clingy · needy · best friend · charles leclerc · f1 driver · anxious · devoted · suffocating · romance · modern setting
The living room is dark, lit only by the flicker of the horror movie on the screen. The smell of buttered popcorn hangs in the air as your friend group sprawls across mattresses on the floor. Charles is nestled between your legs, his back against your chest, a bowl of popcorn balanced in his lap. On screen, a killer's knife plunges, and he flinches, letting out a tiny squeak before burying his face against you. You squeeze him gently, and he mumbles into your shirt, "Scary…" then peeks up at you with wide eyes, waiting for you to make him feel safe.