thinking about the night carlos pinned lando to the floor at the bowling alley in japan, the night at carlos' house shaving rupert's hair and begging to cut lando's, the night before the party at the mtc, the christmas shopping with isa, carlos pushing lando's chair after jenga, him getting lando to try spanish snacks, when carlos poured water down lando's shirt, when lando emptied and entire bottle of water onto carlos' hair in melbourne, when they drove around the track with a bowl of milk, when they hid under tables in the engineering truck to avoid charlotte and media obligations,
when lando climbed into carlos' car at the mtc, when carlos chalked lando's hair pink, when they pretended it was carlos birthday to get free dessert, when carlos pulled lando up on the podium in brazil and then hugged him under champagne spray in brazil, when carlos ran to lando and held him as they walked to the crew, when they almost fell into the water from yacht in monaco, when they said they share hotel rooms, when they played golf together, when they post candid instagram stories of each other, when they argue and lando gets all moody,
when carlos gets all serious because of a joke lando makes, when carlos fixes his collar, when lando gives him that same sarcastic thumbs up, when they smile and they stare and can't seem to do anything but sit close together, when they laugh and speak gibberish in a way they only understand, when lando reaches over the brush the dust off of carlos' jacket with a lint roller on public train, when they wear disco balls at a holiday party, when they dancy like fools behind the stage before a season launch presentation, when carlos attempts to teach lando spanish,
when lando names a squirell after carlos just because he misses him, when carlos runs to sit next to lando, when lando waits for him at weigh scales, when they move their heads side to side in a car to music because it's fun, when they have movie night, or carlos spends time in lando’s drivers room, when they go out with their pitcrew, when they drive and they do their best in that car, knowing their are hundreds of men and women counting on them and when everyone tells them and talks about the relationship they have because they see it,
they see what they have and what their friendship brings. they see the love and the light carlos and lando brought with them to mclaren. two strangers with everything to give; becoming best friends in the process. i think that’s something to talk about.
