✒️ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴇʀ - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3: ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ✒️
ꜰ1 x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ | ʟᴀɴᴅᴏ ɴᴏʀʀɪꜱ ᴀᴜ | ᴀɴɢꜱᴛ + ᴅʀᴀᴍᴀ + ʀᴇᴅᴇᴍᴘᴛɪᴏɴ
⚠️ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ:
ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ᴅᴇᴘɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ɪɴꜰɪᴅᴇʟɪᴛʏ
ɪɴᴛᴇɴꜱᴇ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ʙᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙʀᴇᴀᴋ
ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄᴀʟ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ (ꜱʟᴀᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴋɪᴄᴋɪɴɢ)
ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀɪᴇꜰ
ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴍᴀɴɪᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴀꜱʟɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ
ꜰʟᴀꜱʜ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴛʀᴀᴜᴍᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ʜᴜᴍɪʟɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
The roar of the crowd echoed through the circuit like a wave of thunder, a chorus of orange-clad fans electrified by the rhythm of Formula 1 at Zandvoort. Flags flapped in the sea breeze. Music pulsed through the paddock. Engines screamed from the garages, their guttural growls vibrating through every soul on the premises.
(Y/n) stood at the edge of the restricted hospitality zone, an official pass hanging from her neck like an invisible disguise. Few noticed her, and those who did, gave courteous nods, assuming she was merely another guest or staff member.
She wore a loose white blouse tucked into high-waisted trousers, a pair of designer sunglasses shielding her eyes, and her hair swept neatly into a twist. In her hands was a thermos, wrapped tightly in a cloth. The smell of its contents, a home-cooked dish, Lando’s favorite, wafted upward every time the wind caught it. She had spent the night preparing it, her fingers working methodically in their kitchen while her heart fluttered with the anticipation of surprising her husband.
She hadn’t told Lando she was flying to the Netherlands. The decision had been last-minute, impulsive even, but spurred by the soft guilt in his voice when he told her she might be better off staying at home. She wanted to prove otherwise, to show him she could exist in his world without being a burden. That she chose him, always.
She smiled faintly to herself, weaving through the maze of team trucks and steel stairs, heading toward McLaren’s hospitality area. She had done this before, countless times, in fact, but this time, something felt different. The air, maybe. The weight behind her smile.
The pass around her neck granted her more access than most, but she still stepped quietly, respectfully. She could hear voices ahead, muffled laughter, flirtatious giggles. The sound came from behind one of the storage trucks, a shadowed corner wedged between the motorhome and the service vehicles.
Then she heard it. A moan.
A slow, guttural sound, dragged from a woman’s throat.
(Y/n)’s smile faltered.
She took another step.
And then another.
Each one heavier than the last.
Her hands clenched tighter around the thermos. Her heart began to pound, not out of anticipation now, but out of something more primal. Something laced with dread.
As she rounded the corner, the world fell silent.
There, half-hidden behind the curved edge of a supply truck, Lando stood with a woman pressed against the metal siding. Her legs were wrapped around his waist. Her head tilted back, mouth slack with pleasure. Her arms clung to his neck as he drove into her, slow and relentless, one hand holding her hip, the other clasped tightly over her mouth, muffling her cries.
His eyes were shut.
His jaw was clenched.
His movements were desperate.
He was completely consumed.
And she, (Y/n), his wife, stood only ten feet away.
Her breath caught, stuck somewhere between her ribs and her throat. The thermos slipped from her fingers, hitting the ground with a dull thud, the lid cracking open. The aroma of the food she had spent hours preparing spilled out onto the asphalt.
The sound startled them both.
Lando’s head snapped up.
The woman gasped as he pulled back instinctively, arms letting go of her as if she were suddenly made of flame.
His eyes met (Y/n)’s.
And the world, his world, collapsed.
“(Y/n)...” he whispered, voice hollow.
She stared at him, her face a mosaic of betrayal. Her lips parted, but no sound came out. Tears pooled in her eyes and spilled without permission, tracing down her cheeks with the grace of rain on glass. She didn’t scream. She didn’t cry out. That would have required breath. And she had none.
The woman, barely composed, smirked. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and scoffed. “Well, now it all makes sense. No wonder you were so tense, darling.”
(Y/n)’s gaze shifted to her, eyes still glistening, but steel beneath the sorrow.
She stepped forward once.
The woman raised an eyebrow. “What? You gonna cry on me, too?”
She didn’t respond.
Instead, (Y/n)’s palm cracked across her face with such force it echoed through the space like a gunshot. The woman stumbled backward, gasping in shock.
“Are you insane—?”
Another swift movement. A shift of stance. A sharp pivot.
With a single practiced motion, (Y/n) spun and delivered a crescent kick to the side of the woman’s head. The contact was immediate and devastating.
The woman crumpled to the ground, unconscious.
Lando stumbled forward, hands raised, trembling. “(Y/n)... Please, wait. It’s not— I didn’t mean—”
She slapped him, open-handed and clean across the face. Not as a fight. But as punctuation. Final. Unforgiving.
He staggered back, eyes wild, skin burning.
“I brought you your favorite,” she said softly, her voice shaking as she glanced at the shattered thermos on the floor. “I thought you’d be hungry.”
“I— I’m sorry. I don’t know what I was thinking. I swear—she meant nothing—”
“And I meant everything,” she finished.
That shut him up.
Footsteps echoed behind them.
Zak Brown, Oscar Piastri, Andrea Stella, and Lily Zneimer came rushing around the corner, drawn by the noise, by the sickening tension crackling in the air. Their eyes fell on the scene: the unconscious woman on the ground, the shattered meal, the slap-mark blooming red across Lando’s cheek, and (Y/n), standing still in the storm’s epicenter.
“What the hell is going on?” Zak demanded, eyes bouncing between the wreckage.
Lily’s jaw dropped. “Is that—? Oh my God, (Y/n)...”
(Y/n) didn’t answer. Her eyes remained locked on Lando, who now looked like a man unraveling, his knees buckling beneath the weight of his shame.
“I’m going home,” she said quietly, wiping her tears with the back of her hand. “Do not follow me.”
“Wait—” Lando reached for her wrist.
Oscar grabbed his arm. “Don’t. Don’t you dare.”
“She’s my wife!”
“And you spat on that,” Andrea snapped, eyes cold. “You threw her away for what? Five minutes of flesh against a wall?”
“She surprised me—I didn’t know she was coming—”
“That’s your defense?” Zak cut in. “She caught you cheating because she dared to love you?”
Lando looked cornered. “I made a mistake—”
“A mistake is missing a meeting,” Zak growled. “This was destruction. You’ve broken something that doesn’t deserve to be broken.”
Lando turned toward the direction (Y/n) had gone, chest heaving. “I need to talk to her. I can fix this.”
Lily stepped in front of him. “No. Not right now. You don’t get to run after her and dump more lies on top of what she just saw. You stay. You race. Then we talk. Then you face the storm you created.”
“But—”
“She loved you so quietly,” Oscar said, shaking his head. “And you never noticed.”
Lando stood there, silent now, motionless, watching the love of his life disappear into the crowd, a trail of devastation behind her.
She didn’t cry again until she reached the hotel.
Not in the car.
Not in the elevator.
Not even in the hallway.
But the moment the door shut behind her, she collapsed against it. Her knees gave out. Her hands shook. Her entire body trembled beneath the weight of grief she didn’t know her heart could hold.
The silence in the room was unbearable. She had imagined surprising him, maybe kissing his cheek while everyone watched, maybe feeding him spoonfuls of the dish she’d prepared.
Instead, she had watched him give himself to another.
She had watched her marriage end.
Hours passed.
Outside, the engines screamed across the track as the race began.
Inside, (Y/n) sat curled on the bed, her face buried in her hands, her wedding band still digging into her skin like a wound she couldn’t remove yet.
Her phone buzzed.
Again.
And again.
Lando
Please pick up. Please, angel. Please. Let me explain. I can’t breathe without you. You don’t understand what you mean to me. You’re my life. Please, come back to the paddock.
She blocked the number.
To be continued...🧡
✒️ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴇʀ - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 4: ᴛʜᴇ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀᴍᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴀᴘᴘʟᴀᴜꜱᴇ ✒️
📝 Note from the Author: Yep, we’re back again today with another emotional gut-punch, and I just want to say thank you. Truly. Whether you’re liking, reblogging, commenting, or just quietly reading, your support means everything. This story wouldn’t breathe without you.
Quick highlight from this chapter that shattered me:
“I brought you your favorite,” she said softly, her voice shaking as she glanced at the shattered thermos on the floor. “I thought you’d be hungry.”
That one line? A whole heartbreak. She came with love, with hope, with warmth, and walked away with nothing but silence and betrayal. It says everything without screaming.
Thank you for being here. For every note. Every reblog. Every emotion you throw back at this story. You make the pain worth it.
With love, me 🧡