My Coworker, Who Is Turning 50, Said The Best Thing To Me Today..... He Was Talking About How He Remembers

Please power of the 4th of July bless Logan in this race 🦅

She Is Beauty. She Is Grace. She Will... - LN

Summary: Lando surprised the world with dating a redhead but there's no doubt of his adoration. He just sometimes has to handle the redhead traits that come along with it.

Ginger!reader

Themes: Halloween, mentions of sexual harassment briefly.

Word count: 2.1k

No part 2 requests please

Lando never imagined a hair colour would be come such a strong thing he was attracted to. With blondes and brunettes he never saw much of a difference in how attracted he was. But dating y/n with her stand-out red hair is definitely a different experience.

"I'm going as Jessica Rabbit." Y/n states making Lando's jaw drop at the thought.

"Y-You're going as Jessica Rabbit to the party?" Lando asks making her look at him with small frown.

"Yeah, last year was Kim Possible for Halloween. Slowly working my way through the Ginger costume options."

"I will be needing evidence of that costume from last year too." Lando states earning an absent hum. "What should I go as?"

"You can go as Rodger if you want." Y/n smiles making Lando's smile drop while she laughs.

"What other red head ideas do you have on the list to work through?" Lando asks making her pick up her phone where she's got a list at the ready, mainly so if a new idea strikes then she notes it down and doesn't risk forgetting it.

"Poison Ivy, Merida, Ariel, Pennywise's girlfriend or sister...I don't know, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Daphne from Scooby Doo, Ginger Spice, the Mad Hatter, Chucky, Clifford the big red dog-"

"Alright I think I got it, you're set for the next 10 years minimum." Lando cuts in while she smiles. "I might have to get a little more creative."

"Next year we could go as Jessie and Buzz Lightyear." Y/n offers earning a smile from the McLaren driver as she moves closer. "But this year I'm going to reinvent Jessica Rabbit."

That Lando definitely doesn't doubt that he's going to be drooling over the sight of her dressed up for the Halloween celebrations on Thursday.

-

Something Lando definitely had to adapt to was the extent of protection from the sun that y/n has to take. There's a step by step routine she goes through and he thought it was so extreme at first till he sort of hopped onboard with wanting her to be as safe and reducing her chances of skin cancer since apparently that's an increased risk for her.

Learn something new every day.

"Protect the scalp baby." Lando states as he places his cap on her head, really just giving it to her since he's got to put on his McLaren cap.

"Thanks." Y/n smiles lightly before he tips her chin up so he has access to kiss her. "You...taste like pancakes."

"Makes sense since that's what we had for breakfast." Lando hums earning a grin. "Alright, you need to go because I'm too easily distracted by you."

Y/n laughs before nodding and taking off since she knows to make herself scarce when Lando has stuff to do. After all they're literally there for his work and Thursdays are always filled with all types of media and content creation.

When she's gone, Lando smiles lightly to himself as he finds a few strands of ginger hair that is stuck onto him. If he goes a day without finding her hair somewhere on his clothes then it's been too long since he last saw her.

-

Y/n ended up leaving early to get ready for the Halloween party, letting Jon know so Lando doesn't wait around wondering where she's got to. Though usually he'd just check her location and realises she's at the hotel.

When he does get to the hotel room, y/n's is sitting on the hotel room floor with large rollers in her hair hoping to achieve the voluminous hair she needs without it being too curly.

"You look amazing. I love your hair in these...these thingies." Lando states wafting his hands at the rollers as he beams at her. "You look a bit like like a grandma."

"Wow. You really know how to make a girl feel special. Just wait though because the ugly duckling (😉) is about to turn into the most stunning red head in attendance and I promise you will be fighting men off from me." Y/n declares since while she's not usually the most egotistical person or even overconfident but she knows a Jessica Rabbit costume that she's put so much effort into is going to look good because she's going to make sure of it.

"You don't even need to get into the Jessica Rabbit outfit. I'll just get you pregnant now." Lando smirks making her choke a little not expecting such a comment from the driver.

"Go get dressed." Y/n laughs flushed as she tries to finish her make up.

Lando is actually only going as a "traffic cone" since it's the easiest thing he could get costumes for, being able to steal a hi viz t-shirt that some of the mechanics wear.

He obvious doesn't take long to get ready, having a quick shower before he pulls on his very bright orange outfit as y/n finishes her hair and then moves to pull on the sequin red dress. And to say his mouth goes dry and he feels his heartrate spike would be an understatement.

"Can you get the zip?" Y/n asks not noticing he's silently fighting for his life.

"Y-eah." Lando nods feeling his voice wobbling like he's a 14 year old boy with his voice finally dropping as he moves over to help her while she looks at him in amusement.

"Are you ok?"

"You look amazing." He states earning a small laugh from the young woman.

"I told you it would come together." Y/n smirks since she's pretty proud of her end outfit.

Lando can't even stop himself from moving her red hair to the side, placing hot wet kisses on her neck.

"Maybe we could stay in?" Lando offers half-heartedly, having much better ideas for how he could make very good use of her in this outfit, ways that they could both enjoy. "I don't think anyone else will appreciate this costume the way I will."

"I'm sure that's very true, but I seriously will not forgive you if you stop me from showing off this costume. I put in so much effort and you can wait till later to do whatever you'd like to me in or out of it."

"Alright, that's fair." Lando hums places a couple more kisses on her exposed skin before dragging himself away. "I guess it would be a waste for only me to see you dressed up."

Y/n smiles brightly as she looks at him and grins at him brightly.

"Ready to go?" Lando asks making her nod.

"Yes. Let's get moving...traffic cone and Jessica Rabbit."

"Not the most coordinated couple costumes in the world but we look good so people can get over it." Y/n smiles as Lando gently plays with the ends of her hair as she leans and picks up her bag. "Let's get moving."

-

Y/n is a bit of a social butterfly so Lando isn't necessarily surprised when she ends up disappearing from his side, though he does keep an eye on her as he stands with Max since there's a good few drivers in attendance to this celebration.

"Oh someone's girlfriend is putting a man 3 times her size in his place." George comments cutting into Max's sentence.

"Of course there's always one-that my girlfriend." Lando laughs turning and spotting y/n with Lily and Lily, her standing defensively in front of them jabbing a finger as she angrily rants at the man. "Fuck."

Max and Kelly follow him over knowing Lando is not likely to do much intimidation to the man who seems to be getting a little annoyed by y/n.

"Apologise right now." Y/n exclaims as Lando reaches her.

"Baby, what's going on? What's happening?" Lando questions making y/n look at him sharply, not angry at him, but at the interruption.

"This disgusting pig thinks he can hit on me and then reach for my arse before I caught him and stopped him-not sorry for breaking your skin, you deserved it. Apologise!"

Kelly wisely goes to look for security upon hearing that.

"Who even are you?" Y/n questions while Lando almost feels helpless since y/n has proven on multiple occasions before today that she can handle herself and actually Lando really came over just to make sure she doesn't end up with an assault charge in a foreign country.

"Here, get your woman on a leash."

"Hey, don't fucking go there." Lando frowns feeling his own body start to heat in anger.

"Why don't you take y/n out for some air, mate?" Max suggests noticing the change in Lando's persona that might land both him and y/n in trouble. "Y/n?"

Y/n glares at him but allows Lando to lead her out of there.

"Why am I the one having to leave? He-He went for me." Y/n huffs while Lando gets them through the crowd and outside.

"I think it was more for me." Lando murmurs earning a sigh before he moves to hold her waist as they get outside. "Are you ok?"

"Men are disgusting-not you-or Max-but a lot of other men." Y/n sighs then huffing as she looks at Lando softly. "Sorry-"

"Don't even dare, you don't apologise for some arsehole." Lando sighs shaking his head. "Are you ok?"

"Maybe got some blood on my nails, but I can wash that off." Y/n shrugs before Kelly and Max appear.

"Alright, he's gone and so is the whole group he was with-are you ok?" Kelly asks earning a quick nod.

"I think, as usual, they walked away the victim more than y/n." Lando smiles quite proud of his girlfriend for always standing up for herself. "Sometimes the red head temper is a blessing really."

Y/n's jaw drops at such an audacious comment but she's not about to argue with it since she knows her temper is maybe a little more trigger happy than most people, men or women or anything in between.

"You want to go back in or we can leave?" Lando offers knowing her cool down from her upset can sort of ruin her night.

"We can stay, I'm not letting some moron ruin my night. We're having fun and I put effort into looking this good and you...put effort into being a traffic cone." Y/n smiles shaking it off.

-

By the time y/n and Lando do leave, y/n is at least tipsy and when she gets to the hotel, she decides a bath is needed to properly clean off without getting dizzy and being sick. So a shower is off the cards.

"Being Jessica Rabbit is a task and a half." Y/n groans slouching down in the water while Lando smiles at her.

She'd already rid herself of her make up and clothes while Lando ran the bath for her, letting her enjoy the hot water on her own.

"I love you." Lando states making her look at him.

"I love you too." Y/n smiles leaning her chin on the edge of the bath for a moment. "You made the most beautiful traffic cone."

"You make the most beautiful person alive." Lando states watching her face turn bright red before she slides back and hides under the water, submerging her head under the surface while he laughs a little, never missing an opportunity to make her blush. Not that it's hard, red heads tend to get red in the face pretty easily over the most minor of things.

It's just another thing Lando has realised her absolutely loves.

Lando moves closer looking into the tub and smiling at the sight of y/n's hair looking so mermaid-esk floating in the water, the red strands looking almost magical as she remains under the surface for a few seconds then rises breathing a little harder.

"I'm still here." Lando teases earning a hum. "I don't know how you manage to make wet hair look just as good as full styled hair but I think it's the gingerness."

"Thank you." Y/n smiles with a small laugh before she sighs. "I'm sorry I lost my temper tonight."

"I told you not to apologise, y/n. I would rather your temper protect you than you just allow it to happen." Lando states earning a small smile. "I'm going to order us some food because I'm a little hungry and I know you would devour a pizza right now."

"Yes, I absolutely would...no longer Jessica Rabbit, I can eat out of character."

"I'm just looking forward to next year's costume already."

"I think the Mad Hatter for next year-and you can be Alice."

"You are the only person who could manage to convince me to do that." Lando hums before leaning over and kissing her. "I'll not be long."

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♥ masterlist | request rules | 12 days of ficmas

♥ pairing: lando norris x fem!driver!reader

♥ synopsis: lando’s certainly feeling the pressure of gift giving this holiday season. he wanted to give you something to show you he truly cares and turns to the grid for help.

♥ wc: 1.1k - as always none of the pictures are mine

♥ warnings: swearing and fluffy fluff fluff !!!

♥ a/n: first day of ficmas with some platonic norstappen <3

Grill the Grid Secret Santa was a video all the fans looked forward to. It was a cute tradition—but everyone always ended up with a bunch of random crap they didn’t know what to do with. But after pulling your name this year, Lando had to make sure the gift was perfect

“I don’t see why you’re taking this so seriously,” Max laughed. “Charles cut out pictures of his own face for me a few years ago.”

“How romantic,” Lando replied, drawing an eye roll from Max. “I just don’t know what to get her.”

Max took a swig of beer, “And you think I do?”

Lando sighed, “I don’t know… I just—I don’t want to get her some random shit object that she’s gonna throw away. I want it to be important.”

“And when I asked you if you were into this girl you said no,” Max smirked.

“Shut up,” Lando said with a playful eye roll.

-

Lando

what the fuck do i actually get y/n for secret santa

Charles

You’re not supposed to tell us who you got :(

Carlos

Get her a jumper

Lando

I’m not getting her a lame ass jumper

Pierre

…i got carlos a jumper one year

Lando

I’m aware

-

Lando sighed and clicked off his phone, the only light source in his room. He switched on his bedside lamp and wandered around his bedroom looking for ideas.

He stepped towards a shelf, a few helmets and tchotchkes on display along with a framed picture of the two of you from your karting days. Sitting beside it was a few broken shards of china.

-2023 Hungarian Grand Prix-

Despite the cheering in the grand stands, you could hear the cracking of your first trophy as clear as day. The beautiful hand painted porcelain hit the ground hard, breaking in three different places after Lando popped the champagne.

It wasn't his fault of course. Accidents happen all the time. It was still a shame though. The first woman to win an F1 Grand Prix and her trophy breaks?

"This is misogyny, actually," your PR manager Morgan said, eliciting a laugh from you and a few drivers.

"I'm so sorry Y/n, I had no idea that would happen," Lando apologized profusely, a look of sincerity in his eyes.

"No, no, don't be sorry. It's okay," you promised.

"Congratulations, seriously. You had an amazing drive," Max praised you while wiping the sweat off the back of his neck.

You adjusted your cap, pulling your ponytail through the space between the clasp and fabric.

"'Thank you," you say breathlessly, gulping down a cold bottle of water.

"Alright, post race interviews for everyone and I'll find out about your new trophy Y/n," Morgan said, setting the broken pieces of porcelain on a table.

Your head spun with ideas what was going to happen to the broken ceramic. Whatever you had in mind never came close to what actually did happen with it.

Lando thought, "Maybe I could try finding the rest of the pieces and rebuild it?"

Absolutely not. Give her own fucking trophy to her as a gift? How lame.

He played with the jewelry on his veiny hands anxiously, caring way too much about the impression his future gift would give you.

Within seconds of this he was struck with the most perfect idea. He tucked the pieces of your trophy into his pocket and quickly made it out the front door, ready to begin a perfect Secret Santa.

-

“Alright,” an interviewer handed you a small box that was wrapped with colorful paper and a bow. “We need you to guess who this is from.”

You shook it carefully, noticing some rounded ridges that stuck out. You gently slipped the ribbon off with a single pull, used the tip of your nail to slice through some clear tape, and unwrapped the gift.

From the moment you pulled it out, everyone knew it was a ring box. The black velvet encapsulating it said everything.

“Wow am I getting proposed to on grill the grid?” you joked, stirring a laugh from the filming crew.

You opened the case to reveal a ring front and center. It wasn’t just any kind of ring though. There was gold rimming around the band and the purple-ish pink design that stood out perfectly on the white porcelain.

Along with that was a folded up picture of you and Lando. The one from karting. The same one he had in his bedroom.

Your heart completely melted, remembering the days where you two were so close.

“Well, this is clearly from Lando,” you smiled with a soft laugh, putting a hand over your heart.

“May I see the ring?” the woman interviewing you asked.

“Mhm,” you nodded, handing her over the glossy object.

She squinted to get a good look at the design.

“This looks like the hungary trophies you know,” she said, looking back up to you.

“It does,” a crew member agreed.

You held your hand out for the small object back and inspected it yourself. It couldn't possibly be...?

It was.

You placed the folded picture back into the box and kept the ring in your palm.

“Hang on,” you pulled out your phone and called Lando as the cameras kept rolling.

“Can you come over here? We’re by Ferrari hospitality.”

Within minutes Lando made his way to you alongside Max.

“Is this from my trophy in Hungary?” you held up the ring with two fingers.

“Yeah,” Lando nodded.

“Did you fucking steal my trophy?” you laughed.

“Only like a few pieces,” he held his hands up in surrender with a playful smile. “There were some on the floor that I stashed in my pocket to figure out what to do with later. Maybe ask an FIA person but we all know I didn't get around to that. What do you know? They were in my pockets at the end of the day and i just kept them on a shelf.”

“Well good thing you did,” you looked at the ring and slipped it on your finger. You walked over to him slowly and threw your arms around his shoulders, pulling him in for a tight hug.

“It was one of the most, if not the most important moment in F1 history,” he mumbled against your shoulder. “I want you to always have a piece of that podium with you.”

You pulled away and wiped a tear from your eye with a laugh. With the memory of that day, the ring, and the picture of you and Lando as kids, all the emotions were starting to flood back.

“Fuck you for making me cry,” you laughed, using the sleeve on your sweater to wipe your face. You softly kissed his cheek and squeezed Lando’s hand before they cut the clip.

You’ll never live down that video. It’s mentioned probably a thousand times a day by fans alone shipping the two of you. But eventually, that first ring Lando ever gave you will sit on your finger right next to the wedding band he proposed to you with.

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