Next to you

"Per tutta la vita è come se fossi perennemente in sala d'attesa, in quel luogo in cui aspetti che arrivi il tuo turno, leggi un libro, scambi due chiacchiere con una persona o l'altra, e poi dovrebbe arrivare il tuo momento, ma non arriva mai. Tutte le persone intorno a me vengono chiamate, e io resto da sola, ad aspettare che qualcuno mi chiami o che l'ultima persona che se ne sta andando si volti indietro, ma non succede. E sono così stanca di sentirmi in attesa, di essere messa da parte."

[carlando-summer-fest]

This is a prompt-based fest running from now until the end of Summer Break.

The fest is exclusively for Lando/Carlos - they must be the primary pairing for all works submitted.

FEST SCHEDULE

prompting window -> 30/05 - 06/06

claiming window -> 07/06 - 15/06

submissions window -> 14/08 - 28/08

FEST RULES

PROMPTING

• You can submit a prompt even if you don't plan on claiming one

• You can submit up to three prompts

• Prompting will happen on A03

• Your prompt is supposed to spark inspiration, and is not a fic request.

• Authors and artists can interpret the prompt as they please

CLAIMING

• Claiming will work on a first- come, first-served basis

• You can claim your own prompt

• Only claim more than one prompt if you are reasonably sure you'll be able to fill both.

SUBMISSIONS

• All submissions should be drawn/written specifically for the fest.

• Submissions will have to be posted on A03, from 14/08

• We want artists and authors of all levels to participate!

• We ask that you submit a fic/drawing that you feel fulfills the prompt

• There is a minimum word count of 500 words

• Fics and art should be considered complete when posted

HELP!

If you have any questions please message us @underatedwords or @grande-lando send an ask!

[carlando-summer-fest]

Carlando Summer Prompt Fest 2025 Saturday Roundup

one day after saturday by anonymous

General Audiences • No Archive Warnings Apply •  1,716 Words

Relationship(s): Lando Norris/Carlos Sainz Jr

Character(s): Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz Jr

Additional Tag(s): Future Fic, Retirement, Domestic Fluff

Prompt: They retire early and buy a house in Mallorca. Carlos makes espresso every morning. Lando builds Lego. They don’t miss racing. Not even a little.

Sundays in Mallorca. They don't miss racing. Not even a little.

Always Been True by anonymous

Teen And Up Audiences • No Archive Warnings Apply •  4,816 Words

Relationship(s): Lando Norris/Carlos Sainz Jr

Character(s): Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz Jr

Additional Tag(s): 5+1 Things, Fluff, Getting Together, One Shot, Inspired by Real Events, Slice of Life, Idiots in Love, RPF

Prompt: Five times Carlos almost said “I love you,” and one time he did.

“Thank you for including me,” Lando says with a kind of shy reverence that makes Carlos want to close his eyes and reach for him. It’s simple and direct, as Lando so often is, and yet Carlos feels so many things that are less than simple. Or, five times Carlos almost says I love you, and one time he does.

Seriously by anonymous

Explicit • No Archive Warnings Apply •  4,939 Words

Relationship(s): Lando Norris/Carlos Sainz Jr

Character(s): Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz Jr

Additional Tag(s): Established Relationship, Silly, Eventual Smut, Oral Sex, Dom/Sub Undertones, Texting, Sexting, RPF

Prompt: "Can you be any more annoying?"

"Sure, you want me to show you?"

Carlos’ phone lights up in a meeting. He slyly glances down and sees it's from Lando, assuming it’s a link to some video that made him laugh or an update about travel plans. L: Are you pole position? Cause I want you so bad Or, they text stupid, sexy jokes all race weekend.

begin again by anonymous

Teen And Up Audiences • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings •  15,571 Words

Relationship(s): Lando Norris/Carlos Sainz Jr

Character(s): Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz Jr, Alexander Albon

Additional Tag(s): Time Loop, Temporary Character Death, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Bried Appearances from Oscar and Max and George, Getting Together, Author Makes Up the Drivers' Summer Plans, Mild Blood, Sharing a Bed

Prompt: Lando keeps reliving the same race weekend and Carlos is the only one who starts to notice something’s wrong.

The germ of an impossible idea blooms in Carlos’s mind. He considers all of the weirdness of this week, all of Lando’s protective mother-henning. The back of Carlos’s neck prickles. “Lando,” he says, hushed and wary. “How many times have you been here before?”

sanctified by anonymous

Explicit • No Archive Warnings Apply •  12,971 Words

Relationship(s): Lando Norris/Carlos Sainz Jr

Character(s): Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz Jr, Jenson Button

Additional Tag(s): Alternate Universe: 1950s Formula 1 Drivers, In which Lando and Carlos are both Formula 1 drivers in the early days of F1, Getting Together, mild jealousy, Mild Voyeurism, Explicit Sexual Content, Carlando Endgame, Background and alluded to Jendo: one main in-your-face scene towards the end, This is very much a Carlando fic

Prompt: lando and carlos meet when they both enter the first World Championship race at silverstone in 1950

Carlos is in the middle of pulling his racing gloves on when he turns to see the driver starting next to him. The guy—practically a kid—is the youngest person on the grid in a racing suit by a mile. He’s a bit shorter than himself, bright eyes and curls that are parted off to the side so that they’ll sit properly under the racing cap. He’s striking, to say the least, and Carlos has a moment of awe-stopping wonderment. He glances down at the guy’s waist and sees the name Norris embroidered on his hip. Or: The year is 1950, and Carlos and Lando are driving in the first official season of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

What if All I Need is You by anonymous

Explicit • No Archive Warnings Apply •  5,370 Words

Relationship(s): Lando Norris/Carlos Sainz Jr

Character(s): Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz Jr

Additional Tag(s): Alternate Universe - Age changes, Reverse Age Gap, Getting Together, Sexual Inexperience, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Bottom Lando Norris, Top Carlos Sainz Jr

Prompt: older multiple wdc lando falls in love with his rookie teammate carlos sainz jr.

just like real life where one of them takes the other under his wings except mclaren was not a tractor. Think of current lando with 2015 naive toro rosso carlos! Carlos being the one with THE fan tweets!!

Do not want: bottom carlos. Other than that everything is fine.

Lando didn't want a rookie for his new teammate, someone he would be expected to guide and mentor when he ought to be focusing on defending his title. That is, until he meets Carlos. Not only is he ridiculously handsome, but he laughs at Lando's bad jokes, leans into every touch, and looks at him with stars in his eyes. It's only a matter of time, really.

Ride My Wave of Wonderful by anonymous

General Audiences • No Archive Warnings Apply •  8,996 Words

Relationship(s): Lando Norris/Carlos Sainz Jr

Character(s): Alexander Albon, George Russell, Isack Hadjar, Nico Hülkenberg

Prompt: They retire early and buy a house in Mallorca. Carlos makes espresso every morning. Lando builds Lego. They don’t miss racing. Not even a little.

K.C. Douglas’ neon pink helmet flies out of the Minivac garage like a giant gumball launched from a demented candy machine. Carlos knows it’s going to be a long evening. Carlos is thirty, single, and wishes he’d gone into accounting, instead of being Minivac's social media manager. ...but he's about to meet a very special engineer.

🏁 These works were created as part of the Carlando Summer Prompt Fest 2025

[mclenthusiastic]

Sorry but if you are a Carlos fan and you think that the things written in THAT *hashtag* are normal, you’re either a fan of him only from his Ferrari days or you really have understood NOTHING about him. “He chose Lando bc he is the easy comfortable pick” no, he chose Lando because Lando is his FIRST choice since the first day they MET. Lando is the only one who hangs out with outside the track, Lando is the only one who brought home in Madrid, Lando is the only one who’s loved by his childhood friends like he’s one of them. He literally said HIMSELF “Lando is always my first choice because is the ONE I get along with the best”. The stories you’re making up in your head are creepy and show that you’re disconnected from reality.

[landinrris]

do you know any fic that have jealous carlos in them ?? I've looking for one where they're not together yet and he'll still get jealous of max f or martin but i can't find 😔😔 im good with anything i just want jealous carlos it eating my brain away

Hey there, apologies for the slightly late reply. The bad news is that I don't know of any fitting that specific premise. I was able to find some that might fit the general vibe of jealous Carlos though.

I know for sure these two do:

"Yours" by @phebess

"Gimme Sympathy" by Pitmewithyourbeststop

I know for sure this one isn't specifically pre-getting together, but a thread of jealous carlos runs through it:

"Front Row" by Pitmewithyourbeststop

I can't accurately recall the intricacies of these fics, but the tags include "jealous carlos" so I'm including them for you here:

"Three (stupid) little Birds" by Formulacherry

"Clichés" by Pitmewithyourbeststop

"Lo mejor que tengo es el amor que me das (The best thing I have is the love you give me)" by Itsme_lol

If anyone knows of any I haven't listed here, feel free to add on!

[landinrris]

idk if anon follows me or not, but I did just also remember that my girl!Lando au actually follows your request pretty closely if you're cool with gender bent fics. It's from Lando's pov, but Carlos is very much jealous of Lando getting involved with Martin for a time:

"What's the risk of make believe" by kolyarostov

[f1extras]

Are you telling me this shy British guy was invited to the wedding of his former teammate’s cousin/manager in Spain and he watched the ceremony next to his former teammate’s girlfriend, he enjoyed the reception next to his sister, appeared in family photos with his father and other relatives, and then he was hyped by his friends and relatives when he was DJing? And you want me to be normal about this???

[mclenthusiastic]

This wedding proved that Lando is literally one of the most important people in Carlos’ life and I’m going ABSOLUTELY INSANE about it y’all can’t understand

[mclenthusiastic]

Ok then, I saw someone asking for an in-depth Carlos and Lando friendship analysis earlier so since I’m here from the beginning in 2019, this is my rent that I had ready in my phone notes for a while. When I see Carlos and Lando relationship compared with others I have to laugh bc I know there’s so much people who never lived the carlando teammates era and can’t even remotely understand the bond they had (and still have). The evenings spent at Carlos’ place, the Christmas shopping with Isa, the way their rooms in the motorhome were practically two in one bc Carlos was ALWAYS in Lando’s. The way they were sharing the same plate of food even when Covid was around, the nights watching films together (with the video projector and the deck chairs stolen from outside during Austria 2020), THAT night in Mexico 2019 when they were dancing together behind the dj console. The secret mini golf in each other hotel rooms bc they couldn’t stay in the same room during the pandemic. The days after Carlos’ first podium, when they shared every fucking day after Brasil GP together bc Carlos brought Lando with him EVERYWHERE, even at his personal trainer’s place at dinner. The Carlos’ birthday spent playing golf just the two of them. The week of Lando’s 22nd birthday spent in the same holiday home in Brasil. The fact that Lando Norris is the only fucking face appearing on Carlos’ nightstand in his bedroom in Madrid. The fact that Carlos girlfriend only follows Carlos and Lando as drivers. The fact that Carlos’ mum hugged lando like he was his son after Abu Dhabi 2021. I can’t even put into words what they have lived together. They were not just two teammates getting along or being fun in the team challenges. They were two people sharing their lives and wanting to spend their free time together (in an healthy environment bc McLaren had nothing and nothing to lose). And you can hardly or impossibly replicate that.

[wolfghostblue]

Crying crying

[mclenthusiastic]

If they don’t make you happy like this after 4 years together, they’re not the right ones. I promise.

[mclenthusiastic]

Only if you’re here from the beginning you know what I’m talking about

[cloudiness]

✨✨hands.✨✨

[talksaboutracing]

So many gifs of one scene and I’m loving it!

[mclenthusiastic]

Lando going straight to congratulate Carlos with che biggest smile on his face after another puncture, another shit race and after having lost the 5th place in the championship, it’s the greatest example of sportsmanship and friendship ever.

[landitonorris-deactivated202202]

Gasly ahead of Verstappen, Tsunoda ahead of Perez. RedBull and McLaren are not enjoying the soft tyre, are they?

[rainbow-vals]

Fabio Quartararo deserves the whole world ❤

[wolfghostblue]

Vorrei che quando sbaglio qualcuno mi dicesse "sei umana anche tu, non darti pena, ti conosco."

[wolfghostblue]

I miei difetti mi pesano sempre come macigni, vorrei poter sbagliare e rendermene conto, senza sentirmi ogni volta come la peggiore delle persone e invece ogni volta mi angoscio e mi torturo da sola all'idea di non essere una persona facile.

[lightsoutf1]

Still heartbroken that Max and Dilara broke up because that girl is a Queen but did people notice that she is at the Grand Prix today with her friend and both of them are wearing Orange!! On her friend Sophia's video of the race, someone can be heard shouting for Max at the end as the cars go past. Her mother Anja still follows Max on Instagram and she comments on the Verstappen family insta's. As far as I can see Max and Dilara broke up in a healthy way and remain on good terms and I am all for that. Loved them together. They were OTP.

[editss4life-deactivated20260517]

Lando’s car is hot.