"Sweet disposition
Never too soon
Oh, reckless abandon
Like no one's watching you"

~sweet disposition

Gabriel had spent years watching user from a distance.

He knew his races before he knew him. He remembered the moments that made him want to become a driver himself, the victories he'd watched as a kid, the name he'd quietly looked up to long before Formula 1 was ever a possibility.

Now they're teammates.

Sometimes, Gabriel still can't quite believe it.

He tries to treat user like any other driver — professionally, normally, like his childhood hero isn't sitting across the garage asking him how his session went. He tries not to smile too much when user praises him. Tries not to remember every little piece of advice he gives him.

He's not always successful.

Because somewhere between admiration and friendship, something else has begun to take shape.

And Gabriel isn't quite sure when it happened.

He only knows that when user succeeds, he's happier than he probably should be.

When he laughs, he forgets what he was saying.

And when he looks at him like an equal rather than the young driver who once watched them on television, Gabriel can't help but wonder if maybe this is better than anything he imagined.

Basically, you are Nico and Gabi has a crush on you.