୨୧ The Hair Tie ୨୧
A Fernando Alonso Drabble
Pairing: Fernando Alonso x Fem! Reader Genre: Tooth rotting fluff Warnings: None Avi's Radio📻: So, I was supposed to be writing my text!au, but I could not get his out of my head, so here you go!! Btw my requests are open if you have anything in mind!! MASTERLIST ASK BOX
She didn’t notice it was gone at first.
It wasn’t something she ever really thought about, just a habit more than an accessory—looped around her wrist most days, half-forgotten until she needed it. So when it disappeared, there was no dramatic moment of realization. Just a few absentminded days where her hand kept reaching for it anyway, meeting empty skin instead.
By the third day, she finally frowned, turning her wrist like the angle might fix the problem. It didn’t. She checked her bags, her desk, even the bathroom counter like it might have staged a quiet rebellion. Nothing.
“Traitor,” she muttered to herself, then let it go.
It was just a hair tie.
Until race weekend.
The Aston Martin garage always felt like a different kind of chaos—controlled, expensive, slightly too loud to think properly in. She weaved through it easily, coffee in hand, greeting a few engineers before spotting Fernando near the back, half-focused on a conversation but already looking for her the way he usually did without making it obvious.
She walked closer.
And then she saw it.
A plain black elastic around his wrist.
She stopped.
“…Is that my hair tie?” she asked, slowly, already narrowing her eyes.
Fernando didn’t even look surprised. He glanced down, then back up at her like she was interrupting something mildly important. “No.”
She let out a short laugh. “Nando. That is my hair tie.”
“It is a hair tie,” he said, completely calm.
“My hair tie.”
That finally got a pause. Just a small one. Then he shrugged. “It was in my apartment.”
“So you stole it.”
“I didn’t steal it,” he corrected immediately. “I found it.”
“In your apartment.”
“Yes.”
“And your solution was to wear it.”
“It was convenient,” he said, like this was obvious logic.
She stared at him for a second, then shook her head. “Convenient for what? Emotional support hair tie?”
He hesitated, just long enough to give himself away. “Its so you don’t lose it again.”
Her expression softened despite herself. “And did that work?”
“…Sí,” he admitted.
She laughed under her breath. “Clearly not, because now I’ve found you wearing it like a criminal.”
He gave her a look. “It was not criminal.”
“It’s borderline emotional theft.”
“I forgot it was there,” he added, quieter, like that explained everything.
That made her lose the fight completely.
“Unbelievable,” she said, stepping closer and slipping the elastic off his wrist. “I leave you alone for a few days and you adopt my belongings.”
Fernando watched her wrap it back around her own wrist, expression unreadable for a moment too long.
Then, softly: “Can I have it back?”
He blinked. “No”
He tilted his head slightly. “It has become habit.”
That did something inconvenient to her chest.
She exhaled, pretending it didn’t. “You’re ridiculous.”
“Maybe,” he said.
Still, he didn’t look away.
So she stepped closer, gently took his wrist, and slid the hair tie back into place where it had been on him, smoothing it down like it belonged there.
“There,” she said lightly, stepping back before she could overthink it. “Try not to get attached, hm?”
Fernando looked down at it, then back at her.
A faint smile tugged at his mouth. “Too late, cariño.”
And she absolutely did not think about that for the rest of the day.
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