Every Second Counts

Cruz didn't manage to take the title from Storm in her first season, making just a few too many rookie mistakes, but fret not she becomes an even bigger threat to Jackson her second season.

And it’s during this season (in which they’re evenly matched in skill, more or less) when their off-track bond and on-track rivalry start to seep into each other

They're type of competitors to trip the other on their foot or kick them in the shins in the wild

Just childish gimmicks to show they truly adore each other but also relish in the other's torment

Use their closeness (the sheer amount of information they have on the other— knowing the other like the backs of their hands) to play mindgames against each other on the track

Lived together at a certain point

Not like officially. More like they infiltrated each other’s homes and are always together

Throughout the duration of it all, they consider themselves in an 'exclusive relationship' despite it not being romantic. However:

Post-mindgames era— they decided they weren’t good for each other

It's hard to have your favorite person be endlessly cruel to you

This is like their break up arc

(This is how I make Cruznat—one of THE ships EVER— and StormDanny canon at the SAME TIME as whatever this is)

Funny enough, this is the era when Cruz and Storm start publicly referring to each other as “friends”.

They are friends now. And that's is the furthest apart they’ve been.

TL:DR Storm + Cruz are crazy for each other but like not in a normal way