F1 Lestappen comfort fics!!! Part 1
Fics arranged mostly by length. I've mentioned the important tags in the brackets, without giving away the plot itself.
Haven't included the nsfw ones here, might make a separate list for that altogether.
Absolutely, Disastrously, Hopelessly Not a Chance by stelladealla
(G, fluff, crack, non-driver!au) (6090 words)
Honestly, this is the fic that got me addicted to the married lestappen with kids trope. Just. Pure wholesome hilarity and an overall comfort fic.
| “I used to write about solitude like it was the only language I knew. And then I came home one day and found five people in my kitchen, arguing about whether you can microwave metal.”Charles continued.“Love doesn’t always arrive in a form we can survive. But sometimes, we still sit at the table and pass the bread.” |
#VerSainz Supremacy by stelladealla
(G, fluff and crack, social media) (6,568 words)
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My baby VerSainz!!!!! Honestly every fic by this author is amazing, so just see them all. Charles going into his sad piano boy hours over rookie VerSainz is honestly iconic.
| (08.47 pm, dā hoés)
carlito:
I literally forgot that happened.
Why was Max reaching for my hand like we were in a romcom?
Or,
things that went down when that clip of carlos and max in toro rosso went viral all of sudden |
cameras in the traffic lights by c_e_1
(M, singer!Charles, social media au) (9,958 words)
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One of my favourite socmed aus, also any fic by this author is a treat to read. Just silly fun for a break.
| Pop Crave @PopCrave • Aug 13 2023
Popstar Charles Leclerc has put his instagram on private after fans spotted Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen in the background of his vacation photos
303 comments | 1.6K retweets | 10K likes |
#Lestappen (But the other Leclerc) by himmywimmy
(T, fluff and crack, Arthur Leclerc ftw) (10,000 words)
Just 10k of Charles being chronically online and losing the plot while Max pines hopelessly.
| arthur_leclerc ✅ posted
Simply lovelyyy @apmmonaco
[Carousel of photos of Arthur modelling some bracelets from the new APM Monaco collection]
Liked by pierregasly and 425,129 more
16 hours ago
maxverstappen1 ❤️❤️❤️
173,023 likes |
Possibility is Everything. by X_letsgocrazytogether_X
(M, Prince!Charles) (13,804 words)
Max Verstappen being down-bad and a Grade A simp for the Prince of Monaco. That's it, that's the fic.
I Max saw him for the first time in 2018. As the years pass, he’s still not sure if he wants to win for himself or for the chance to stand next to him.
OR, Max is a Formula 1 driver and Charles is the Prince of Monaco — and the love of Max’s life. |
And in the end I will seek you out amongst the stars by mandzilkos
(G, soulmate!au, major character injury, angst with a happy ending) (21,762 words)
When I tell you this fic killed me and brought me back to life. I just. I want to hug baby Max and baby Charles so much. Also the OCs are fire!! Comfort fic if comfort means crying into your pillow, from sadness and happiness.
| It was already pretty late, so the streets were quiet. Max enjoyed the peacefulness, but on the last stretch that led to the hotel, he suddenly had the overwhelming urge to turn back.
Charles was a few meters behind him, in a mid-brisk walk. Max stopped and waited for him to catch up. He fell into step next to Max, but didn’t say anything.
Neither of them mentioned how Charles so readily put himself in between Daniel’s fist and Max’s face. |
glitch by nyoomfruits
(T, programmer!Max) (26,580 words)
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Wholesome crack, with an office meet-cute. Just. The entire premise is hilarious, Lando and Daniel are literally the most chaotic bffs ever, and Charles just wants to get his man to go out with him.
| Max hums. “Well, at least that means I won’t bump into Charles Leclerc again.”
“Bummer, really,” Daniel says, moving back to his own seat and drinking the little bit of coffee that was still in the cup. “Could’ve been the start of a great love story.”
Lando snorts. “Kids, it all started when I told your father, who had won two World Driver Championships at that point, that he sucked at driving.” |
four espressos (and a lifetime) by makeamends
(M, coffee shop owner!Max, mild angst, lots of fluff) (30,808 words)
When the author tagged this with "oblivious Max Verstappen" and "Amused Charles Leclerc" they meant it. If I have to die reading an F1 coffee shop au, let this be it. Also, boycott starbucks y'all.
| Max truly hates Formula One race weekends.
Running his own coffee shop isn’t going to make him rich any time soon, but it is enough for the quiet life he so desperately wanted when he ran away from home at fourteen without ever looking back.
Unfortunately, not even his wonderful friends who were willing to jump onto a sinking ship just to keep Max company as he drowned changed the fact that his week was going to be hell. |
Unlearn by wantinghopingwriting (Tazza1993)
(Not rated but mostly T imo, fake/pretend relationship, enemies to friends to lovers) (45,999 words)
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Literally what it says on the tin. Just two idiots fake-friendshipping their way into a relationship.
| It wasn't that he didn't like Charles necessarily. It's just that Max knew without any hint of uncertainty that they had absolutely nothing in common with each other. Apart from the racing, obviously.
Fake friendship to fake lovers to something else. Set in the 2022 season. |
I Took a While to Find You, Mi Amor. by deletedaccountjustkiddingunless
(T, crack, comfort no hurt, fake/pretend relationship, side landoscar and galex) (56,014 words)
Pure crack and comfort, motivated by Charles' need to win the AO3 ship championship, and Max being hopelessly enamoured.
Again, the author is just that good, so check out their other works.
| Charles Leclerc has been losing all year. On track? Disaster. Ferrari strategy? A philosophical experiment in pain. His AO3 haven? Under siege.
The Landoscar tag is exploding and Charles—longtime, definitely platonic, definitely normal consumer of Lestappen fanfic—has had enough. To protect the tag (and his fragile sanity), he convinces Max Verstappen to fake-date him. |
A little shameless self-promo:
You're My End and My Beginning by CloudsofInk
(T, fluff, hurt/comfort) (2,727 words)
Married Lestappen with Oscar and Ollie as their kids. Just the grid as one big family, and some crack sprinkled in.
| Or, the story of how Max and Charles got together (told entirely by people who somehow always ended up unwillingly third-wheeling them) |