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You have a few days warning and can do some reasonable prep before the loop starts.

You can start the loop on any day of the week, any time in the year.

You're going to be in the time loop for about a hundred years from your point of view, regardless of how long or short the loop is.

Randomness is minimized, so while there's some butterfly effect stuff for the most part everything will happen the same way every time even on a longer loop.

You may suffer some mental effects over time due to a time loop being a very strange thing to go through, but the loop resetting magically helps you recover from trauma (may take multiple loops). So if you die a bunch it won't leave you with a pile of phobias and stuff, but dying is still traumatic in the short term so killing yourself to reset isn't a thing you would want to do often.

The longest option on the poll is the longest you can do, otherwise choose the closest one to what you would want.

Benefit of shorter loops: Makes it easier to plan, means that the prep you do ahead of time can guarantee you're set up well for the whole loop. If you mess up and end up badly injured or in jail you don't have to tough it out for long. You can actually do the classic time loop thing of learning when little things will happen around town. If you want to do something crazy that will take multiple tries, you can pull it off easier. If you have a menstrual cycle you can make sure that just doesn't come up while in the loop. Never have to do laundry (or some other chores) again. Put off shit you don't want to deal with until just after the loop and you'll never have to deal with it.

ꜰ1 x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ | ʟᴀɴᴅᴏ ɴᴏʀʀɪꜱ ᴀᴜ | ᴀɴɢꜱᴛ + ɢʀɪᴇꜰ + ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ’ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ

⚠️ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ:

ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟ ᴅɪꜱᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ

ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴛʏ ᴇʀᴀꜱᴜʀᴇ

ᴘᴀʀᴀɴᴏɪᴀ

ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴘʀᴇᴠᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ

ꜱᴜʀᴠᴇɪʟʟᴀɴᴄᴇ & ᴅᴇᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ

ɢʀɪᴇꜰ & ᴏʙꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ

ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴛʏ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ

ᴍᴏʀᴀʟ ᴀᴍʙɪɢᴜɪᴛʏ

Time travel, contrary to every romanticized film she’d ever seen, was not gentle. It tore through her bones like wind through a broken window, dragged her lungs inside out, and when she emerged from the calibrated field of the temporal gate, (Y/n) collapsed to her knees on the rocky edge of a rural road, her body trembling from the seismic rift between now and then.

She had arrived.

Italy. Late August. A full seven days before the Monza Grand Prix.

The machine behind her, hidden in the natural curve of an abandoned vineyard shed, hummed with residual energy. It would remain dormant now, counting down the days until its recall trigger auto-activated and dragged her back to her rightful place in time.

She had exactly one week.

Seven days to prevent a death that had unraveled her world.

DAY ONE: CALIBRATION AND CHAOS

Monday arrived with a blistering sun and the earthy scent of olives and dust. The roads leading to Monza were still relatively quiet, with only a few trucks beginning to weave into the circuit’s outer infrastructure. Construction teams moved like ants, assembling grandstands, banners, sponsor tents.

(Y/n) was not here for leisure. She hadn’t come to see her favorite driver in his prime, or to chase some fantastical dream of meeting a hero.

She was here to rewrite death.

So she planned.

For fourteen hours straight, she remained in the confines of her rented room, a sparse, no-nonsense Airbnb with peeling cream wallpaper and a loose doorknob. Her laptop, retrofitted with an offline archive of historical data, buzzed with life as she reviewed every known variable of the upcoming race weekend.

Circuit blueprints. Car setup expectations. Pit stop strategy leaks. Forecast models. The times Lando typically arrived at the paddock. Where he sat during press briefings. Even the grocery store he frequented three towns over.

She didn’t eat. She barely drank. She only calculated, drew, rewrote, highlighted, and memorized.

Every second mattered.

A single slip could shatter her fragile presence here, ripple a timeline she was barely allowed to touch, and doom Lando all over again.

And so she drew the line between herself and emotion. This was no longer about hope or idolization. This was war. A silent war between history and her will to bend it.

DAY TWO: STRATEGIC THREADS

On Tuesday, she moved.

Still cloaked beneath a plain black cap and unremarkable denim jacket, she made her way into Monza proper. The town had begun to stir, vendors unboxing shelves of merch, locals hanging up race-week banners on iron balconies. Conversations buzzed with predictions. But beneath the celebration, (Y/n) walked with surgical intent.

Her first task was securing access, not into the paddock directly, but into the spiderweb of people who could lead her there.

At a café frequented by junior reporters, she struck up a conversation with a British freelance writer who worked for a minor motorsports blog. She listened to him ramble about journalism politics, inserted a few well-placed motorsport facts, and by the end of their cappuccinos, she had an invitation to a media mixer the next evening.

She slipped through garages and back entrances, blending in with the local logistics team. A few forged passes and altered digital tags later, she had brief access to the behind-the-scenes movement of F1 personnel.

All the while, she stayed invisible, just another cog in the machine.

She had no intention of getting close yet.

Not until she was ready.

DAY THREE: THE MASK OF PROFESSIONALISM

Wednesday came with a murmur of anticipation. It was media day eve, when journalists flooded the paddock like migrating birds, cameras flashing, microphones poised, all seeking headlines, tension, and clicks.

It was also the day (Y/n) became someone else.

She studied the behavioral patterns of paddock staff: the way reporters carried themselves, the subtleties of posture and dress, how they asked questions, when they lingered and when they vanished into the background. In a rented flat, she transformed herself. Her hair was pulled back in a low, severe ponytail. Glasses replaced the shadow of her cap. She wore a tailored black blazer over neutral slacks and a forged ID tag clipped to her collar.

She chose her identity carefully, just another obscure stringer from a Scandinavian outlet unlikely to be questioned.

Her purpose was not to stir curiosity.

It was to observe.

To place herself just near enough to watch how Lando moved, how the team interacted, to map his proximity patterns and pinpoint the moment she could intervene without setting off alarms.

The fake credentials worked.

She passed through the outer checkpoint, nodded at security, and stepped into the paddock for the first time.

The hum of proximity nearly undid her.

This was sacred ground, where gods of speed lived and legends were born, and she was walking among them not as a fan, but as a spy rewriting destiny.

Everywhere she turned: mechanics working on brake ducts, engineers cross-checking tire sets, journalists whispering rumors. Lando’s face appeared on banners above her, youthful and bright, untouched by the cruel end that waited just beyond the calendar’s reach.

She swallowed her breath.

Tomorrow would be the real test.

DAY FOUR: COLLISION

She hadn’t expected to see him so soon.

Thursday morning, the paddock bloomed with chaotic grace. It was media day, and (Y/n), now fully immersed in her false identity, had blended effortlessly into the rotating scrum of journalists. Her voice recorder was fake, her questions pre-written and useless. She hovered near the McLaren hospitality tent, pretending to check her notes.

Then he stepped out.

Lando Norris.

Alive.

Closer than she had ever allowed herself to imagine.

He wore his team polo, sleeves pushed up to his elbows, curly hair half-tamed beneath a cap. He was speaking to a Sky Sports interviewer, his laughter effortless, his gestures animated.

(Y/n) froze.

In that moment, the reality of his existence hit her like a freight train. This was not a video. Not a digital echo. This was him, his presence, his vitality, the spark of him that had vanished a decade ago in her time.

She took a step closer, too close.

His gaze flicked to hers.

A second. Maybe less.

She dropped her eyes instantly and turned away, disappearing into the crowd. Her heart pounded wildly. She cursed herself for the lapse, for letting awe override strategy.

But it was done.

She had seen him.

And he had seen her.

DAY FIVE: EXPOSED

She arrived earlier the next day, certain the previous moment had gone unnoticed. But paranoia grew like weeds in her mind.

She kept her distance, careful to linger in shadows, moving with intention, not repetition. Still, there were glances. From crew members. A pause in a security guard’s eyes.

Something had shifted.

At lunch, it unraveled.

She was on her way out of the media tent when a firm hand gripped her shoulder.

“Hey.”

She turned, instantly blank-faced.

Lando stood before her—not smiling. His eyes were narrowed, jaw tense.

“I’ve seen you,” he said evenly. “Every day this week. Lurking.”

Her throat tightened.

“I’m with—”

“I know every journalist here by name. You’re not one of them.”

Around them, voices continued, unaware. But his gaze pierced through her like a blade.

“Why are you following me?” he asked, voice low. “Are you some kind of stalker?”

“No,” she replied too quickly.

His jaw clenched.

“Security.”

The word summoned two paddock officials like shadows.

“She’s banned,” he said without hesitation. “I don’t want her near the paddock again.”

The words cut deeper than she expected.

The guards escorted her out—not violently, but with enough finality that she knew re-entry under the same identity was impossible.

He thought she was obsessive.

Dangerous.

Delusional.

He would never understand the truth.

But (Y/n) was nothing if not persistent.

The mission had not changed. Only the method.

She burned her old disguise, ID badge, blazer, everything. By morning, she was reborn as another ghost in the machine: a logistics temp. Dirty uniform. Safety vest. No eye contact.

She no longer needed proximity.

She just needed sight.

From a distance, she tracked Lando’s movements. Watched the car. Studied the engineers. She marked the moment they wheeled out the setup sheets. Noted which tires were prepped for qualifying. Everything still pointed to that inevitable setup—the one that would fail him.

She was running out of time.

But her hands were steady.

The guards escorted her out—not violently, but with enough finality that she knew re-entry under the same identity was impossible.

He thought she was obsessive.

Dangerous.

Delusional.

He would never understand the truth.

----

Far above the chaos of the paddock, beyond the reach of cameras and civilian eyes, a conversation was unfolding.

In a sterile glass chamber lined with servers and screens, a council of shadowed figures reviewed the anomaly.

“She appeared on August 27,” said one, voice filtered and toneless. “Time signature from the future. Independent traveler.”

“No authorized clearance?”

“None. Built it herself.”

“A civilian breached the temporal field?”

Another leaned forward. “And intervened. Small changes. Observation. Surveillance.”

A pause.

“Don’t engage yet,” the leader said. “We observe. The timeline is already cracked. Further damage could cause collapse.”

“What about Norris?”

A silence hung like a guillotine.

“Let her make her move. Then we decide who must disappear.”

To be continued...🧡

⏳ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ - ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3: ᴄᴏʟʟɪꜱɪᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ⏳

📝 Note from the Author: Hello, my dear Alarwynnites! It’s the 24th day of this little time-travel chaos corner on Tumblr, and yes, this is the first post for tonight (yep, night!!). I was absolutely useless all morning and afternoon, just pure ✨lazy potato energy✨, so here we are now... posting at night like the nocturnal writing goblin I am HAHAHAHA.

But anyway, on to the important part!

Quick Recap: Our girl (Y/n) has time-traveled to Italy, one week before the Monza Grand Prix, with one desperate mission: to save Lando Norris from a death that shattered her world. So far, she’s survived the brutal effects of temporal displacement, crafted false identities, infiltrated the paddock, and even locked eyes with the very man she’s come to save. The problem? He thinks she’s a stalker. And now she’s been banned from the paddock, forced to pivot her plan while a shadowy organization watches her from above, waiting to see if she’ll break the timeline, or save it.

Stay tuned, because things are spiraling fast and she’s running out of time. Literally. Thanks for reading, as always.

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