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finished *most of them are currently archive locked*

You're on your own, Charles

Ferrari broke something in Charles. Max and the rest of Red Bull Racing need to build up his confidence again, because now that he's part of their team he finally has a realistic chance to show his true potential.

Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen; RedBull!Charles; Ferrari bashing; 2024 season; 70,5k words

oggi sei perdonato

Six times Ferrari was the worst team ever + one time they weren't

Prequel/Companion piece to "YOYOC"; 6+1; Ferrari bashing; 4,1k words

It's like this (it could be better) 2.0 [old version]

Charles struggles at Ferrari, Max is breaking records.

Both of them have their own problems.

Somehow they find each other, while Charles learns what it means to stand up for himself and Max learns to love.

(and maybe they break a few curses while doing so)

Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen; Ferrari overhaul; Team Principal!Seb; 2024 season; 59,3k/58k words

Love Sick

“We need to do something."

“Right, their pining is getting really annoying."

Lando and Daniel were watching Charles and Max, who were completely lost in their own bubble.

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Or: 5 Times someone on the grid tries to do something to resolve the pining of Lestappen + 1 time... Well you have to wait and see.

Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen; 5+2; Secret Relationship; 9,7k words

Famously Unknown

Of course Max and Charles would find their way to each other, even when one of them did not make his way to Formula One. For 6 years they have been dating, very happy, if only their friends would believe them.

Famous Max/unfamous Charles, including relationship reveals and marriage proposals, fluff, sweet and not-so-short, 6,3k words

I rose up from the dead (I do it all the time)

After a desasterous triple header Charles makes a decision. He would enter his Reputation Era, right now.

Red Bull!Charles; Reputation Era; Team as Family; 6,6k words

I can feel your heartbeat (it feels like coming home)

Max always had a connection to his cars, but Rocky (his RB19) is something special.

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or: a self-indulgent character study, where Max is a little technopathic.

Technopath!Max; Rocky appreciation; 3,4k words

Of Bears and (prancing) Horses

A little retelling of Ollie's first Formula One race weekend, but with the twist of what could have been, aka my delulu took over and produced this.

Ollie's Ferrari debut; Alternative Saudi Arabia GP 2024; short and sweet; 7,5k words

You Belong With Me

You belong with me.

Joris wanted to cry, this was one of the few songs that he knew the whole lyrics off. It was basically the theme song of his life nowadays.

Joris Trouche/Charles Leclerc; Charles Leclerc/Alexandra Saint Mleux; Pining; Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour; how to resolve a love triangle; 2,8k words

(They said) Remember this Moment

Nervously Charles tugged at the collar of his Ferrari suit. When the FIA had announced that they would host this year's FIA gala in the principality he knew it was going to be a special one.

He already knew it would be his last, after he had announced his retirement earlier that season to an emotional Monza crowd, but this was not the only thing that would make this so special.

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OR: At the 2032 Prize Giving Ceremony, Charles Leclerc remembers his Formula One career.

For my ✨gift of prophecy✨; Charles Leclerc & Scuderia Ferrari; WAKE UP FERRARI; 9k words

Bleeding Red

Lewis copes with how Mercedes treats him, now that he's leaving the team.

Aftermath of Feb 1st, 2024; Lewis' move to Ferrari; written in 2024; 7,3k words

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works in progress

Leone Rosso

Breaking:

Lewis Hamilton announces retirement at the end of the 2026 season.

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Nobody was ready for who would replace Lewis at Ferrari.

Ferrari!Max; future fic; 2027 season; currently 4k words

Gli Angeli del Predestiniato

the 2024 (& 2025) season from the eyes of Charles mechanics

Ferrari Chat Fic; Garage 16; based on real races; they all in love with Charles; currently 3,4k words

Stop the Clock and Rewind

Sometimes Charles wished that he could go back in time and… maybe change his contract… or fix all the mistakes he had made and convince this team that he was the driver they would have to please to bring the championship trophies back to Maranello.

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Or: Charles travels through time and (tries) to fix races that went wrong for him.

Time Travel fix-it fic; what if Ferrari was competent; currently 10,1k words

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coming soon

Golden Dreams

Equestrian AU; Lestappen; CHIO Aachen

Did happen 🫣

Hallöchen 👋🏼

5 - most popular fic this year

Well, there's two answers to this... I don't know if one of them counts though...

First: my rewrite of It's like this, but that's a) a rewrite and b) I didn't write it in 2025, I just posted the second half this year... But if it counts it has: 12.923 hits, 341 kudos, 195 bookmarks

The other is: Famously Unknown with 3.978 hits, 597 kudos, 160 bookmarks

Hii 👋🏼

4 - total number of words you wrote this year

Oh lord... Let me calculate...

(Ts)RtM = 9.003

oggi sei perdonato = 4.170

Stop the clock = 2.887

Famously Unknown = 6.370

Leone Rosso = 4.005

GADP = 3.900

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen = 2.399

Secret Santa = 3.608

Golden Dreams 🐎 = 2.289

Ghost of Enzo Ferrari = 2.875

Unfinished WIP = 358

== 41.864 words

But then I didn't really finish a long fic like yoyoc or ilt

18 - current number of wips

Between 7 and 9 (there's one that's still only an idea, and one that's gonna hopefully be a real novel)

24 - favourite fic you read this year

Do you know how many Fics I've read this year 😭

But probably

Hello 👋🏼

3 - favourite line you wrote this year

Ouhh I don't really have one favourite...

There's a line in my secret Santa fic (that I can't tell you yet)

Then we have from: oggi sei perdonato

Nowhere was the passion and love bigger than when a Ferrari driver - when Charles - won in Monza.

Because nobody loved Charles more than the Italians.

And we also have from: (They said) Remember this Moment

Never really happens

But it happens with you

Haunted by the heartbreak

You're still living in my head, babe

Hanging around

I thought you'd be gone

Be gone by now

Lights, camera, action

Fatal attraction

Nothing as messed up as anger and passion

I want you to leave, to leave, to leave

I want you to stay, to stay with me

Brocedes

Nico was seething. This was supposed to be the best day of his career. Winning his first championship, proving that he had just as much talent as his father, that he was able to beat Lewis Hamilton.

And he had beat Lewis, something that should have happened two years ago, but never late than never. But he had never expected that this championship would come at the cost of his relationship with Lewis.

They had been so excited to race with and against each other and to be teammates, and it had all ended in shambles. As soon as they were fighting they started to really fight. Accusing each other of cheating, of trying everything to gain an advantage over the other.

But he had persevered, he may not have won the last race and Lewis had tried his damnedest to make sure he wouldn't finish second, but now nothing of this mattered. Now Nico could call himself Formula 1 world champion.

He looked over to Lewis on top of the podium and suddenly he was reminded of all the memories he shared with Lewis. Oh how he missed him. He had not expected to miss him this much. Because at the same time he was sure that he also hated Lewis.

There was no way he could do this torture next year again.

No. No matter what his contract said for next year, he would not drive against Lewis like this again. He wouldn't survive this