#maybe it's bc I want an Oscar for myself idkkkk

[inchidentally]

Lando being friends with basically the entire grid and known them all for years and years and he's all their sweet baby brother even if they're all fierce rivals at the same time and Lando is getting real sick of being on that lower step looking up but he is so good about celebrating their successes

and then he gets a younger teammate who is really quiet and mellow and doesn't go in for The Lando Effect bromance or even use Lando to help his own image (which Oscar could rly have used at the time) but then !! that's The Boy who ended up changing his own habits and even what he eats to suit Lando and who takes note of who is in Lando's life and what they mean to him. Lando can say how he misses his old teammates and The Boy just concurs quietly next him because he does know what those guys meant to Lando and he won't even jokingly act insecure about it bc it's a different part of Lando's life. and then he learns all the quirks and shifts in mood that normally make Lando "difficult" or "funny" to most people but are just part of what make Lando special to him. so Lando can fully let himself be loud or quiet or bratty or sweet and The Boy just smiles at him the same way.

and Lando can't help but be caught up in his own first podium of the season but not only does The Boy ensure in his post race interview that the swap was totally fair and Lando was faster but then he stands there beside Andrea smiling and tall and kind at his own home race having come fourth while Lando's distracted by his own trophy. because when Lando loses his words he looks right up at The Boy watching him and asks for help and knows just the right word he needs! because when Lando deserves something or Lando just really needs something and The Boy is anywhere nearby he knows it'll be okay!

something about landoscar being the sleeper ship that constantly sneaks under the radar of every other Lando ship and ends up spearing me through the heart over just a few tiny but extremely telling moments on camera ;__;

#'is this all you're focusing on after that race' #yes it is sorry #maybe it's bc I want an Oscar for myself idkkkk #to be friends is great #to trust someone completely is like #pyramid of needs filled in completely #inchidentallyanessay #inch gets weird