#wandersails

alex wishes on a shooting star for things to be "better" and wakes up in an alternate universe where he and george are together :) have a pre-wish snippet (which was written pre-japan lol, so will need to update it if i ever want to finish this)

The season wasn’t going how anyone wanted it to, except maybe Merc and Ferrari. After the tail end of last year Alex had really thought it couldn’t get any worse, and then JV had presented them with an overweight tractor of a car. Alex wasn’t too proud to admit he locked himself in a loo stall to cry after his first proper session in it, which was depressing in itself because the loos on the Bahrain circuit are lifeless cubicle things with fluorescents that make Alex’s skin look pallid. To make it worse, Alex should’ve been happy, was engaged to Lily finally and looked to be entering thirty on a high. The car really put a damper on things but Alex had driven worse, probably, and then of course there was the year he hadn’t driven at all. 2026 was nothing compared to that. 2026 Alex was engaged to be married and crying in a Bahrain toilet was just a little blip in the calm radar of his life. Alex told himself this in Melbourne, clawing for a place that wasn’t last. Alex told himself this in Shanghai, boosting himself from the cockpit when it became clear the car was completely fucked this time and actually, he wouldn’t be racing at all. He told himself this when Carlos dragged the car into their first points of the season, like that wasn’t the bitterest pill of them all. He and Lily flew back to Monaco, where Alex had another cry in the tiny plane toilet. They weren’t staying long, were due in England for Alex’s birthday before heading straight to Japan. Lily took him out to dinner, then dancing, and in the pulsing heartbeat of the club Alex had seen George with Carmen. They were at the bar, perched on spindly, uncomfortable stools, drinking from spindly, uncomfortable glasses like any minute now Vogue was going to swoop in on their space for an exclusive. George had that happy glow about him he got when he was winning, like you couldn’t even touch him he was that far out in front of you, even if he wasn’t. It had been few and far between since they’d moved up to F1, but Alex had never forgotten it.

i feel so fake rating this a C bc like. the way i wrote a 25k amnesia au.......... but it's hard to do! as both a writer and reader. like, that balance is needed between that established relationship/character/canon/what have you, and the newness introduced by the amnesia. how do these things interact, how do you keep it interesting without either overexplaining or underexplaining, how do you convey what's been forgotten without saying what's been forgotten............ all that said, i admit i don't read this trope very much! but there are some absolute banger ones that i HAVE read so. hmm. maybe i should bump this up to a B??

ofc!!

6. what's your go-to recipe when you want to make something that requires minimal effort?

if we're talking minimal minimal? probably tortilla chips with shredded cheese or crackers with a shit ton of peanut butter

if i've got it in me to chop some stuff i like to boil pasta in chicken broth, add some heavy cream and garlic powder in with some pan cooked smoked sausage! that or pastina if i have enough fresh grated cheese

23. what's the coolest place you've visited?

16. how many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? share one of them?

jeepers............. so so many. i've counted and i think 8? i mentioned my just like heaven au idea in a previous answer and posted about a georgetoto galex furcedes situation so here i'll yap about yet another au. basically alex is 30, loses his job and has to move back in with his mum. he's going through it (tm) and then oh, what's this? a handsome if slightly strange looking man delivers fresh produce to his mother once a week and the first time they meet alex is literally in his daggiest pyjamas, face unwashed, hair a mess, and george is like this immaculate farm boy/grocer figure who is soooo polite and friendly to alex's mum and alex is deeply embarrassed and when george leaves is like muuuum why didn't you tell me there was going to be a stranger in the kitchen and minki is like oh that wasn't a stranger! that's george! and then the following week alex is better prepared for the george situation. and then as the weeks go by it isn't minki george stops in to have a tea with on his delivery runs but alex. and then blah blah blah.............

20. have you noticed any patterns in your fics? words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

oh, probably so many lmao!!! i do try not to repeat myself with exact turns of phrase but i'm sure things slip through the cracks. probably would take an eye other than my own to spot them though. in terms of themes,, yeah any variation of friends to lovers i eat that shit up. love writing domestic pieces too, this is a trend across almost every fandom i've been in. very little serious plot, just chill lovey vibes. in terms of galex fic, my most recent mainstay, i would say the trend is embarrassing george a little. necessary for a healthy galex environment to flourish i think !

2. What movie have you watched most recently? What did you think of it?

I already answered this but i will instead talk about the second most recent movie i watched which was a rewatch of shrek. Enjoy my letterboxd review