#whim.fic

landoscar | mature | 18.9k

Lando likes to think he can read Oscar pretty well. He's seen the discourse about whether or not his teammate has emotions—"What a load of horseshit, of course he does!" he'd wanted to scream. He wears them on his sleeve, just like Lando, but only if you know where to look. Oscar shows his emotions in his eyebrows. It's in the set of his jaw, the twitch of an eye, the scrunch of his nose. It's all so small and minute, so imperceptible, that you just might miss it if you aren't paying attention. Three years is a long time to be paying attention, though, and Lando likes to look at Oscar. Or, the one where Lando falls in love with Oscar over the course of the 2025 season.

i say this all the time but i've genuinely never written smth like this. i don't typically write from lando's pov and i've never done, like, a character study? relationship study? so uh. we will see how this turns out! it's not anywhere near being finished but :)

And honestly? I fully agree with what you said about those anons.

I don’t understand how anyone could read that fic and walk away thinking it was anti-Oscar.

The entire thing was soaked in admiration for him, his kindness, his patience, the quiet gravity he has in Lando’s world. Like you said in your notes, it was a love letter, start to finish.

Just wanted to tell you how grateful I am that you wrote it. Stories like that stay with people.

It definitely stayed with me. 🧡