I cry a lot, but I am so productive

C. 20 something. Always Writing. Chronically Online.

[cressidagrey]

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Currently writing F1 fanfiction — but if you’ve been here a while, you might know me from my ACOTAR era!

You can find all of my writing on Wattpad, AO3, and here on Tumblr. All fanfiction posts on Tumblr are organized under @cgslibrary, which also functions as a taglist (because I will absolutely forget to maintain an actual one).

Unless otherwise noted, all my series are ongoing. So if you have a prompt or idea, feel free to send it my way — I love hearing what you’re excited about!

I won’t be answering asks about when the next update is coming. I promise I’m still writing, but those messages can be overwhelming — and the time I’d spend replying is time I’d rather spend creating more for you!

Thank you for understanding and for all your support 🫶

[cressidagrey]

why am i…kinda thirsty for leo the mechanic tho??

I mean, he is a sweetheart ❤️ also currently single!

I may give him a partner in 2026.

I had Elliot and him earmarked actually! Ana would do some setting up 😂 she’s surprisingly good at it and has a 2/2 track record 😂 (Edward/Henry and Solomon/Mina)

[cressidagrey]

the people(me) yearns for the silverstone chapter😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩 i hope the motivation to finish it will come to you soon already kekskddkkss

I have added Mark Webber in there now, so we have reached Saturday timelinewise... honestly I have been more productive than the last 6 months 😂

[cressidagrey]

…I realised that probably nobody is gonna read the reblog, so here it is:

I fully expect the System Failure AU/Spin-off/Weirdly similar but also different story to be 5 parts, so somewhat similar in length to the Fernando fic I published in December(?) ❤️

The document that eventually was shaped into this story was kinda my dumping grounds for System Failure stuff I wrote early on and then cut for reasons, so there will be biographical details that are similar, but also plenty of stuff that’s new. 

I originally wrote most of it, and then decided that it’s too similar to System Failure to publish on its own, so I was just playing around with it for my own amusement.  Hence why it’s self-indulgent and I used some of the same plot devices as in System Failure, etc. 

I have now (aka yesterday) added a pretty open ending that I think works for the story. So now it’s pretty much done, I am just editing things and making it look pretty ❤️

And the stuff you guys probably care about way more than me waffling on:

It’s titled Correlation Error. 

Charlotte Fischer has spent years making sure no one in Formula One knows who she really is.

At Red Bull, she is simply Charlotte: Cambridge graduate, simulator engineer, owner of a deeply judgmental cat, and the woman responsible for making the team’s broken 2025 car sim model finally tell the truth. 

She prefers it that way. No family name. No questions. No one looking at her like she is someone’s daughter, someone’s mistake, or someone’s failure to protect.

Max Verstappen notices her anyway.

[cressidagrey]

'She could have cut you off'

I know System Failure is already a Monster but if you ever want to tinker with the cut off idea,,,,, I'm sat.

Fantastic chapter, love seeing Susie navigating the hard conversations and being furious whilst still loving someone. Complex and real and messy.

There exists one au version of System Failure in my drafts folder, where alternate universe Ana who I named Charlotte, cuts Toto off and works for the simulation department at Red Bull 😂

She also had brain cancer and never bothered telling Toto.

He hires a private investigator to find her because he realises that she never touched her trust fund 💀

[cressidagrey]

So apparently you guys really, really want that, so let me pull it out of the draft folder of doom and I’ll work on finishing and editing it 😂

[cressidagrey]

Update on this: I fully expect it to be 5 parts, so somewhat similar in length to the Fernando fic I published in December ❤️

The document was kinda my dumping grounds for System Failure stuff I wrote and then cut for reasons at first, so there will be biographical details that are similar, but also plenty of stuff that’s new.

I originally wrote most of it, and then decided that it’s to similar to System Failure to publish, so I was just playing around with it for my own amusement, hence why it’s self indulgent and I used some of the same plot devices as in System Failure.

I added an ending that is pretty open but that I think works for the story, so now it’s pretty much done, I am just editing ❤️

[cressidagrey]

idk if you’ve ever mentioned a face claim for Henry in SF, but I just always picture him as Henry Golding from crazy rich asians

Ohhhhh interesting!

I have no faceclaim for him, I just see him as tall and vaguely dark-haired, because he was kinda the result of Ana's daddy issues lol (I don't know if anybody has ever noticed it, but he is the only person other than Toto that calls Ana Anastasia regularly and not just when she annoys them aka how Solomon and the rest of Brackley does it 😂)

[cressidagrey]

Did you see that Charlotte and Lorenzo little girl was born!!

Ahhhh this is so exciting!!!!

Yes! Congrats to them! Camilla is such a pretty name ❤️

[f0point5]

He bleeds red

[alexalblondo]

[cressidagrey]

Does the letter Max wrote to Ana ever come back if it does, will that be soon or will it be a while

It will come back twice, once at the end, once in a week story time…. So you can try figure out how many chapter that’s will be, because I have given up 😂🫠🥰

[cressidagrey]

'She could have cut you off'

I know System Failure is already a Monster but if you ever want to tinker with the cut off idea,,,,, I'm sat.

Fantastic chapter, love seeing Susie navigating the hard conversations and being furious whilst still loving someone. Complex and real and messy.

There exists one au version of System Failure in my drafts folder, where alternate universe Ana who I named Charlotte, cuts Toto off and works for the simulation department at Red Bull 😂

She also had brain cancer and never bothered telling Toto.

He hires a private investigator to find her because he realises that she never touched her trust fund 💀

[cressidagrey]

So apparently you guys really, really want that, so let me pull it out of the draft folder of doom and I’ll work on finishing and editing it 😂

[cressidagrey]

reading system failure again and i miss max calling ana poekie🥲

I had multiple Dutch people in my comments tell me that the internet lied to me and that it does not in fact mean kitten, which it was intended to mean, so I phased that out 💀😂

Also he only used that to tease her anger her annoyed, so he uses Nastya instead now 😂

[cressidagrey]

https://www.tumblr.com/cressidagrey/818303097150586880/snappydoodle-sometimes-you-gotta-make-yourself

Thats Anna with Max atm😅🤣 Just sit there and do nothing stupid pls🙄😌🤣

I feel like that's Max with Ana as well, because she is the one who regularly forgets that she is a human being and needs things like sleep and food 🤣

[snappydoodle-deactivated2022051]

Sometimes you gotta make yourself drink water and sit in direct sunlight, like some kind of wilted houseplant

[cressidagrey]

can I ask how that kidnapped leclerc!oc fic is going? Am excited to read it when it comes out

I have around 30k written and have currently hit a wall on a plot point. so waiting for my brain to tell me how to fix it.

I may just handwave the real world workings away, because I am kinda running out of options...

[cressidagrey]

https://www.tumblr.com/cressidagrey/818251646953013248/she-could-have-cut-you-off-i-know-system-failure?source=share

If it is okay with you, please write that alternate version where Toto suffers. I know everything will be okay in System Failure, but I really need an alternate version where Toto suffers.

I feel a little sorry for him because the poor guy is going to suffer because of another Toto. I do not know the storyline behind Charlotte cutting contact with Toto yet, so for now I still feel a little sorry for him.

https://www.tumblr.com/cressidagrey/818250732436389888/you-were-right-susie-got-him-good-i-was-cringing?source=share

Is there any chance Max finds out that Stephanie hit Ana? 🤨 I would love to see one more person arguing with Toto.

I have honestly no clue yet if I make Max find out, but if he does, he will probably absolutely lose it... Could be an interesting conversation between Ana and him, where she is like, So you are upset with my dad for staying married to the woman that hit me once for a couple more years, but you are still talking to your own dad, who also hit you growing up?

They both have daddy issues like whoa honestly... Probably why they work...

I need to see if I can somehow make it into a one shot or something, because I do not have the bandwidth to deal with another multi chapter story right now...

[cressidagrey]

I only started reading the series recently and am up to ch 26 so it's super interesting seeing all the quotes and asks not knowing what's coming next.

Only ampes the anticipation up more!

Sweet Summer Child, you are still at the beginning of the journey ❤️😂

(Also, don't forget to read the Patch Notes! They aren't "required reading" but they flesh some stuff out ❤️)