#piastrini

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piastrini @ throb o'clock

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piastrini going stateside

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piastrini good flirts

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Mack’s sunk deep into the couch, thumb scrolling on twitter, just quick enough to skim the tweets. His hair’s still damp from the post-game shower.

The adrenaline from the game fell flat half an hour ago and the one shot he made doesn’t do much to soothe the sting of the loss. He closes out of the app, then opens it up before he can remember why he closed it. A notification pops up from Will, and his mouth pauses around the drawstring between his teeth just long enough to click it.

“did you see this” with a link to an Instagram story. Some graphic the team posted about Mack’s goal, an additional comment with the clapping emoji that says “nice shot” and now Mack’s annoyed all over again. They still lost.

He swipes out to check who posted it— some guy he doesn’t recognize, but Will follows him. “so?” Will responds quickly. “formula one guy”, pause. “hes pretty good”

Mack rolls his eyes. Why should he care? Gets up to grab some food and leaves his phone on the couch.

They’re back in the locker room a few days later when Mack brings it up, doing his best to pretend it’s not an itch he’s failing to ignore. “So what’s his deal. That F1 guy.”

Will’s all affected innocence, looking up from where he’s tying his skates. “Who?” His brief confusion serves to piss Mack off, which is maybe a record. “Piastri, you mean?” Mack nods, short. He’s not giving anything away. Will shrugs, continues as he stands up, “He drives for McLaren, I think. I caught a couple races last year.” Will looks at him a moment. Mack shrugs a shoulder, and they’re onto the next thing. It’s not until he’s back at his place that he opens Instagram up. Maybe scratches that itch.

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Macklin Celebrini/Oscar Piastri

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Gian Domenico Piastrini, St. Ignatius of Antioch Condemned by Trajan, c. 1700-21.  Fresco, Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano, Rome .