synopsis: red bull junior team prodigy and korea’s national treasure, park jongseong, makes his f1 debut with racing bulls, promising himself he’ll keep his rookie season distraction-free. of course the person who keeps catching his eye every race week wears a badge that reads williams media. not that he’ll flirt with the competition or anything. he’s just… too close to it.
contains: f1-driver!jay, downbad!jay, social media!au, fluff, humor, workplace proximity, secret dating ft. enha's hyung line + ive's gaeul.
warnings: swearing, inappropriate jokes, suggestive content, poor attempts at humor, i’m not an f1 expert, usage of faceclaims for reader, ignore dates and timestamps pls.
status: completed ✷ (10/10/25 - 17/04/26).
01. pretty driver from vcarb.
02. going viral (goes WRONG!)
03. THE drought
04. strictly professional
05. praise kink (wc: 1.1k)
06. ok pinkpantheress
07. why he kinda...
08. uh-uh in it
09. somewhere in the english countryside (wc: 2.8k)
10. how many times????
11. jay saved my dying dog😢
12. champagne-soaked (wc: 1.4k)
13. jaystappen
14. sparkles
15. mama and papa???
16. the lion is struggling
17. when the neighbors confession sounds good asf (wc: 3.9k)
That’s me waiting for my fav creator to drop the next chapter. I’ve been following your content since like the third chapter of ‘too close’ and I ve reread it so many times. Genuinely amaizing content you’re putting up✨✨💞
wydm i’m your fav creator i started cryingggg. 🥹🥹 tysm for your words and enjoying my smaus !! i hope delete ya doesn’t disappoint !! 💋💋
synopsis: jake sim has spent years mastering the art of tuning people out: hate comments, criticism, comparisons. it works, mostly. until @vrstppnlocket. what starts as petty online fights with a random stan account over his f1 debut slowly turns into late-night conversations he tries not to get attached to. sure, he could mute her, block her, unfollow her… but he can’t seem to delete her.
contains: f1-driver!jake, obsessed!jake, ragebaiter!y/n, social media!au, kind of enemies to lovers, so much banter, slow burn, fluff, comedy. ft. enha's hyung line + katseye's sophia.
warnings: y/n is a jake anti!!, swearing, inappropriate jokes, poor attempts at humor, i’m not an f1 expert, use of faceclaims for reader, ignore dates and timestamps pls!
🏎️ jay's series | previous
a/n: y/n reveal let's gooo !! ...lowkey #needthat. tbh, i initially didn't plan on giving y/n a specific faceclaim, but then I saw some nailea devora pics on pinterest and felt like she matched y/n's personality so well.😭 ANYWAYS what do you think abt cliffhanger??? u guys KNOW i love a cliffhanger !! as always, tysm for readingggg. 💌💌
synopsis: jake sim has spent years mastering the art of tuning people out: hate comments, criticism, comparisons. it works, mostly. until @vrstppnlocket. what starts as petty online fights with a random stan account over his f1 debut slowly turns into late-night conversations he tries not to get attached to. sure, he could mute her, block her, unfollow her… but he can’t seem to delete her.
contains: f1-driver!jake, obsessed!jake, ragebaiter!y/n, social media!au, kind of enemies to lovers, so much banter, slow burn, fluff, comedy. ft. enha's hyung line + katseye's sophia.
warnings: y/n is a jake anti!!, swearing, inappropriate jokes, poor attempts at humor, i’m not an f1 expert, eventual use of faceclaims for reader, ignore dates and timestamps pls!
🏎️ jay's series | previous | next
a/n: ok but no disrespect to all the tokens and jobies out there???? KJBWDH. anyways!! i want to thank u for all the love and support u gave the first update, i lowkey thought it was going to flop and i was so scared 😭. also! the taglist is closed (? i reached the user limit per post (50) and i'll try to tag the rest under the comments but idk if that will work... pls lmk if u get the notif!! 😭🙏🙏
synopsis: jake sim has spent years mastering the art of tuning people out: hate comments, criticism, comparisons. it works, mostly. until @vrstppnlocket. what starts as petty online fights with a random stan account over his f1 debut slowly turns into late-night conversations he tries not to get attached to. sure, he could mute her, block her, unfollow her… but he can’t seem to delete her.
contains: f1-driver!jake, obsessed!jake, ragebaiter!y/n, social media!au, kind of enemies to lovers, so much banter, slow burn, fluff, comedy. ft. enha's hyung line + katseye's sophia.
warnings: y/n starts a jake anti!!, swearing, inappropriate jokes, poor attempts at humor, i’m not an f1 expert, eventual use of faceclaims for reader, ignore dates and timestamps pls!
a/n: hi lovessss. jake’s spin off is FINALLYYYY here 🥹 tysm for your patience and waiting for me while i went a little mia... i hope this story feels worth the wait!! and YES ofc too close characters will still be around for little cameos BUTTTT pls wait until you meet the new characters… i'm so excited!! i SWEAR delete ya feels more chaotic and buzzyyyy so i really really hope you guys like it!! ALSO, i reused the “too close” taglist for this update, so pls lmk if you want to be added/removed. 💌💌
hiii i would love to be added to the taglist of your jake smau!! also, do i also have to read to close to understand the jake one?? (i wouldn’t be opposed tbh)
hiii. ofc, i'll add u 💌💌 and nope, reading too close isn’t mandatory at all!! delete ya can totally stand on its own BUTTTT there will be some cameos and references that might be easier to understand if you’ve read jay’s smau :))
synopsis: jake sim has spent years mastering the art of tuning people out: hate comments, criticism, comparisons. it works, mostly. until @vrstppnlocket. what starts as petty online fights with a random stan account over his f1 debut slowly turns into late-night conversations he tries not to get attached to. sure, he could mute her, block her, unfollow her… but he can’t seem to delete her.
contains: f1-driver!jake, obsessed!jake, ragebaiter!y/n, social media!au, kind of enemies to lovers, so much banter, slow burn, fluff, comedy. ft. enha's hyung line + katseye's sophia.
warnings: y/n starts a jake anti!!, swearing, inappropriate jokes, poor attempts at humor, i’m not an f1 expert, eventual use of faceclaims for reader, ignore dates and timestamps pls!
🏎️ jay's series | next
a/n: hi lovessss. jake’s spin off is FINALLYYYY here 🥹 tysm for your patience and waiting for me while i went a little mia... i hope this story feels worth the wait!! and YES ofc too close characters will still be around for little cameos BUTTTT pls wait until you meet the new characters… i'm so excited!! i SWEAR delete ya feels more chaotic and buzzyyyy so i really really hope you guys like it!! ALSO, i reused the “too close” taglist for this update, so pls lmk if you want to be added/removed. 💌💌
synopsis: red bull junior team prodigy and korea’s national treasure, park jongseong, makes his f1 debut with racing bulls, promising himself he’ll keep his rookie season distraction-free. of course the person who keeps catching his eye every race week wears a badge that reads williams media. not that he’ll flirt with the competition or anything. he’s just… too close to it.
contains: f1-driver!jay, downbad!jay, social media!au, fluff, humor, workplace proximity, secret dating ft. enha's hyung line + ive's gaeul.
warnings: swearing, inappropriate jokes, suggestive content, poor attempts at humor, i’m not an f1 expert, usage of faceclaims for reader, ignore dates and timestamps pls.
status: completed ✷ (10/10/25 - 17/04/26).
01. pretty driver from vcarb.
02. going viral (goes WRONG!)
03. THE drought
04. strictly professional
05. praise kink (wc: 1.1k)
06. ok pinkpantheress
07. why he kinda...
08. uh-uh in it
09. somewhere in the english countryside (wc: 2.8k)
10. how many times????
11. jay saved my dying dog😢
12. champagne-soaked (wc: 1.4k)
13. jaystappen
14. sparkles
15. mama and papa???
16. the lion is struggling
17. when the neighbors confession sounds good asf (wc: 3.9k)
hi loves 💌💌 sorry for disappearing for like a WHOLE MONTH (the life of a recent graduate trying to get a job is hard ) but i'm back! aaaand i'll try my best to post jake's first chapter this weekend so stay tunedddd.
can't believe the too close era is about to be over. 🥹
love your smau too close and I know you are gonna make a spin off for Jake but have you also thought about making one for sunghoon too??
yesss i’ve acc thought about it !! jake’s spin off lowkey made me consider doing a whole 02z trilogy, but with sunghoon i’m a bit hesitant since i made him a figure skater and i know literally nothing about the sport 😭 i started too close at the peak of my f1 hyperfixation so everything just flowed but figure skating feels like a whole different world so i kinda wanna educate myself more before diving into that one (it’s not discarded tho !!).
omgggg I can’t believe too close is over 😭😭💗💗 it’s so bittersweet. I’ve been following from the beginning and I wanna be completely honest I know absolutely nothing about f1 but the way you wrote the smau made it so easy for me to wanna follow the story until the very end and it was ALL worth it. There was so many butterflies i genuinely felt with each update. THEYRE MY BABIESSSSSS 😭 thank you for writing and I can’t wait for Jake’s EEEEEEEE
STOPPP this is so sweet 🥹 i’m so glad you enjoyed it even without knowing f1 bc i was honestly learning f1 as i wrote it too 😭 thank you so much for reading and sticking with too close since the beginning like that means EVERYTHING to me !! stay tuned for jaaaaake's 💌
out of curiosity, is jay going to cameo in jake's spinoff if you end up making it? i'm interested to see how you think jay's '26 season will go as a new f1 fan 🙂↕️ super hyped to see what you do with jake too ofc!
yesssss, jay will def appear in jake’s spin-off (on the grid and in the 02z gc) !! for too close, i used most of isack hadjar’s results from the '25 season, but i think the spin-off will be a mix between irl results and making them up so i’m excited about that !! no bc watch me make jay wdc in his second season 😍😍 lmaooo.
synopsis: red bull junior team prodigy and korea’s national treasure, park jongseong, makes his f1 debut with racing bulls, promising himself he’ll keep his rookie season distraction-free. of course the person who keeps catching his eye every race week wears a badge that reads williams media. not that he’ll flirt with the competition or anything. he’s just… too close to it.
contains: f1-driver!jay, downbad!jay, social media!au, fluff, humor, workplace proximity, secret dating ft. enha's hyung line + ive's gaeul.
warnings: swearing, inappropriate jokes, poor attempts at humor, i’m not an f1 expert, usage of faceclaims for reader (not idols, just for aesthetic!), ignore dates and timestamps pls!
🚥 extras!
masterlist | first | previous
a/n: andddd tysm for reading too close !! like SO SO SO MUCHHHH. thank you to everyone who’s been here since the start and thank you to anyone that literally discovered it today. we’ve actually been through A LOT since i updated the first chapter (😭 dada we miss you.) and genuinely, i don’t think i would’ve kept going without you guys: your comments, your reposts, any sign of support kept me motivated and excited to keep updating. also !! one of my favorite things ever has been finding so many of you that love both f1 and enha AND people commenting they got into f1 because of this smau??? that’s actually insane to me in the best way possible. like the fact that my silly little fic made you curious enough to start watching??? i’m never getting over that. so truly, thank you for loving this story and these characters as much as i do. it means more than i can even properly put into words. 💌💌 also… i’m lowkey way too attached to them to just let them go like that 😭 so i am thinking about a jake spin-off… lmk if you’d be into that !!! love you guys sm. 🥹
