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“So we’re here,” Lando points to the label on the map reading ‘Kawakawa bay’, “and we want to be…. where?” he trails off looking over at Carlos who was staring intently at the map.
“I think the lady said It was one bay over?”
Lando drops his head on the table. “Mate,” he exhales, forehead pressed to the wood “I cannot believe we are travelling to some random-as-fuck beach campsite because the lady in the supermarket line recommended it”
“She was a nice lady, Lando” Carlos chides, “old people know things.”
“Of course we’re trusting beach advice from an ancient stranger in the supermarket queue. That’s totally normal.”Or, the one where best friends Carlos and Lando travel to an isolated beach in New Zealand on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to cure Carlos’s quarter life crisis and maybe even find a bit of love along the way.
Bookmarked by Afireflake
15 Jan 2026
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Lando, chronic overthinker and first-time runaway, has no cash and needs a room; Carlos, Christmas-decoration-addictee and owner of the small London hotel 'Cozy Corner', has an empty room and needs an employee for the festive season.
What looks like a perfect match soon proves to be more complicated than they thought: Lando can't stand Christmas, Carlos can't stand Lando, and the secret Lando's so keen on keeping might not stand a chance much longer either if Carlos keeps looking at him like this ...
Or: Lando joins the Christmas-manic staff of one London hotel and falls in love with its owner - what could go wrong?
(Spoiler: A lot.)[This story will be posted as an advent calendar. New chapter uploaded every day until December 24th. Happy Christmas season!]
Bookmarked by Afireflake
11 Jan 2026
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A Name I’ll Never Forget by li_m4tcha
Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF, Call Me By Your Name (2017)
23 Apr 2025
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In a quiet village in Northern Italy, 18-year-old Lando falls in love with Carlos, a 23-year-old Spanish intern working for his uncle. It meant something. It ended.
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26 Dec 2025
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Benny Goodman once wrote a song, ‘Where Or When’. It goes as follows;
“It seems we stood and talked like this, before
We looked at each other in the same way then, But I can’t remember where, or when
The cloths you are wearing, are the cloths you wore
The smile you are smiling, you were smiling then
But I can’t remember where, Or when
Some things that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems
That we’ve met before
And laughed before
And loved before
But who knows
Where or When”And truly, nothing could summarize this story better.
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Bookmarked by Afireflake
18 Dec 2025
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The foreman: first in the saddle, last to rest. The one the cowboys turn to, the steady hand that keeps the ranch alive. Not just a leader but the spine of it all, the owner’s most trusted man. Where command is quiet and respect is earned, never demanded.
Lando stands at the church doors, hat pulled low over his eyes. The love of his life is getting married today.
A Carlando fic set in a world of cowboys and ranchers.
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24 Nov 2025