Lady_Something

these r all fics I rlly enjoy so i hope u guys like em too!! highkey im just airing out my bookmarks lmao. disclaimer: all the fanfics r most likely 3316! also every fic probably has smut in it, im a simple perverted guy #sorry.

hall of fame/classics (IMO): if u havent read these, what r u even doing.. ur missing out!

Where You Go, I Go by Lady_Something: omegaverse, its definitely a ride but give it a chance and itll change ur world like this shit is amazing n revolutionary

97's bulls by saturne_br: teammates au, i usually have conflicted feelings abt lestappen as teammates but this fic is SO GOOD like srsly

all this happened, more or less by multi21: quite literally THEE musician!charles + socmed au

The Cat Conspiracy by loquarocoeur: max's cats love charles and he feels things about it

After the Races by clueing_for_looks: WIP, rivals with benefits au!! PEAK. SO PEAK!!!!!! ive reread this fic so many times, its so good dude. one time i was taking an exam but all i could think abt was this fic and how erotic the author writes blowjobs,, ive never been more jealous of a dick

(i love you) it's ruining my life by NicoleDilona: friends with benefits, yearning & pining, sex tape leaked + getting together like What does this fic not have 🤤!!!!! ive also reread this one a bunch

The Deuxmoi Gate by thearchercore: socmed au, someone has a crushhhhh

I Heard About You by m00nlightE: actor!charles & f1 driver!max, love this fic a bunch!!

no brakes on by linearity: another charles actor au for the history books

Archive of Our Own by Lady_Something: Charles learns about ao3, goes crazy and drags Max down with him. very much a classic

lucky on a starlit night by tifositears: pop star!charles x f1 driver!max, the dynamics is this are just so ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

I'll Be Right Beside You by Fabby: amnesia au, definitely a classic

don't blame me, love made me crazy by Lady_Something: coming out au :) atp just read all of lady_something's fics they r practically all classics

Kiss It Better by loquarocoeur: charles is a dramatic crybaby and i adore him

lit by electric lights by dewclaw: THEEEEE camboy au, soooo good. just thinking abt it makes me wanna reread

Dominus Vobiscum, Et Cum Leclerc by pucksandpower: Charles becomes the pope. okay this ones lowkey a sneak but its so fucking funny so its in My hall of fame LMAO PLEASE GIVE IT A READ

i'm having your baby (it's none of your business) by luminousmoon (foggystars): omegaverse au, they both are trying to baby trap each other ✌️ when the yaoi is mutually toxic 👀

Omegaverse aus (fics from other categories will have omegaverse too tho so this section is kinda short lol)

Killing me slowly by SaiyanWitcher: WIP amnesia au, mystery, so interesting so far im in love

from the future with love by reninkz (catoruuz): flowershop owner!charles x f1 driver!max. time travel au!! it was cutesy :))))

One Life for the Hunter by le-stappen (Muse_of_Gods): charles gets claimed by his childhood enemy, the character development in this is amazing and they r so cute n lovey dovey :3 dont let the tags scare u it gets better i swear

AM series by matchataelatte: college au! mutual piningggg <333333

keep my eyes on the road as i ache by saltshaken: scent-sensitive charles only gets comforted by max's scent

Happily Ever After by Light22_C: WIP!! Omegaverse au! fake-omega alpha!max and fake-alpha omega!charles, its so peak 🙏

porn star/sex worker/camboy aus:

edge into the bite by orichalc: lestappen fwb doing amateur porn together and falling in love <3

luminous fall by bananasomg & crimsonmidnight: WIP, porn star!max & bdsm! like very much a bdsm fic. its lowkey messy as fuck lmao but i love drama and i rlly enjoy reading it so far!

Franz_Hermann Has Paid €50 to Chat by Chandelier_s_Notebook: camboy!charles x f1 driver!max, yummy yummy fic

Signature of the Sun by SaiyanWitcher: sex worker!max & injured!charles on an island. i rlly liked it SO SO SO GOOD!

top of the world (looking down on creation) by eaurouge_sangnoir: prostitute!charles x f1 driver!max, had lowkey subby max which i am VERY much into 🤤

have you ever tried this one by lady_something: it actually doesnt rlly fit into this category at all but charles collabs w/ a sex toy company and max loses his mind.. so, close enough, right?

when I sleep I'm gonna dream of how you tasted by nairoby_x: another not technically sex worker au, max mistakes charles for a prostitute when in reality he's a photographer for aston martin. WIP!!! idk if it will ever be updated💔

friends to lovers:

wonderland (never worse, but never better) by sixteenthirtythree (kireinayuta): best friend's brother + childhood friends to strangers to lovers au, very sweet :(((

Long Live (The Walls We Crashed Through) by Fabby: childhood friends lestappen pining over each other through the years and into f1 ❤️‍🩹

spit us out reborn by linearity: university au, oh my god they r so messy. friends to stranger to friends to strangers to Something to lovers. so good give it a read

halo by belowfreezing: f1 driver!charles & motogp rider!max !!!! strangers to friends to lovers ugh it was so good i love this fic

Hard to Speak With My Tongue in Your Mouth by my_blue_wheelbarrow: University AU, FWB, pining!! HOLY SITUATIONSHIP 😭😭

its like daylight, only with magic by pondfalls: hogwarts au! im not rlly big on HP but this was a cute fic!!!!

The Grid: A Comprehensive Guide for Handling your Gay Racer Friends by stylestappen: the grid with lestappen, lestappen being dumb and a whole lot of sweets

salad days by slapshots: charles is a mess and they are sickeningly in love with each other

Sixteen Days Apart by msm_drjb: childhood friends + non-drivers au! PINING!!!

hate to love or rivals with benefits:

on the balcony after class by minieggs11: private high school au, the tension 👀!!!!!!!!! they r so dumb and in love with each other

beholden to no gods by nicoledilona: THEEE austria 2019 fanfic 😋😋😋😋😋

the suspension of disbelief by drivingstuff: charles finds out about fanfiction, realizes some things about himself and then fucks max while being pathetically in love with him

straight lines (that unwind you) by 140445: they dont rlly like each other they just fuck,, until its more than that :))

Rate Your Ride (1633) by my_blue_wheelbarrow: taxi driver!charles x f1 driver!max, charles is such a little shit😭😭

carpe noctem by agnus_dei: WIP university/dark academia au, SOOO GOOD SO FAR!!!!!!

been blooming alone (over you) by hist24jpcs: WIP hanahaki fwb au with the usual misunderstandings and mutual pining! i need moreeee its so peak

bare your teeth verse by creabirds: omegaverse au, max claims charles when they were teens and they deal with it in the most toxic way possible, i adore them and this series

last christmas by 140445: non-drivers au, exes to lovers/getting back together !!

historical or royalty au:

Started Giving Up On The Word Forever (Until You Gave Up Heaven, So We Could Be Together) by agnus_dei: warrior max & his crew stay at charles' tavern, slow burn, lots of religious guilt n internalized homophobia paired with max being so down bad

roar of the fire by nicoledilona: arranged marriage, hate and love at the same time, obsessed + possessive max, what more could u ask for!!!!!

take me home verse by xxredwineandambiencexx: bodyguard!max and prince!charles fall in love against all odds <3

the problem by notforpenance: Regency/Bridgerton-esque au, trans man Charles, arranged marriage!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVEEE this fic so much. I always appreciate a trans fic thats not written fetishy

prince and bodyguard series by le-stappen (muse of gods): omegaverse au, bodyguard!max & prince!charles :)) cant wait for the next update!!

the warmth of winter by usedtobetam: sentinels & guides au + medieval time period! also arranged marriage which is something i loveee

possibility is everything by x_letsgocrazytogether_x: f1 driver!max has a big ol crush on the prince of monaco

miscellaneous

et circenses by Oceanallaround: hunger games au! was a super interesting read and i enjoyed the action scenes a lot tbh, author also wrote all the other drivers quite well too

FORE-PLAY by SaiyanWitcher: golfer!charles teaches f1 driver!max how to golf !!!

end of the line by eaurouge_sangnoir: lestappen unknowingly meet on grindr, very very sexy fic

my moon (my man) by luserstappen: max is late to their valentines date and has to make it up to charles... or as i like to call it, the submissive max bible. SO FUCKING YUMMY BRO i love this fic

a healthy dose of hair dye by anon: hairdresser!charles !! they r soo cute!!!!!!

you crossed the line (i followed close behind) by saltshaken: rookie!charles is the only rookie not obsessed with max,,,,, or is he

renegades by 140445: post-apocalyptic au, hate to love (one-sided), AMAZING!!!! this author is the goat.

anatomy of the soul by weiwuxian (breathofdream): broke fashion student!charles and rich art student!max!!

you make me hungry again by cryystal_moon: werewolf!max gets taken in by charles. very yummy fic

about you by nerdherder12: coffee shop au with a plot twist <3

fire + sound by racingline: venom au, max is an alien parasite and they fall in love

every night that summer, just to seal my fate by marchbaby33: dating show/love island au, max in this is so :(( ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 i luv him

rewriting the threads of fate by himmywimmy: WIP time travel au!! max goes back in time to help his younger self get with charles and at the same time shifts some things in their universe

mob au

san sebastiano by notforpenance: great fic, love the slow burn, side of carcar but Definitely check out the tags lmao..

drunk in love series by Lady_Something: mafia boss!max x f1 driver!charles,, OH MY LORD I LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH. i told u guys lady_something was the goat

l'amour et la violence by eaurouge_sangnoir: one of the best mafia aus IMO i loved it

the things you do by loveleclerc: stripper!charles steals from penoze!max and everything spirals from there

don't you wish you never met him? by anon: WIP, hitman!charles & penoze!max + omegaverse!! very interesting so far!! i hope it updates soon

Fearless on My Breath by chaotic_scrittore1317: WIP! hitman!max develops complex feelings for his target, charles leclerc. ughh so good so far i hope the author updates it soon as well

(i wish more people would write abt bttm mafia boss!charles,,, maybe i should be the change i wish to see in the world)

teammates/race engineer aus:

Silver Arrows Rising by xxredwineandambiencexx: WIP, mercedes!charles & max, IM IN LOVE!!! charles is so cutesy 🤏🤏

Radio Check? Loud and Clear! by himmywimmy: redbull!charles & race engineer!max, ilove this fic aaaaaa

i will turn myself into a gun. by pointatthevirginguys (pilouface): red bull teammates + rookie!charles (age swapped arthur and charles). Wow this fic is so just WOW.

hashtag lestappen by orphan acc: abandoned fic so read at ur own risk but LMAO I LOVED READING THIS. imagine lestappen as corny tumblr users but also race engineer!charles and ferrari driver!max. charles also is like insane in this

charles leclerc and the legend of the secret pussy by guyyfailure: well the title says it all

social media aus:

charles_leclerc ✔️ posted: 😘 by cherrari: charles soft launches his bf

help me hold onto you by alims: f1 driver!max stumbles across streamer!charles and gains a crush

fast times by makeamends: f1 driver!max & popstar!charles, charles is a tease and max wants that cookie bad

theres nothing sweeter than my baby by lecmilton1644: max runs a fan account for charles. READ THE ENTIRE SERIES AS WELL its abt lestapiastri family & osc focused :)) + loscar 👀

one in emilian by tameodeza: f1 driver!max helps singer!charles heal from a piarles situationship

among us (love edition) by mirrormirrora: an anonymous source states 2 f1 drivers r dating and everyone thinks is lestappen except max and charles themselves

Soft Launch by anon: Streamer!Max & Actor!Charles,, SO CUTE! short + sweet

you know how to ball, i know aristotle by kinopus: Footballer!Max & Singer/PopStar!Charles, WIP, also super cute like love is love literally

superhero aus !!

insufferable by amilyame: Superhero au, Iron Man!Max & Captain "America" (Monaco)!Charles. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS FIC it brought me to tears at like 3am bc of how much i loved it

brat summer by grapejuice: spiderman!charles & deadpool!max, a fic with ur average spideypool shenanigans and nonsense <3

a life in your shape by weiwuxian (BreathOfDream): batman!max and journalist!charles !! mutual pininggg 🥹 also i just love batman!max sm

guilty pleasure fics (dark or weird fics idk)

give me the taste of your pleasure and pain series by guyyfailure: max is unhealthily obsessed with charles.. like im not joking. read the tags b4 u read 👍 love this tho❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

jealous by laurawritingf1: charles cucks his gf whos fucking max and then gets with max. 😁!!!! yum

Better Than a Championship by Anon: everyone wants the chussy (me too!)

lestappen etsy witch birthday saga series by rememberingrb19 (hellafunny33): again, the title speaks for itself lmao. honestly its not even freaky idk why i put it in this section

taste your beating heart by nicoledilona: PLS LOOK AT THE TAGS!! prince!max fucks "princess"!charles in order to save him from the sleeping death. i loveee this fic🤤

Rossa Corsa (And Never Red Bull Blue) by CynicalSouls: WIP! exes lestappen, charles is super depressed and suicidal and max is a mess. love love love LOVE IT!

Mon Petit Lion by Light22_C: omegaverse + mafia au, charles was raised as a fake alpha and max does whatever it takes to make the omega his again

how charles met charlie by anon: charles faces a woman version of himself, gets fucked by her and then eventually by max

cake by the ocean by Oceanallaround: charles leclerc ass (lebbl) appreciation

fragile facade by maekook: omegaverse au, lestappen failmarriage 🫠🫠 charles is highkey a bird in this

OKAY I RAN OUT OF ROOM APPARENTLY U CAN ONLY HAVE 100 LINKS IN ONE POST so i'll make another one when i gather 100 more fics to recommend <33

yay okay! fic recs! It took me a bit to answer because I had to go back through my bookmarks, and honestly, I'm a poor bookmarker. Not a complete list, but some of my favorites!

So the first fic I remember reading in late 2023, the one that made me fall in love with lestappen as a pairing was salad days by slapshots

Other fics I really loved when I first started reading on ao3:

the objects in mirror series and we have to keep trying by linearity

devils roll the dice (angels roll their eyes) by @lestappenforever

you and me, we got big reputations by @ladysomething

i'd sing you morning golden and new by racingline

there you'll stand (next to me) by @toppamplemousse

Some of my other faves in no particular order:

a ship to wreck by m00nlightE

heart on your sleeve by @nyoomfruits

too hot, too greedy by @formulaocean

bambino and cry for me by @breathofnyx

hope under gravestone and the warmth of winter by @usedtobetam

your future had a voice (and it spoke like me) and everything else!! written by saltshaken

bottle episode and head above water and everything else!! by @toppamplemousse

(i love you) it's ruining my life and beholden to no gods and everything else!! by @sixteensecrets

old before i die. by @ladysomething

the selkie way by @larryhaylik

“I love you.” 

Charles freezes with his beer halfway to his mouth. He blinks heavily at the TV screen, where their latest race is on mute so they can dissect it without the commentary annoying them. 

He repeats that in his head to make sure he heard it right. 

I love you. 

Max said it so simply. So easily. Maybe he doesn’t mean it in the way Charles has immediately assumed. 

He tries to unstick himself, letting an easy smile pull up his mouth. 

“I love you, too, mate,” he says, even though he doesn’t think he’s ever actually said that to a friend before. Not like that, at least. Some casual love ya’s, maybe, though typically he shows his love in other ways. 

He says it to his maman a lot, and to his brothers, but he can tell from the sad smile that Max gives him that he didn’t mean it in a brotherly way. 

Well . . . Fuck. 

“No, Charles,” Max says gently. 

Panic claws up Charles’ chest. If Max doesn’t say it, then nothing has to change. Charles really can’t have this hanging between them, can’t have this out in the open, because he can’t lose Max. He really, really can’t. 

But if Max says this, if he admits that he feels for Charles in a way that Charles doesn’t, can’t, return, then what happens to them? What happens to the friendship that they’ve painstakingly created? They’ve worked so hard for this, for what feels like forever, and now Max is one of the best friends Charles has. 

Maybe one of the best friends he’s ever had. 

Max can’t ruin it like this. 

“I mean that I’m in—” 

Charles shoots up onto his feet. “Do you want another drink?” 

Max sighs. Loudly. Then he stands, too. He hesitates before he reaches out to clasp his hand on Charles’ shoulder, which makes Charles’ heart thump erratically. 

He never hesitates. Max always just touches, takes whatever he wants, and Charles has always loved that about him. Everything is easy between them, even these little touches. 

This is exactly why Max can’t say anything. 

“Charles. Please, just—I know you probably don’t want to hear it, but I’m so . . . I’m so tired, Charles. I’m tired of keeping it to myself. Please, just—can I please just say it, so that I can . . .” 

Charles clenches his jaw. He doesn’t want to hear it, but he supposes he can understand why Max needs to say it anyway. 

Max keeps talking before Charles says anything either way, bulldozing through like he does with everything. “I’m in love with you.” 

Well, fuck. 

Charles takes a deep breath. He’s let down a lot of people before, but none of them ever meant as much to him as Max does. He thinks he’s always been kind in the past, but as he thinks through all of his I’m sorry, I’m not interested’s and I’m flattered, but I’m not really looking for anything right now’s, he realises that none of it should be said to Max. Max deserves so much better than that. 

“Max, I—” He clenches his jaw again, rubbing his sweaty palm against his jean. “You know I’m straight.” 

Max nods once. “Yeah, I know. Believe me, I feel so fucking stupid.” 

Charles shakes his head quickly, immediately, reaching up to curl his hand around the forearm of Max’s hand that’s still on his shoulder. 

“You’re not stupid,” Charles says. His voice quivers. 

“I am,” Max insists, rolling his eyes skyward. “Trust me, I’m well aware that I’m an idiot for falling in love with my straight best friend.” 

Charles winces, then drops his hand. “I’m sorry,” he says, because there’s nothing else he can think of. 

Max drops his hand too, then shoves both of them in his front pockets. Through the denim, Charles can tell his fists are clenched. 

Charles doesn’t even know where this came from. He knows that people make fun of Max for how clingy he can be with Charles, that people online make jokes like get someone who looks at you like Max looks at Charles or no-one is taking Charles away from you Max. But Charles has never cared, never paid it much thought, because he likes having Max’s attention on him. 

And since they became friends, he thought he was giving Max the attention back. Pierre jokes that they’ve become codependent, that he can never see Charles anymore without Max being one step behind him, but Charles’ response has always been the same: he and I are the same. 

Charles doesn’t know where they fell out of lockstep, but clearly, somewhere along the way, they did. And Charles completely missed it. 

Any why now, anyway? When they’ve just been watching a race, talking shit like they usually do? Nothing is different about tonight, so why is Max blowing up their friendship like this? 

“It’s fine,” Max says, shrugging his shoulders. Charles doesn’t know how unrequited love can be fine. “It’s not like I thought this was going to go any differently.” 

Charles’ heart pangs terribly in his chest. “I mean if I could—because you’re obviously—so if I was then I’m sure that I’d . . . you know?” 

Max gives him another sad smile. 

“Does that help?” Charles asks, a little desperately. He wants that sad smile to go away. 

“Not really,” Max admits. “But I don’t think anything would. I just . . . need to get over it.” 

Get over him. Max needs to move on to some other guy, because he’s currently in love with Charles and can’t have him. Charles has never liked breaking hearts, but this is by far the worst one yet. 

Fuck. 

“But we’re still okay, right?” Charles asks, so desperately that Max looks at him strangely. “This isn’t going to change anything?” 

Max hesitates, lips pursed together. Charles feels like his stomach drops through his ass. 

“Of course, Charlie,” Max says anyway, then sits back on the lounge. “Should we keep watching the race?” 

Charles stares down at him, watches as Max leans forward to pick up his beer and take a sip. 

It’s almost like nothing has changed. 

Charles sits down beside him, exactly where he did before, and realises that there’s more space between them than usual. Their knees aren’t bumping together, there’s no warmth from Max’s thigh. 

Max sat away from him. 

like … what. what.