autumn

tu tu tu tu 😔 max verstappen 😔

[deviousautumn]

need them to bring this back

[lucinatural]

I aspire to your levels of McLaren haterism

my helpful guide

[deviousautumn]

fantastic day to not be a mclaren fan

[lecmonica]

It’s a long time coming but below I present to you my list of favorite lestappen fics ✨

There are probably no hidden gems but I do recommend to read all of these <3 (also it’s a way for me to catalog my fav fics so I can find them in the future)

Amnesia trope (my favorite trope of all time ever since my grandma made me watch korean soap operas)

I’ll be right beside you by @fabbyf1 : the bible and i am rereading it as we speak

The clauses of commitment by sixteenthirtythree

Killing me slowly by @saiyanwitcher: keeping me up at night and very angsty; wip

Best Kept Secret by @goldsbitch

Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat by @shoutitallout: charles max patrick dempsey terrorist bomb fic

The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory: heartbreaking, reversed amnesia, as in charles slowly starts to lose his memory aahh

i remember the colour of your eyes, cerulean blue by tournesol: technically not an amnesia au but people are being forgotten so

Fics that made me cry

Lazarus rises by @ladysomething: this one is truly special and so close to my heart, one of the first fics I ever read (time travel involved which is also a favorite trope of mine)

Cursebreaker by @usedtobetam

it's an endless night, it's a starless sky by @ladysomething: following the horror movie that was the abu dhabi gp 2025 charles deals with his feelings and his affair with max

Hope under Gravestone by @usedtobetam: the fact that the conclusion of this fic is literally happening in real life at the moment is haunting me

we'd keep all our promises by @toppamplemousse: just this sentence will convince you to read it -> He has to watch from afar and be glad that flowers grew where he chose to water them.

I made my home (underneath your ribs) by @madamcontrition: It’s unfathomable—a love like that 😭

drag my feet along the floor by @toppamplemousse: lestappen boarding school love story this one hits really close to home about growing up and being afraid of what comes next

Soulmate au (something something about the inevitable and the predestined, the rain of milton keynes, the sun of maranello, whatever souls are made charles and max’s are the same)

i loved you before i knew i was supposed to by 3_33

mr. invisible and the thing by Cazio

in dream by @unlapped

Predestined by @usedtobetam

second soul by @fueledbyremembering

red string by @reythemandalor

Lestappen hall of fame

(i love you) it's ruining my life by @chock-and-bates: lestappen sex tape gets leaked and i have read it 5 times already (one of my absolute favorites)

fourth finger by @drivestraight: wonderful 🥹

Where You Go, I Go by @ladysomething: literal masterpiece

Long Live (The Walls We Crashed Through) by @fabbyf1

morning comes (and you're not my baby) by @chock-and-bates

been blooming alone (over you) by @sedicivincere: hanahaki disease story; wip

The Suspension of Disbelief by @drivingstuff: wip

Sweet / angst stories with happy ending

sweet tea in the summer by @valyrfia: this one is so cuteeee

in a room full of people (i look for you) by luserstappen

old before i die. by @ladysomething: bee princess charles (who is utterly unhinged and keeps almost dying every chapter)

We were never really strangers, after all (Because of You) by leafycats

beholden to no gods by @chock-and-bates

there you’ll stand (next to me) by @toppamplemousse

60 seconds by @braakingpoint

love is our secret by @fueledbyremembering

lay all your love by @breathofnyx

hopelessly devoted to you by @alanalevenof1

Miscellaneous stories

et circences by @formulaocean: lestappen hunger games au (i was obsessed with this fic in 2024)

marked me like a bloodstain by @chock-and-bates: nosferatu au; wip

cry for me by @breathofnyx: i am such a geek for greek mythology so this one is chef’s kiss

I Feel The Rain by @adutchlover: lestappen olympics au

dull knives (taking my life) by hm132050: charles crashes max realizes his feelings and carlos overthrows ferrari

your future had a voice (and he spoke like me) by saltshaken: max can suddenly read minds

[verstrapons]

weeeeeeeeeeee #HeMeantToDoThat

[verstarquez]

moments like these make me remember that i only truly care about max.

[sword-of-stardust]

Artemis II

[Minecraft End Poem, photos and screenshots from Artemis II mission and NASA livestream]

[theeggoman]

Our girlfriend looks so pretty from outer space

[countingstars-17]

insane

[deviousautumn]

thinking about acts of service as a love language and andrew minyard

[stella--lunar]

[grogumaximus]

Interview with the former F1 driver Vitantonio Liuzzi who currently works as a FIA steward

As a good advisor, what would you say to Verstappen, Norris, and Piastri?

Nothing, well, especially since he doesn't listen to you anyway. Verstappen couldn't care less what anyone else says. I'd tell Norris and Piastri to rewatch all the races, to study what Max does, because in every race he's put them in trouble and manages to turn everything in his favor, so, I'd tell them to reanalyze, review, and study the regulations carefully in terms of overtaking, because even Piastri would be better positioned in Brazil. If it had been Verstappen, he would have been better positioned at the first corner. I'm not saying who's right or wrong, but I'm talking about Max on this, even while he's overtaking, while he's being overtaken, he thinks about how to position himself so he can, and if not, be in the wrong.

He's the most precise in this, even more than Hamilton?

Even more than anyone else. Max is a war machine in this regard. (...) As a steward, Max is making things difficult for us, because when we have to manage an incident, he always manages to be on the borderline with his position, but right or wrong, because he's also taken his penalties, but he makes things difficult for us, because it's all difficult to analyze with him, because he puts himself in an uncomfortable position for us to analyze, while very often the other incidents are clearer and easier to manage.

[usedtobetam]

January fic recs to make the new year better! Most of them have been updated recently.

for reasons more delicate and priceless by larryhaylik - so soft so lovely (lazy morning between Charles and Max from The Warmth of Winter), you all need to read this, I love it so much.

the selkie way by larryhaylik - Max is a selkie, Charles proposesto him by the selkie customs before even knowing his name.

Heart on the Line by RimeThyme - Max is not gay, definitely not, and he's not disappointed by that even a little bit.

cake by the ocean by Oceanallaround - Everyone can see that Charles's ass got bigger (5+1).

The Curious Case of Garage 16 by LGardiner - Gen, hilarious, everyone in Garage 16 loves Charles as treats him as he deserves.

in a room full of people (i look for you) by luserstappen - Max pines and pines and pines. This one is so much fun.

(and i ain’t gotta tell him) i think he knows by nina_eden - Omegaverse, Max is oblivious and nerdy, Charles wants him anyway

Attachment Wounds by sillygoosemax - I already recommended this one, but it has been finished, so I want to mention it again.

been blooming alone (over you) by hist24jpcs - hanahaki, everyone and their mother already recommended this one, because it is amazing and the dynamic of Max and Charles is A+++++

it's hard on the body, it's hard on the mind by Anonymous - the sex is not about sex, it is about the racing

slide beneath my skin by cryystal_m00n - Hockey player Max and Figure scater Charles are insuffurable while shooting a youtube video.

Where You Go, I Go by Lady_Something If you are here, you know about this masterpiece, which has been finished recently. It's the ultimate omegaverse fanfic of our little corner of the internet, and I need to have it on this list for posterity. (I did not finish this yet, because hello, it is a proper epic, but I know it’s amazing till the end).

blood red knights by joppie - lestappen Ferrari teammates, I started reading this recently, and so far it’s amazing (a little toxic but such a great interpretation of their characters)

Some further recommendations (as is tradition, my never-ending pile of to-read fanfics, from authors I know write bangers):

Will You Accept This Rose? by xxredwineandambiencexx - Bachelor AU, the prose in this one will be something to cry about I just know it.

sweet, ripe, red as a streetlight by sprinttotheend - Omegaverse, Max is down bad and protective Max both present in the tags. So i just know, this is something for me.

97's Bulls by Saturne_br - Lestappen teammates, this time in Red Bull, what else would you need?

Waiting for Tuesday by LaurawritingF1 - Max is an F1 driver, Charles is a sex worker

My December and November lists, if this is not enough for you 😅

[kawhh]

Behind the scenes - FIA Awards 2025 | Oscar Piastri

[sixdegreesofbali-deactivated202]

I’m not jealous…. not. at. all. ….

[dracosbroom81]

Corporate wants you to find the difference between this picture and this picture:

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

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