f1 fic ideas

all those f1c ideas you've never going to write for real... but are too good to keep in your head!

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I was watching a reality tv show on Netflix (the thing is called dated & related 💀) and got hit by a vision.

It's one of those dating reality tv shows where everybody is straight to the point where it's painful. They're all arranged in pretty little pairs, claiming they're here to find love but they just want the money and the followers.

Anyway Max is part of the male contestants, trying to find somebody he doesn't mind maxplaining to, lounging in the pool, missing his video games mostly.

A week later or something when there's new contestants Daniel enters the villa. And Max gets the wind knocked of him a little bit, he flinches on camera. But. It's okay, it's normal, probably he's worried that the girls he's been talking to will prefer Daniel.

They end up hanging out together a lot, they get on well. Max is gonna end up with very visible abs from laughing that much. They go on a double date together and they are flirting with the girls but. Their feet are touching under the table. Daniel puts sunscreen on Max before he passes out on the loungers while Daniel's in a floater playing with his stupid sunglasses for the girls to giggle.

Boys&girls pairs come and go and Max is beaming off camera because Daniel made a sex joke that can definitely NOT be aired.

They both go quite far into the show. Max bc surprisingly the girls like him, he's no bullshit and won't do petty drama kissing other people and whatnots. On the other hand the fact that he's so brutally honest gets him into fights and he brings audience so the production loves it. And Daniel obviously is so charming & funny & ridiculous he's a fan favorite, they won't vote him out, he'll win the show probably.

Then Daniel wins some kind of challenge and he can choose one person to go on a date with. Everybody except him to choose that one girl he's often with because he's not seriously looking at anybody else and she thinks they're a couple (Daniel's just staying with her because it's convenient, easy, her bff on the show is always hanging out and flirting with Max so he can be near him unsuspiciously). And so Daniel has to choose, he's facing all of them but he's only looking at Max. And then he decides "fuck it" and on fucking live TV he says: I'll take Max with me. For the date. And everybody think it's a joke and they're laughing weirdly like when the situation is inconfortable. But it's not. It's not a joke. And then they're all shocked but Max is just smiling and starting into Daniel's eyes and then they go.

(Waaaay after when they get married the production call them to make a show on their wedding process. Max has never hanged up so quickly.)

I would read 70k of that but I would NOT write it 😭

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A fic playing around with the equation of speed = distance/time, but as an exploration of the different components of a relationship.

Examining each aspect in turn (the thrill of racing but it’s exciting in a different way feeling out their relationship and then a softer enjoyment of coming home to each other than the sharp edges of competition) – the distance necessarily between them, their home countries and their different teams – how things have changed over time (settled into a routine, the distance sometimes easier, sometimes harder).

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Martin Garrix pov fucking each Daniel and Max separately. It's all casual and good fun, neither knows about Martin fucking the other but it's whatever, Martin knows they are each pining for each other but he is pointedly NOT getting involved, he enjoys the sex but there's no feelings involved! It gets sappy one too many times with either/both of them, where he is eventually like "I cannot believe I have to do everything myself [eyeroll]". So he arranges for Daniel to come to his hotel room for a hook up, but surprise, he told Max the same thing and now it's just the two of them. Get-along-shirt but its fuck-each-other-for-once hotel room

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So we’ve established that Daniel is a kinky guy, and Max definitely has a Daniel kink so whatever Daniel wants to do is usually fine with Max, and sometimes they get a little rough, or very rough, so they take precautions, they talk, they check on each other every few minutes, and they have safe words, and I just know that Daniel would choose some insane words as his safe word, it couldn’t be something normal, an actual word that actual people use on a daily basis, no, this man would go out of his way to choose something like idk fucking bumbershoot as his safe word because he thought it was funny. And in some ways it is, if he uses it it always makes him giggle and it ends up making max giggle as well so whatever tension there might be is immediately gone.

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This is pure dramatic and unrealistic crack and I love it

Max always looks very uncomfortable when he’s not wearing his hat, and I honestly just think he’s very used to it so he just feels weird without it. But… this isn’t a topic of conversation so I don’t think anyone actually gets it? I mean it’s not a big deal. But then one day he just… shows up without a hat? And again, it shouldn’t be a big deal but everyone in the paddock still turns around to double check, they’re all a little confused but mostly just surprised, no one actually cares, and then Daniel’s all worried because “omg? Omg, why is max not wearing a hat? Who took it?! What happened?! Can somebody- can somebody help?!! Somebody help!!! My best friend has been robbed! He might be dying, MY BEST FRIEND IS DYING, HELP” Max just forgot his hat and though whatever I’ll get one there but Daniel is full on having a panic attack

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Nico and Lewis definitely fuck instead of talking about their feeling and disagreements, they’ll be arguing and it’s not like “you’re so hot when you’re angry” it’s more like “I really don’t wanna have this argument but I’m already worked up so I have to let out all this energy” so they both sort of agree to drop it and fuck, and when they’re done they’re still angry but tired so they’ll get up and walk away from each other, which is amazingly unhealthy but they’ve already created this stupid habit.

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Charles asks Max out on a date, he doesn’t make a big deal out of it, he texts him all casual and relaxed “hey, would you like to go out with me? Like, on a date?” And it hits Max like a fucking brick, sure they’ve been sort of dancing around each other lately, flirting a little, but how is he supposed to react to this, he starts to panic and comes to the conclusion that Charles is definitely trying to embarrass him or something, he basically becomes the conspiracy board guy meme, analyzing all their interactions to figure out how long Charles has been playing him and he calls Daniel to show him all this and convince him that Charles secretly hates him and Daniel just stands there like-🧍‍♂️maxy what the fuck. Long story short, Daniel fights him for his phone and answers for him “sure, I’d love to” and now Max hates loves him

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Can you imagine if formula one (or maybe motor racing generally) was an Olympic sport? Just imagining all these drivers walking into the canteen at the Olympic village surrounded by like, hockey teams and tiny ice skaters and snowboarders (idk why they are in the Winter Olympics specifically but still) would they all divide along patriotic lines, how many Australians has ricciardo got to hang about with? Do they find it difficult to relate? Is the f1Xolympics a one off crossover? Do the drivers find themselves hanging out more together as a result of the disparity between them and other athletes? What kind of cars do they drive? How is max reacting to Daniel befriending all the hockey players? Did max ever learn to skate, as a child?

What do they make of the cardboard beds? I know they spend a lot of time on the move, what’s it like to be locked down in a village of high strung and adrenaline spiked athletes at the pinnacle of their careers? Sorry I am just such a sucker for bitter rivals/heartbroken exes thrown together in a weird situation with a lot of awkward forced proximity and an Olympic village au is always so good for this.

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Not to wedge every new thought into a maxiel hc but: perineum sunning. “Health” craze instaworthy alt medicine sun salute. Daniel, from Perth, having grown up on slip/slap/slop and okay he doesn’t always remember his suncream but this just seems wildly out of order, walking in on max one morning on his (thankfully screened) balcony, curled up and presenting to the sun. Shockingly casual about it. Daniel, for all his easy charm, doesn’t know where to look. Doesn’t want to laugh but also kind of wants to scream and kind of (always) wants to get down beside him. The sky looks very blue from down here, maxy droning on about alt medicine in his ear. He doesn’t know if it’s sarcasm. He’s happy to lie back and embrace it. The tiles are warm on his back.

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Max is 19 and he would say he’s totally fine, but he’s doesn’t know what he’s doing with his life. He drinks/smokes too much with his dropkick friends, and he lives in his dad’s basement. He hates being shit at things too much to try anything new. Some people say he’s a bad boy, because he got into some fights in high-school and drives too fast, but really he’s just. He’s fine. He’s just wants to hang out with his friends and relax and get high.

Daniel moves in next door - and he’s old, he’s 27. He buys real groceries and does yoga, and waves at Max when he sees him. One weekend he sees Daniel painting the fence, cap backwards and music blaring, and Max offers to help him. It’s the first time he’s offered to do anything for anyone else since his mum and sister left. He’s bad at painting but Daniel is chill with showing him how to do it.

They hang out more, and Max doesn’t know why Daniel spends time with him. They go to the movies one weekend and Daniel gets all jumpy during the horror parts, and he grabs Max’s hand. Max lets him, even though he’s never really been to a movie he paid for or gone with another person, like a… date. They walk outside the cinema and Daniel’s laughing about all the fucked up parts of the film, when Max spots one of his friends smoking and waiting for a ride. He’s suddenly so aware that he’s wearing a nice sweater, that’s he’s at the movies on a Saturday night like a chump. His friend spots him and comes over, and Daniel chats to him happily, but Max can tell. When he heads to his friends place the next day, they’re all laughing about how Daniel dresses weird and doesn’t have any friends his own age. Max doesn’t say anything, because he doesn’t want to be next, when then they play some pool and end up wrestling over a pool cue, and Max slams one of the guys into a wall. “Mad Max!” They all laugh, say he’s back.

Max avoids Daniel, who still waves at him when they see each other. Max’s friends can be pretty wild and Max just goes along with them, and one night they’re all a bit high and they stop at a convenience store to get snacks. The guys laugh and just steal a bunch of chips and soda, and yell at the attendant. Max is just standing by the door, he’s driving, but then he spots Daniel in one of the aisles. He’s crouching down with a woman next to him, staring up at Max’s friends with terrified eyes. The attendant is basically having a panic attack. They don’t know if it’s a robbery. And then Daniel looks over and spots Max…. And Max just stares back at him, before his friends drag him out, still laughing like it’s all a big joke.

Max sort of thinks about avoiding Daniel forever, but he also can’t stand the idea that Daniel could ever be scared of him. So he goes and knocks on Daniel’s door, who opens it in oversized sweats and with messy hair. I can go, Max says nervously. Daniel tells him to stay, pushes him towards the couch. Makes him a cup of tea, even though Max can’t remember the last time he drank tea. Maybe he’s never had tea before. And Max doesn’t know where to start, but then Daniel’s just telling him some random story about when he was younger and it takes Max a very long time to realise what Daniel’s trying to say - that he gets it, that he had shit friends and did some shit things. That he got into trouble, and “didn’t always do yoga and be such a chill cat”. Max drinks the tea and they chat, and Max keeps coming back. Spends more time with Daniel and his friends, even though they’re super old and kinda weird. He gets hooked up with a job through one of them and it means he can’t get high during the week, his friends say he’s a boring fuck for having to set an alarm. Max waves to Daniel in the morning when Daniel’s doing boxing workouts in his front yard. Max secretly hopes they’ll get to go on another date and Daniel will hold his hand again. (They do).

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My kingdom for an f1 daemon au 😭 Daniel with some sort of quiet and angry and reserved counterbalance? Something tiny and aggressive? Something with claws? Or something big and loud and absolutely fuck off? No but what if he had a snake, and he got a matching tattoo of it wrapped around his arm 🫠🥺

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:( why are there so few maxiel fics about hungary 2017 bc i feel like the angst for it would be so good ESPECIALLY if you take into account dan's post race interview with the press?

Like what if daniel didnt forgive him so easily after max apologised? Like maybe kept his distance, cold shoulder him and max is so confused and now he doesnt have anyone to ramble on to about his race (bc lets be real 2017 max was a feral child and most of the grid wasnt really a fan of him 🤣) and he gets so lonely because he got used to daniel and his chatter and making him laugh and suddenly his life is empty 💔

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Ngl I feel like Daniel would be such a kinky dude, but like, soft kinky? He likes being tied up, but then Max had to kiss his sore wrists, he likes blindfolds, but only when Max presses his face into his neck so that Daniel can smell and hear him, he definitely likes to be manhandled, he likes to revive orders but then he has to be praised for following them. He’s the kind of person who would be all “spank me but then you have to kiss me because if not I might cry”

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Daniel calling Max “Daddy” as a joke, just to embarrass him, to make him blush when he’s with his friends or in an interview, and then it just… slips out when they’re fucking. It is 100% un ironic, and now he’s all embarrassed and starts apologizing like crazy but Max just goes “don’t apologize, you can call me anything you want, baby, besides…. It’s fucking hot”

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Okay this is going to betray my absolute lack of knowledge but - Max tries to play a hilarious prank on Daniel, in the trailer, swaps out his fireproofs for a couple of sizes too small. And he’s there when Daniel is putting them on, having made some excuse to stay while everyone else cleared out to give Daniel some privacy changing. And Daniel doesn’t realise, is struggling to get them on, and it’s so tight and restricted and he’s barely able to move when max comes up to him, smirking, tugs at his suit, and Daniel tips forward, all bound up and suddenly his head is spinning and he is blindingly hard. Which was not the intention. He’s trying to laugh off this hilarious joke but his throat clicks and max is looking at him. Max knows.

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Misread “max will be on days season 5!!” as Max Emillian Verstappen being on Dancing With The Stars and now I need someone to write the maxiel fic about it :/

Is Daniel a dancer? Or is he at red bull? Has he just left red bull, just thinks he’s getting over stuff and suddenly he’s at watch parties every week staring at max watching him dance with some very pretty people. Does max have no moves? Or worse, does he have moves /now/? Does Daniel sit week after week and watch max apply his singular focus and confidence to becoming really confident in his body. Does he do surprisingly well in Ballroom? Can Daniel focus on anything for days after the tango now that all he can think about is max picking him up, spinning him around and landing him against a wall somewhere for something fast and very dirty? (In his head it always has a much sexier ending than the memory of the one (and only) time that that ever actually happened - an awkward fumble of a kiss that they both froze up during and never spoke about. Dan still flinches when he thinks about max wiping his mouth after.)

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Do you think Daniel ever lost his shit at the weird embarrassingly messy way max peeled an orange. Like he was expecting him to be precise and meticulous purely based on his accent when he met him, not that “how he’d peel an orange” was a thought that consciously registered at the time. And now so much has happened and the closest he ever got to sucking orange juice from maxs thumb is smelling the zest on his hands when he pushed him away laughing, but he’s putting oranges over his heart and across his back when he designs his merch anyways.

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