Okay but also rookie Osc getting himself and his half bitten leash tangled up in something and he is the grumpiest, poutiest little thing when he is found! Growling a little and halfheartedly snapping a little at the hands trying to help him! But then also wanting to be held in his rescuer's arms, face tucked into his neck as he whines about his sorry fate and how scary and stuck he got!
Okay but if Osc was a chaos cuddle pup in wolf form and much more outgoing than his human form, he would be soooo cute as rookie (assuming he dares change into wolf form at all). Like he just clumsily runs after Max cos pack omrga might give him snuggles or him just softly purring and pawing at the edge of Lando's nest until the older Omega lets him in and he will cuddle soooooooo close!
Like in human form oscar isnt so affectionate hut the little rookie pup will just press so so close in wolfie form!
So I couldn't sleep and wrote some rookie wolf Max <3
Max had his tail tucked all the way against the underside of his belly, pressing low to the ground as he crawled a few steps into the Pack Room. He kept close to the wall, eyes frantically flitting about to keep an eye on the wolves and humans - his colleagues, his supposed Pack that did not want him - moving about the room.
He normally didn't come here, avoided it like the plague because that was easier than getting growled at or ignored. But he had lost his favorite blanket, and GP has said that perhaps it had ended up in the Pack Room, as general f1 staff tended to return all found nesting supplies there.
Max's heart was racing as he tried to spot his blanket while trying not to be seen at the same time. His ears perked up slightly when he spotted his blanket, before letting out a soft whine when he realised it was all the way across the room, slung over one of the sofa that was occupied by Kimi and Sebastian, both in their human forms.
Max shivered. He hadn't meant to make contact with them during the race today, but the foul looks he had gotten afterwards mad with very clear he had been to blame. He was scared to go over, but this was his blanket, his comfort item... He already didn't have anyone to cuddle with in a nest, his nest without this blanket wouldn't be a nest at all.
"Max?" Carlos's smiling face appeared above Max, who had been so in thought about his plan that he hadn't noticed his teammate approaching. "It's nice to see you here." The young Alpha added, while Max bared his teeth anxiously, all bark no bite.
"It's okay, I'm not going to let them be mean, yeah?" Carlos said softly, holding out one hand towards the small wolf. Max jerked his head back at the movement on instinct, but when Carlos calmly continued to hold it out, he dared to lean in a bit more. He wasn't sure if he was only supposed to sniff it, wasn't sure what Pack rules were at this point, but after a little sniff, he settled for giving Carlos's fingers a little lick.
"Thank you, Max!" Carlos smiled, rumbling a bit. Max tail wagged a little in answer, before he turned to glance at the sofa again. Carlos frowned, seemingly trying to figure out what Max wanted.
"You want to say hi to Seb and Kimi?" He asked. Max whimpered, scooting behind a potted plant. No, he very much did not want to. He was sure they wouldn't be nice to him. He glanced at the sofa again from his hiding spot, ears pressed back miserably as he looked at his blanket.
The plant in front of him was gently pushed aside to reveal Carlos again.
"Is the blanket there yours, Max? The one with the orange flowers?" Carlos asked. Max perked up a bit, letting out a happy bark that Carlos had understood. But in his excitement, he had been louder than he had meant to, causing some drivers to notice him.
Max made to dash for the door, but Carlos held out one arm, stopping him. Max whined frightenedly, trying to growl but not quite succeeding.
"I'll get the blanket with you, in wolf form." Carlos told him. "Nothing will happen. I promise you." He added, holding out his hand again. Max whimpered a bit, but stopped trying to run, pressing low to the ground again as he waited for Carlos to shift.
Carlos was about twice Max's size, which wasn't abnormal considering Carlos was an Alpha, and the little Omega wolf himself wasn't fully grown yet. He had shiny dark fur and big bambi eyes that were so familiar to Max, making him feel at least slightly more calm as Carlos leaned in to boop their noses together.
Carlos didn't seem to mind Max's very slow pace as they crossed the room, dutifully keeping Max close as they passed some Pack on their way to the sofa. Max had started to feel a little more confident, until Seb turned and noticed them approaching.
With a whimper, Max shot under Carlos, fitting under the Alpha's stomach ad Carlos continued to shuffle forward, forcing Max to move with him if he wanted to keep his hiding spot. When they reached their destination, Carlos gently nudged Max forward a bit, just a little grey head poking out from under the Alpha as Max dared to peek up at Seb and Kimi.
A small flash of something akin to annoyance flashed over Seb's face, but softened as he smelled how anxious Max was.
"Hello Max." He hummed. Max let out a soft noise in answer, turning his eyes to the blanket, before looming back at Seb.
"Is this yours?" Kimi's gruff voice sounded, taking the blanket from the back of the sofa. Max's ears perked up, tail wagging shyly. Carlos gave him an encouraging little nudge in the back, making Max hop up against the sofa with his front legs to gently grab the edge of the blanket with his teeth.
For a moment, he didn't know what to do with himself when he pulled the blanket down, so relieved he had it back. He let out a little happy squeak, wagging his tail excitedly as he nosed and rubbed his face against the fabric, wanting to be cocooned in it.
"There is some nesting space there, I'll show you." Seb spoke up, surprising Max a little. The little wolf glanced at Carlos, who just looked back expectantly. Max was relieved the Spaniard followed after them too as Seb let them to a corner where some soft mattresses were placed on the ground , the perfect basis for a nest. Not that Max had a lot of experience with that, most of his nests were just him cocooning himself in his blanket with maybe a pillow or two.
"It's good. To have you here." Seb said as he watched the pup clumsily drag the blanket onto the mattress. The German's sounded perhaps a little tense, but genuine too. Max shyly accepted Seb gently stroking his ear with the back of his hand.
When Seb left, Carlos shifted back to his human form, giving Max a proud, beaming grin.
"Well done." He smiled, sitting on the edge of the mattress. "Do you want some help?" He added, seeing as Max kept getting his paws tangled trying to arrange his blanket. Max huffed a bit, before surprising Carlos, and himself, by dragging his blanket after him as he laid down tucked against Carlos's leg. Carlos let out a rumble again, rearranging the blanket so Max's snout was the only thing poking out, just how he liked it.
Max wagged his tail a bit as he laid his head on Carlos's thigh, even accepting some gentle pats on his nose.
Maybe pack wasn't so bad after all. He could get used to this.
“Rookie oscar either fully does not need a leash cos he is just so polite and walks at whoever's holding the leash's heel perfectly! Or he chews through a leash daily, no in between”
ok but what if oscar will chew his leash off bc mark taught him it was an affront to his freedom but then he’s the most well behaved pup ever to the point where the older drivers assume something else must be happening to his leash bc there’s no way this sweet baby angel would do smth like that maybe someone catches him biting it once and is so astounded. but then they get him like a bite-proof leash bc it’s paddock rules that rookies r on leashes for their own safety even if they’re very well behaved but then osc is still turning up leashless and then it’s revealed he’s gotten very good at using his adorable wolf powers to convince engineers and ppl to unclip him so he can be a good boy freely
Oh plsss ksksks
Maybe its Seb who was the cause of the rule cos he was such a fucking IDIOT as a little wolfie. And Mark sees thr good side of it and the bonding part, but his little mini me is perfect and deserves to be FREE
And Osc has the sharpest little teefs (he did chee on Mark once or twice when playing so Mark knows) and Mark teaches him to bite through the leash ksks
The drivers being so confused Osc keeps showing off without leash, wagging his tail a little as he sits perfectly at someone's feet until they notice him and give him some love! The other drivers are so so sure Osc isnt biting himself but then Max walk in on Osc gnawing himself free snd is scandalised!!
Oscar sulking in his bite proof leash and letting out the softest whines, eyes wide and sad and its pretty easy for him to convince people to take his leash off kssk
And then obviously he frees his rookie buddy Logan too! Two vedy polite little wolves who freed themselves of their leash prison!! The cutest criminals!
Maybe because they are sp polite, the Pack underestimates the chaos the 2025 rookies will bring kssk
the grid enjoying 2 years of good pups loscar so that theyve been lulled into a false sense of security whenever they see an empty leash and then the 2025 rookies come on the scene and its just CHAOS
mercedes and haas calling each other back and forth because kimi and ollie escape from their leashes all the time to visit each other
isack having a security detail on him because he WILL try to wriggle out of his leash whenever lewis passes by so he can say hi and follow him around
and then gabi always escaping and either being found curled up in max/fernando/nico’s nests sleeping away or to cause mischief
and if all else fails they can find all 4 of them cuddled up in a messy little nest together <33
KSKSKS
Plss the pack thinks rookies are easy by then and aren't too worried about 5 rookies wondering around but they are proven wrong very quickly!
Kimi and Ollie can NOT be separated and are continuously escaping back and forth to go see each other skks. The plus side is that they are usually either at Haas or Mercedes ao they are easy to find skks
Isack is so so good at wiggling out of collars and harnesses! Always escaping to zoom over to Lewis, tail wagging so so hard his whole butt is wagging! Lewis gently chastising him for escaping but he is weak for those puppy eyes and how eager Isack is to be close!
Gabi always escaping too to go bully Hulk, hiding his socks and other things and hust being so so cheeky skks. He also likes finding Nando cos Nando will help protect him sksk
Also Jack being thr only one who is really calm but he will escape sometimes to go snuggle up in a puppy pile!
Franco would be a little demon too, escaping wo much to go and fawn over Lewis as well snd now Lewis has two pups by his feet purring at him but grumpily growling at each other a bitnsksk
Wolves au and Pack Omega Max and Pack Alpha Lewis deciding that pups Ollie and Kimi need leashes when in wolf form cos they get into waaaay too much trouble!!
Just tiny pup and tall leg lanky pup whining and puppy pouting because they are in jail!! Leash jail!! But then whenever they are freed, they chew on shoes and steal food and blankets sksk
ok but kimi being the first one to slip and call max mom is the CUTEST thing!!! like he's just talking with the other rookies and goes "yea, mom, (something related to whatever conversation they're having)" and no one questions it they just adapt with him.
I just imagine the gaggle of rookies passing by the other drivers and all they hear is mom mom mom mom mom like the birds from finding nemo
Oh plss yes!
The rookies having their little gossip corner and are chatting and maybe talking about something pack related when Kimi goes "yeah mom showed me" and the others are like cool cool so we all think he is mom that's perfect and it just goes from there!
Max LOVES it when they call him mom, just makes him beam at them and deal with their silly little problems and pls he laughs everything when all of them are calling mom lol!
Aww, I imagine poor Maxy would've gotten so nervous when he was first leashed! He was already so scared of the pack and thought they hated him, and now he's literally tied to them.
Plss!!
The pack really trying to bond with the rather skittish little wolf but especially in wolfie form Max avoids the pack like crazy and doesnt want to be close to them!
Seb putting a little harness and leash on Max and Max is so confused and scared even when Seb cooes and softly strokes his ears telling him it all okay!
Max whining and tugging on the leash a lot as Seb brings him to the pack room and its really hard for the pack to push through seeing him so scared and confused! Carlos sticking close to Max in his wolf form as an emotional support wolfie as the pack switches who is holding the leash until Max finally relaxes a bit and starts sniffing and getting a little more curious.
Carlos eventually taking the leash and harness off Max and taking his job very seriously to groom Max's ruffled fur back down and Max is a little overwhelmed but dares to curl up in a little loaf (he is a cat at heart) in the pack room