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march 2nd 2024

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TODAY WAS THE DAY OF THE FEATURE RACE. ollie was not happy with the car, it hadn't preformed all weekend and he was not confident about today. him and kimi both found solace in linnea's presence. she comforted them, keeping them grounded.

linnea loved taking care of the two boys. of course, she would rather that she didn't have to, but she really didn't mind.

when she was going through her worst days, she just wanted someone to talk to. she never wanted to burden her parents with anything, so she didn't tell them. after months of keeping to herself, she told mikayla and bruno about how she was feeling and they advised her to please tell her parents so she could get help.

she had learned that talking about it helps more then you could imagine. so, that's what she would be for both of the boys. a shoulder to cry on.

ollie had always confided in her, even when they were little. it seemed natural for the two to talk about how they were feeling. good and bad.

what would be strange to some people though, is how quickly linnea had become close with kimi antonelli. they talked to each other as if they had been friends for years, and it felt like it to them too.

the italian boy confided in the british girl as oliver had, linnea posted herself up as a pillar for both of the boys to lean on when they needed to and how they needed it after their sucky first weekend of the season.

the three entered ollie and linnea's hotel room after the race in silence. normally they joked around and laughed but, they didn't feel like it after the shitshow that was bahrain 2024.

ollie turned to linnea, looking at her with sad eyes. she opened her left arm for him as he immediately reacted, stepping into her embrace. she hadn't forgotten about the other boy, waving him over with her right hand.

kimi gave in instantly, taking fast steps and almost falling into her shoulder. she hugged both of them, knowing they needed some comfort.

"it's only the first round, you'll be back on that top step." she whispered to them, both of the boys didn't reply, but she hoped they'd considered her words.

after their emotional embrace, the boys let go of her. the three all fell into the bed, still in their paddock outfits. some movie played in the background as they chatted about nonsense.

after a few hours ollie and kimi had fallen asleep, almost on top of each other. ollie's head was in linnea's lap and kimi was sprawled out, taking up every inch of the bed that he could. linnea was just on her phone as a knock sounded on the door.

she gently removed ollie's head off of her lap and went to open the door. david and a man she didn't recognize stood in front of her, "hey lin, is kimi with you and ollie?" dave asked and linnea nodded.

"yeah, they're both sleeping right now. they weren't feeling very good after the race." she replied, "i assume kimi is your son?" the girl half asked the unknown man. "si, he's my figlio." the man answered in a thick italian accent.

"pleasure to meet you mister antonelli, i'm linnea, everyone calls me lin though." she smiled, sticking her hand out to the man. "please, call me marco. kimi has told me about you, he seems to like you but he made it very clear that you were just friends." the man chuckled.

"yeah, me and kimi are just friends. we met when i was on facetime with ollie and we just clicked immediately." linnea smiled at the memory of kimi introducing himself over the facetime call.

"it's good to know my son has a friend he can talk to when he doesn't want to talk to me or his mother." marco smiled, linnea nodding in appreciation. "of course, i just wanna help my friend in any way i can."

suddenly she felt a presence behind her, turning her head to see both of the boys. "ciao, papa." kimi yawned. marco chuckled, "ciao, sleepyhead."

marco told kimi it was time to head to his own room. the boy left, not before giving the girl a quick side hug and fist bumping ollie. "goodnight kimi!!" the two teens yelled after him, "yeah! goodnight lovebirds!!" he replied, david chuckling at his comment.

"you guys should sleep too, we have our flight back to england tomorrow at 3pm." dave informed his son and his unofficial daughter. the duo nodded, telling the father goodnight as well.

ollie decided on a quick shower before bed once again, and linnea had removed her make up and changed into her sleep attire.

the brunette boy soon joined her on the bed, they decided to put on another movie, that they definitely weren't finishing. after half an hour into it, ollie shut the tv off and rolled over to his left to face linnea.

she faced him as well, laying on her right side. she raised her left hand, brushing the boys curls in a sleepy haze. "i don't care if your car performs or not, i'll always be proud of you." she whispered.

ollie smiled in the darkness, "thank you nea, i love you." the boy replied, also whispering. ollie himself had no idea if he had meant the three words platonically or not, but linnea was seemingly too tired to notice or care.

"i love you too, bear."

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linneaevermoore via instagram story

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the next morning had been uneventful, everyone had breakfast, everyone packed up. ollie and linnea said bye to their friends, the girl promising she would see them again soon, by popular request. (paul and dino had physically begged on their knees, how could she say no?)

the bearman and evermoore families had the same flight, the families making sure linnea and ollie were sat next to each other, still playing cupid.

the two sat down next to each other happily, they never seemed to get sick of each other. within the first ten minutes of being in the air, linnea had dozed off, her head on the boys shoulder.

another ten minutes later, and ollie dozed off as well, his head resting on top of hers.

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authors note: this is short sorry lolzies!!!! sweet little chap for u guys