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Married by Monza: The Art of Committing to the Bit So Hard You Get Engaged by RaduIsSatansNumOne
Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF
05 Jul 2025
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They committed to the bit. Then the bit committed back.
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- Part 4 of Formulas and Fairytales
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Max Verstappen has been bitter about the hand life dealt him for as long as he can remember. While his cousins grow up in ancestral estates and lavish mansions, he spends his childhood in a dingy motorhome, enduring the wrath of an abusive father.
Cunning, charming, and utterly ruthless, Max claws his way out of that life the only way he knows how – through lies, well-played deception, and perfectly executed cons. With a loyal crew of misfits at his side, he’s built an existence on the edge of society. Yet for Max’s insatiable hunger, this quiet life of petty scams isn’t enough. He’s only ever wanted what he believes should be his.
So he fixes his gaze on his greatest target yet: a heist against his spoiled, undeserving cousins – Lordling Lando Norris and billionaire’s heir Lance Stroll – the perfect marks to finally undo the shitty hand life dealt him.
Standing in his way is Detective Inspector George Russell, lead investigator with Scotland Yard’s Major Investigation Team – a man with a spotless reputation, a razor-sharp mind to match his own, and a personal history with Max that neither of them can escape.
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Bookmarked by sparkeys
19 Jun 2026
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Genuinely the best thing I've ever read!!! I am not joking! I'm obsessed with every tiny detail and every character and dynamic, I love lance and Fernando heaps as well!!
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George's bright smile vanishes, replaced by a frosty facade of politeness. "Well. I guess I'll see you on the top step Sunday, then?"
His tone still rings sharp with sarcasm. It fills Max with absurd glee.
"Will you be rooting for me in the stands?"
George huffs and pulls a VIP paddock pass from his coat pocket, the lanyard tangled between his long fingers. "Definitely not."
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Max doesn't intend to spend his weekend riling up Lewis's model friend—it just sort of happens. That's how it all begins.
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Bookmarked by sparkeys
30 May 2026
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MAN ALIVE!!! THIS IS KILLING ME!! (And not just the chapter length💀) Model George Russell but still used to kart and race and is besties with alex (thank goodness!!)
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“Our time’s up,” Yuki says, glancing at his watch. “Figure skating practice starts now.”
Max waves him off without taking his eyes off the ice.
“I think the figure skaters won’t mind if we run a little late.”
“Oh, we very much will,” a voice says behind him.
After an injury put an end to his career, Max returns to the academy he once called home – no longer as a player, but as the coach of a junior ice hockey team.
It took George years to stop thinking about how everything could have turned out differently. Until Max is standing on the other side of the rink again.
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“And, like – farming, right? How hard can it be? Take a seed, put it in some dirt, sprinkle some water and wait. Boom. Food. Done. And I’ve driven a tractor practically every weekend this year, it’s not that hard.”
Gemma pauses the video. She un-shares her screen. Her smiling face pops back up in the centre of Max’s monitor, gaze distinctly pointed.
Wait.
“That’s it?” Max hisses, incredulous. “Seriously? I’m getting cancelled over a joke about fucking farming?”
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Max has had PR disasters before. This time, though, he’s made the mistake of pissing off some random British farmer with a loyal YouTube fanbase and a penchant for passive-aggressive callouts via X. And George Russell isn’t the type who’s easily appeased.
(Or: Max learns to drive a tractor, harvest wheat, and fall in love.)
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- Part 1 of reap what you sow