doing all these with a punctured tire just before boxing

i still remember that one chapter where george and alex went to portugal and there was a reverse there was only one bed trope. they had two beds and decided to push them together and then george woke up with a throat infection. the angstiest chapter was where alex had a complication and got put into a medically induced coma and his parents called george to be prepared of the possibility of alex passing. it made me sob into my pillow. it was pretty cute that alex's family basically became george's second family with him being over for dinner at alex's parent's house more than alex himself. also the parallels in the fic were amazing. my favorite parallel was alex helping george get into the intrepid driver's program for karting and george later helping alex get his williams seat. the fact that george was such a supportive boyfriend that the williams board told alex they can't consider the opinions of george since he was campaigning too hard was so funny and sweet. it was also so cute that both george and alex had pictures of each other. but sometimes, i got second hand embarrassment whenever they kept flirting on their social media. like when george asked alex's girlfriend lily for nudes but then lily called him out by saying that "if anyone has them it would be you" and alex reposted an edited photo of george wearing lingerie which was a weird thing to do on main. man, i miss their streaming era so much. also of course we can't talk about this fic without mentioning the collarbone mountain biking incident where george drove alex to the hospital. i also kinda felt bad for lily though since george was super biased towards alex during the cooking competition during one of alex/lily's first dates. the recent chapters were pretty amazing too. some of the most memorable highlights from the ongoing 2025 chunk of the story were monaco and the dinner date afterward where alex paid for george's lobster pasta, george ignoring alex's hangout request in favor of going on a yacht, and--

CAR MALFUNCTIONING LIKE THE WHOLE NAPOLEON ADMINISTRATION

STILL A PODIUM IN THE GREAT BRITANNIA

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Dealing with complex thoughts and emotions I can't work through in therapy, like grief, despair, a complicated relationship with pain and addiction