the charles/carlos/max thoughts are like this. carlos was max’s first gay situationship when he was 19, and it’s impossible to forget that kind intensity, even if it was casual and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. and carlos was dejected, maybe a little bitter that everything was going right for max but not so much for him. they fucked about it.
and then charles comes into the picture. charles and max have known each other for a long time. they’ve grown out of the immaturity of adolescence, but again, it’s impossible to forget the boy who made you aware you could feel emotions so severely. it doesn’t matter that this one particular guy drove you crazy when you were fighting on track. perhaps that makes it even more memorable, to charles and max. but childhood is over. so are the teenage years.
the rage after losing to him mirrored with the jubilation after beating him. there’s no one charles wants to beat more than the world champion. carlos and charles understand this feeling too. carlos always has something to prove.
charles thinks he is in the centre of the triangle, between max and carlos. what he doesn’t know is that all sides of the triangle touch. so he and carlos make out in the heat of the moment sometimes, after what was meant to be an apology after a race, or when they stumble into a fancy bathroom stall at a ferrari event.
charles is friendly with max. they joke and laugh and reminisce and get a little too close at private sponsorship events in the hidden corners of monaco. maybe there’s a lingering ache from childhood, or maybe charles is just fond of their intertwined past. he likes how easy it is to make max blush. there is something untouched between them.
and then, on a race weekend, charles hears carlos between the wall of their neighbouring hotel rooms. he’s pissed that carlos is fucking someone who’s not him, and then he’s turned on, and then he gets himself off. in the morning he stumbles and trips into max’s arms in the hallway. in front of carlos’s room.
and then somehow the three of them end up in same bed shsnsjshjs idk how to make it more rancid but carlos and max toy with charles and make him jealous and they both love it when charles is mad at them and uhhhhh they fuck about it.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SCHOLARSHIP I AM ONCE AGAIN TAKING NOTES. I love the idea of Carlos/Max being the ones who fuck first -> Charles gets jealous -> threesome. feels good feels organic :3
