting her back to the sky. She wanted Max back. The cloudiness of her mind clearly picturing him.
It didn’t take long for the darkness to come back.
~
“How’s she doing” asked Max. It was near the end of the race and he knew she was fighting to keep second.
“She’s fine, just focus on bringing it home.” Came GP’s voice through the radio.
He couldn’t help but check his mirrors every few seconds. Concerned at how close the Mercedes was getting to her car. But he knew she was a fighter and wouldn’t give up easily. He smiled while thinking about her. Maybe Daniel was right. He always talked about living with no regrets.
He’d decided. He would tell you after the race. After she won her fight.
Then it all changed to fast. He saw it happen. Her tire being hit at the perfect angle to send her flying. Tumbling through the gravel. The fire already seen and she hadn’t stopped spinning yet.
He held his breath as he waited. The red flags already out.
“Is she okay GP?” His voice came out panicked. He couldn’t lose her yet. Not before he got to tell her how he feels.
“We don’t know yet.”
His car was pulled over before he could get any farther. Getting out at an inhuman speed and sprinting to where to crash had been.
Her car was melded to the barriers. Halo shifted in odd directions. Fire consuming most of the area at this point. The Marshalls doing their best to put it out.
He knew he was being reckless but he didn’t car. She needed to get out. He could vaguely see her body dangling through the flames.
Max ran over and immediately was trying to grab for her. The Marshalls making to attempt at stopping him. Only spraying where his arms were to help him get her out of the car.
He felt her move. Shoving herself forward. Trying to connect her hand to his. Until finally, they managed.
The heat was becoming unbearable even for him. He quickly tried to pull her body from the car. Weaving her away body through the dented halo. Dragging her farther away from the smoke when he managed to get her out.
He snapped his helmet off, getting breath back into his lungs. Then he snapped off hers. He was yelling her name. Hopefully giving her senses something to hold on to.
Her eyes found his and he immediately was crying in relief. Holding her in his hands. Assessing the damage to her body.
It didn’t take long for the Marshalls to pull him away. Trying to get her into the medical vehicle so they could help her.
He fought them. Every rational part of his brain gone. Needing to stay with her his only priority. Even more so as she reached for him. Softly saying his name. Coughing violently as she did so. Tear staining her cheeks.
Daniel had run to him in the track. Gripping his shoulders and checking over him. Max’s mind was spinning though. Daniels words falling in deaf ears as he led Max away.
Even as they got back to the garage, Daniel didn’t leave. Concern for his friend keeping him posted at his side.
Max did end up winning the race. Only to stand on the podium missing you.
He barely remembers anything about it. Spacing out when Christian drove him to the medical center. The two waiting for any word on the female drivers condition.
Max saw the way blood had pulled into her mouth as she tried to speak to him. The image burned into his brain.
He wanted- no- needed to see her.
So when the doctor finally called her name, he nearly fell over from standing up so fast. The doctor listed every injury she sustained. Including that of major head trauma. Possibly hindering her ability to race ever again.
Max’s hand flew to his mouth. A nausea inducing feeling settling into his stomach. Christian sighed heaving as the doctor walked away. Leaving the two of them be.
“I know it’s hard, but I’ve had to watch you to pine after each other for years. I need you to be strong for her right now. She needs you now more then ever.”
Max could only nod his head. Steeling himself for whatever she needed from him.
As the two walked down to where she was staying, a room in the ICU, he almost cried at the sight. Both in relief and pain for her.
White bandages cover places around her jaw, arms, hands, and chest. Mostly for the burns, a little for her bones. There was a cast around her knee where they had to pop it back into place.
Machines let out a steady beeping sound and wires ran around her bed. A nurse talked her vitals motioned for them to enter.
“She called for someone every time she was awake.” The nurse stated. “It was mumbled but they think the name was Max.”
Christian glanced at Max briefly before turning to look back at the nurse. “Thank you.” Then the nurse turned and left. Leaving them with the sound of their breathing and beeping machines.
Christian patted Max on the shoulder. “I’m going to see how everyone at the garage is doing and report the news.”
Only Max remained at her side. Gently kissing her bandaged hand. Exhaustion taking over his body at some point and falling asleep. His head placed softly next to her.
He woke up an hour to the sound of beeping, only it wasn’t as steady this time. He looked at the woman beside him trying to asses if she was ok. He calmed when he saw her soft smile. Her eyes lighting up at seeing him.
He smiled back. The joy at seeing her awake setting in.
“I don’t remember much, but I remember you.” She rasped. “And I remember loving you for a long time.”
The realization hit him when the doctor meant by head trauma. However, in this moment the girl he loves is alive and just claimed to be in love with him.
“This is actually the first time you’ve said it, but I have also loved you for a long time. And I’ll continue to love you even if you want nothing to do with me.”
He’d help her through this. Even as both of them sat their crying. Then talking about life. He watched her smile through the pain and determined that he never wanted to see you without it again.
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