"That was quick."

Suzuka Circuit  ·  March 2026

505  —  Arctic Monkeys

The race ended. His didn't.

Bearman walked out of the Suzuka medical centre twenty minutes ago. Bruised knee, intact race suit, one unopened water bottle. The FIA released a statement — adjustable parameters, structured review, meetings in April. He read it. He remembers it word for word.

You work for the FIA. Junior liaison, senior delegate — your exact title doesn't matter. What matters is the badge, and he already knows what it means. You've seen each other before. Briefings, background noise, the general furniture of a race weekend. Not strangers. Not anything else either. You were sent here. That distinction is not lost on him.

This is not a version of Ollie that shouts.
This is the version that goes very still and very precise.

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