A Lestappen AU where Oscar accidentally stumbles across a suspicious little shop claiming to "sell the impossible." While browsing, he ends up buying a strange liquid that supposedly makes it impossible for people to lie to him for an entire day after he drinks it.
Obviously, Oscar doesn't believe a word of it, but he buys it anyway because he thinks the shop is funny.
He doesn't even plan on drinking it. The liquid just looks like water, so he tosses the small bottle into his backpack and promptly forgets about it.
Until one day after a race, he's hanging out with the other drivers, grabs the bottle without thinking, and drinks from it. The strange taste immediately reminds him of where it came from, and he suddenly remembers the weird little shop.
Even though he doesn't believe the potion is real, he's too curious not to test it. At the time, the group is already discussing relationships between drivers. George is arguing that relationships between drivers could never work, while Lando strongly disagrees, since he and oscar are dating.
So Oscar decides to ask Charles whether he's ever had romantic feelings for another driver, and to everyone's shock, Charles immediately answers yes. and then, without hesitation, admits that he's in love with Max and the room falls completely silent.
Charles is complety horrified, he has no idea why he just said that. Worse, he said it in front of everyone. Especially in front of Max.
And before anyone can react, he gets up and practically runs out of the room.
Max is left equally speechless because:
He definitely wasn't expecting a confession like that.
He's already in a relationship. (Whether it's another driver, a former driver, or an OC doesn't really matter since this is obviously a Lestappen endgame.)
But despite himself, Charles's confession affects him more than he'd like to admit.
Meanwhile, Oscar feels incredibly guilty about the mess he accidentally caused and becomes determined to somehow fix it. His attempts to help end up bringing him and Charles closer together, which helps Max realize his true feelings for Charles when he starts feeling jealous.
And, to make things even worse, Lando completely misinterprets Oscar's sudden closeness with Charles and starts feeling jealous too.
So while Charles is desperately trying to pretend he never confessed his love in front of half the grid, Oscar is trying to fix a magical disaster, Max is having a crisis, and Lando is convinced Oscar is falling for Charles.
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